diff --git a/src/pocketmine/Server.php b/src/pocketmine/Server.php
index bbe1fed29..cb53dedd6 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/Server.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/Server.php
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ use pocketmine\plugin\PharPluginLoader;
 use pocketmine\plugin\Plugin;
 use pocketmine\plugin\PluginLoadOrder;
 use pocketmine\plugin\PluginManager;
+use pocketmine\plugin\ScriptPluginLoader;
 use pocketmine\scheduler\FileWriteTask;
 use pocketmine\scheduler\SendUsageTask;
 use pocketmine\scheduler\ServerScheduler;
@@ -1695,6 +1696,7 @@ class Server{
 		$this->pluginManager->setUseTimings($this->getProperty("settings.enable-profiling", false));
 		$this->profilingTickRate = (float) $this->getProperty("settings.profile-report-trigger", 20);
 		$this->pluginManager->registerInterface(PharPluginLoader::class);
+		$this->pluginManager->registerInterface(ScriptPluginLoader::class);
 
 		set_exception_handler([$this, "exceptionHandler"]);
 		register_shutdown_function([$this, "crashDump"]);
@@ -2047,6 +2049,7 @@ class Server{
 		}
 
 		$this->pluginManager->registerInterface(PharPluginLoader::class);
+		$this->pluginManager->registerInterface(ScriptPluginLoader::class);
 		$this->pluginManager->loadPlugins($this->pluginPath);
 		$this->enablePlugins(PluginLoadOrder::STARTUP);
 		$this->enablePlugins(PluginLoadOrder::POSTWORLD);
diff --git a/src/pocketmine/plugin/PluginDescription.php b/src/pocketmine/plugin/PluginDescription.php
index 738669b5e..04c25224a 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/plugin/PluginDescription.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/plugin/PluginDescription.php
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ class PluginDescription{
 	private $permissions = [];
 
 	/**
-	 * @param string $yamlString
+	 * @param string|array $yamlString
 	 */
 	public function __construct($yamlString){
-		$this->loadMap(\yaml_parse($yamlString));
+		$this->loadMap(!is_array($yamlString) ? \yaml_parse($yamlString) : $yamlString);
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/src/pocketmine/plugin/ScriptPluginLoader.php b/src/pocketmine/plugin/ScriptPluginLoader.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..95a2e2f97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pocketmine/plugin/ScriptPluginLoader.php
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ *
+ *  ____            _        _   __  __ _                  __  __ ____
+ * |  _ \ ___   ___| | _____| |_|  \/  (_)_ __   ___      |  \/  |  _ \
+ * | |_) / _ \ / __| |/ / _ \ __| |\/| | | '_ \ / _ \_____| |\/| | |_) |
+ * |  __/ (_) | (__|   <  __/ |_| |  | | | | | |  __/_____| |  | |  __/
+ * |_|   \___/ \___|_|\_\___|\__|_|  |_|_|_| |_|\___|     |_|  |_|_|
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * @author PocketMine Team
+ * @link http://www.pocketmine.net/
+ *
+ *
+*/
+
+namespace pocketmine\plugin;
+
+use pocketmine\event\plugin\PluginDisableEvent;
+use pocketmine\event\plugin\PluginEnableEvent;
+use pocketmine\Server;
+use pocketmine\utils\PluginException;
+
+/**
+ * Simple script loader, not for plugin development
+ * For an example see https://gist.github.com/shoghicp/516105d470cf7d140757
+ */
+class ScriptPluginLoader implements PluginLoader{
+
+	/** @var Server */
+	private $server;
+
+	/**
+	 * @param Server $server
+	 */
+	public function __construct(Server $server){
+		$this->server = $server;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Loads the plugin contained in $file
+	 *
+	 * @param string $file
+	 *
+	 * @return Plugin
+	 *
+	 * @throws \Exception
+	 */
+	public function loadPlugin($file){
+		if(($description = $this->getPluginDescription($file)) instanceof PluginDescription){
+			$this->server->getLogger()->info($this->server->getLanguage()->translateString("pocketmine.plugin.load", [$description->getFullName()]));
+			$dataFolder = dirname($file) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $description->getName();
+			if(file_exists($dataFolder) and !is_dir($dataFolder)){
+				throw new \InvalidStateException("Projected dataFolder '" . $dataFolder . "' for " . $description->getName() . " exists and is not a directory");
+			}
+
+			include_once($file);
+
+			$className = $description->getMain();
+
+			if(class_exists($className, true)){
+				$plugin = new $className();
+				$this->initPlugin($plugin, $description, $dataFolder, $file);
+
+				return $plugin;
+			}else{
+				throw new PluginException("Couldn't load plugin " . $description->getName() . ": main class not found");
+			}
+		}
+
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the PluginDescription from the file
+	 *
+	 * @param string $file
+	 *
+	 * @return PluginDescription
+	 */
+	public function getPluginDescription($file){
+		$content = file($file, FILE_IGNORE_NEW_LINES | FILE_SKIP_EMPTY_LINES);
+
+		$data = [];
+
+		$insideHeader = false;
+		foreach($content as $line){
+			if(!$insideHeader and strpos($line, "/**") !== false){
+				$insideHeader = true;
+			}
+
+			if(preg_match("/^[ \t]+\\*[ \t]+@([a-zA-Z]+)[ \t]+(.*)$/", $line, $matches) > 0){
+				$key = $matches[1];
+				$content = trim($matches[2]);
+
+				$data[$key] = $content;
+			}
+
+			if($insideHeader and strpos($line, "**/") !== false){
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		if($insideHeader){
+			return new PluginDescription($data);
+		}
+
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the filename patterns that this loader accepts
+	 *
+	 * @return array
+	 */
+	public function getPluginFilters(){
+		return "/\\.php$/i";
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param PluginBase        $plugin
+	 * @param PluginDescription $description
+	 * @param string            $dataFolder
+	 * @param string            $file
+	 */
+	private function initPlugin(PluginBase $plugin, PluginDescription $description, $dataFolder, $file){
+		$plugin->init($this, $this->server, $description, $dataFolder, $file);
+		$plugin->onLoad();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param Plugin $plugin
+	 */
+	public function enablePlugin(Plugin $plugin){
+		if($plugin instanceof PluginBase and !$plugin->isEnabled()){
+			$this->server->getLogger()->info($this->server->getLanguage()->translateString("pocketmine.plugin.enable", [$plugin->getDescription()->getFullName()]));
+
+			$plugin->setEnabled(true);
+
+			$this->server->getPluginManager()->callEvent(new PluginEnableEvent($plugin));
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param Plugin $plugin
+	 */
+	public function disablePlugin(Plugin $plugin){
+		if($plugin instanceof PluginBase and $plugin->isEnabled()){
+			$this->server->getLogger()->info($this->server->getLanguage()->translateString("pocketmine.plugin.disable", [$plugin->getDescription()->getFullName()]));
+
+			$this->server->getPluginManager()->callEvent(new PluginDisableEvent($plugin));
+
+			$plugin->setEnabled(false);
+		}
+	}
+}
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