diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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+[submodule "plugins"]
+	path = plugins
+	url = https://github.com/getpelican/pelican-plugins.git
diff --git a/plugins b/plugins
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+Subproject commit f3b5cef79d97556cb1c10e66e9130a223f45c943