diff --git a/greenwood.config.js b/greenwood.config.js
index e913c0891..332980001 100644
--- a/greenwood.config.js
+++ b/greenwood.config.js
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ export default {
   staticRouter: true,
   interpolateFrontmatter: true,
   plugins: [
-    ...greenwoodPluginGraphQL(),
-    ...greenwoodPluginPolyfills(),
+    greenwoodPluginGraphQL(),
+    greenwoodPluginPolyfills(),
     greenwoodPluginPostCss(),
-    ...greenwoodPluginImportJson(),
-    ...greenwoodPluginImportCss(),
+    greenwoodPluginImportJson(),
+    greenwoodPluginImportCss(),
     {
       type: 'rollup',
       name: 'rollup-plugin-analyzer',
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ export default {
         ];
       }
     },
-    ...greenwoodPluginIncludeHTML(),
-    ...greenwoodPluginRendererPuppeteer()
+    greenwoodPluginIncludeHTML(),
+    greenwoodPluginRendererPuppeteer()
   ],
   markdown: {
     plugins: [
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/build.js b/packages/cli/src/commands/build.js
index 27f78eaf5..e5ce43348 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/build.js
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/build.js
@@ -11,10 +11,7 @@ const runProductionBuild = async (compilation) => {
     try {
       const { prerender } = compilation.config;
       const outputDir = compilation.context.outputDir;
-      const defaultPrerender = (compilation.config.plugins.filter(plugin => plugin.type === 'renderer' && plugin.isGreenwoodDefaultPlugin) || []).length === 1
-        ? compilation.config.plugins.filter(plugin => plugin.type === 'renderer')[0].provider(compilation)
-        : {};
-      const customPrerender = (compilation.config.plugins.filter(plugin => plugin.type === 'renderer' && !plugin.isGreenwoodDefaultPlugin) || []).length === 1
+      const prerenderPlugin = (compilation.config.plugins.filter(plugin => plugin.type === 'renderer') || []).length === 1
         ? compilation.config.plugins.filter(plugin => plugin.type === 'renderer')[0].provider(compilation)
         : {};
 
@@ -22,7 +19,7 @@ const runProductionBuild = async (compilation) => {
         fs.mkdirSync(outputDir);
       }
 
-      if (prerender || customPrerender.prerender) {
+      if (prerender || prerenderPlugin.prerender) {
         // start any servers if needed
         const servers = [...compilation.config.plugins.filter((plugin) => {
           return plugin.type === 'server';
@@ -42,14 +39,10 @@ const runProductionBuild = async (compilation) => {
           return Promise.resolve(server);
         }));
 
-        if (customPrerender.workerUrl) {
-          await preRenderCompilationWorker(compilation, customPrerender);
-        } else if (customPrerender.customUrl) {
-          await preRenderCompilationCustom(compilation, customPrerender);
-        } else if (defaultPrerender && prerender) {
-          await preRenderCompilationWorker(compilation, defaultPrerender);
+        if (prerenderPlugin.workerUrl) {
+          await preRenderCompilationWorker(compilation, prerenderPlugin);
         } else {
-          reject('This is an unhandled pre-rendering case!  Please report.');
+          await preRenderCompilationCustom(compilation, prerenderPlugin);
         }
       } else {
         await staticRenderCompilation(compilation);
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/lifecycles/config.js b/packages/cli/src/lifecycles/config.js
index 53ccbb06b..1e4fbdaf8 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/lifecycles/config.js
+++ b/packages/cli/src/lifecycles/config.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { fileURLToPath, pathToFileURL, URL } from 'url';
 // get and "tag" all plugins provided / maintained by the @greenwood/cli
 // and include as the default set, with all user plugins getting appended
 const greenwoodPluginsBasePath = fileURLToPath(new URL('../plugins', import.meta.url));
+const PLUGINS_FLATTENED_DEPTH = 2;
 
 const greenwoodPlugins = (await Promise.all([
   path.join(greenwoodPluginsBasePath, 'copy'),
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ const greenwoodPlugins = (await Promise.all([
 ].map(async (pluginDirectory) => {
   const files = await fs.promises.readdir(pluginDirectory);
 
-  return (await Promise.all(files.map(async(file) => {
+  return await Promise.all(files.map(async(file) => {
     const importPaTh = pathToFileURL(`${pluginDirectory}${path.sep}${file}`);
     const pluginImport = await import(importPaTh);
     const plugin = pluginImport[Object.keys(pluginImport)[0]];
@@ -22,8 +23,8 @@ const greenwoodPlugins = (await Promise.all([
     return Array.isArray(plugin)
       ? plugin
       : [plugin];
-  }))).flat();
-}).flat())).flat().map((plugin) => {
+  }));
+}))).flat(PLUGINS_FLATTENED_DEPTH).map((plugin) => {
   return {
     isGreenwoodDefaultPlugin: true,
     ...plugin
@@ -99,7 +100,9 @@ const readAndMergeConfig = async() => {
         }
 
         if (plugins && plugins.length > 0) {
-          plugins.forEach(plugin => {
+          const flattened = plugins.flat(PLUGINS_FLATTENED_DEPTH);
+
+          flattened.forEach(plugin => {
             if (!plugin.type || pluginTypes.indexOf(plugin.type) < 0) {
               reject(`Error: greenwood.config.js plugins must be one of type "${pluginTypes.join(', ')}". got "${plugin.type}" instead.`);
             }
@@ -117,14 +120,22 @@ const readAndMergeConfig = async() => {
             }
           });
 
-          // if user provides a custom renderer, replace ours with theirs
-          if (plugins.filter(plugin => plugin.type === 'renderer').length === 1) {
+          // if user provided a custom renderer, filter out Greenwood's default renderer
+          const customRendererPlugins = flattened.filter(plugin => plugin.type === 'renderer').length;
+
+          if (customRendererPlugins === 1) {
             customConfig.plugins = customConfig.plugins.filter((plugin) => {
               return plugin.type !== 'renderer';
             });
+          } else if (customRendererPlugins > 1) {
+            console.warn('More than one custom renderer plugin detected.  Please make sure you are only loading one.');
+            console.debug(plugins.filter(plugin => plugin.type === 'renderer'));
           }
 
-          customConfig.plugins = customConfig.plugins.concat(plugins);
+          customConfig.plugins = [
+            ...customConfig.plugins,
+            ...flattened
+          ];
         }
 
         if (devServer && Object.keys(devServer).length > 0) {
diff --git a/packages/plugin-babel/README.md b/packages/plugin-babel/README.md
index d032c4e66..eaa2e8946 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-babel/README.md
+++ b/packages/plugin-babel/README.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export default {
   ...
 
   plugins: [
-    ...greenwoodPluginBabel() // notice the spread ... !
+    greenwoodPluginBabel()
   ]
 }
 ```
@@ -68,8 +68,7 @@ If you would like to use it, either standalone or with your own custom _babel.co
       ...
 
       plugins: [
-        // notice the spread ... !
-        ...greenwoodPluginBabel({
+        greenwoodPluginBabel({
           extendConfig: true
         })
       ]
diff --git a/packages/plugin-graphql/README.md b/packages/plugin-graphql/README.md
index 140a39597..56e2fbe93 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-graphql/README.md
+++ b/packages/plugin-graphql/README.md
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ export default {
   ...
 
   plugins: [
-    ...greenwoodPluginGraphQL(), // notice the spread ... !
-    ...greenwoodPluginRendererPuppeteer() // notice the spread ... !
+    greenwoodPluginGraphQL(),
+    greenwoodPluginRendererPuppeteer()
   ]
 }
 ```
diff --git a/packages/plugin-import-commonjs/README.md b/packages/plugin-import-commonjs/README.md
index e1020e127..216f7c83c 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-import-commonjs/README.md
+++ b/packages/plugin-import-commonjs/README.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export default {
   ...
 
   plugins: [
-    ...greenwoodPluginImportCommonJs() // notice the spread ... !
+    greenwoodPluginImportCommonJs()
   ]
 }
 ```
diff --git a/packages/plugin-import-css/README.md b/packages/plugin-import-css/README.md
index 4f973933c..7a9d8737d 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-import-css/README.md
+++ b/packages/plugin-import-css/README.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export default {
   ...
 
   plugins: [
-    ...greenwoodPluginImportCss() // notice the spread ... !
+    greenwoodPluginImportCss()
   ]
 }
 ```
diff --git a/packages/plugin-import-json/README.md b/packages/plugin-import-json/README.md
index c12064cc7..744630209 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-import-json/README.md
+++ b/packages/plugin-import-json/README.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export default {
   ...
 
   plugins: [
-    ...greenwoodPluginImportJson() // notice the spread ... !
+    greenwoodPluginImportJson()
   ]
 }
 ```
diff --git a/packages/plugin-include-html/README.md b/packages/plugin-include-html/README.md
index 699714505..424fdd5af 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-include-html/README.md
+++ b/packages/plugin-include-html/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export default {
   ...
 
   plugins: [
-    ...greenwoodPluginIncludeHtml() // notice the spread ... !
+    greenwoodPluginIncludeHtml()
   ]
 }
 ```
diff --git a/packages/plugin-polyfills/README.md b/packages/plugin-polyfills/README.md
index 9b9ccd9f3..89b79527a 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-polyfills/README.md
+++ b/packages/plugin-polyfills/README.md
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export default {
   ...
 
   plugins: [
-    ...greenwoodPluginPolyfills() // notice the spread ... !
+    greenwoodPluginPolyfills()
   ]
 }
 ```
diff --git a/packages/plugin-renderer-puppeteer/README.md b/packages/plugin-renderer-puppeteer/README.md
index c859628a8..6b28e7645 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-renderer-puppeteer/README.md
+++ b/packages/plugin-renderer-puppeteer/README.md
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export default {
   ...
 
   plugins: [
-    ...greenwoodPluginRendererPuppeteer() // notice the spread!
+    greenwoodPluginRendererPuppeteer()
   ]
 }
 ```
diff --git a/packages/plugin-typescript/README.md b/packages/plugin-typescript/README.md
index 301b95693..e0c33d6a2 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-typescript/README.md
+++ b/packages/plugin-typescript/README.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export default {
   ...
 
   plugins: [
-    ...greenwoodPluginTypeScript() // notice the spread ... !
+    greenwoodPluginTypeScript()
   ]
 }
 ```
@@ -90,8 +90,7 @@ If you would like to extend / override these options:
       ...
 
       plugins: [
-        // notice the spread ... !
-        ...greenwoodPluginTypeScript({
+        greenwoodPluginTypeScript({
           extendConfig: true
         })
       ]
diff --git a/www/pages/blog/release/v0-26-0.md b/www/pages/blog/release/v0-26-0.md
index bd6ec3480..3f3c26aec 100644
--- a/www/pages/blog/release/v0-26-0.md
+++ b/www/pages/blog/release/v0-26-0.md
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ So although WCC is now the default for SSR, Puppeteer is still available as a pl
     
     export default {
       plugins: [
-        ...greenwoodPluginRendererPuppeteer()
+        greenwoodPluginRendererPuppeteer()
       ]
     }
     ```