diff --git a/plugins/disqus.lisp b/plugins/disqus.lisp
index fb7f3d6..ca89f89 100644
--- a/plugins/disqus.lisp
+++ b/plugins/disqus.lisp
@@ -1,2 +1,27 @@
-(in-package :coleslaw)
+(defpackage :coleslaw-disqus
+  (:use :cl :coleslaw))
 
+(in-package :coleslaw-disqus)
+
+;; Should be added to plugins like so:
+; :plugins (mathjax (disqus :shortname "mysite-disqus-shortname"))
+
+(defvar *disqus-header*
+  "<div id=\"disqus_thread\"></div>
+     <script type=\"text/javascript\">
+       /* * * CONFIGURATION VARIABLES: EDIT BEFORE PASTING INTO YOUR WEBPAGE * * */
+       var disqus_shortname = '~a';
+       /* * * DON'T EDIT BELOW THIS LINE * * */
+       (function() {
+         var dsq = document.createElement('script');
+         dsq.type = 'text/javascript';
+         dsq.async = true;
+         dsq.src = 'http://' + disqus_shortname + '.disqus.com/embed.js';
+         (document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0] || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0]).appendChild(dsq);
+           })();
+     </script>
+     <noscript>Please enable JavaScript to view the <a href=\"http://disqus.com/?ref_noscript\">comments powered by Disqus.</a></noscript>
+     <a href=\"http://disqus.com\" class=\"dsq-brlink\">comments powered by <span class=\"logo-disqus\">Disqus</span></a>")
+
+(defun enable (&key shortname)
+  (coleslaw:add-injection (format nil *disqus-header* shortname) :head))
diff --git a/plugins/mathjax.lisp b/plugins/mathjax.lisp
index 545e810..360c95d 100644
--- a/plugins/mathjax.lisp
+++ b/plugins/mathjax.lisp
@@ -14,4 +14,5 @@
 src=\"http://cdn.mathjax.org/mathjax/latest/MathJax.js?config=TeX-AMS-MML_HTMLorMML\">
 </script>")
 
-(coleslaw:add-injection *mathjax-header* :head)
+(defun enable ()
+  (coleslaw:add-injection *mathjax-header* :head))
diff --git a/src/config.lisp b/src/config.lisp
index faa5de6..cfb444d 100644
--- a/src/config.lisp
+++ b/src/config.lisp
@@ -16,16 +16,24 @@
 (defparameter *config* nil
   "A variable to store the blog configuration and plugin settings.")
 
+(defun enable-plugin (file &rest args)
+  "Given a path to a plugin, FILE, compile+load it, then call its ENABLE function."
+  (compile-file file)
+  (load file)
+  (let* ((pkgname (format nil "coleslaw-~a" (pathname-name file)))
+         (plugin-pkg (find-package (string-upcase pkgname))))
+    (apply (find-symbol "ENABLE" plugin-pkg) args)))
+
 (defun load-plugins (plugins)
-  "Resolve the path of each symbol in PLUGINS and call LOAD on the
-resulting pathnames. It is expected that the matching *.lisp files
+  "Compile and load the listed PLUGINS. It is expected that matching *.lisp files
 are in the plugins folder in coleslaw's source directory."
-  (let ((files (mapcar (lambda (sym)
-                         (app-path "plugins/~a" (string-downcase (symbol-name sym))))
-                       plugins)))
-    (map nil (lambda (file)
-               (compile-file file)
-               (load file)) files)))
+  (flet ((plugin-path (name)
+           (app-path "plugins/~a" (string-downcase (symbol-name sym)))))
+    (dolist (plugin plugins)
+      (etypecase plugin
+        (list (destructuring-bind (name &rest args) plugin
+                (apply 'enable-plugin (plugin-path name) args)))
+        (symbol (enable-plugin (plugin-path plugin)))))))
 
 (defun load-config (&optional (dir (user-homedir-pathname)))
   "Load the coleslaw configuration from DIR/.coleslawrc. DIR is ~ by default."