From 2441d3bc014d68c447b8de0405648e46de3897f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Martin Donath <squidfunk@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2021 09:57:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Allow third-party plugins to override core plugins (#2591)

* Allow third-party plugins to override core plugins

* Improve resilience of check for core plugin
---
 mkdocs/plugins.py | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mkdocs/plugins.py b/mkdocs/plugins.py
index 117e182f83..8cd60e2d36 100644
--- a/mkdocs/plugins.py
+++ b/mkdocs/plugins.py
@@ -26,7 +26,15 @@ def get_plugins():
 
     plugins = importlib_metadata.entry_points(group='mkdocs.plugins')
 
-    return {plugin.name: plugin for plugin in plugins}
+    # Allow third-party plugins to override core plugins
+    pluginmap = {}
+    for plugin in plugins:
+        if plugin.name in pluginmap and plugin.value.startswith("mkdocs.contrib."):
+            continue
+
+        pluginmap[plugin.name] = plugin
+
+    return pluginmap
 
 
 class BasePlugin: