a functional prototype, plugins can be easily added and kinda work

conf.ini

@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 [main]
-some_option = some value
+plugins = day,time
 
-[date]
-format = %%A %%d %%H:%%M
+[day]
+plugin = date
+format = %%A %%d
+
+[time]
+plugin = date
+format = %%H:%%M

plugins/date.py

@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ import time
 
 
 def run(conf):
-    fmt = conf['date']['format']
+    fmt = conf['format']
     return time.strftime(fmt)

vdstatus.py

@@ -1,14 +1,23 @@
-import sys
 import os
 import configparser
 import importlib
 import plugins
 
 
+def get_plugins(config):
+    result = list()
+    for element in config['main']['plugins'].split(','):
+        result.append(config[element])
+    return result
+
 DEFAULT_CONFIG = os.path.join(os.environ['HOME'], 'IdeaProjects/vdstatus/conf.ini')
 
 configuration = configparser.ConfigParser()
 configuration.read(DEFAULT_CONFIG)
 
-importlib.import_module('.date', 'plugins')
-print(plugins.date.run(configuration))
+plugin_list = get_plugins(configuration)
+
+for plugin in plugin_list:
+    plugin_name = '.' + plugin['plugin']
+    plugin_module = importlib.import_module(plugin_name, 'plugins')
+    print(plugin_module.run(plugin))