diff --git a/lib/plugins/popularity/helper.php b/lib/plugins/popularity/helper.php
index e99f6a60cb30b74d8ccf02f5897f7343b69998ae..27755b0ed3a02460da8ce033013653a77c344d58 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/popularity/helper.php
+++ b/lib/plugins/popularity/helper.php
@@ -253,9 +253,26 @@ class helper_plugin_popularity extends Dokuwiki_Plugin {
         $data['php_exectime'] = $phptime;
         $data['php_extension'] = get_loaded_extensions();
 
+        // plugin usage data
+        $this->_add_plugin_usage_data($data);
+
         return $data;
     }
 
+    protected function _add_plugin_usage_data(&$data){
+        $pluginsData = array();
+        trigger_event('PLUGIN_POPULARITY_DATA_SETUP', $pluginsData);
+        foreach($pluginsData as $plugin => $d){
+           if ( is_array($d) ) {
+               foreach($d as $key => $value){
+                   $data['plugin_' . $plugin . '_' . $key] = $value;
+               }
+           } else {
+               $data['plugin_' . $plugin] = $d;
+           }
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Callback to search and count the content of directories in DokuWiki
      *