diff --git a/src/Plugins/HtmlBasePlugin.js b/src/Plugins/HtmlBasePlugin.js
index 820a85280..3760d8a48 100644
--- a/src/Plugins/HtmlBasePlugin.js
+++ b/src/Plugins/HtmlBasePlugin.js
@@ -138,5 +138,11 @@ Object.defineProperty(eleventyHtmlBasePlugin, "eleventyPackage", {
 	value: "@11ty/eleventy/html-base-plugin",
 });
 
+Object.defineProperty(eleventyHtmlBasePlugin, "eleventyPluginOptions", {
+	value: {
+		unique: true,
+	},
+});
+
 export default eleventyHtmlBasePlugin;
 export { transformUrl as applyBaseToUrl };
diff --git a/src/Plugins/I18nPlugin.js b/src/Plugins/I18nPlugin.js
index 277c21c7a..6f53825fb 100644
--- a/src/Plugins/I18nPlugin.js
+++ b/src/Plugins/I18nPlugin.js
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ function getLocaleUrlsMap(urlToInputPath, extensionMap, options = {}) {
 	return urlMap;
 }
 
-function EleventyPlugin(eleventyConfig, opts = {}) {
+function eleventyI18nPlugin(eleventyConfig, opts = {}) {
 	let options = DeepCopy(
 		{
 			defaultLanguage: "",
@@ -304,4 +304,14 @@ function EleventyPlugin(eleventyConfig, opts = {}) {
 
 export { Comparator, LangUtils };
 
-export default EleventyPlugin;
+Object.defineProperty(eleventyI18nPlugin, "eleventyPackage", {
+	value: "@11ty/eleventy/i18n-plugin",
+});
+
+Object.defineProperty(eleventyI18nPlugin, "eleventyPluginOptions", {
+	value: {
+		unique: true,
+	},
+});
+
+export default eleventyI18nPlugin;
diff --git a/src/Plugins/InputPathToUrl.js b/src/Plugins/InputPathToUrl.js
index a6ba0c173..4dcbba1a5 100644
--- a/src/Plugins/InputPathToUrl.js
+++ b/src/Plugins/InputPathToUrl.js
@@ -75,4 +75,16 @@ function TransformPlugin(eleventyConfig, defaultOptions = {}) {
 	});
 }
 
+Object.defineProperty(TransformPlugin, "eleventyPackage", {
+	value: "@11ty/eleventy/inputpath-to-url-plugin",
+});
+
+Object.defineProperty(TransformPlugin, "eleventyPluginOptions", {
+	value: {
+		unique: true,
+	},
+});
+
+export default TransformPlugin;
+
 export { FilterPlugin, TransformPlugin };
diff --git a/src/Plugins/RenderPlugin.js b/src/Plugins/RenderPlugin.js
index 4c82c033c..4dd90f06a 100644
--- a/src/Plugins/RenderPlugin.js
+++ b/src/Plugins/RenderPlugin.js
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ async function renderShortcodeFn(fn, data) {
  * @param {module:11ty/eleventy/UserConfig} eleventyConfig - User-land configuration instance.
  * @param {Object} options - Plugin options
  */
-function EleventyPlugin(eleventyConfig, options = {}) {
+function eleventyRenderPlugin(eleventyConfig, options = {}) {
 	/**
 	 * @typedef {Object} options
 	 * @property {string} [tagName] - The shortcode name to render a template string.
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ class RenderManager {
 		this.templateConfig.setDirectories(new ProjectDirectories());
 
 		// This is the only plugin running on the Edge
-		this.templateConfig.userConfig.addPlugin(EleventyPlugin, {
+		this.templateConfig.userConfig.addPlugin(eleventyRenderPlugin, {
 			templateConfig: this.templateConfig,
 			accessGlobalData: true,
 		});
@@ -447,6 +447,16 @@ class RenderManager {
 	}
 }
 
-export default EleventyPlugin;
+Object.defineProperty(eleventyRenderPlugin, "eleventyPackage", {
+	value: "@11ty/eleventy/render-plugin",
+});
+
+Object.defineProperty(eleventyRenderPlugin, "eleventyPluginOptions", {
+	value: {
+		unique: true,
+	},
+});
+
+export default eleventyRenderPlugin;
 
 export { compileFile as File, compile as String, RenderManager };
diff --git a/src/UserConfig.js b/src/UserConfig.js
index b01d685d6..0185fc677 100644
--- a/src/UserConfig.js
+++ b/src/UserConfig.js
@@ -397,7 +397,11 @@ class UserConfig {
 	}
 
 	/* Async friendly in 3.0 */
-	addPlugin(plugin, options) {
+	addPlugin(plugin, options = {}) {
+		if (plugin?.eleventyPluginOptions?.unique && this.hasPlugin(plugin)) {
+			return;
+		}
+
 		if (this.isPluginExecution() || options?.immediate) {
 			// might return a promise
 			return this._executePlugin(plugin, options);
@@ -410,8 +414,26 @@ class UserConfig {
 		}
 	}
 
-	hasPlugin(name) {
-		return this.plugins.some((entry) => this._getPluginName(entry.plugin) === name);
+	async resolvePlugin(name) {
+		let filenameLookup = {
+			"@11ty/eleventy/html-base-plugin": "./Plugins/HtmlBasePlugin.js",
+			"@11ty/eleventy/i18n-plugin": "./Plugins/I18nPlugin.js",
+			"@11ty/eleventy/render-plugin": "./Plugins/RenderPlugin.js",
+			"@11ty/eleventy/inputpath-to-url-plugin": "./Plugins/InputPathToUrl.js",
+		};
+		if (!filenameLookup[name]) {
+			throw new Error(`Invalid name "${name}" passed to resolvePlugin.`);
+		}
+		// TODO add support for any npm package name.
+		let plugin = await import(filenameLookup[name]);
+		return plugin.default;
+	}
+
+	hasPlugin(plugin) {
+		if (typeof plugin !== "string") {
+			plugin = this._getPluginName(plugin);
+		}
+		return this.plugins.some((entry) => this._getPluginName(entry.plugin) === plugin);
 	}
 
 	// Using Function.name https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Function/name#examples
diff --git a/test/HtmlBasePluginTest.js b/test/HtmlBasePluginTest.js
index cc4acad94..8119fc284 100644
--- a/test/HtmlBasePluginTest.js
+++ b/test/HtmlBasePluginTest.js
@@ -565,3 +565,44 @@ test("Using the HTML base plugin with pathPrefix: /test/ and transformed attribu
 </html>`
   );
 });
+
+test("HTML base plugin only adds once (unique)", async (t) => {
+  t.plan(2);
+  let elev = new Eleventy("./test/stubs-base/", "./test/stubs-base/_site", {
+    configPath: false,
+    config: function (eleventyConfig) {
+      // Runs before defaultConfig.js
+      t.is(eleventyConfig.plugins.length, 0);
+      eleventyConfig.addPlugin(HtmlBasePlugin);
+      eleventyConfig.addPlugin(HtmlBasePlugin);
+      eleventyConfig.addPlugin(HtmlBasePlugin);
+      eleventyConfig.addPlugin(HtmlBasePlugin);
+      t.is(eleventyConfig.plugins.length, 1);
+    },
+  });
+  await elev.init();
+});
+
+test("HTML base plugin can resolve by name", async (t) => {
+  t.plan(2);
+  let elev = new Eleventy("./test/stubs-base/", "./test/stubs-base/_site", {
+    configPath: false,
+    config: async function (eleventyConfig) {
+      // Runs before defaultConfig.js
+      t.is(eleventyConfig.plugins.length, 0);
+
+      let plugin = await eleventyConfig.resolvePlugin("@11ty/eleventy/html-base-plugin");
+      eleventyConfig.addPlugin(plugin);
+
+      // does not add duplicate
+      eleventyConfig.addPlugin(plugin);
+
+      // does not add duplicate even with a different reference
+      eleventyConfig.addPlugin(HtmlBasePlugin);
+      eleventyConfig.addPlugin(HtmlBasePlugin);
+
+      t.is(eleventyConfig.plugins.length, 1);
+    },
+  });
+  await elev.init();
+});