diff --git a/plugins/00-PicoDeprecated.php b/plugins/00-PicoDeprecated.php
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+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Serve features of Pico deprecated since v1.0
+ *
+ * This plugin exists for backward compatibility and is disabled by default.
+ * It gets automatically enabled when a plugin which doesn't implement
+ * {@link IPicoPlugin} is loaded. This plugin mainly triggers deprecated
+ * events, but also automatically enables {@link PicoParsePagesContent} and
+ * {@link PicoExcerpt}. These plugins heavily impact Picos performance! You
+ * can disable this plugin by calling {@link PicoDeprecated::setEnabled()}.
+ *
+ * The following deprecated events are triggered by this plugin:
+ * +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
+ * | Event               | ... triggers the deprecated event                         |
+ * +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
+ * | onPluginsLoaded     | plugins_loaded()                                          |
+ * | onConfigLoaded      | config_loaded($config)                                    |
+ * | onRequestUrl        | request_url($url)                                         |
+ * | onContentLoading    | before_load_content($file)                                |
+ * | onContentLoaded     | after_load_content($file, $rawContent)                    |
+ * | on404ContentLoading | before_404_load_content($file)                            |
+ * | on404ContentLoaded  | after_404_load_content($file, $rawContent)                |
+ * | onMetaHeaders       | before_read_file_meta($headers)                           |
+ * | onMetaParsed        | file_meta($meta)                                          |
+ * | onContentParsing    | before_parse_content($rawContent)                         |
+ * | onContentParsed     | after_parse_content($content)                             |
+ * | onContentParsed     | content_parsed($content)                                  |
+ * | onSinglePageLoaded  | get_page_data($pages, $meta)                              |
+ * | onPagesLoaded       | get_pages($pages, $currentPage, $previousPage, $nextPage) |
+ * | onTwigRegistration  | before_twig_register()                                    |
+ * | onPageRendering     | before_render($twigVariables, $twig, $templateName)       |
+ * | onPageRendered      | after_render($output)                                     |
+ * +---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
+ *
+ * Since Pico 1.0 the config is stored in {@path "config/config.php"}. This
+ * plugin tries to read {@path "config.php"} in Picos root dir and overwrites
+ * all settings previously specified in {@path "config/config.php"}.
+ *
+ * @author  Daniel Rudolf
+ * @link    http://picocms.org
+ * @license http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
+ * @version 1.0
+ */
+class PicoDeprecated extends AbstractPicoPlugin
+{
+    /**
+     * This plugin is disabled by default
+     *
+     * @see AbstractPicoPlugin::$enabled
+     */
+    protected $enabled = false;
+
+    /**
+     * The requested file
+     *
+     * @var string
+     * @see PicoDeprecated::onRequestFile()
+     */
+    protected $requestFile;
+
+    /**
+     * Enables this plugin on demand and triggers the deprecated event
+     * plugins_loaded()
+     *
+     * @see DummyPlugin::onPluginsLoaded()
+     */
+    public function onPluginsLoaded(&$plugins)
+    {
+        foreach ($plugins as $plugin) {
+            if (!is_a($plugin, 'IPicoPlugin')) {
+                // the plugin doesn't implement IPicoPlugin; it uses deprecated events
+                // enable PicoDeprecated if it hasn't be explicitly enabled/disabled yet
+                if (!$this->isStatusChanged()) {
+                    $this->setEnabled(true, true, true);
+                }
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if ($this->isEnabled()) {
+            $this->triggerEvent('plugins_loaded');
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Triggers the deprecated event config_loaded($config), tries to read
+     * {@path "config.php"} in Picos root dir, enables the plugins
+     * {@link PicoParsePagesContent} and {@link PicoExcerpt} and defines the
+     * deprecated constants CONTENT_DIR and CONTENT_EXT
+     *
+     * @see DummyPlugin::onConfigLoaded()
+     */
+    public function onConfigLoaded(&$config)
+    {
+        if (file_exists(ROOT_DIR . 'config.php')) {
+            // config.php in ROOT_DIR is deprecated; use CONFIG_DIR instead
+            $newConfig = require(ROOT_DIR . 'config.php');
+            if (is_array($newConfig)) {
+                $config = $newConfig + $config;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // enable PicoParsePagesContent and PicoExcerpt
+        // we can't enable them during onPluginsLoaded because we can't know
+        // if the user disabled us (PicoDeprecated) manually in the config
+        if (isset($plugins['PicoParsePagesContent'])) {
+            // parse all pages content if this plugin hasn't
+            // be explicitly enabled/disabled yet
+            if (!$plugins['PicoParsePagesContent']->isStatusChanged()) {
+                $plugins['PicoParsePagesContent']->setEnabled(true, true, true);
+            }
+        }
+        if (isset($plugins['PicoExcerpt'])) {
+            // enable excerpt plugin if it hasn't be explicitly enabled/disabled yet
+            if (!$plugins['PicoExcerpt']->isStatusChanged()) {
+                $plugins['PicoExcerpt']->setEnabled(true, true, true);
+            }
+        }
+
+        // CONTENT_DIR constant is deprecated since v0.9,
+        // CONTENT_EXT constant since v1.0
+        if (!defined('CONTENT_DIR')) {
+            define('CONTENT_DIR', $config['content_dir']);
+        }
+        if (!defined('CONTENT_EXT')) {
+            define('CONTENT_EXT', $config['content_ext']);
+        }
+
+        $this->triggerEvent('config_loaded', array(&$config));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Triggers the deprecated event request_url($url)
+     *
+     * @see DummyPlugin::onRequestUrl()
+     */
+    public function onRequestUrl(&$url)
+    {
+        $this->triggerEvent('request_url', array(&$url));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets {@link PicoDeprecated::$requestFile} to trigger the deprecated
+     * events after_load_content() and after_404_load_content()
+     *
+     * @see DummyPlugin::onRequestFile()
+     */
+    public function onRequestFile(&$file)
+    {
+        $this->requestFile = &$file;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Triggers the deprecated before_load_content($file)
+     *
+     * @see DummyPlugin::onContentLoading()
+     */
+    public function onContentLoading(&$file)
+    {
+        $this->triggerEvent('before_load_content', array(&$file));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Triggers the deprecated event after_load_content($file, $rawContent)
+     *
+     * @see DummyPlugin::onContentLoaded()
+     */
+    public function onContentLoaded(&$rawContent)
+    {
+        $this->triggerEvent('after_load_content', array(&$this->requestFile, &$rawContent));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Triggers the deprecated before_404_load_content($file)
+     *
+     * @see DummyPlugin::on404ContentLoading()
+     */
+    public function on404ContentLoading(&$file)
+    {
+        $this->triggerEvent('before_404_load_content', array(&$file));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Triggers the deprecated event after_404_load_content($file, $rawContent)
+     *
+     * @see DummyPlugin::on404ContentLoaded()
+     */
+    public function on404ContentLoaded(&$rawContent)
+    {
+        $this->triggerEvent('after_404_load_content', array(&$this->requestFile, &$rawContent));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Triggers the deprecated event before_read_file_meta($headers)
+     *
+     * @see DummyPlugin::onMetaHeaders()
+     */
+    public function onMetaHeaders(&$headers)
+    {
+        $this->triggerEvent('before_read_file_meta', array(&$headers));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Triggers the deprecated event file_meta($meta)
+     *
+     * @see DummyPlugin::onMetaParsed()
+     */
+    public function onMetaParsed(&$meta)
+    {
+        $this->triggerEvent('file_meta', array(&$meta));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Triggers the deprecated event before_parse_content($rawContent)
+     *
+     * @see DummyPlugin::onContentParsing()
+     */
+    public function onContentParsing(&$rawContent)
+    {
+        $this->triggerEvent('before_parse_content', array(&$rawContent));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Triggers the deprecated events after_parse_content($content) and
+     * content_parsed($content)
+     *
+     * @see DummyPlugin::onContentParsed()
+     */
+    public function onContentParsed(&$content)
+    {
+        $this->triggerEvent('after_parse_content', array(&$content));
+
+        // deprecated since v0.8
+        $this->triggerEvent('content_parsed', array(&$content));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Triggers the deprecated event get_page_data($pages, $meta)
+     *
+     * @see DummyPlugin::onSinglePageLoaded()
+     */
+    public function onSinglePageLoaded(&$pageData)
+    {
+        // remove array keys
+        $pages = array();
+        foreach ($pageData as &$page) {
+            $pages[] = &$page;
+        }
+
+        $this->triggerEvent('get_page_data', array(&$pages, $pageData['meta']));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Triggers the deprecated event get_pages($pages, $currentPage, $previousPage, $nextPage)
+     *
+     * @see DummyPlugin::onPagesLoaded()
+     */
+    public function onPagesLoaded(&$pages, &$currentPage, &$previousPage, &$nextPage)
+    {
+        $this->triggerEvent('get_pages', array(&$pages, &$currentPage, &$previousPage, &$nextPage));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Triggers the deprecated event before_twig_register()
+     *
+     * @see DummyPlugin::onTwigRegistration()
+     */
+    public function onTwigRegistration()
+    {
+        $this->triggerEvent('before_twig_register');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Triggers the deprecated event before_render($twigVariables, $twig, $templateName)
+     *
+     * @see DummyPlugin::onPageRendering()
+     */
+    public function onPageRendering(&$twig, &$twigVariables, &$templateName)
+    {
+        // template name contains file extension since Pico 1.0
+        $fileExtension = '';
+        if (($fileExtensionPos = strrpos($templateName, '.')) !== false) {
+            $fileExtension = substr($templateName, $fileExtensionPos);
+            $templateName = substr($templateName, 0, $fileExtensionPos);
+        }
+
+        $this->triggerEvent('before_render', array(&$twigVariables, &$twig, &$templateName));
+
+        // add original file extension
+        $templateName = $templateName . $fileExtension;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Triggers the deprecated event after_render($output)
+     *
+     * @see DummyPlugin::onPageRendered()
+     */
+    public function onPageRendered(&$output)
+    {
+        $this->triggerEvent('after_render', array(&$output));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Triggers a deprecated event on all plugins
+     *
+     * @param  string $eventName event to trigger
+     * @param  array  $params    parameters to pass
+     * @return void
+     */
+    protected function triggerEvent($eventName, array $params = array())
+    {
+        foreach ($this->getPlugins() as $plugin) {
+            if (method_exists($plugin, $eventName)) {
+                call_user_func_array(array($plugin, $eventName), $params);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/plugins/01-PicoParsePagesContent.php b/plugins/01-PicoParsePagesContent.php
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+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Parses the contents of all pages
+ *
+ * This plugin exists for backward compatibility and is disabled by default.
+ * It gets automatically enabled when {@link PicoDeprecated} is enabled. You
+ * can avoid this by calling {@link PicoParsePagesContent::setEnabled()}.
+ *
+ * This plugin heavily impacts Picos performance, you should avoid to enable
+ * it whenever possible! If you must parse the contents of a page, do this
+ * selectively and only for pages you really need to.
+ *
+ * @author  Daniel Rudolf
+ * @link    http://picocms.org
+ * @license http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
+ * @version 1.0
+ */
+class PicoParsePagesContent extends AbstractPicoPlugin
+{
+    /**
+     * This plugin is disabled by default
+     *
+     * @see AbstractPicoPlugin::$enabled
+     */
+    protected $enabled = false;
+
+    /**
+     * Parses the contents of all pages
+     *
+     * @see DummyPlugin::onSinglePageLoaded()
+     */
+    public function onSinglePageLoaded(&$pageData)
+    {
+        if (!isset($pageData['content'])) {
+            $pageData['content'] = $this->prepareFileContent($pageData['raw_content']);
+            $pageData['content'] = $this->parseFileContent($pageData['content']);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/plugins/02-PicoExcerpt.php b/plugins/02-PicoExcerpt.php
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+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Creates a excerpt for the contents of each page (as of Pico v0.9 and older)
+ *
+ * This plugin exists for backward compatibility and is disabled by default.
+ * It gets automatically enabled when {@link PicoDeprecated} is enabled. You
+ * can avoid this by calling {@link PicoExcerpt::setEnabled()}.
+ *
+ * This plugin doesn't do its job very well and depends on
+ * {@link PicoParsePagesContent}, what heavily impacts Picos performance. You
+ * should either use the Description meta header field or write something own.
+ * Best solution seems to be a filter for twig, see e.g.
+ * <https://gist.github.com/james2doyle/6629712>.
+ *
+ * @author  Daniel Rudolf
+ * @link    http://picocms.org
+ * @license http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
+ * @version 1.0
+ */
+class PicoExcerpt extends AbstractPicoPlugin
+{
+    /**
+     * This plugin is disabled by default
+     *
+     * @see AbstractPicoPlugin::$enabled
+     */
+    protected $enabled = false;
+
+    /**
+     * This plugin depends on {@link PicoParsePagesContent}
+     *
+     * @see AbstractPicoPlugin::$dependsOn
+     */
+    protected $dependsOn = array('PicoParsePagesContent');
+
+    /**
+     * Adds the default excerpt length of 50 words to the config
+     *
+     * @see DummyPlugin::onConfigLoaded()
+     */
+    public function onConfigLoaded(&$config)
+    {
+        if (!isset($config['excerpt_length'])) {
+            $config['excerpt_length'] = 50;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a excerpt for the contents of each page
+     *
+     * @see DummyPlugin::onSinglePageLoaded()
+     */
+    public function onSinglePageLoaded(&$pageData)
+    {
+        if (!isset($pageData['excerpt'])) {
+            $pageData['excerpt'] = $this->createExcerpt(
+                strip_tags($pageData['content']),
+                $this->getConfig('excerpt_length')
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Helper function to create a excerpt of a string
+     *
+     * @param  string $string    the string to create a excerpt from
+     * @param  int    $wordLimit the maximum number of words the excerpt should be long
+     * @return string            excerpt of $string
+     */
+    protected function createExcerpt($string, $wordLimit)
+    {
+        $words = explode(' ', $string);
+        if (count($words) > $wordLimit) {
+            return trim(implode(' ', array_slice($words, 0, $wordLimit))) . '&hellip;';
+        }
+        return $string;
+    }
+}