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# `lektor.pluginsystem.``get_plugin` (`plugin_id_or_class,` `env=None`)

This function can look up a plugin instance for an environment by plugin ID or plugin class. This is particularly useful to retrieve state from a plugin. If the `env` is not given a context needs to be active and the env of the context is used.

## Example

    from lektor.pluginsystem import get_plugin

    plugin = get_plugin('the-plugin-id')
    cfg = plugin.get_config()

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