diff --git a/tasks/configure_plugins.yml b/tasks/configure_plugins.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..977a932
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/configure_plugins.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+---
+- name: download weechat plugins
+  get_url:
+    url: 'https://weechat.org/files/scripts/{{ item }}'
+    dest: "{{ weechat.home_directory }}/{{ weechat_plugin_languages[item.split('.',1)[-1]] }}/{{ item }}"
+  with_items: '{{ weechat.plugins }}'
+
+- name: symlinking plugins to autoload
+  file:
+    src: "{{ weechat.home_directory }}/{{ weechat_plugin_languages[item.split('.',1)[-1]] }}/{{ item }}"
+    dest: "{{ weechat.home_directory }}/{{ weechat_plugin_languages[item.split('.',1)[-1]] }}/autoload/{{ item }}"
+    state: link
+  with_items: '{{ weechat.plugins }}'
diff --git a/tasks/configure_weechat.yml b/tasks/configure_weechat.yml
index c56a7db..2705587 100644
--- a/tasks/configure_weechat.yml
+++ b/tasks/configure_weechat.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 ---
 - include_tasks: configure_directorys.yml
-  when: weechat.configure | bool
+
+- include_tasks: configure_plugins.yml