diff --git a/templates/article.html b/templates/article.html
index e4aaddd..44d3fe1 100644
--- a/templates/article.html
+++ b/templates/article.html
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
            when=article.locale_date,
            category='<a href="%s/%s">%s</a>'|format(SITEURL, article.category.url, article.category)|safe) }}
 
-      {% if 'post_stats' in PLUGINS %}
+      {% if PLUGINS and 'post_stats' in PLUGINS %}
         &#8226; {{ _('%(minutes)s min read', minutes=article.stats['read_mins']) }}
       {% endif %}
     </p>
diff --git a/templates/base.html b/templates/base.html
index b3f208f..10c5400 100644
--- a/templates/base.html
+++ b/templates/base.html
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
           href="{{ SITEURL }}/{{ THEME_STATIC_DIR }}/pygments/{{ PYGMENTS_STYLE|default('github') }}.min.css">
   {% endif %}
 
-  {% if 'tipue_search' in PLUGINS %}
+  {% if PLUGINS and 'tipue_search' in PLUGINS %}
     <script src="{{ SITEURL }}/{{ THEME_STATIC_DIR }}/tipuesearch/jquery.min.js"></script>
     <script src="{{ SITEURL }}/{{ THEME_STATIC_DIR }}/tipuesearch/tipuesearch.min.js"></script>
     <script src="{{ SITEURL }}/{{ THEME_STATIC_DIR }}/tipuesearch/tipuesearch.min.js"></script>
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
 
       {% if SITESUBTITLE %}<p>{{ SITESUBTITLE }}</p>{% endif %}
 
-      {% if 'tipue_search' in PLUGINS %}
+      {% if PLUGINS and 'tipue_search' in PLUGINS %}
         <form class="navbar-search" action="/search.html" role="search">
           <input type="text" name="q" id="tipue_search_input" placeholder="{{ _('Search...') }}">
         </form>
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@
     {% include 'partial/github.html' %}
   {% endif %}
 
-  {% if 'tipue_search' in PLUGINS %}
+  {% if PLUGINS and 'tipue_search' in PLUGINS %}
     <script>
       $(document).ready(function() {
         $('#tipue_search_input').tipuesearch();
diff --git a/templates/index.html b/templates/index.html
index f61d79c..b38808b 100644
--- a/templates/index.html
+++ b/templates/index.html
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
           {% endfor %}
       {% endif %}
 
-      {% if 'post_stats' in PLUGINS %}
+      {% if PLUGINS and 'post_stats' in PLUGINS %}
         &#8226; {{ _('%(minutes)s min read', minutes=article.stats['read_mins']) }}
       {% endif %}
     </p>
diff --git a/templates/partial/neighbors.html b/templates/partial/neighbors.html
index 4c698b0..a03a9e1 100644
--- a/templates/partial/neighbors.html
+++ b/templates/partial/neighbors.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{% if 'neighbors' in PLUGINS %}
+{% if PLUGINS and 'neighbors' in PLUGINS %}
   <div class="neighbors">
   {% if article.prev_article %}
     <a class="btn float-left" href="{{ SITEURL }}/{{ article.prev_article.url }}" title="{{ article.prev_article.title|striptags }}">
diff --git a/templates/search.html b/templates/search.html
index df8c004..1252834 100644
--- a/templates/search.html
+++ b/templates/search.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{% if 'tipue_search' in PLUGINS %}
+{% if PLUGINS and 'tipue_search' in PLUGINS %}
 {% extends 'base.html' %}
 {% block title %}{{ _('Search') }} - {{ SITENAME|striptags }}{% endblock title %}
 {% block content %}