-There's documentation if you want to [[write]] your own plugins, or you can install and use plugins contributed by others.
+Most of ikiwiki's [[features]] are implemented as plugins. Beyond the
+[[type/core]] features, there are plugins to [[type/format]] text,
+use [[type/tags]], show [[type/meta]] information, do other [[type/useful]]
+stuff, or just have [[type/fun]].
-The [[inline]] and [[htmlscrubber]] plugins are enabled by default.
+There's documentation if you want to [[write]] your own plugins, or you can
+install and use plugins contributed by others.
+
+The [[mdwn]], [[inline]], and [[htmlscrubber]] plugins are enabled by default.
To enable other plugins, use the `--plugin` switch described in [[usage]],
-or the equivalent line in [[ikiwiki.setup]].
+or the equivalent `add_plugins` line in [[ikiwiki.setup]].
-## Plugin directory
+# Plugin directory
Add all plugins here. Or add ideas to the [[todo|todo/plugin]] page.
-[[inline pages="plugins/* !plugins/write !*/Discussion" archive="yes" rootpage="plugins/contrib" show="60"]]
+[[inline pages="plugins/* !plugins/type/* !plugins/write !*/Discussion" archive="yes" rootpage="plugins/contrib" show="60"]]
-## Installing third party plugins
+# Installing third party plugins
Plugins are perl modules and should be installed somewhere in the perl
module search path. See the @INC list at the end of the output of `perl -V`