diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/admin.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/admin.hbs
index 1838e268d79..a651826c86c 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/admin.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/admin.hbs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
           {{admin-nav-item route='admin.api' label='admin.api.title'}}
           {{admin-nav-item route='admin.backups' label='admin.backups.title'}}
         {{/if}}
-        {{admin-nav-item route='adminPlugins.index' label='admin.plugins.title'}}
+        {{admin-nav-item route='adminPlugins' label='admin.plugins.title'}}
         {{plugin-outlet "admin-menu" tagName="li"}}
       </ul>
 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/plugins-index.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/plugins-index.hbs
index e6648b975d1..1686e34b9f6 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/plugins-index.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/plugins-index.hbs
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
       {{#each plugin in controller}}
         <tr>
           <td>
-            {{#if plugin.admin_route}}
-              {{#link-to plugin.admin_route.full_location}}{{plugin.name}}{{/link-to}}
+            {{#if plugin.url}}
+              <a {{bind-attr href=plugin.url}} target="_blank">{{plugin.name}}</a>
             {{else}}
               {{plugin.name}}
             {{/if}}
@@ -34,3 +34,6 @@
 {{else}}
   <p>{{i18n "admin.plugins.none_installed"}}</p>
 {{/if}}
+
+<p><a href="https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-a-plugin/19157">{{i18n "admin.plugins.howto"}}</a></p>
+
diff --git a/app/serializers/admin_plugin_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/admin_plugin_serializer.rb
index 28b9eea7baf..2c89c128b51 100644
--- a/app/serializers/admin_plugin_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/admin_plugin_serializer.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 class AdminPluginSerializer < ApplicationSerializer
   attributes :name,
              :version,
+             :url,
              :admin_route
 
   def name
@@ -11,6 +12,14 @@ class AdminPluginSerializer < ApplicationSerializer
     object.metadata.version
   end
 
+  def url
+    object.metadata.url
+  end
+
+  def include_url?
+    url.present?
+  end
+
   def admin_route
     route = object.admin_route
     return unless route
diff --git a/config/locales/client.en.yml b/config/locales/client.en.yml
index 0f3cc76ea62..3d1daeb24e6 100644
--- a/config/locales/client.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/client.en.yml
@@ -1672,6 +1672,7 @@ en:
         none_installed: "You don't have any plugins installed."
         version: "Version"
         change_settings: "Change Settings"
+        howto: "How do I install plugins?"
 
       backups:
         title: "Backups"
diff --git a/lib/plugin/metadata.rb b/lib/plugin/metadata.rb
index 65686ede452..d031e2b2112 100644
--- a/lib/plugin/metadata.rb
+++ b/lib/plugin/metadata.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 module Plugin; end
 
 class Plugin::Metadata
-  FIELDS ||= [:name, :about, :version, :authors]
+  FIELDS ||= [:name, :about, :version, :authors, :url]
   attr_accessor *FIELDS
 
   def self.parse(text)
diff --git a/plugins/lazyYT/plugin.rb b/plugins/lazyYT/plugin.rb
index 3bb49aeb996..cf02d90882c 100644
--- a/plugins/lazyYT/plugin.rb
+++ b/plugins/lazyYT/plugin.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # about: Uses the lazyYT plugin to lazy load Youtube videos
 # version: 1.0.1
 # authors: Arpit Jalan
+# url: https://github.com/discourse/discourse/tree/master/plugins/lazyYT
 
 # javascript
 register_asset "javascripts/lazyYT.js"
diff --git a/plugins/poll/plugin.rb b/plugins/poll/plugin.rb
index a5f0b1fe5af..56abf4f3029 100644
--- a/plugins/poll/plugin.rb
+++ b/plugins/poll/plugin.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # about: adds poll support to Discourse
 # version: 0.1
 # authors: Vikhyat Korrapati
+# url: https://github.com/discourse/discourse/tree/master/plugins/poll
 
 load File.expand_path("../poll.rb", __FILE__)
 
diff --git a/spec/components/plugin/metadata_spec.rb b/spec/components/plugin/metadata_spec.rb
index 7b8b0880d03..7e922e2a4c6 100644
--- a/spec/components/plugin/metadata_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/components/plugin/metadata_spec.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ describe Plugin::Metadata do
 # about: about: my plugin
 # version: 0.1
 # authors: Frank Zappa
+# url: http://discourse.org
 
 some_ruby
 TEXT
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ TEXT
       expect(metadata.about).to eq("about: my plugin")
       expect(metadata.version).to eq("0.1")
       expect(metadata.authors).to eq("Frank Zappa")
+      expect(metadata.url).to eq("http://discourse.org")
     end
   end