diff --git a/pelicanconf.py b/pelicanconf.py
index 0819db3..1343f39 100644
--- a/pelicanconf.py
+++ b/pelicanconf.py
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ TRANSLATION_FEED_RSS = None
 AUTHOR_FEED_ATOM = None
 AUTHOR_FEED_RSS = None
 
+PLUGIN_PATHS = ["plugins"]
+PLUGINS = ['summary']
+SUMMARY_BEGIN_MARKER = '<!-- PELICAN_BEGIN_SUMMARY -->'
+SUMMARY_END_MARKER = '<!-- PELICAN_END_SUMMARY -->'
+
 DEFAULT_PAGINATION = 500
 
 # Uncomment following line if you want document-relative URLs when developing