diff --git a/packages/app-cli/tests/services/plugins/PluginService.ts b/packages/app-cli/tests/services/plugins/PluginService.ts
index 722a7288a..d5d0a715e 100644
--- a/packages/app-cli/tests/services/plugins/PluginService.ts
+++ b/packages/app-cli/tests/services/plugins/PluginService.ts
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ describe('services_PluginService', () => {
 
 		const mdToHtml = new MdToHtml();
 		const module = require(contentScript.path).default;
-		mdToHtml.loadExtraRendererRule(contentScript.id, tempDir, module({}));
+		mdToHtml.loadExtraRendererRule(contentScript.id, tempDir, module({}), '');
 
 		const result = await mdToHtml.render([
 			'```justtesting',
diff --git a/packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/NoteEditor.tsx b/packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/NoteEditor.tsx
index b0bcfdec0..94d63b9ee 100644
--- a/packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/NoteEditor.tsx
+++ b/packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/NoteEditor.tsx
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ import ItemChange from '@joplin/lib/models/ItemChange';
 import PlainEditor from './NoteBody/PlainEditor/PlainEditor';
 import CodeMirror6 from './NoteBody/CodeMirror/v6/CodeMirror';
 import CodeMirror5 from './NoteBody/CodeMirror/v5/CodeMirror';
+import { namespacedKey } from '@joplin/lib/services/plugins/api/JoplinSettings';
 
 const commands = [
 	require('./commands/showRevisions'),
@@ -159,10 +160,15 @@ function NoteEditor(props: NoteEditorProps) {
 		return formNote.saveActionQueue.waitForAllDone();
 	}
 
+	const settingValue = useCallback((pluginId: string, key: string) => {
+		return Setting.value(namespacedKey(pluginId, key));
+	}, []);
+
 	const markupToHtml = useMarkupToHtml({
 		themeId: props.themeId,
 		customCss: props.customCss,
 		plugins: props.plugins,
+		settingValue,
 	});
 
 	const allAssets = useCallback(async (markupLanguage: number, options: AllAssetsOptions = null): Promise<any[]> => {
diff --git a/packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/utils/useMarkupToHtml.ts b/packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/utils/useMarkupToHtml.ts
index a9b5673f8..c66175fab 100644
--- a/packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/utils/useMarkupToHtml.ts
+++ b/packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/utils/useMarkupToHtml.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ interface HookDependencies {
 	themeId: number;
 	customCss: string;
 	plugins: PluginStates;
+	settingValue: (pluginId: string, key: string)=> any;
 }
 
 export interface MarkupToHtmlOptions {
@@ -59,12 +60,16 @@ export default function useMarkupToHtml(deps: HookDependencies) {
 
 		delete options.replaceResourceInternalToExternalLinks;
 
-		const result = await markupToHtml.render(markupLanguage, md, theme, { codeTheme: theme.codeThemeCss,
+		const result = await markupToHtml.render(markupLanguage, md, theme, {
+			codeTheme: theme.codeThemeCss,
 			resources: resources,
 			postMessageSyntax: 'ipcProxySendToHost',
 			splitted: true,
 			externalAssetsOnly: true,
-			codeHighlightCacheKey: 'useMarkupToHtml', ...options });
+			codeHighlightCacheKey: 'useMarkupToHtml',
+			settingValue: deps.settingValue,
+			...options,
+		});
 
 		return result;
 		// eslint-disable-next-line @seiyab/react-hooks/exhaustive-deps -- Old code before rule was applied
diff --git a/packages/app-desktop/testPluginDemo.sh b/packages/app-desktop/testPluginDemo.sh
index ce960cd71..53312c0b8 100755
--- a/packages/app-desktop/testPluginDemo.sh
+++ b/packages/app-desktop/testPluginDemo.sh
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 
 SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
 TEMP_PATH=~/src/plugin-tests
-NEED_COMPILING=0
-PLUGIN_PATH=~/src/joplin/packages/app-cli/tests/support/plugins/simple
+NEED_COMPILING=1
+PLUGIN_PATH=~/src/plugin-abc
 
 if [[ $NEED_COMPILING == 1 ]]; then
 	mkdir -p "$TEMP_PATH"
diff --git a/packages/generator-joplin/generators/app/templates/api/JoplinSettings.d.ts b/packages/generator-joplin/generators/app/templates/api/JoplinSettings.d.ts
index 32ce9d4cb..2d04aa2a9 100644
--- a/packages/generator-joplin/generators/app/templates/api/JoplinSettings.d.ts
+++ b/packages/generator-joplin/generators/app/templates/api/JoplinSettings.d.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ export interface ChangeEvent {
     keys: string[];
 }
 export type ChangeHandler = (event: ChangeEvent) => void;
+export declare const namespacedKey: (pluginId: string, key: string) => string;
 /**
  * This API allows registering new settings and setting sections, as well as getting and setting settings. Once a setting has been registered it will appear in the config screen and be editable by the user.
  *
@@ -19,8 +20,6 @@ export type ChangeHandler = (event: ChangeEvent) => void;
 export default class JoplinSettings {
     private plugin_;
     constructor(plugin: Plugin);
-    private get keyPrefix();
-    private namespacedKey;
     /**
      * Registers new settings.
      * Note that registering a setting item is dynamic and will be gone next time Joplin starts.
diff --git a/packages/generator-joplin/generators/app/templates/api/types.ts b/packages/generator-joplin/generators/app/templates/api/types.ts
index dffd9b24e..70f15940c 100644
--- a/packages/generator-joplin/generators/app/templates/api/types.ts
+++ b/packages/generator-joplin/generators/app/templates/api/types.ts
@@ -519,6 +519,20 @@ export interface ContentScriptContext {
 	postMessage: PostMessageHandler;
 }
 
+export interface ContentScriptModuleLoadedEvent {
+	userData?: any;
+}
+
+export interface ContentScriptModule {
+	onLoaded?: (event:ContentScriptModuleLoadedEvent) => void;
+	plugin: () => any;
+	assets?: () => void;
+}
+
+export interface MarkdownItContentScriptModule extends Omit<ContentScriptModule, 'plugin'> {
+	plugin: (markdownIt:any, options:any) => any;
+}
+
 export enum ContentScriptType {
 	/**
 	 * Registers a new Markdown-It plugin, which should follow the template
@@ -528,7 +542,7 @@ export enum ContentScriptType {
 	 * module.exports = {
 	 *     default: function(context) {
 	 *         return {
-	 *             plugin: function(markdownIt, options) {
+	 *             plugin: function(markdownIt, pluginOptions) {
 	 *                 // ...
 	 *             },
 	 *             assets: {
@@ -538,6 +552,7 @@ export enum ContentScriptType {
 	 *     }
 	 * }
 	 * ```
+	 * 
 	 * See [the
 	 * demo](https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/tree/dev/packages/app-cli/tests/support/plugins/content_script)
 	 * for a simple Markdown-it plugin example.
@@ -550,10 +565,7 @@ export enum ContentScriptType {
 	 *
 	 * - The **required** `plugin` key is the actual Markdown-It plugin - check
 	 *   the [official doc](https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it) for more
-	 *   information. The `options` parameter is of type
-	 *   [RuleOptions](https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/blob/dev/packages/renderer/MdToHtml.ts),
-	 *   which contains a number of options, mostly useful for Joplin's internal
-	 *   code.
+	 *   information.
 	 *
 	 * - Using the **optional** `assets` key you may specify assets such as JS
 	 *   or CSS that should be loaded in the rendered HTML document. Check for
@@ -561,6 +573,11 @@ export enum ContentScriptType {
 	 *   plugin](https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/blob/dev/packages/renderer/MdToHtml/rules/mermaid.ts)
 	 *   to see how the data should be structured.
 	 *
+	 * ## Getting the settings from the renderer
+	 *
+	 * You can access your plugin settings from the renderer by calling
+	 * `pluginOptions.settingValue("your-setting-key')`.
+	 *
 	 * ## Posting messages from the content script to your plugin
 	 *
 	 * The application provides the following function to allow executing
diff --git a/packages/lib/services/plugins/api/JoplinSettings.ts b/packages/lib/services/plugins/api/JoplinSettings.ts
index 39ee61174..0fd92c2b2 100644
--- a/packages/lib/services/plugins/api/JoplinSettings.ts
+++ b/packages/lib/services/plugins/api/JoplinSettings.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,17 @@ export interface ChangeEvent {
 
 export type ChangeHandler = (event: ChangeEvent)=> void;
 
+const keyPrefix = (pluginId: string): string => {
+	return `plugin-${pluginId}.`;
+};
+
+// Ensures that the plugin settings and sections are within their own namespace,
+// to prevent them from overwriting other plugin settings or the default
+// settings.
+export const namespacedKey = (pluginId: string, key: string): string => {
+	return `${keyPrefix(pluginId)}${key}`;
+};
+
 /**
  * This API allows registering new settings and setting sections, as well as getting and setting settings. Once a setting has been registered it will appear in the config screen and be editable by the user.
  *
@@ -86,16 +97,6 @@ export default class JoplinSettings {
 		this.plugin_ = plugin;
 	}
 
-	private get keyPrefix(): string {
-		return `plugin-${this.plugin_.id}.`;
-	}
-
-	// Ensures that the plugin settings and sections are within their own namespace, to prevent them from
-	// overwriting other plugin settings or the default settings.
-	private namespacedKey(key: string): string {
-		return `${this.keyPrefix}${key}`;
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Registers new settings.
 	 * Note that registering a setting item is dynamic and will be gone next time Joplin starts.
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ export default class JoplinSettings {
 
 			if ('subType' in setting) internalSettingItem.subType = setting.subType;
 			if ('isEnum' in setting) internalSettingItem.isEnum = setting.isEnum;
-			if ('section' in setting) internalSettingItem.section = this.namespacedKey(setting.section);
+			if ('section' in setting) internalSettingItem.section = namespacedKey(this.plugin_.id, setting.section);
 			if ('options' in setting) internalSettingItem.options = () => setting.options;
 			if ('appTypes' in setting) internalSettingItem.appTypes = setting.appTypes;
 			if ('secure' in setting) internalSettingItem.secure = setting.secure;
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ export default class JoplinSettings {
 			if ('step' in setting) internalSettingItem.step = setting.step;
 			if ('storage' in setting) internalSettingItem.storage = setting.storage;
 
-			await Setting.registerSetting(this.namespacedKey(key), internalSettingItem);
+			await Setting.registerSetting(namespacedKey(this.plugin_.id, key), internalSettingItem);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -150,21 +151,21 @@ export default class JoplinSettings {
 	 * Registers a new setting section. Like for registerSetting, it is dynamic and needs to be done every time the plugin starts.
 	 */
 	public async registerSection(name: string, section: SettingSection) {
-		return Setting.registerSection(this.namespacedKey(name), SettingSectionSource.Plugin, section);
+		return Setting.registerSection(namespacedKey(this.plugin_.id, name), SettingSectionSource.Plugin, section);
 	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Gets a setting value (only applies to setting you registered from your plugin)
 	 */
 	public async value(key: string): Promise<any> {
-		return Setting.value(this.namespacedKey(key));
+		return Setting.value(namespacedKey(this.plugin_.id, key));
 	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Sets a setting value (only applies to setting you registered from your plugin)
 	 */
 	public async setValue(key: string, value: any) {
-		return Setting.setValue(this.namespacedKey(key), value);
+		return Setting.setValue(namespacedKey(this.plugin_.id, key), value);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -187,8 +188,8 @@ export default class JoplinSettings {
 		// Filter out keys that are not related to this plugin
 		eventManager.on('settingsChange', (event: ChangeEvent) => {
 			const keys = event.keys
-				.filter(k => k.indexOf(this.keyPrefix) === 0)
-				.map(k => k.substr(this.keyPrefix.length));
+				.filter(k => k.indexOf(keyPrefix(this.plugin_.id)) === 0)
+				.map(k => k.substr(keyPrefix(this.plugin_.id).length));
 			if (!keys.length) return;
 			handler({ keys });
 		});
diff --git a/packages/lib/services/plugins/api/types.ts b/packages/lib/services/plugins/api/types.ts
index dffd9b24e..e439b5246 100644
--- a/packages/lib/services/plugins/api/types.ts
+++ b/packages/lib/services/plugins/api/types.ts
@@ -519,6 +519,20 @@ export interface ContentScriptContext {
 	postMessage: PostMessageHandler;
 }
 
+export interface ContentScriptModuleLoadedEvent {
+	userData?: any;
+}
+
+export interface ContentScriptModule {
+	onLoaded?: (event: ContentScriptModuleLoadedEvent)=> void;
+	plugin: ()=> any;
+	assets?: ()=> void;
+}
+
+export interface MarkdownItContentScriptModule extends Omit<ContentScriptModule, 'plugin'> {
+	plugin: (markdownIt: any, options: any)=> any;
+}
+
 export enum ContentScriptType {
 	/**
 	 * Registers a new Markdown-It plugin, which should follow the template
@@ -528,7 +542,7 @@ export enum ContentScriptType {
 	 * module.exports = {
 	 *     default: function(context) {
 	 *         return {
-	 *             plugin: function(markdownIt, options) {
+	 *             plugin: function(markdownIt, pluginOptions) {
 	 *                 // ...
 	 *             },
 	 *             assets: {
@@ -538,6 +552,7 @@ export enum ContentScriptType {
 	 *     }
 	 * }
 	 * ```
+	 *
 	 * See [the
 	 * demo](https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/tree/dev/packages/app-cli/tests/support/plugins/content_script)
 	 * for a simple Markdown-it plugin example.
@@ -550,10 +565,7 @@ export enum ContentScriptType {
 	 *
 	 * - The **required** `plugin` key is the actual Markdown-It plugin - check
 	 *   the [official doc](https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it) for more
-	 *   information. The `options` parameter is of type
-	 *   [RuleOptions](https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/blob/dev/packages/renderer/MdToHtml.ts),
-	 *   which contains a number of options, mostly useful for Joplin's internal
-	 *   code.
+	 *   information.
 	 *
 	 * - Using the **optional** `assets` key you may specify assets such as JS
 	 *   or CSS that should be loaded in the rendered HTML document. Check for
@@ -561,6 +573,11 @@ export enum ContentScriptType {
 	 *   plugin](https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/blob/dev/packages/renderer/MdToHtml/rules/mermaid.ts)
 	 *   to see how the data should be structured.
 	 *
+	 * ## Getting the settings from the renderer
+	 *
+	 * You can access your plugin settings from the renderer by calling
+	 * `pluginOptions.settingValue("your-setting-key')`.
+	 *
 	 * ## Posting messages from the content script to your plugin
 	 *
 	 * The application provides the following function to allow executing
diff --git a/packages/lib/services/plugins/utils/loadContentScripts.ts b/packages/lib/services/plugins/utils/loadContentScripts.ts
index 3355423b2..cbdf5d9c8 100644
--- a/packages/lib/services/plugins/utils/loadContentScripts.ts
+++ b/packages/lib/services/plugins/utils/loadContentScripts.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { PluginStates } from '../reducer';
-import { ContentScriptType, ContentScriptContext, PostMessageHandler } from '../api/types';
+import { ContentScriptType, ContentScriptContext, PostMessageHandler, ContentScriptModule } from '../api/types';
 import { dirname } from '@joplin/renderer/pathUtils';
 import shim from '../../../shim';
 import Logger from '@joplin/utils/Logger';
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export interface ExtraContentScript {
 	id: string;
 	module: any;
 	assetPath: string;
+	pluginId: string;
 }
 
 function postMessageHandler(pluginId: string, scriptType: ContentScriptType, contentScriptId: string): PostMessageHandler {
@@ -53,14 +54,15 @@ function loadContentScripts(plugins: PluginStates, scriptType: ContentScriptType
 					postMessage: postMessageHandler(pluginId, scriptType, contentScript.id),
 				};
 
-				const loadedModule = module.default(context);
+				const loadedModule = module.default(context) as ContentScriptModule;
 
-				if (!loadedModule.plugin && !loadedModule.codeMirrorResources && !loadedModule.codeMirrorOptions) throw new Error(`Content script must export a "plugin" key or a list of CodeMirror assets or define a CodeMirror option: Plugin: ${pluginId}: Script: ${contentScript.id}`);
+				if (!loadedModule.plugin && !(loadedModule as any).codeMirrorResources && !(loadedModule as any).codeMirrorOptions) throw new Error(`Content script must export a "plugin" key or a list of CodeMirror assets or define a CodeMirror option: Plugin: ${pluginId}: Script: ${contentScript.id}`);
 
 				output.push({
 					id: contentScript.id,
 					module: loadedModule,
 					assetPath: dirname(contentScript.path),
+					pluginId,
 				});
 			} catch (error) {
 				// This function must not throw as doing so would crash the
diff --git a/packages/renderer/MdToHtml.ts b/packages/renderer/MdToHtml.ts
index 64178da88..3161ff565 100644
--- a/packages/renderer/MdToHtml.ts
+++ b/packages/renderer/MdToHtml.ts
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ import { ItemIdToUrlHandler } from './utils';
 import { RenderResult, RenderResultPluginAsset } from './MarkupToHtml';
 import { Options as NoteStyleOptions } from './noteStyle';
 import hljs from './highlight';
+import * as MarkdownIt from 'markdown-it';
 
 const Entities = require('html-entities').AllHtmlEntities;
 const htmlentities = new Entities().encode;
-const MarkdownIt = require('markdown-it');
 const md5 = require('md5');
 
 export interface RenderOptions {
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ export interface RenderOptions {
 	useCustomPdfViewer?: boolean;
 	noteId?: string;
 	vendorDir?: string;
+	settingValue?: (pluginId: string, key: string)=> any;
 }
 
 interface RendererRule {
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ interface RendererRule {
 	plugin?: any;
 	assetPath?: string;
 	assetPathIsAbsolute?: boolean;
+	pluginId?: string;
 }
 
 interface RendererRules {
@@ -102,6 +104,7 @@ export interface ExtraRendererRule {
 	id: string;
 	module: any;
 	assetPath: string;
+	pluginId: string;
 }
 
 export interface Options {
@@ -233,7 +236,7 @@ export default class MdToHtml {
 
 		if (options.extraRendererRules) {
 			for (const rule of options.extraRendererRules) {
-				this.loadExtraRendererRule(rule.id, rule.assetPath, rule.module);
+				this.loadExtraRendererRule(rule.id, rule.assetPath, rule.module, rule.pluginId);
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -268,11 +271,13 @@ export default class MdToHtml {
 	}
 
 	// `module` is a file that has already been `required()`
-	public loadExtraRendererRule(id: string, assetPath: string, module: any) {
+	public loadExtraRendererRule(id: string, assetPath: string, module: any, pluginId: string) {
 		if (this.extraRendererRules_[id]) throw new Error(`A renderer rule with this ID has already been loaded: ${id}`);
+
 		this.extraRendererRules_[id] = {
 			...module,
 			assetPath,
+			pluginId: pluginId,
 			assetPathIsAbsolute: true,
 		};
 	}
@@ -451,6 +456,7 @@ export default class MdToHtml {
 			pdfViewerEnabled: this.pluginEnabled('pdfViewer'),
 
 			contentMaxWidth: 0,
+			settingValue: (_pluginId: string, _key: string) => { throw new Error('settingValue is not implemented'); },
 			...options,
 		};
 
@@ -467,8 +473,11 @@ export default class MdToHtml {
 		const cachedOutput = this.cachedOutputs_[cacheKey];
 		if (cachedOutput) return cachedOutput;
 
-		const ruleOptions = { ...options, resourceBaseUrl: this.resourceBaseUrl_,
-			ResourceModel: this.ResourceModel_ };
+		const ruleOptions = {
+			...options,
+			resourceBaseUrl: this.resourceBaseUrl_,
+			ResourceModel: this.ResourceModel_,
+		};
 
 		const context: PluginContext = {
 			css: {},
@@ -478,12 +487,12 @@ export default class MdToHtml {
 			currentLinks: [],
 		};
 
-		const markdownIt = new MarkdownIt({
+		const markdownIt: MarkdownIt = new MarkdownIt({
 			breaks: !this.pluginEnabled('softbreaks'),
 			typographer: this.pluginEnabled('typographer'),
 			linkify: this.pluginEnabled('linkify'),
 			html: true,
-			highlight: (str: string, lang: string) => {
+			highlight: (str: string, lang: string, _attrs: any): any => {
 				let outputCodeHtml = '';
 
 				// The strings includes the last \n that is part of the fence,
@@ -567,6 +576,9 @@ export default class MdToHtml {
 				context: context,
 				...ruleOptions,
 				...(ruleOptions.plugins[key] ? ruleOptions.plugins[key] : {}),
+				settingValue: (key: string) => {
+					return options.settingValue(rule.pluginId, key);
+				},
 			});
 		}
 
diff --git a/packages/renderer/package.json b/packages/renderer/package.json
index 0fba3524a..b9bb9ddfd 100644
--- a/packages/renderer/package.json
+++ b/packages/renderer/package.json
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
   "license": "AGPL-3.0-or-later",
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/jest": "29.5.5",
+    "@types/markdown-it": "13.0.2",
     "@types/node": "18.17.19",
     "jest": "29.7.0",
     "jest-environment-jsdom": "29.7.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index e7421ed76..553652754 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6668,6 +6668,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@joplin/fork-uslug": ^1.0.11
     "@joplin/utils": ~2.13
     "@types/jest": 29.5.5
+    "@types/markdown-it": 13.0.2
     "@types/node": 18.17.19
     font-awesome-filetypes: 2.1.0
     fs-extra: 11.1.1