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@@ -1,15 +1,24 @@
-Plugins can be used to add additional features to ikiwiki. It's possible 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, add [[type/auth]]
+methods, do other [[type/useful]] stuff, add [[type/chrome]] to the
+wiki, or just have [[type/fun]].
+
+There's documentation if you want to [[write]] your own plugins, or you can
+install and use plugins contributed by others. 
+
+The [[mdwn]], [[inline]], [[htmlscrubber]], and [[passwordauth]] plugins
+are enabled by default. To enable other plugins, use the `--plugin` switch
+described in [[usage]], or the equivalent `add_plugins` line in
+[[ikiwiki.setup]].
 
-The ikiiki package includes some standard plugins that are installed and
-by default. These include [[inline]], [[pagecount]], and [[brokenlinks]].
-Of these, [[inline]] is enabled by default.
+# Plugin directory
 
-To enable other plugins, use the `--plugin` switch described in [[usage]], or the equivilant line in
-[[ikiwiki.setup]].
+Add all plugins here. Or add ideas to the [[todo|todo/plugin]] page.
 
-## Third party plugins
+[[inline pages="plugins/* and !plugins/type/* and !plugins/write and !plugins/contrib and !*/Discussion" archive="yes" rootpage="plugins/contrib"]]
+
+# 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`
@@ -18,10 +27,3 @@ IkiWiki::Plugin namespace, so they go in a IkiWiki/Plugin subdirectory
 inside the perl search path. For example, if your perl looks in
 `/usr/local/lib/site_perl` for modules, you can locally install ikiwiki
 plugins to `/usr/local/lib/site_perl/IkiWiki/Plugin`
-
-
-## Plugin directory
-
-Add your contributed plugins here.
-
-[[inline pages="plugins/* !plugins/write !*/Discussion" archive="yes" rootpage="plugins/contrib" show="30"]]