diff --git a/Network/Gitit/ContentTransformer.hs b/Network/Gitit/ContentTransformer.hs
index a436620e4..1c498618a 100644
--- a/Network/Gitit/ContentTransformer.hs
+++ b/Network/Gitit/ContentTransformer.hs
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ module Network.Gitit.ContentTransformer
   , showFile
   , preview
   , applyPreCommitPlugins
+  , applyHSTMPPlugins
   -- * Cache support for transformers
   , cacheHtml
   , cachedHtml
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ import Text.Highlighting.Kate
 import Text.Pandoc hiding (MathML, WebTeX, MathJax)
 import Text.Pandoc.Shared (ObfuscationMethod(..))
 import Text.XHtml hiding ( (</>), dir, method, password, rev )
+import Text.StringTemplate (StringTemplate)
 #if MIN_VERSION_blaze_html(0,5,0)
 import Text.Blaze.Html.Renderer.String as Blaze ( renderHtml )
 #else
@@ -108,7 +110,12 @@ runTransformer :: ToMessage a
                => (String -> String)
                -> ContentTransformer a
                -> GititServerPart a
-runTransformer pathFor xform = withData $ \params -> do
+runTransformer = runTransformer'
+
+runTransformer' :: (String -> String)
+               -> ContentTransformer a
+               -> GititServerPart a
+runTransformer' pathFor xform = withData $ \params -> do
   page <- getPage
   cfg <- getConfig
   evalStateT xform  Context{ ctxFile = pathFor page
@@ -139,6 +146,11 @@ runFileTransformer :: ToMessage a
                    -> GititServerPart a
 runFileTransformer = runTransformer id
 
+-- | Converts a @ContentTransformer@ into a @GititServerPart@;
+-- specialized to StringTemplate.
+runHSTMPTransformer :: ContentTransformer a -> GititServerPart a
+runHSTMPTransformer = runTransformer' id
+
 --
 -- Gitit responders
 --
@@ -182,6 +194,11 @@ preview = runPageTransformer $
 applyPreCommitPlugins :: String -> GititServerPart String
 applyPreCommitPlugins = runPageTransformer . applyPreCommitTransforms
 
+-- | Applies HStringTemplate plugins to template, possibly
+-- modifying it.
+applyHSTMPPlugins :: StringTemplate String -> GititServerPart (StringTemplate String)
+applyHSTMPPlugins = runHSTMPTransformer . applyHSTMPTransforms
+
 --
 -- Top level, composed transformers
 --
@@ -395,6 +412,12 @@ getPreCommitTransforms = liftM (mapMaybe preCommitTransform) $
   where preCommitTransform (PreCommitTransform x) = Just x
         preCommitTransform _                      = Nothing
 
+getHSTMPTransforms :: ContentTransformer [StringTemplate String -> PluginM (StringTemplate String)]
+getHSTMPTransforms = liftM (mapMaybe hSTMPTransform) $
+                          queryGititState plugins
+  where hSTMPTransform (HSTMPTransform x) = Just x
+        hSTMPTransform _                  = Nothing
+
 -- | @applyTransform a t@ applies the transform @t@ to input @a@.
 applyTransform :: a -> (a -> PluginM a) -> ContentTransformer a
 applyTransform inp transform = do
@@ -426,6 +449,10 @@ applyPreParseTransforms page' = getPreParseTransforms >>= foldM applyTransform (
 applyPreCommitTransforms :: String -> ContentTransformer String
 applyPreCommitTransforms c = getPreCommitTransforms >>= foldM applyTransform c
 
+-- | Applies all the HStringTemplate transform plugins to a template.
+applyHSTMPTransforms :: StringTemplate String -> ContentTransformer (StringTemplate String)
+applyHSTMPTransforms st = getHSTMPTransforms >>= foldM applyTransform st
+
 --
 -- Content or context augmentation combinators
 --
diff --git a/Network/Gitit/ContentTransformer.hs-boot b/Network/Gitit/ContentTransformer.hs-boot
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c867942b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Network/Gitit/ContentTransformer.hs-boot
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
+module Network.Gitit.ContentTransformer where
+import Network.Gitit.Types
+import Text.StringTemplate (StringTemplate)
+
+applyHSTMPPlugins :: StringTemplate String -> GititServerPart (StringTemplate String)
diff --git a/Network/Gitit/Layout.hs b/Network/Gitit/Layout.hs
index 3c4f3d53c..8171775c8 100644
--- a/Network/Gitit/Layout.hs
+++ b/Network/Gitit/Layout.hs
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import Network.Gitit.Server
 import Network.Gitit.Framework
 import Network.Gitit.State
 import Network.Gitit.Types
+import {-# SOURCE #-} Network.Gitit.ContentTransformer (applyHSTMPPlugins)
 import Network.Gitit.Export (exportFormats)
 import Network.HTTP (urlEncodeVars)
 import qualified Text.StringTemplate as T
@@ -66,8 +67,9 @@ defaultRenderPage :: T.StringTemplate String -> PageLayout -> Html -> Handler
 defaultRenderPage templ layout htmlContents = do
   cfg <- getConfig
   base' <- getWikiBase
+  appliedTmpl <- applyHSTMPPlugins templ
   ok . setContentType "text/html; charset=utf-8" . toResponse . T.render .
-       filledPageTemplate base' cfg layout htmlContents $ templ
+       filledPageTemplate base' cfg layout htmlContents $ appliedTmpl
 
 -- | Returns a page template with gitit variables filled in.
 filledPageTemplate :: String -> Config -> PageLayout -> Html ->
diff --git a/Network/Gitit/Types.hs b/Network/Gitit/Types.hs
index a8d7bcf28..6f57d8520 100644
--- a/Network/Gitit/Types.hs
+++ b/Network/Gitit/Types.hs
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import Control.Monad (liftM)
 import System.Log.Logger (Priority(..))
 import Text.Pandoc.Definition (Pandoc)
 import Text.XHtml (Html)
+import Text.StringTemplate (StringTemplate)
 import qualified Data.Map as M
 import Data.List (intersect)
 import Data.Time (parseTime)
@@ -193,6 +194,7 @@ type ContentTransformer = StateT Context GititServerPart
 data Plugin = PageTransform (Pandoc -> PluginM Pandoc)
             | PreParseTransform (String -> PluginM String)
             | PreCommitTransform (String -> PluginM String)
+            | HSTMPTransform (StringTemplate String -> PluginM (StringTemplate String))
 
 data PluginData = PluginData { pluginConfig    :: Config
                              , pluginUser      :: Maybe User