diff --git a/config.json.example b/config.json.example
index f5b4363..56e712f 100644
--- a/config.json.example
+++ b/config.json.example
@@ -151,7 +151,8 @@
       "commands": ["plus"],
       "aliases": {
         "plus": "more"
-      }
+      },
+      "shortcut": "+"
     },
     "randomchoice": {
       "commands": ["choose"],
diff --git a/edmond/plugins/plus.py b/edmond/plugins/plus.py
index df6f37c..d74628e 100644
--- a/edmond/plugins/plus.py
+++ b/edmond/plugins/plus.py
@@ -4,29 +4,38 @@ from edmond.plugin import Plugin
 class PlusPlugin(Plugin):
     """Plugin to store additional content from other plugins.
 
-    This plugin does not do much on its own, it lets other plugins register additional
-    content to compute on the fly when asked, e.g. the Wikipedia plugin can store the
-    Web page of the definition they just gave so users wanting to know more about a
-    definition can use the "plus" function to get the URL to the Web page.
+    This plugin does not do much on its own, it lets other plugins register
+    additional content to compute on the fly when asked, e.g. the Wikipedia
+    plugin can store the Web page of the definition they just gave so users
+    wanting to know more about a definition can use the "plus" function to get
+    the URL to the Web page.
 
-    There can be only one handle registered at one time by target (so by channel, user,
-    etc). External plugins use the `add_handler` to set the current handler for a
-    target.
+    There can be only one handle registered at one time by target (so by
+    channel, user, etc). External plugins use the `add_handler` to set the
+    current handler for a target.
     """
 
+    REQUIRED_CONFIGS = ["commands"]
+
     def __init__(self, bot):
         super().__init__(bot)
         self.handlers = {}
+        self.shortcut = self.config.get("shortcut")
 
     def on_pubmsg(self, event):
-        if not self.should_handle_command(event.arguments[0], no_content=True):
-            return False
+        if (
+            (self.shortcut and event.arguments[0].strip() == self.shortcut)
+            or self.should_handle_command(event.arguments[0], no_content=True)
+        ):
+            self.process_handler(event)
+            return True
+        return False
 
+    def process_handler(self, event):
         if handler := self.handlers.pop(event.target, None):
             handler(event)
         else:
             self.signal_failure(event.target)
-        return True
 
     def add_handler(self, target: str, handler):
         self.handlers[target] = handler