diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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+[submodule "pelican/plugins"]
+	path = pelican/plugins
+	url = https://github.com/getpelican/pelican-plugins.git
diff --git a/pelican/plugins b/pelican/plugins
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+Subproject commit 76a8be9978bcfddc6dcf05678420fb06ee32cb0d