diff --git a/src/Cms/AppPlugins.php b/src/Cms/AppPlugins.php
index 9d761ce057..3b5e69dc3a 100644
--- a/src/Cms/AppPlugins.php
+++ b/src/Cms/AppPlugins.php
@@ -802,19 +802,26 @@ public function nativeComponent(string $component)
         return $this->core->components()[$component] ?? false;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Kirby plugin factory and getter
-     *
-     * @param string $name
-     * @param array|null $extends If null is passed it will be used as getter. Otherwise as factory.
-     * @return \Kirby\Cms\Plugin|null
-     * @throws \Kirby\Exception\DuplicateException
-     */
-    public static function plugin(string $name, array $extends = null)
-    {
-        if ($extends === null) {
-            return static::$plugins[$name] ?? null;
-        }
+	/**
+	 * Kirby plugin factory
+	 *
+	 * @param array|null $extends If null is passed it will be take it from the folders. Otherwise as factory.
+	 * @throws \Kirby\Exception\DuplicateException
+	 */
+	public static function plugin(
+		string $name,
+		array $extends = null,
+		array $info = [],
+		string|null $root = null,
+		string|null $version = null
+	): Plugin|null {
+
+		if (
+			$extends === null &&
+			$plugin = static::$plugins[$name] ?? null
+		) {
+			return $plugin;
+		}
 
         // get the correct root for the plugin
         $extends['root'] = $extends['root'] ?? dirname(debug_backtrace()[0]['file']);
diff --git a/src/Cms/Plugin.php b/src/Cms/Plugin.php
index 84d6cfe872..e059878838 100644
--- a/src/Cms/Plugin.php
+++ b/src/Cms/Plugin.php
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
 use Exception;
 use Kirby\Data\Data;
 use Kirby\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
+use Kirby\Filesystem\Dir;
+use Kirby\Filesystem\F;
+use Kirby\Toolkit\A;
+use Kirby\Toolkit\Str;
 use Kirby\Toolkit\V;
 
 /**
@@ -41,12 +45,13 @@ public function __call(string $key, array $arguments = null)
      * @param string $name
      * @param array $extends
      */
-    public function __construct(string $name, array $extends = [])
+    public function __construct(string $name, ?array $extends = null, $info = [], $root = null, $version = null)
     {
         $this->setName($name);
-        $this->extends = $extends;
-        $this->root    = $extends['root'] ?? dirname(debug_backtrace()[0]['file']);
-        $this->info    = empty($extends['info']) === false && is_array($extends['info']) ? $extends['info'] : null;
+        $this->root    = $root ?? $extends['root'] ?? dirname(debug_backtrace()[0]['file']);
+        $this->extends = $extends ?? $this->autoload();
+        $this->info    = 
+	$imfo ?? empty($extends['info']) === false && is_array($extends['info']) ? $extends['info'] : null;
 
         unset($this->extends['root'], $this->extends['info']);
     }
@@ -218,4 +223,124 @@ public function toArray(): array
             'version'     => $this->version()
         ];
     }
+
+
+    /**
+	 * Autoload the configuration from the current plugins folder.
+     * 
+     * 'Kirby::plugin("your/plugin", Plugin::autoload());'
+     * 
+	 * @param string|array|null $folder string or array of folder to autoload. null = autoloading snippets, blueprint, templates, I18n and options. 
+	 */
+    public function autoload(
+        string|array|null $folder = null,
+        array $items = []
+    ):array {
+
+        //Load all
+        if ($folder === null) {
+
+            return A::merge(
+                $this->loadFiles('config'),
+                $this->autoload([
+                    'snippets',
+                    'templates',
+                    'blueprints'
+                ]),
+                ['translation' => $this->loadTranslations(
+                    'I18n',
+                    F::safeName($this->name)
+                )]
+
+            );
+
+        }
+
+        if (is_array($folder)) {
+
+            foreach ($folder as $item) {
+                $items = $this->autoload($item, $items);
+            }
+            return $items;
+        }
+        
+        $items[$folder] = $this->loadFiles(
+            $folder,
+            fn($file) => $file,
+            true
+        );
+
+        return $items;
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+	 * Autoload the translations of the current plugins folder.
+	 */
+    public function loadTranslations(
+        string $folder = 'I18n',
+        ?string $prefix = null
+    ): array {
+        return $this->loadFiles(
+            $folder, 
+            function ($file) use ($prefix) {
+
+                if (F::extension($file, 'json')) {
+                    $data = Data::read($file);
+                }
+
+                $data ??= require_once $file;
+
+                if ($prefix === null) {
+                    return $data;
+                }
+
+                $translations = [];
+
+				foreach ($data as $key => $value) {
+					$translations["{$prefix}.{$key}"] = $value;
+				}
+
+                return $translations;
+                
+            }
+             
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+	 * Reads the files of the current plugins folder.
+	 */
+    public function loadFiles(
+        string $folder,
+        callable $callback = null,
+        bool $recursive = false
+    ): array {
+
+        $callback   ??= fn($value) => require_once $value;
+        $folder     = $this->root() . "/{$folder}";
+
+        if (
+            Str::startsWith(basename($folder), '_') ||
+            Dir::exists($folder) === false
+        ) {
+            return [];
+        }
+
+        return A::reduce(
+            Dir::index($folder, $recursive),
+            function($items, $item) use ($callback, $folder) {
+
+                $key = Str::before($item, '.');
+                $filename = A::last(explode('/', $item));
+
+                if ($key && Str::startsWith($filename, '_') == false ) {
+                    $items[$key] = $callback("{$folder}/{$item}");
+                }
+                    
+                return $items;
+
+            }
+        );
+    }
 }