diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b0d71b26..ad9c1fc7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ postgresql/
 
 /docker-compose.override.yml
 vue/node_modules
+plugins
 .vscode/
 vetur.config.js
 cookbook/static/vue
diff --git a/.idea/recipes.iml b/.idea/recipes.iml
index 1b96c9d8..8a0e59c8 100644
--- a/.idea/recipes.iml
+++ b/.idea/recipes.iml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
       <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/staticfiles" />
       <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/venv" />
     </content>
-    <orderEntry type="jdk" jdkName="Python 3.11 (recipes)" jdkType="Python SDK" />
+    <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
     <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
   </component>
   <component name="TemplatesService">
diff --git a/recipes/settings.py b/recipes/settings.py
index 3dd93bf2..8fed7258 100644
--- a/recipes/settings.py
+++ b/recipes/settings.py
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ import ast
 import json
 import os
 import re
+import sys
+import traceback
 
 from django.contrib import messages
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
@@ -117,6 +119,34 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     'treebeard',
 ]
 
+PLUGINS = []
+try:
+    for d in os.listdir(os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'recipes', 'plugins')):
+        if d != '__pycache__':
+            try:
+                apps_path = f'recipes.plugins.{d}.apps'
+                __import__(apps_path)
+                app_config_classname = dir(sys.modules[apps_path])[1]
+                plugin_module = f'recipes.plugins.{d}.apps.{app_config_classname}'
+                if plugin_module not in INSTALLED_APPS:
+                    INSTALLED_APPS.append(plugin_module)
+                    plugin_class = getattr(sys.modules[apps_path], app_config_classname)
+                    plugin_config = {
+                        'name': plugin_class.verbose_name if hasattr(plugin_class, 'verbose_name') else plugin_class.name,
+                        'module': f'recipes.plugins.{d}',
+                        'base_path': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'recipes', 'plugins', d),
+                        'base_url': plugin_class.base_url,
+                        'bundle_name': plugin_class.bundle_name if hasattr(plugin_class, 'bundle_name') else '',
+                    }
+                    PLUGINS.append(plugin_config)
+            except Exception:
+                if DEBUG:
+                    traceback.print_exc()
+                    print(f'ERROR failed to initialize plugin {d}')
+except Exception:
+    if DEBUG:
+        print('ERROR failed to initialize plugins')
+
 SOCIAL_PROVIDERS = os.getenv('SOCIAL_PROVIDERS').split(',') if os.getenv('SOCIAL_PROVIDERS') else []
 SOCIALACCOUNT_EMAIL_VERIFICATION = 'none'
 INSTALLED_APPS = INSTALLED_APPS + SOCIAL_PROVIDERS
@@ -362,9 +392,20 @@ WEBPACK_LOADER = {
         'POLL_INTERVAL': 0.1,
         'TIMEOUT': None,
         'IGNORE': [r'.+\.hot-update.js', r'.+\.map'],
-    }
+    },
 }
 
+for p in PLUGINS:
+    if p['bundle_name'] != '':
+        WEBPACK_LOADER[p['bundle_name']] = {
+            'CACHE': not DEBUG,
+            'BUNDLE_DIR_NAME': f'{p["base_path"]}/vue/',  # must end with slash
+            'STATS_FILE': os.path.join(p["base_path"], 'vue', 'webpack-stats.json'),
+            'POLL_INTERVAL': 0.1,
+            'TIMEOUT': None,
+            'IGNORE': [r'.+\.hot-update.js', r'.+\.map'],
+        }
+
 # Internationalization
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.0/topics/i18n/
 
diff --git a/recipes/urls.py b/recipes/urls.py
index ffe02e90..660cbd2e 100644
--- a/recipes/urls.py
+++ b/recipes/urls.py
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ Including another URLconf
     1. Import the include() function: from django.urls import include, path
     2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('blog/', include('blog.urls'))
 """
+import traceback
+
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib import admin
 from django.urls import include, path, re_path
@@ -42,3 +44,15 @@ if settings.ENABLE_METRICS:
 if settings.GUNICORN_MEDIA or settings.DEBUG:
     urlpatterns += re_path(r'^media/(?P<path>.*)$', serve, {'document_root': settings.MEDIA_ROOT}),
     urlpatterns += re_path(r'^jsreverse.json$', reverse_views.urls_js, name='js_reverse'),
+
+for p in settings.PLUGINS:
+    try:
+        urlpatterns += path(p['base_url'], include(f'{p["module"]}.urls')),
+    except ModuleNotFoundError as e:
+        if settings.DEBUG:
+            print(e.msg)
+            print(f'ERROR failed loading plugin <{p["name"]}> urls, did you forget creating urls.py in your plugin?')
+    except Exception as e:
+        if settings.DEBUG:
+            print(f'ERROR failed loading urls for plugin <{p["name"]}>')
+            traceback.format_exc()