diff --git a/archivebox/core/settings.py b/archivebox/core/settings.py
index b055096b..dff6baa7 100644
--- a/archivebox/core/settings.py
+++ b/archivebox/core/settings.py
@@ -36,17 +36,17 @@ assert ARCHIVE_DIR == CONFIG.ARCHIVE_DIR
 
 
 def find_plugins_in_dir(plugins_dir: Path, prefix: str) -> Dict[str, Path]:
-    """{"pkg_plugins.pip": "/app/archivebox/pkg_plugins/pip", "user_plugins.other": "/data/user_plugins/other",...}"""
+    """{"plugins_pkg.pip": "/app/archivebox/plugins_pkg/pip", "user_plugins.other": "/data/user_plugins/other",...}"""
     return {
         f"{prefix}.{plugin_entrypoint.parent.name}": plugin_entrypoint.parent
         for plugin_entrypoint in sorted(plugins_dir.glob("*/apps.py"))   # key=get_plugin_order  # Someday enforcing plugin import order may be required, but right now it's not needed
     }
     
 PLUGIN_DIRS = {
-    'sys_plugins':          PACKAGE_DIR / 'sys_plugins',
-    'pkg_plugins':          PACKAGE_DIR / 'pkg_plugins',
-    'auth_plugins':         PACKAGE_DIR / 'auth_plugins',
-    'extractor_plugins':    PACKAGE_DIR / 'extractor_plugins',
+    'plugins_sys':          PACKAGE_DIR / 'plugins_sys',
+    'plugins_pkg':          PACKAGE_DIR / 'plugins_pkg',
+    'plugins_auth':         PACKAGE_DIR / 'plugins_auth',
+    'plugins_extractor':    PACKAGE_DIR / 'plugins_extractor',
     'user_plugins':         DATA_DIR / 'user_plugins',
 }
 INSTALLED_PLUGINS = {}
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = [
     'django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend',
 ]
 
-from ..auth_plugins.ldap.settings import LDAP_CONFIG
+from ..plugins_auth.ldap.settings import LDAP_CONFIG
 
 if LDAP_CONFIG.LDAP_ENABLED:
     AUTH_LDAP_BIND_DN = LDAP_CONFIG.LDAP_BIND_DN
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ LOGGING = {
             "handlers": ["default", "logfile"],
             "level": "DEBUG",
         },
-        "extractor_plugins": {
+        "plugins_extractor": {
             "handlers": ["default", "logfile"],
             "level": "DEBUG",
         },
diff --git a/archivebox/plugantic/base_admindataview.py b/archivebox/plugantic/base_admindataview.py
index b5cac1de..72bb4df3 100644
--- a/archivebox/plugantic/base_admindataview.py
+++ b/archivebox/plugantic/base_admindataview.py
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ class BaseAdminDataView(BaseHook):
     
     # verbose_name: str = 'Data View'
     # route: str = '/npm/installed/'
-    # view: str = 'pkg_plugins.npm.admin.installed_list_view'
+    # view: str = 'plugins_pkg.npm.admin.installed_list_view'
     # items: Dict[str, str] = {
     #     "name": "installed_npm_pkg",
     #     'route': '<str:key>/',
-    #     'view': 'pkg_plugins.npm.admin.installed_detail_view',
+    #     'view': 'plugins_pkg.npm.admin.installed_detail_view',
     # }
 
     def register(self, settings, parent_plugin=None):
diff --git a/archivebox/plugantic/base_hook.py b/archivebox/plugantic/base_hook.py
index a1339919..17ad0703 100644
--- a/archivebox/plugantic/base_hook.py
+++ b/archivebox/plugantic/base_hook.py
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ class BaseHook(BaseModel):
         # django imports AppConfig, models, migrations, admins, etc. for all installed apps
         # django then calls AppConfig.ready() on each installed app...
 
-        pkg_plugins.npm.NpmPlugin().AppConfig.ready()                    # called by django
-            pkg_plugins.npm.NpmPlugin().register(settings) ->
-                pkg_plugins.npm.NpmConfigSet().register(settings)
+        plugins_pkg.npm.NpmPlugin().AppConfig.ready()                    # called by django
+            plugins_pkg.npm.NpmPlugin().register(settings) ->
+                plugins_pkg.npm.NpmConfigSet().register(settings)
                     plugantic.base_configset.BaseConfigSet().register(settings)
-                        plugantic.base_hook.BaseHook().register(settings, parent_plugin=pkg_plugins.npm.NpmPlugin())
+                        plugantic.base_hook.BaseHook().register(settings, parent_plugin=plugins_pkg.npm.NpmPlugin())
 
                 ...
         ...
@@ -74,17 +74,17 @@ class BaseHook(BaseModel):
 
     @property
     def hook_module(self) -> str:
-        """e.g. extractor_plugins.singlefile.apps.SinglefileConfigSet"""
+        """e.g. plugins_extractor.singlefile.apps.SinglefileConfigSet"""
         return f'{self.__module__}.{self.__class__.__name__}'
 
     @property
     def hook_file(self) -> Path:
-        """e.g. extractor_plugins.singlefile.apps.SinglefileConfigSet"""
+        """e.g. plugins_extractor.singlefile.apps.SinglefileConfigSet"""
         return Path(inspect.getfile(self.__class__))
 
     @property
     def plugin_module(self) -> str:
-        """e.g. extractor_plugins.singlefile"""
+        """e.g. plugins_extractor.singlefile"""
         return f"{self.__module__}.{self.__class__.__name__}".split("archivebox.", 1)[-1].rsplit(".apps.", 1)[0]
 
     @property
diff --git a/archivebox/plugantic/base_plugin.py b/archivebox/plugantic/base_plugin.py
index 8e44ee61..2bad938d 100644
--- a/archivebox/plugantic/base_plugin.py
+++ b/archivebox/plugantic/base_plugin.py
@@ -61,14 +61,14 @@ class BasePlugin(BaseModel):
     def plugin_module(self) -> str:  # DottedImportPath
         """ "
         Dotted import path of the plugin's module (after its loaded via settings.INSTALLED_APPS).
-        e.g. 'archivebox.pkg_plugins.npm.apps.NpmPlugin' -> 'pkg_plugins.npm'
+        e.g. 'archivebox.plugins_pkg.npm.apps.NpmPlugin' -> 'plugins_pkg.npm'
         """
         return f"{self.__module__}.{self.__class__.__name__}".split("archivebox.", 1)[-1].rsplit('.apps.', 1)[0]
 
 
     @property
     def plugin_module_full(self) -> str:  # DottedImportPath
-        """e.g. 'archivebox.pkg_plugins.npm.apps.NpmPlugin'"""
+        """e.g. 'archivebox.plugins_pkg.npm.apps.NpmPlugin'"""
         return f"{self.__module__}.{self.__class__.__name__}"
     
     # @computed_field
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class BasePlugin(BaseModel):
         # preserve references to original default objects,
         # pydantic deepcopies them by default which breaks mutability
         # see https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic/issues/7608
-        # if we dont do this, then sys_plugins.base.CORE_CONFIG != settings.CONFIGS.CoreConfig for example
+        # if we dont do this, then plugins_sys.base.CORE_CONFIG != settings.CONFIGS.CoreConfig for example
         # and calling .__init__() on one of them will not update the other
         self.hooks = self.model_fields['hooks'].default
         
diff --git a/archivebox/auth_plugins/ldap/__init__.py b/archivebox/plugins_auth/ldap/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from archivebox/auth_plugins/ldap/__init__.py
rename to archivebox/plugins_auth/ldap/__init__.py
diff --git a/archivebox/auth_plugins/ldap/apps.py b/archivebox/plugins_auth/ldap/apps.py
similarity index 93%
rename from archivebox/auth_plugins/ldap/apps.py
rename to archivebox/plugins_auth/ldap/apps.py
index 5cf18fec..f7fd2ef7 100644
--- a/archivebox/auth_plugins/ldap/apps.py
+++ b/archivebox/plugins_auth/ldap/apps.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__package__ = 'archivebox.auth_plugins.ldap'
+__package__ = 'archivebox.plugins_auth.ldap'
 
 import inspect
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from plugantic.base_plugin import BasePlugin
 from plugantic.base_hook import BaseHook
 from plugantic.base_binary import BaseBinary, BaseBinProvider
 
-from pkg_plugins.pip.apps import SYS_PIP_BINPROVIDER, VENV_PIP_BINPROVIDER
+from plugins_pkg.pip.apps import SYS_PIP_BINPROVIDER, VENV_PIP_BINPROVIDER
 from .settings import LDAP_CONFIG, LDAP_LIB
 
 
diff --git a/archivebox/auth_plugins/ldap/settings.py b/archivebox/plugins_auth/ldap/settings.py
similarity index 98%
rename from archivebox/auth_plugins/ldap/settings.py
rename to archivebox/plugins_auth/ldap/settings.py
index f7320ee0..f9eb7a3c 100644
--- a/archivebox/auth_plugins/ldap/settings.py
+++ b/archivebox/plugins_auth/ldap/settings.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__package__ = 'archivebox.auth_plugins.ldap'
+__package__ = 'archivebox.plugins_auth.ldap'
 
 import sys
 
diff --git a/archivebox/extractor_plugins/__init__.py b/archivebox/plugins_extractor/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from archivebox/extractor_plugins/__init__.py
rename to archivebox/plugins_extractor/__init__.py
diff --git a/archivebox/extractor_plugins/chrome/__init__.py b/archivebox/plugins_extractor/chrome/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from archivebox/extractor_plugins/chrome/__init__.py
rename to archivebox/plugins_extractor/chrome/__init__.py
diff --git a/archivebox/extractor_plugins/chrome/apps.py b/archivebox/plugins_extractor/chrome/apps.py
similarity index 97%
rename from archivebox/extractor_plugins/chrome/apps.py
rename to archivebox/plugins_extractor/chrome/apps.py
index 7f197e26..5c9a71b5 100644
--- a/archivebox/extractor_plugins/chrome/apps.py
+++ b/archivebox/plugins_extractor/chrome/apps.py
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ from plugantic.base_binary import BaseBinary, env
 from plugantic.base_hook import BaseHook
 
 # Depends on Other Plugins:
-from pkg_plugins.puppeteer.apps import PUPPETEER_BINPROVIDER
-from pkg_plugins.playwright.apps import PLAYWRIGHT_BINPROVIDER
+from plugins_pkg.puppeteer.apps import PUPPETEER_BINPROVIDER
+from plugins_pkg.playwright.apps import PLAYWRIGHT_BINPROVIDER
 
 
 CHROMIUM_BINARY_NAMES_LINUX = [
diff --git a/archivebox/extractor_plugins/singlefile/__init__.py b/archivebox/plugins_extractor/singlefile/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from archivebox/extractor_plugins/singlefile/__init__.py
rename to archivebox/plugins_extractor/singlefile/__init__.py
diff --git a/archivebox/extractor_plugins/singlefile/apps.py b/archivebox/plugins_extractor/singlefile/apps.py
similarity index 96%
rename from archivebox/extractor_plugins/singlefile/apps.py
rename to archivebox/plugins_extractor/singlefile/apps.py
index e5386969..d8526e9a 100644
--- a/archivebox/extractor_plugins/singlefile/apps.py
+++ b/archivebox/plugins_extractor/singlefile/apps.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__package__ = 'archivebox.extractor_plugins.singlefile'
+__package__ = 'archivebox.plugins_extractor.singlefile'
 
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import List, Dict, Optional, ClassVar
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ from plugantic.base_queue import BaseQueue
 from plugantic.base_hook import BaseHook
 
 # Depends on Other Plugins:
-from sys_plugins.base.apps import ARCHIVING_CONFIG
-from pkg_plugins.npm.apps import SYS_NPM_BINPROVIDER, LIB_NPM_BINPROVIDER
+from plugins_sys.base.apps import ARCHIVING_CONFIG
+from plugins_pkg.npm.apps import SYS_NPM_BINPROVIDER, LIB_NPM_BINPROVIDER
 
 ###################### Config ##########################
 
diff --git a/archivebox/extractor_plugins/singlefile/migrations/0001_initial.py b/archivebox/plugins_extractor/singlefile/migrations/0001_initial.py
similarity index 100%
rename from archivebox/extractor_plugins/singlefile/migrations/0001_initial.py
rename to archivebox/plugins_extractor/singlefile/migrations/0001_initial.py
diff --git a/archivebox/extractor_plugins/singlefile/migrations/__init__.py b/archivebox/plugins_extractor/singlefile/migrations/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from archivebox/extractor_plugins/singlefile/migrations/__init__.py
rename to archivebox/plugins_extractor/singlefile/migrations/__init__.py
diff --git a/archivebox/extractor_plugins/singlefile/models.py b/archivebox/plugins_extractor/singlefile/models.py
similarity index 100%
rename from archivebox/extractor_plugins/singlefile/models.py
rename to archivebox/plugins_extractor/singlefile/models.py
diff --git a/archivebox/extractor_plugins/singlefile/tasks.py b/archivebox/plugins_extractor/singlefile/tasks.py
similarity index 100%
rename from archivebox/extractor_plugins/singlefile/tasks.py
rename to archivebox/plugins_extractor/singlefile/tasks.py
diff --git a/archivebox/extractor_plugins/ytdlp/__init__.py b/archivebox/plugins_extractor/ytdlp/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from archivebox/extractor_plugins/ytdlp/__init__.py
rename to archivebox/plugins_extractor/ytdlp/__init__.py
diff --git a/archivebox/extractor_plugins/ytdlp/apps.py b/archivebox/plugins_extractor/ytdlp/apps.py
similarity index 98%
rename from archivebox/extractor_plugins/ytdlp/apps.py
rename to archivebox/plugins_extractor/ytdlp/apps.py
index a513119c..2897a97a 100644
--- a/archivebox/extractor_plugins/ytdlp/apps.py
+++ b/archivebox/plugins_extractor/ytdlp/apps.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from plugantic.base_configset import BaseConfigSet, ConfigSectionName
 from plugantic.base_binary import BaseBinary, env, apt, brew
 from plugantic.base_hook import BaseHook
 
-from pkg_plugins.pip.apps import pip
+from plugins_pkg.pip.apps import pip
 
 ###################### Config ##########################
 
diff --git a/archivebox/pkg_plugins/npm/__init__.py b/archivebox/plugins_pkg/npm/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from archivebox/pkg_plugins/npm/__init__.py
rename to archivebox/plugins_pkg/npm/__init__.py
diff --git a/archivebox/pkg_plugins/npm/apps.py b/archivebox/plugins_pkg/npm/apps.py
similarity index 97%
rename from archivebox/pkg_plugins/npm/apps.py
rename to archivebox/plugins_pkg/npm/apps.py
index 96585ba2..51eb1214 100644
--- a/archivebox/pkg_plugins/npm/apps.py
+++ b/archivebox/plugins_pkg/npm/apps.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__package__ = 'archivebox.pkg_plugins.npm'
+__package__ = 'archivebox.plugins_pkg.npm'
 
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import List, Optional
diff --git a/archivebox/pkg_plugins/pip/__init__.py b/archivebox/plugins_pkg/pip/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from archivebox/pkg_plugins/pip/__init__.py
rename to archivebox/plugins_pkg/pip/__init__.py
diff --git a/archivebox/pkg_plugins/pip/apps.py b/archivebox/plugins_pkg/pip/apps.py
similarity index 100%
rename from archivebox/pkg_plugins/pip/apps.py
rename to archivebox/plugins_pkg/pip/apps.py
diff --git a/archivebox/pkg_plugins/playwright/__init__.py b/archivebox/plugins_pkg/playwright/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from archivebox/pkg_plugins/playwright/__init__.py
rename to archivebox/plugins_pkg/playwright/__init__.py
diff --git a/archivebox/pkg_plugins/playwright/apps.py b/archivebox/plugins_pkg/playwright/apps.py
similarity index 99%
rename from archivebox/pkg_plugins/playwright/apps.py
rename to archivebox/plugins_pkg/playwright/apps.py
index cd606884..830e4139 100644
--- a/archivebox/pkg_plugins/playwright/apps.py
+++ b/archivebox/plugins_pkg/playwright/apps.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ from plugantic.base_binary import BaseBinary, BaseBinProvider, env
 # from plugantic.base_queue import BaseQueue
 from plugantic.base_hook import BaseHook
 
-from pkg_plugins.pip.apps import SYS_PIP_BINPROVIDER, VENV_PIP_BINPROVIDER, LIB_PIP_BINPROVIDER
+from plugins_pkg.pip.apps import SYS_PIP_BINPROVIDER, VENV_PIP_BINPROVIDER, LIB_PIP_BINPROVIDER
 
 
 ###################### Config ##########################
diff --git a/archivebox/pkg_plugins/puppeteer/__init__.py b/archivebox/plugins_pkg/puppeteer/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from archivebox/pkg_plugins/puppeteer/__init__.py
rename to archivebox/plugins_pkg/puppeteer/__init__.py
diff --git a/archivebox/pkg_plugins/puppeteer/apps.py b/archivebox/plugins_pkg/puppeteer/apps.py
similarity index 99%
rename from archivebox/pkg_plugins/puppeteer/apps.py
rename to archivebox/plugins_pkg/puppeteer/apps.py
index a6bf67da..c6faf324 100644
--- a/archivebox/pkg_plugins/puppeteer/apps.py
+++ b/archivebox/plugins_pkg/puppeteer/apps.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ from plugantic.base_binary import BaseBinary, BaseBinProvider, env
 from plugantic.base_hook import BaseHook
 
 # Depends on Other Plugins:
-from pkg_plugins.npm.apps import LIB_NPM_BINPROVIDER, SYS_NPM_BINPROVIDER
+from plugins_pkg.npm.apps import LIB_NPM_BINPROVIDER, SYS_NPM_BINPROVIDER
 
 
 ###################### Config ##########################
diff --git a/archivebox/sys_plugins/base/__init__.py b/archivebox/plugins_sys/base/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from archivebox/sys_plugins/base/__init__.py
rename to archivebox/plugins_sys/base/__init__.py
diff --git a/archivebox/sys_plugins/base/apps.py b/archivebox/plugins_sys/base/apps.py
similarity index 100%
rename from archivebox/sys_plugins/base/apps.py
rename to archivebox/plugins_sys/base/apps.py