diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8e1ed57..cf82a74 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ SOURCE_ENV       := . $(ENV_PATH)
 # list of volumes
 VOLUME_ENV       := set | grep "^HOST_VOLUME_" | cut -d "=" -f 2
 VOLUMES_D         = $(shell $(SOURCE_ENV) ; $(VOLUME_ENV) )
+VOLUMES_D        += $(shell $(SOURCE_ENV) ; echo $$HOST_VOLUMES_DIR )
 # url for wordpress, use in makefile to change local
 WP_URL            = $(shell $(SOURCE_ENV) ; echo $$WP_URL )
 WP_COMPLETE_URL   = $(shell $(SOURCE_ENV) ; echo $$WP_COMPLETE_URL )
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 508a129..0f409ea 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 
+### to start :
+
 this repo uses submodule fo `env_generator`, so after cloning you need to do :
 ```
 git submodule init
@@ -9,3 +11,14 @@ or
 git submodule update --init --recursive
 ```
 
+### PLUGINS :
+
+- this wordpress container allow you to have a plugins repository outside of
+- by default it's in the parent repo :
+	- parent-repo/
+		- stuff..
+		- plugins/
+		- wordpress_docker/
+			- stuff..
+- you can change its location inside `model.env`
+- this plugin repository is a volume, so changes inside of it takes immediat effect
diff --git a/srcs/docker-compose.yml b/srcs/docker-compose.yml
index 7463af6..c51be41 100644
--- a/srcs/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/srcs/docker-compose.yml
@@ -17,13 +17,14 @@ services:
       - "${WP_PORT}:443"
     volumes:
       - wp_volume:${WP_VOLUME_DIR}
+      - wp_plugins:${WP_VOLUME_PLUGINS}
     build:
       context: ./requirements/nginx
       args:
         - WP_URL=${WP_URL}
         - SERVER_MAX_UPLOAD_SIZE=${SERVER_MAX_UPLOAD_SIZE}
         - WP_VOLUME_DIR=${WP_VOLUME_DIR}
-        - NG_VOLUME_CERTS=${NG_VOLUME_CERTS}
+        - NG_CERTS_DIR=${NG_CERTS_DIR}
     image: nginx
     container_name: nginx_container
     depends_on:
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ services:
       - inception
     volumes:
       - wp_volume:${WP_VOLUME_DIR}
+      - wp_plugins:${WP_VOLUME_PLUGINS}
     build:
       context: ./requirements/wordpress
       args:
@@ -84,6 +86,12 @@ volumes:
       type: none
       o: "bind"
       device: ${HOST_VOLUME_WP}
+  wp_plugins:
+    driver: local
+    driver_opts:
+      type: none
+      o: "bind"
+      device: ${HOST_VOLUME_PLUGINS}
 
 networks:
   inception:
diff --git a/srcs/env_generator b/srcs/env_generator
index d26a2b2..536900d 160000
--- a/srcs/env_generator
+++ b/srcs/env_generator
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit d26a2b2902424022a2bfe65decf96c2253dff653
+Subproject commit 536900d1f9c296a9a8665b6f31dc1ec79463c2a7
diff --git a/srcs/model.env b/srcs/model.env
index 6301ef9..67b7937 100644
--- a/srcs/model.env
+++ b/srcs/model.env
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SERVER_MAX_UPLOAD_SIZE=512
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 # NGINX SETUP
 
-NG_VOLUME_CERTS=/etc/ssl
+NG_CERTS_DIR=/etc/ssl
 
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ if [ ! ${WP_PORT} -eq 443 ]; then
 	WP_COMPLETE_URL="${WP_URL}:${WP_PORT}"
 fi
 WP_VOLUME_DIR=/var/www/html
-#WP_VOLUME_PLUGINS=/home/www-data
+WP_VOLUME_PLUGINS=/home/www-data
 WP_TITLE=title
 WP_ADMIN=admin
 WP_ADMIN_PSWD="you shall not password !"
@@ -73,10 +73,17 @@ WP_ADMIN_EMAIL=admin@email.fr
 #     - because "~username" expand in the home (~) directory of given user
 # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/77088135/makefile-subst-doesnt-use-make-variable-as-expected
 HOST_HOME_PATH=$(eval echo "~$SUDO_USER")
+# path to the docker folder containing the srcs/ dir
+HOST_DOCKER_PATH=$(realpath ${DIR_PATH}/..)
+HOST_DOCKER_PARENT_PATH=$(realpath ${DIR_PATH}/../..)
 
 # makefile will create the volumes folders
 # we put them inside a volumes/ dir, sibling to the srcs/ dir
-HOST_VOLUMES_DIR=$(realpath ${DIR_PATH}/../volumes)
+# there can be only one variable named "HOST_VOLUMES_DIR", or change the Makefile
+HOST_VOLUMES_DIR=${HOST_DOCKER_PATH}/volumes
 HOST_VOLUME_WP=${HOST_VOLUMES_DIR}/wp_volume
 HOST_VOLUME_DB=${HOST_VOLUMES_DIR}/db_volume
+# we put the plugin folder inside the parent folder of the docker dir
+HOST_VOLUME_PLUGINS=${HOST_DOCKER_PARENT_PATH}/plugins
+
 
diff --git a/srcs/requirements/nginx/Dockerfile b/srcs/requirements/nginx/Dockerfile
index 9894f07..e6a6264 100644
--- a/srcs/requirements/nginx/Dockerfile
+++ b/srcs/requirements/nginx/Dockerfile
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ RUN adduser -S www-data && \
 # ARG variables are not persistent after the build process, in opposite to ENV
 ARG WP_URL
 ARG WP_VOLUME_DIR
-ARG NG_VOLUME_CERTS
+ARG NG_CERTS_DIR
 ARG SERVER_MAX_UPLOAD_SIZE
 
 # replace WP_URL
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ RUN sed -i "s/\(client_max_body_size \).*\(m;\)/\1${SERVER_MAX_UPLOAD_SIZE}\2/g"
 #      - C, ST, L, O, OU, CN : country, state, locality, organization, organizational unit, and common name
 #    - keyout          : the filename for the private key file
 #    - out             : the filename for the output certificate file
-ARG SSL_KEY=${NG_VOLUME_CERTS}/private/${WP_URL}.key
-ARG SSL_CERT=${NG_VOLUME_CERTS}/certs/${WP_URL}.crt
-RUN mkdir -p ${NG_VOLUME_CERTS}; \
-		cd ${NG_VOLUME_CERTS}; \
+ARG SSL_KEY=${NG_CERTS_DIR}/private/${WP_URL}.key
+ARG SSL_CERT=${NG_CERTS_DIR}/certs/${WP_URL}.crt
+RUN mkdir -p ${NG_CERTS_DIR}; \
+		cd ${NG_CERTS_DIR}; \
 		mkdir private certs; \
 		openssl req -newkey rsa:2048 -nodes -x509 -days 365 \
 			-subj "/C=fr/ST=ile-de-france/L=paris/O=wp/OU=wp_local/CN=${WP_URL}" \
diff --git a/srcs/requirements/wordpress/conf/wp_entrypoint.sh b/srcs/requirements/wordpress/conf/wp_entrypoint.sh
index 6c0f30a..8632631 100644
--- a/srcs/requirements/wordpress/conf/wp_entrypoint.sh
+++ b/srcs/requirements/wordpress/conf/wp_entrypoint.sh
@@ -58,6 +58,12 @@ then
 	chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/*
 	chmod 755 -R /var/www/*
 
+	echo -e ${YELLOW}plugins...${RESET}
+	plugins=$(ls ${WP_VOLUME_PLUGINS})
+	for dir in $plugins; do
+		ln -s ${WP_VOLUME_PLUGINS}/$dir ${WP_VOLUME_DIR}/wp-content/plugins/$dir
+	done
+
 	echo -e ${GREEN}done !${RESET}
 
 else