diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-mdx-loader/src/index.js b/packages/docusaurus-mdx-loader/src/index.js
index 63f3c0ccda9a..ca4cbaad9044 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-mdx-loader/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-mdx-loader/src/index.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
+
 const {getOptions} = require('loader-utils');
 const mdx = require('@mdx-js/mdx');
 const rehypePrism = require('@mapbox/rehype-prism');
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-mdx-loader/src/rightToc/__tests__/index.test.js b/packages/docusaurus-mdx-loader/src/rightToc/__tests__/index.test.js
index d1d36e7b8fb1..4caf3bbe44d6 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-mdx-loader/src/rightToc/__tests__/index.test.js
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-mdx-loader/src/rightToc/__tests__/index.test.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
+
 import '@babel/polyfill';
 import {join} from 'path';
 import remark from 'remark';
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-mdx-loader/src/rightToc/index.js b/packages/docusaurus-mdx-loader/src/rightToc/index.js
index 9fb05b9d30f3..9f889ef1afb8 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-mdx-loader/src/rightToc/index.js
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-mdx-loader/src/rightToc/index.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
+
 const {parse} = require('@babel/parser');
 const traverse = require('@babel/traverse').default;
 const stringifyObject = require('stringify-object');
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-mdx-loader/src/rightToc/search.js b/packages/docusaurus-mdx-loader/src/rightToc/search.js
index fe24d5df1450..fe2687b9fd66 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-mdx-loader/src/rightToc/search.js
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-mdx-loader/src/rightToc/search.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
+
 const toString = require('mdast-util-to-string');
 const visit = require('unist-util-visit');
 const slugs = require('github-slugger')();
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/index.js b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/index.js
index dfdca369f55b..74cc941274ef 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/index.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ const DEFAULT_OPTIONS = {
 };
 
 class DocusaurusPluginContentBlog {
-  constructor(opts, context) {
+  constructor(context, opts) {
     this.options = {...DEFAULT_OPTIONS, ...opts};
     this.context = context;
     this.contentPath = path.resolve(this.context.siteDir, this.options.path);
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/__tests__/index.test.js b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/__tests__/index.test.js
index c6e96b54a49e..0e3c71144cfd 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/__tests__/index.test.js
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/__tests__/index.test.js
@@ -15,15 +15,15 @@ describe('loadDocs', () => {
     const {env, siteDir, siteConfig} = await loadSetup('simple');
     const sidebarPath = path.join(siteDir, 'sidebars.json');
     const plugin = new DocusaurusPluginContentDocs(
-      {
-        path: '../docs',
-        sidebarPath,
-      },
       {
         env,
         siteDir,
         siteConfig,
       },
+      {
+        path: '../docs',
+        sidebarPath,
+      },
     );
     const {docs: docsMetadata} = await plugin.loadContent();
     const docsDir = plugin.contentPath;
@@ -62,15 +62,15 @@ describe('loadDocs', () => {
     const {env, siteDir, siteConfig} = await loadSetup('versioned');
     const sidebarPath = path.join(siteDir, 'sidebars.json');
     const plugin = new DocusaurusPluginContentDocs(
-      {
-        path: '../docs',
-        sidebarPath,
-      },
       {
         env,
         siteDir,
         siteConfig,
       },
+      {
+        path: '../docs',
+        sidebarPath,
+      },
     );
     const {docs: docsMetadata, versionedDir} = await plugin.loadContent();
     const docsDir = plugin.contentPath;
@@ -109,15 +109,15 @@ describe('loadDocs', () => {
     const {env, siteDir, siteConfig} = await loadSetup('transversioned');
     const sidebarPath = path.join(siteDir, 'sidebars.json');
     const plugin = new DocusaurusPluginContentDocs(
-      {
-        path: '../docs',
-        sidebarPath,
-      },
       {
         env,
         siteDir,
         siteConfig,
       },
+      {
+        path: '../docs',
+        sidebarPath,
+      },
     );
     const {
       docs: docsMetadata,
@@ -177,15 +177,15 @@ describe('loadDocs', () => {
     const {env, siteDir, siteConfig} = await loadSetup('translated');
     const sidebarPath = path.join(siteDir, 'sidebars.json');
     const plugin = new DocusaurusPluginContentDocs(
-      {
-        path: '../docs',
-        sidebarPath,
-      },
       {
         env,
         siteDir,
         siteConfig,
       },
+      {
+        path: '../docs',
+        sidebarPath,
+      },
     );
     const {docs: docsMetadata, translatedDir} = await plugin.loadContent();
     const docsDir = plugin.contentPath;
@@ -227,16 +227,16 @@ describe('loadDocs', () => {
     const {env, siteDir, siteConfig} = await loadSetup('versioned');
     const sidebarPath = path.join(siteDir, 'sidebars.json');
     const plugin = new DocusaurusPluginContentDocs(
-      {
-        path: '../docs',
-        sidebarPath,
-        skipNextRelease: true,
-      },
       {
         env,
         siteDir,
         siteConfig,
       },
+      {
+        path: '../docs',
+        sidebarPath,
+        skipNextRelease: true,
+      },
     );
     const {docs: docsMetadata, versionedDir} = await plugin.loadContent();
 
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/index.js b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/index.js
index 5ee779657edc..9f5adbc21bd1 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/index.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ const DEFAULT_OPTIONS = {
 };
 
 class DocusaurusPluginContentDocs {
-  constructor(opts, context) {
+  constructor(context, opts) {
     this.options = {...DEFAULT_OPTIONS, ...opts};
     this.context = context;
     this.contentPath = path.resolve(this.context.siteDir, this.options.path);
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages/src/__tests__/index.test.js b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages/src/__tests__/index.test.js
index 3771239e850a..4662f7b2d1d0 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages/src/__tests__/index.test.js
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages/src/__tests__/index.test.js
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ describe('docusaurus-plugin-content-pages', () => {
       ],
     ])('%s website', async (type, expected) => {
       const {env, siteDir, siteConfig} = await loadSetup(type);
-      const plugin = new DocusaurusPluginContentPages(null, {
+      const plugin = new DocusaurusPluginContentPages({
         env,
         siteDir,
         siteConfig,
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages/src/index.js b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages/src/index.js
index 4129babecf5a..de6c60c45c22 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages/src/index.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const DEFAULT_OPTIONS = {
 };
 
 class DocusaurusPluginContentPages {
-  constructor(opts, context) {
+  constructor(context, opts) {
     this.options = {...DEFAULT_OPTIONS, ...opts};
     this.context = context;
     this.contentPath = path.resolve(this.context.siteDir, this.options.path);
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-sitemap/src/__tests__/index.test.js b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-sitemap/src/__tests__/index.test.js
index c9e2e8cf6418..5b40294b44c5 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-sitemap/src/__tests__/index.test.js
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-sitemap/src/__tests__/index.test.js
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ describe('docusaurus-plugin-sitemap', () => {
     test.each(['simple', 'versioned', 'translated', 'transversioned'])(
       '%s website',
       async type => {
-        const props = await loadSetup(type);
-        const plugin = new DocusaurusPluginSitemap(null, props);
-        const sitemap = await plugin.createSitemap(props);
+        const context = await loadSetup(type);
+        const plugin = new DocusaurusPluginSitemap(context, null);
+        const sitemap = await plugin.createSitemap(context);
         expect(sitemap).toContain(
           `<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:news="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-news/0.9" xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:mobile="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-mobile/1.0" xmlns:image="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1" xmlns:video="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-video/1.1">`,
         );
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ describe('docusaurus-plugin-sitemap', () => {
     );
 
     test('empty site', async () => {
-      const props = await loadSetup('empty');
-      const plugin = new DocusaurusPluginSitemap(null, props);
+      const context = await loadSetup('empty');
+      const plugin = new DocusaurusPluginSitemap(context, null);
       expect(
-        plugin.createSitemap(props),
+        plugin.createSitemap(context),
       ).rejects.toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(
         `"Url in docusaurus.config.js cannot be empty/undefined"`,
       );
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-sitemap/src/index.js b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-sitemap/src/index.js
index fd0713291be2..dd724c88f74c 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-sitemap/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-sitemap/src/index.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const DEFAULT_OPTIONS = {
 };
 
 class DocusaurusPluginSitemap {
-  constructor(opts, context) {
+  constructor(context, opts) {
     this.options = {...DEFAULT_OPTIONS, ...opts};
     this.context = context;
   }
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-preset-classic/package.json b/packages/docusaurus-preset-classic/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d486a5e9afa9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-preset-classic/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+  "name": "@docusaurus/preset-classic",
+  "version": "2.0.0-alpha.11",
+  "description": "Preset for classic Docusaurus",
+  "main": "src/index.js",
+  "publishConfig": {
+    "access": "public"
+  },
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@docusaurus/plugin-content-blog": "^2.0.0-alpha.11",
+    "@docusaurus/plugin-content-docs": "^2.0.0-alpha.11",
+    "@docusaurus/plugin-content-pages": "^2.0.0-alpha.11",
+    "@docusaurus/plugin-sitemap": "^2.0.0-alpha.11"
+  },
+  "peerDependencies": {
+    "@docusaurus/core": "^2.0.0"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-preset-classic/src/index.js b/packages/docusaurus-preset-classic/src/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..04cbece645c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-preset-classic/src/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-present, Facebook, Inc.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+module.exports = function preset(context, opts = {}) {
+  return {
+    plugins: [
+      {
+        name: '@docusaurus/plugin-content-docs',
+        options: opts.docs,
+      },
+      {
+        name: '@docusaurus/plugin-content-blog',
+        options: opts.blog,
+      },
+      {
+        name: '@docusaurus/plugin-content-pages',
+        options: opts.pages,
+      },
+      {
+        name: '@docusaurus/plugin-sitemap',
+        options: opts.sitemap,
+      },
+    ],
+  };
+};
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/CHANGES.md b/packages/docusaurus/CHANGES.md
index 0b580f0f663f..00c4d45bcc5a 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/CHANGES.md
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/CHANGES.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   - `sidebars.json` now has to be explicitly loaded by users and passed into the the plugin option on `docusaurus-plugin-content-docs`.
   - `headerLinks` doc, page, blog is deprecated. The syntax is now:
 
-  ```js
+```js
 headerLinks: [
   // Link to internal page (without baseUrl)
   { url: "help", label: "Help" },
@@ -20,4 +20,10 @@ headerLinks: [
   // Determines language drop down position among links
   { languages: true }
 ],
-```js
+```
+
+# Additions
+
+### Presets
+
+- Added presets for plugins that follow the [Babel preset convention](https://babeljs.io/docs/en/presets).
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/lib/client/prefetch.js b/packages/docusaurus/lib/client/prefetch.js
index 1b6ede02f2a0..5d684e68890a 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/lib/client/prefetch.js
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/lib/client/prefetch.js
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
  */
 
 const support = function(feature) {
-  if (typeof document === `undefined`) {
+  if (typeof document === 'undefined') {
     return false;
   }
-  const fakeLink = document.createElement(`link`);
+  const fakeLink = document.createElement('link');
   try {
-    if (fakeLink.relList && typeof fakeLink.relList.supports === `function`) {
+    if (fakeLink.relList && typeof fakeLink.relList.supports === 'function') {
       return fakeLink.relList.supports(feature);
     }
   } catch (err) {
@@ -22,21 +22,21 @@ const support = function(feature) {
 
 const linkPrefetchStrategy = function(url) {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    if (typeof document === `undefined`) {
+    if (typeof document === 'undefined') {
       reject();
       return;
     }
 
-    const link = document.createElement(`link`);
-    link.setAttribute(`rel`, `prefetch`);
-    link.setAttribute(`href`, url);
+    const link = document.createElement('link');
+    link.setAttribute('rel', 'prefetch');
+    link.setAttribute('href', url);
 
     link.onload = resolve;
     link.onerror = reject;
 
     const parentElement =
-      document.getElementsByTagName(`head`)[0] ||
-      document.getElementsByName(`script`)[0].parentNode;
+      document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0] ||
+      document.getElementsByName('script')[0].parentNode;
     parentElement.appendChild(link);
   });
 };
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ const linkPrefetchStrategy = function(url) {
 const xhrPrefetchStrategy = function(url) {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     const req = new XMLHttpRequest();
-    req.open(`GET`, url, true);
+    req.open('GET', url, true);
     req.withCredentials = true;
 
     req.onload = () => {
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ const xhrPrefetchStrategy = function(url) {
   });
 };
 
-const supportedPrefetchStrategy = support(`prefetch`)
+const supportedPrefetchStrategy = support('prefetch')
   ? linkPrefetchStrategy
   : xhrPrefetchStrategy;
 
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/lib/commands/build.js b/packages/docusaurus/lib/commands/build.js
index 66de5b665191..71d16e822582 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/lib/commands/build.js
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/lib/commands/build.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ const path = require('path');
 const chalk = require('chalk');
 const fs = require('fs-extra');
 const globby = require('globby');
-const load = require('../server/load');
+const load = require('../server');
 const createServerConfig = require('../webpack/server');
 const createClientConfig = require('../webpack/client');
 const {applyConfigureWebpack} = require('../webpack/utils');
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/lib/commands/start.js b/packages/docusaurus/lib/commands/start.js
index fc7efcd74b16..ef913e60261c 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/lib/commands/start.js
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/lib/commands/start.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const HotModuleReplacementPlugin = require('webpack/lib/HotModuleReplacementPlug
 const WebpackDevServer = require('webpack-dev-server');
 const merge = require('webpack-merge');
 const {normalizeUrl} = require('@docusaurus/utils');
-const load = require('../server/load');
+const load = require('../server');
 const {CONFIG_FILE_NAME} = require('../constants');
 const createClientConfig = require('../webpack/client');
 const {applyConfigureWebpack} = require('../webpack/utils');
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/lib/server/load/index.js b/packages/docusaurus/lib/server/index.js
similarity index 81%
rename from packages/docusaurus/lib/server/load/index.js
rename to packages/docusaurus/lib/server/index.js
index 0e218647786b..c94e98f3825b 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/lib/server/load/index.js
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/lib/server/index.js
@@ -8,12 +8,13 @@
 const path = require('path');
 
 const {generate} = require('@docusaurus/utils');
-const loadConfig = require('./config');
-const loadEnv = require('./env');
-const loadTheme = require('./theme');
-const loadRoutes = require('./routes');
-const loadPlugins = require('./plugins');
-const constants = require('../../constants');
+const loadConfig = require('./load/config');
+const loadEnv = require('./load/env');
+const loadTheme = require('./load/theme');
+const loadRoutes = require('./load/routes');
+const loadPlugins = require('./load/plugins');
+const loadPresets = require('./load/presets');
+const constants = require('../constants');
 
 module.exports = async function load(siteDir, cliOptions = {}) {
   const generatedFilesDir = path.resolve(
@@ -35,9 +36,13 @@ module.exports = async function load(siteDir, cliOptions = {}) {
     `export default ${JSON.stringify(env, null, 2)};`,
   );
 
-  // Process plugins.
-  const pluginConfigs = siteConfig.plugins || [];
   const context = {env, siteDir, generatedFilesDir, siteConfig, cliOptions};
+
+  // Process presets.
+  const presetPlugins = loadPresets(context);
+
+  // Process plugins.
+  const pluginConfigs = [...presetPlugins, ...siteConfig.plugins];
   const {plugins, pluginsRouteConfigs} = await loadPlugins({
     pluginConfigs,
     context,
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/lib/server/load/__tests__/__fixtures__/preset-bar.js b/packages/docusaurus/lib/server/load/__tests__/__fixtures__/preset-bar.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..347bd339faf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/lib/server/load/__tests__/__fixtures__/preset-bar.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+module.exports = function preset(context, opts = {}) {
+  return {
+    plugins: [
+      {
+        name: '@docusaurus/plugin-content-docs',
+        options: opts.docs,
+      },
+      {
+        name: '@docusaurus/plugin-content-blog',
+        options: opts.blog,
+      },
+    ],
+  };
+};
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/lib/server/load/__tests__/__fixtures__/preset-foo.js b/packages/docusaurus/lib/server/load/__tests__/__fixtures__/preset-foo.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c3968042b35a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/lib/server/load/__tests__/__fixtures__/preset-foo.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+module.exports = function preset(context, opts = {}) {
+  return {
+    plugins: [
+      {
+        name: '@docusaurus/plugin-content-pages',
+        options: opts.pages,
+      },
+      {
+        name: '@docusaurus/plugin-sitemap',
+        options: opts.sitemap,
+      },
+    ],
+  };
+};
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/lib/server/load/__tests__/presets.test.js b/packages/docusaurus/lib/server/load/__tests__/presets.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..93c3dedfd89a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/lib/server/load/__tests__/presets.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,193 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-present, Facebook, Inc.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+import '@babel/polyfill';
+import path from 'path';
+
+import loadPresets from '../presets';
+
+describe('loadPresets', () => {
+  test('no presets', () => {
+    const presets = loadPresets({siteConfig: {presets: []}});
+    expect(presets).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  test('string form', () => {
+    const presets = loadPresets({
+      siteConfig: {
+        presets: [path.join(__dirname, '__fixtures__/preset-bar.js')],
+      },
+    });
+    expect(presets).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+Array [
+  Object {
+    "name": "@docusaurus/plugin-content-docs",
+    "options": undefined,
+  },
+  Object {
+    "name": "@docusaurus/plugin-content-blog",
+    "options": undefined,
+  },
+]
+`);
+  });
+
+  test('string form composite', () => {
+    const presets = loadPresets({
+      siteConfig: {
+        presets: [
+          path.join(__dirname, '__fixtures__/preset-bar.js'),
+          path.join(__dirname, '__fixtures__/preset-foo.js'),
+        ],
+      },
+    });
+    expect(presets).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+Array [
+  Object {
+    "name": "@docusaurus/plugin-content-docs",
+    "options": undefined,
+  },
+  Object {
+    "name": "@docusaurus/plugin-content-blog",
+    "options": undefined,
+  },
+  Object {
+    "name": "@docusaurus/plugin-content-pages",
+    "options": undefined,
+  },
+  Object {
+    "name": "@docusaurus/plugin-sitemap",
+    "options": undefined,
+  },
+]
+`);
+  });
+
+  test('array form', () => {
+    const presets = loadPresets({
+      siteConfig: {
+        presets: [[path.join(__dirname, '__fixtures__/preset-bar.js')]],
+      },
+    });
+    expect(presets).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+Array [
+  Object {
+    "name": "@docusaurus/plugin-content-docs",
+    "options": undefined,
+  },
+  Object {
+    "name": "@docusaurus/plugin-content-blog",
+    "options": undefined,
+  },
+]
+`);
+  });
+
+  test('array form with options', () => {
+    const presets = loadPresets({
+      siteConfig: {
+        presets: [
+          [
+            path.join(__dirname, '__fixtures__/preset-bar.js'),
+            {docs: {path: '../'}},
+          ],
+        ],
+      },
+    });
+    expect(presets).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+Array [
+  Object {
+    "name": "@docusaurus/plugin-content-docs",
+    "options": Object {
+      "path": "../",
+    },
+  },
+  Object {
+    "name": "@docusaurus/plugin-content-blog",
+    "options": undefined,
+  },
+]
+`);
+  });
+
+  test('array form composite', () => {
+    const presets = loadPresets({
+      siteConfig: {
+        presets: [
+          [
+            path.join(__dirname, '__fixtures__/preset-bar.js'),
+            {docs: {path: '../'}},
+          ],
+          [
+            path.join(__dirname, '__fixtures__/preset-foo.js'),
+            {pages: {path: '../'}},
+          ],
+        ],
+      },
+    });
+    expect(presets).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+Array [
+  Object {
+    "name": "@docusaurus/plugin-content-docs",
+    "options": Object {
+      "path": "../",
+    },
+  },
+  Object {
+    "name": "@docusaurus/plugin-content-blog",
+    "options": undefined,
+  },
+  Object {
+    "name": "@docusaurus/plugin-content-pages",
+    "options": Object {
+      "path": "../",
+    },
+  },
+  Object {
+    "name": "@docusaurus/plugin-sitemap",
+    "options": undefined,
+  },
+]
+`);
+  });
+
+  test('mixed form', () => {
+    const presets = loadPresets({
+      siteConfig: {
+        presets: [
+          [
+            path.join(__dirname, '__fixtures__/preset-bar.js'),
+            {docs: {path: '../'}},
+          ],
+          path.join(__dirname, '__fixtures__/preset-foo.js'),
+        ],
+      },
+    });
+    expect(presets).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+Array [
+  Object {
+    "name": "@docusaurus/plugin-content-docs",
+    "options": Object {
+      "path": "../",
+    },
+  },
+  Object {
+    "name": "@docusaurus/plugin-content-blog",
+    "options": undefined,
+  },
+  Object {
+    "name": "@docusaurus/plugin-content-pages",
+    "options": undefined,
+  },
+  Object {
+    "name": "@docusaurus/plugin-sitemap",
+    "options": undefined,
+  },
+]
+`);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/lib/server/load/config.js b/packages/docusaurus/lib/server/load/config.js
index dea8b23872db..8c9e6ff74281 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/lib/server/load/config.js
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/lib/server/load/config.js
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ const OPTIONAL_FIELDS = [
   'highlight',
   'markdownPlugins',
   'plugins',
+  'presets',
 ];
 
 const DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/lib/server/load/plugins.js b/packages/docusaurus/lib/server/load/plugins.js
index e9b78bbc04f6..dae3e4aa8b25 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/lib/server/load/plugins.js
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/lib/server/load/plugins.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 const fs = require('fs-extra');
+const importFresh = require('import-fresh');
 const path = require('path');
 const {generate} = require('@docusaurus/utils');
 
@@ -14,17 +15,11 @@ module.exports = async function loadPlugins({pluginConfigs = [], context}) {
   const plugins = pluginConfigs.map(({name, path: pluginPath, options}) => {
     let Plugin;
     if (pluginPath && fs.existsSync(pluginPath)) {
-      // eslint-disable-next-line
-      Plugin = require(pluginPath);
+      Plugin = importFresh(pluginPath);
     } else {
-      try {
-        // eslint-disable-next-line
-        Plugin = require(name);
-      } catch (ex) {
-        throw new Error(`Error loading '${name}' plugin.`);
-      }
+      Plugin = importFresh(name);
     }
-    return new Plugin(options, context);
+    return new Plugin(context, options);
   });
 
   // 2. Plugin lifecycle - loadContent
@@ -72,6 +67,5 @@ module.exports = async function loadPlugins({pluginConfigs = [], context}) {
   return {
     plugins,
     pluginsRouteConfigs,
-    pluginsLoadedContent,
   };
 };
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/lib/server/load/presets.js b/packages/docusaurus/lib/server/load/presets.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8e40f12f4756
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/lib/server/load/presets.js
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-present, Facebook, Inc.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+const importFresh = require('import-fresh');
+const _ = require('lodash');
+const fs = require('fs-extra');
+
+module.exports = function loadPresets(context) {
+  const presets = context.siteConfig.presets || [];
+  return _.flatten(
+    presets.map(presetItem => {
+      let presetModule;
+      let presetOptions = {};
+      if (typeof presetItem === 'string') {
+        presetModule = presetItem;
+      } else if (Array.isArray(presetItem)) {
+        [presetModule, presetOptions] = presetItem;
+      }
+
+      let preset;
+      if (presetModule && fs.existsSync(presetModule)) {
+        // Local preset.
+        preset = importFresh(presetModule);
+      } else {
+        // From npm.
+        preset = importFresh(presetModule);
+      }
+      return preset(context, presetOptions).plugins;
+    }),
+  );
+};
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/package.json b/packages/docusaurus/package.json
index e19a0d131d77..e76298d6da10 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/package.json
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/package.json
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
     "fs-extra": "^7.0.0",
     "globby": "^9.1.0",
     "html-webpack-plugin": "^4.0.0-beta.5",
+    "import-fresh": "^3.0.0",
     "is-wsl": "^1.1.0",
     "lodash": "^4.17.11",
     "mini-css-extract-plugin": "^0.4.1",
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/test/loadSetup.js b/packages/docusaurus/test/loadSetup.js
index 74c60f68adaf..033477028d5c 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/test/loadSetup.js
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/test/loadSetup.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 import '@babel/polyfill';
 import path from 'path';
-import load from '@lib/server/load';
+import load from '@lib/server';
 
 // Helper methods to setup dummy/fake projects
 const loadSetup = async name => {
diff --git a/website/docusaurus.config.js b/website/docusaurus.config.js
index 9436f834bd48..5d71dfc69426 100644
--- a/website/docusaurus.config.js
+++ b/website/docusaurus.config.js
@@ -24,25 +24,18 @@ module.exports = {
     indexName: 'docusaurus-2',
     algoliaOptions: {},
   },
-  plugins: [
-    {
-      name: '@docusaurus/plugin-content-docs',
-      options: {
-        path: '../docs',
-        sidebarPath: require.resolve('./sidebars.json'),
+  presets: [
+    [
+      '@docusaurus/preset-classic',
+      {
+        docs: {
+          path: '../docs',
+          sidebarPath: require.resolve('./sidebars.json'),
+        },
+        blog: {
+          path: '../website-1.x/blog',
+        },
       },
-    },
-    {
-      name: '@docusaurus/plugin-content-blog',
-      options: {
-        path: '../website-1.x/blog',
-      },
-    },
-    {
-      name: '@docusaurus/plugin-content-pages',
-    },
-    {
-      name: '@docusaurus/plugin-sitemap',
-    },
+    ],
   ],
 };
diff --git a/website/package.json b/website/package.json
index 8c0b44008ba9..cea36671699e 100644
--- a/website/package.json
+++ b/website/package.json
@@ -10,10 +10,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@docusaurus/core": "^2.0.0-alpha.11",
-    "@docusaurus/plugin-content-blog": "^2.0.0-alpha.11",
-    "@docusaurus/plugin-content-docs": "^2.0.0-alpha.11",
-    "@docusaurus/plugin-content-pages": "^2.0.0-alpha.11",
-    "@docusaurus/plugin-sitemap": "^2.0.0-alpha.11",
+    "@docusaurus/preset-classic": "^2.0.0-alpha.11",
     "classnames": "^2.2.6",
     "react": "^16.8.4",
     "react-dom": "^16.8.4"