title: get_plugin
---
summary: Look up a plugin instance.
---
type: function
---
signature: plugin_id_or_class, env=None
---
module: lektor.pluginsystem
---
body:

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

```python
from lektor.pluginsystem import get_plugin

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