diff --git a/src/editor/config/config.ts b/src/editor/config/config.ts
index a3923dfa7..d2411d3e3 100644
--- a/src/editor/config/config.ts
+++ b/src/editor/config/config.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export interface EditorConfig {
    * Array of plugins to execute on start.
    * @default []
    */
-  plugins?: (string | Plugin)[];
+  plugins?: (string | Plugin<any>)[];
 
   /**
    * Custom options for plugins
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 23e97d767..1863f365a 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-import { isElement, isFunction } from 'underscore';
+import { isElement, isFunction, isString } from 'underscore';
 import $ from './utils/cash-dom';
 import Editor from './editor';
 import polyfills from './utils/polyfills';
 import { getGlobal } from './utils/mixins';
-import PluginManager from './plugin_manager';
+import PluginManager, { Plugin, getPlugin, logPluginWarn } from './plugin_manager';
 import { EditorConfig } from './editor/config/config';
 
 interface InitEditorConfig extends EditorConfig {
@@ -15,6 +15,18 @@ polyfills();
 const plugins = new PluginManager();
 const editors: Editor[] = [];
 
+export const usePlugin = <P extends Plugin<any> | string>(plugin: P, opts?: P extends Plugin<infer C> ? C : {}) => {
+  let pluginResult = getPlugin(plugin, plugins);
+
+  return (editor: Editor) => {
+    if (pluginResult) {
+      pluginResult(editor, opts || {});
+    } else {
+      logPluginWarn(editor, plugin as string);
+    }
+  };
+};
+
 const GrapesJS = {
   $,
 
diff --git a/src/plugin_manager/index.ts b/src/plugin_manager/index.ts
index f506405bc..bfafbe2c5 100644
--- a/src/plugin_manager/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugin_manager/index.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,34 @@
+import { isString } from 'underscore';
 import Editor from '../editor';
+import { getGlobal } from '../utils/mixins';
 
 type PluginOptions = Record<string, any>;
 
 export type Plugin<T extends PluginOptions = {}> = (editor: Editor, config: T) => void;
 
+const getPluginById = (pluginId: string, plugins: PluginManager) => {
+  let result = plugins.get(pluginId);
+
+  // Try to search in global context
+  if (!result) {
+    const wplg = (getGlobal() as any)[pluginId];
+    result = wplg?.default || wplg;
+  }
+
+  return result;
+};
+
+export const getPlugin = (plugin: string | Plugin<any>, plugins: PluginManager) => {
+  return isString(plugin) ? getPluginById(plugin, plugins) : plugin;
+};
+
+export const logPluginWarn = (editor: Editor, plugin: string) => {
+  editor.getModel().logWarning(`Plugin ${plugin} not found`, {
+    context: 'plugins',
+    plugin,
+  });
+};
+
 export default class PluginManager {
   plugins: Record<string, Plugin> = {};