diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1a99f24..f54293a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ Attributes
 * `node['wordpress']['server_name']` - Hostname used for setting up the Virtual Host configuration for your WordPress site
 
 * `node['wordpress']['php_options']` - Additional PHP settings for the installation.
+* `node['wordpress']['plugins']` - Hash of plugin names and URLs to be installed.
 
 Usage
 =====
diff --git a/attributes/default.rb b/attributes/default.rb
index 873753d..9feacb9 100644
--- a/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/attributes/default.rb
@@ -101,3 +101,6 @@
 end
 
 default['wordpress']['php_options'] = { 'php_admin_value[upload_max_filesize]' => '50M', 'php_admin_value[post_max_size]' => '55M' }
+
+default['wordpress']['plugins'] = {}
+
diff --git a/providers/plugin.rb b/providers/plugin.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d53b8ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/providers/plugin.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+
+def whyrun_supported?
+  true
+end
+
+action :install do
+
+  if @current_resource.exists
+    Chef::Log.info "Plugin #{@new_resource} already exists - nothing to do."
+  else
+    converge_by("Add plugin #{@new_resource}") do
+      add_plugin
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+def add_plugin
+  # Retrieve the file
+  remote_file "#{Chef::Config[:file_cache_path]}/#{new_resource.plugin_name}.zip" do
+    source new_resource.url
+  end
+  
+  # TODO: update/freshen the files in the plugins directory
+  bash "install-plugin" do
+    cwd "#{node['wordpress']['dir']}/wp-content/plugins"
+    code "temp=(mktemp -d) && unzip -d $temp #{Chef::Config[:file_cache_path]}/#{new_resource.plugin_name}.zip && mkdir #{new_resource.plugin_name} && mv $temp/*/* #{new_resource.plugin_name} && rmdir $temp/* $temp"
+  end
+end
+
+def load_current_resource
+  @current_resource = Chef::Resource::WordpressPlugin.new(@new_resource.name)
+  @current_resource.name(@new_resource.name)
+  @current_resource.plugin_name(@new_resource.plugin_name)
+  @current_resource.url(@new_resource.url)
+
+  if plugin_exists?(@current_resource.plugin_name)
+    @current_resource.exists = true
+  end
+
+  @current_resource
+end
+
+def plugin_exists?(name)
+
+  if Dir.exist?("#{node['wordpress']['dir']}/wp-content/plugins/#{name}")
+    return true
+  end
+
+  return false
+end
+
diff --git a/recipes/app.rb b/recipes/app.rb
index b3d9f41..35a15bb 100644
--- a/recipes/app.rb
+++ b/recipes/app.rb
@@ -88,3 +88,6 @@
   group node['wordpress']['install']['group']
   action :create
 end
+
+include_recipe "wordpress::plugins"
+
diff --git a/recipes/plugins.rb b/recipes/plugins.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..82f0edd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/plugins.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#
+# Cookbook Name:: wordpress
+# Recipe:: plugins
+#
+# Copyright 2009-2010, Opscode, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+package "unzip"
+
+node['wordpress']['plugins'].each do |plugin, url|
+
+  wordpress_plugin plugin do
+    url url
+  end
+
+end
+
diff --git a/resources/plugin.rb b/resources/plugin.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..509613c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/plugin.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+
+actions :install
+default_action :install
+
+attribute :plugin_name, :name_attribute => true, :kind_of => String,
+            :required => true
+
+attribute :url, :kind_of => String, :default => nil, :required => true
+
+attr_accessor :exists
+