Pidgin - plugins support

Are there any plans to introduce support for Pidgin plugins? Currently there are only three PortableApps-compatible plugins available. Manual placement of plugins in Pidgin App's folder is pointless as any further update will remove its content. How about a workaround like a "plugin" folder in the application's Data folder? The content of Data's plugin folder would be moved to App's plugin folder. On program closure it would be moved back.