diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 371f4cc..cc6569b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ If you are familiar with Blade, React, Vue or similar, you will find the syntax
 | **propsSlot**            | `String`           | `'props'`                                    | Used to retrieve props passed to slot via `$slots.slotName.props`.               |
 | **parserOptions**        | `Object`           | `{recognizeSelfClosing: true}`               | Pass options to `posthtml-parser`.                                               |
 | **expressions**          | `Object`           | `{}`                                         | Pass options to `posthtml-expressions`.                                          |
-| **plugins**              | `Array`            | `[]`                                         | PostHTML plugins to apply to every parsed component.                             |
+| **plugins**              | `Array\|Object`    | `[]`                                         | PostHTML plugins to [apply](#plugins) to every parsed component.                 |
 | **matcher**              | `Object`           | `[{tag: options.tagPrefix}]`                 | Array of objects used to match tags.                                             |
 | **attrsParserRules**     | `Object`           | `{}`                                         | Additional rules for attributes parser plugin.                                   |
 | **strict**               | `Boolean`          | `true`                                       | Toggle exception throwing.                                                       |
@@ -842,6 +842,35 @@ Result:
 
 You can add custom rules to define how attributes are parsed - we use [posthtml-attrs-parser](https://github.com/posthtml/posthtml-attrs-parser) to handle them.
 
+
+### Plugins
+
+You can specify whether plugins are applied before or after the `posthtml-expressions` plugin:
+
+```js
+const options = { 
+  plugins: {
+    before: [/* ... */],
+    after: [/* ... */],
+  } 
+};
+```
+
+For backwards compatibility, passing an array will default to applying plugins after the `posthtml-expressions` plugin. The following options are equivalent:
+
+```js
+const options = { 
+  plugins: [/* ... */]
+};
+
+const options = { 
+  plugins: {
+    before: [/* ... */],
+    after: [],
+  } 
+};
+```
+
 ### Advanced attributes configurations
 
 If default configurations for valid attributes are not right for you, you may configure them as explained below.
diff --git a/src/index.d.ts b/src/index.d.ts
index f791b7c..79942ed 100644
--- a/src/index.d.ts
+++ b/src/index.d.ts
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ export type PostHTMLComponents = {
    *
    * @default []
    */
-  plugins?: Array<() => void>;
+  plugins?: Array<() => void>|Record<'before','after', Array<() => void>>;
 
   /**
    * Array of objects used to match tags.
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index ab0e89d..a767e6a 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -140,10 +140,21 @@ module.exports = (options = {}) => tree => {
   options.props = {...options.expressions.locals};
   options.aware = {};
 
+  if (Array.isArray(options.plugins)) {
+    options.plugins = {
+      before: [],
+      after: options.plugins
+    };
+  }
+
   const pushedContent = {};
 
   log('Start of processing..', 'init', 'success');
 
+  if (options.plugins.before.length > 0) {
+      tree = applyPluginsToTree(tree, options.plugins.before);
+  }
+
   return processStacks(
     processPushes(
       processTree(options)(
@@ -169,8 +180,8 @@ function processTree(options) {
   return (tree, messages) => {
     log(`Processing tree number ${processCounter}..`, 'processTree');
 
-    if (options.plugins.length > 0) {
-      tree = applyPluginsToTree(tree, options.plugins);
+    if (options.plugins.after.length > 0) {
+      tree = applyPluginsToTree(tree, options.plugins.after);
     }
 
     match.call(tree, options.matcher, currentNode => {
@@ -217,10 +228,15 @@ function processTree(options) {
       options.expressions.locals = attributes;
       options.expressions.locals.$slots = filledSlots;
       // const plugins = [...options.plugins, expressions(options.expressions)];
+
+      if (options.plugins.before.length > 0) {
+        nextNode = applyPluginsToTree(nextNode, options.plugins.before);
+      }
+
       nextNode = expressions(options.expressions)(nextNode);
 
-      if (options.plugins.length > 0) {
-        nextNode = applyPluginsToTree(nextNode, options.plugins);
+      if (options.plugins.after.length > 0) {
+        nextNode = applyPluginsToTree(nextNode, options.plugins.after);
       }
 
       // Process <yield> tag
diff --git a/test/test-plugins.js b/test/test-plugins.js
index 4f6a98f..5a50716 100644
--- a/test/test-plugins.js
+++ b/test/test-plugins.js
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 import { test, expect } from 'vitest';
 import { process } from './process.js';
+import { walk } from 'posthtml/lib/api';
+
+const plugin = tree => walk.call(tree, node => typeof node === 'string' && node === "{{title}}"? "{{replaced}}": node);
 
 test('posthtml-include', async () => {
   process(
@@ -22,6 +25,40 @@ test('posthtml-include', async () => {
     });
 });
 
+test('Run plugin before expressions', async () => {
+  process(
+    `<component src="components/component-locals.html"></component>`,
+    {
+      root: './test/templates',
+      tag: 'component',
+      attribute: 'src',
+      plugins: { before: [plugin], after: []},
+      expressions: {
+        strict: false,
+        missingLocal: '{local}',
+      }      
+    }
+  )
+    .then(html => {
+      expect(html).toBe(`<div><h1>{{replaced}}</h1></div><div>Default body</div>`);
+    });
+});
+
+test('Run plugin after expressions', async () => {
+  process(
+    `<component src="components/component-locals.html"></component>`,
+    {
+      root: './test/templates',
+      tag: 'component',
+      attribute: 'src',
+      plugins: { before: [], after: [plugin]},
+    }
+  )
+    .then(html => {
+      expect(html).toBe(`<div><h1>Default title</h1></div><div>Default body</div>`);
+    });
+});
+
 // test.skip('Must work with posthtml-extend syntax', async () => {
 //   const actual = `<extends src="layouts/extend.html"><block name="content">My Content</block></extends>`;
 //   const expected = `<html><head><title>Extend Layout</title></head><body><main>My Content</main><footer>footer content</footer></body></html>`;