diff --git a/client/coral-embed-stream/src/tabs/stream/containers/Stream.js b/client/coral-embed-stream/src/tabs/stream/containers/Stream.js
index 8515a2db4..9b12349c5 100644
--- a/client/coral-embed-stream/src/tabs/stream/containers/Stream.js
+++ b/client/coral-embed-stream/src/tabs/stream/containers/Stream.js
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ const mapStateToProps = state => ({
   activeStreamTab: state.stream.activeTab,
   previousStreamTab: state.stream.previousTab,
   commentClassNames: state.stream.commentClassNames,
-  pluginsConfig: state.config.plugins_config,
+  pluginsConfig: state.config.plugins_config || state.config.plugin_config,
   sortOrder: state.stream.sortOrder,
   sortBy: state.stream.sortBy,
 });
diff --git a/client/coral-framework/components/Slot.js b/client/coral-framework/components/Slot.js
index 18d3163e0..25e6521eb 100644
--- a/client/coral-framework/components/Slot.js
+++ b/client/coral-framework/components/Slot.js
@@ -72,8 +72,18 @@ class Slot extends React.Component {
     } = this.props;
     const { plugins } = this.context;
     let children = this.getChildren();
+
+    if (!!get(reduxState, 'config.plugin_config')) {
+      console.warn(
+        `deprecation warning: config.plugin_config will be phased out soon, please replace calls from config.plugin_config to config.plugins_config`
+      );
+    }
+
     const pluginsConfig =
-      get(reduxState, 'config.plugins_config') || emptyConfig;
+      get(reduxState, 'config.plugins_config') ||
+      get(reduxState, 'config.plugin_config') ||
+      emptyConfig;
+
     if (children.length === 0 && DefaultComponent) {
       const props = plugins.getSlotComponentProps(
         DefaultComponent,
diff --git a/client/coral-framework/services/plugins.js b/client/coral-framework/services/plugins.js
index f0e6ff304..5d2c88e55 100644
--- a/client/coral-framework/services/plugins.js
+++ b/client/coral-framework/services/plugins.js
@@ -84,8 +84,16 @@ class PluginsService {
    * query datas are only passed to the component if it is defined in `component.fragments`.
    */
   getSlotComponentProps(component, reduxState, props, queryData) {
+    if (!!get(reduxState, 'config.plugin_config')) {
+      console.warn(
+        `deprecation warning: config.plugin_config will be phased out soon, please replace calls from config.plugin_config to config.plugins_config`
+      );
+    }
+
     const pluginsConfig =
-      get(reduxState, 'config.plugins_config') || emptyConfig;
+      get(reduxState, 'config.plugins_config') ||
+      get(reduxState, 'config.plugin_config') ||
+      emptyConfig;
     return {
       ...props,
       config: pluginsConfig,