diff --git a/quartz/build.ts b/quartz/build.ts
index b98f4a8a0..05a0722ba 100644
--- a/quartz/build.ts
+++ b/quartz/build.ts
@@ -56,13 +56,14 @@ async function buildQuartz(argv: Argv, mut: Mutex, clientRefresh: () => void) {
   const output = argv.output
 
   const pluginCount = Object.values(cfg.plugins).flat().length
-  const pluginNames = (key: "transformers" | "filters" | "emitters") =>
-    cfg.plugins[key].map((plugin) => plugin.name)
+  const pluginNames = (key: "transformers" | "filters" | "emitters" | "pageTypes") =>
+    (cfg.plugins[key] ?? []).map((plugin) => plugin.name)
   if (argv.verbose) {
     console.log(`Loaded ${pluginCount} plugins`)
     console.log(`  Transformers: ${pluginNames("transformers").join(", ")}`)
     console.log(`  Filters: ${pluginNames("filters").join(", ")}`)
     console.log(`  Emitters: ${pluginNames("emitters").join(", ")}`)
+    console.log(`  PageTypes: ${pluginNames("pageTypes").join(", ")}`)
   }
 
   const release = await mut.acquire()
diff --git a/quartz/plugins/config.ts b/quartz/plugins/config.ts
index d6b1890a2..d19a738cd 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/config.ts
+++ b/quartz/plugins/config.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import {
   QuartzTransformerPluginInstance,
   QuartzFilterPluginInstance,
   QuartzEmitterPluginInstance,
+  QuartzPageTypePluginInstance,
 } from "./types"
 import { LoadedPlugin } from "./loader/types"
 
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ export interface PluginConfiguration {
   transformers: (QuartzTransformerPluginInstance | LoadedPlugin)[]
   filters: (QuartzFilterPluginInstance | LoadedPlugin)[]
   emitters: (QuartzEmitterPluginInstance | LoadedPlugin)[]
+  pageTypes?: (QuartzPageTypePluginInstance | LoadedPlugin)[]
 }
 
 export function isLoadedPlugin(plugin: unknown): plugin is LoadedPlugin {
@@ -27,13 +29,22 @@ export function getPluginInstance<T extends object | undefined>(
     | QuartzTransformerPluginInstance
     | QuartzFilterPluginInstance
     | QuartzEmitterPluginInstance
+    | QuartzPageTypePluginInstance
     | LoadedPlugin,
   options?: T,
-): QuartzTransformerPluginInstance | QuartzFilterPluginInstance | QuartzEmitterPluginInstance {
+):
+  | QuartzTransformerPluginInstance
+  | QuartzFilterPluginInstance
+  | QuartzEmitterPluginInstance
+  | QuartzPageTypePluginInstance {
   if (isLoadedPlugin(plugin)) {
     const factory = plugin.plugin as (
       opts?: T,
-    ) => QuartzTransformerPluginInstance | QuartzFilterPluginInstance | QuartzEmitterPluginInstance
+    ) =>
+      | QuartzTransformerPluginInstance
+      | QuartzFilterPluginInstance
+      | QuartzEmitterPluginInstance
+      | QuartzPageTypePluginInstance
     return factory(options)
   }
   return plugin
diff --git a/quartz/plugins/index.ts b/quartz/plugins/index.ts
index 041015054..c9956836e 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/index.ts
+++ b/quartz/plugins/index.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ export * from "./filters"
 export * from "./emitters"
 export * from "./types"
 export * from "./config"
+export * as PageTypes from "./pageTypes"
 export * as PluginLoader from "./loader"
 
 declare module "vfile" {
diff --git a/quartz/plugins/loader/index.ts b/quartz/plugins/loader/index.ts
index b9f21e4fe..362037399 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/loader/index.ts
+++ b/quartz/plugins/loader/index.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,12 @@ import {
   PluginResolutionOptions,
   PluginSpecifier,
 } from "./types"
-import { QuartzTransformerPlugin, QuartzFilterPlugin, QuartzEmitterPlugin } from "../types"
+import {
+  QuartzTransformerPlugin,
+  QuartzFilterPlugin,
+  QuartzEmitterPlugin,
+  QuartzPageTypePlugin,
+} from "../types"
 import { parsePluginSource, installPlugin, getPluginEntryPoint } from "./gitLoader"
 
 const MINIMUM_QUARTZ_VERSION = "4.5.0"
@@ -51,7 +56,9 @@ async function tryImportPlugin(packageName: string): Promise<{
   }
 }
 
-function detectPluginType(module: unknown): "transformer" | "filter" | "emitter" | null {
+function detectPluginType(
+  module: unknown,
+): "transformer" | "filter" | "emitter" | "pageType" | null {
   if (!module || typeof module !== "object") return null
 
   const mod = module as Record<string, unknown>
@@ -60,6 +67,8 @@ function detectPluginType(module: unknown): "transformer" | "filter" | "emitter"
     return null
   }
 
+  const hasPageTypeProps = ["match", "body", "layout"].every((key) => key in mod)
+
   const hasTransformerProps = ["textTransform", "markdownPlugins", "htmlPlugins"].some(
     (key) => key in mod && (typeof mod[key] === "function" || mod[key] === undefined),
   )
@@ -70,6 +79,7 @@ function detectPluginType(module: unknown): "transformer" | "filter" | "emitter"
 
   const hasEmitterProps = ["emit"].some((key) => key in mod && typeof mod[key] === "function")
 
+  if (hasPageTypeProps) return "pageType"
   if (hasEmitterProps) return "emitter"
   if (hasFilterProps) return "filter"
   if (hasTransformerProps) return "transformer"
@@ -79,8 +89,13 @@ function detectPluginType(module: unknown): "transformer" | "filter" | "emitter"
 
 function extractPluginFactory(
   module: unknown,
-  type: "transformer" | "filter" | "emitter",
-): QuartzTransformerPlugin | QuartzFilterPlugin | QuartzEmitterPlugin | null {
+  type: "transformer" | "filter" | "emitter" | "pageType",
+):
+  | QuartzTransformerPlugin
+  | QuartzFilterPlugin
+  | QuartzEmitterPlugin
+  | QuartzPageTypePlugin
+  | null {
   if (!module || typeof module !== "object") return null
 
   const mod = module as Record<string, unknown>
@@ -88,7 +103,11 @@ function extractPluginFactory(
   const factory = mod.default ?? mod[type] ?? mod.plugin ?? null
 
   if (typeof factory === "function") {
-    return factory as QuartzTransformerPlugin | QuartzFilterPlugin | QuartzEmitterPlugin
+    return factory as
+      | QuartzTransformerPlugin
+      | QuartzFilterPlugin
+      | QuartzEmitterPlugin
+      | QuartzPageTypePlugin
   }
 
   return null
@@ -374,7 +393,7 @@ export async function resolvePlugins(
 
     console.log(
       styleText("cyan", `External plugins loaded:`) +
-        ` ${byType.transformer ?? 0} transformers, ${byType.filter ?? 0} filters, ${byType.emitter ?? 0} emitters`,
+        ` ${byType.transformer ?? 0} transformers, ${byType.filter ?? 0} filters, ${byType.emitter ?? 0} emitters, ${byType.pageType ?? 0} pageTypes`,
     )
   }
 
diff --git a/quartz/plugins/loader/types.ts b/quartz/plugins/loader/types.ts
index 1b01d86e1..50491a3ae 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/loader/types.ts
+++ b/quartz/plugins/loader/types.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-import { QuartzTransformerPlugin, QuartzFilterPlugin, QuartzEmitterPlugin } from "../types"
+import {
+  QuartzTransformerPlugin,
+  QuartzFilterPlugin,
+  QuartzEmitterPlugin,
+  QuartzPageTypePlugin,
+} from "../types"
 import { BuildCtx } from "../../util/ctx"
 
 /**
@@ -25,7 +30,7 @@ export interface PluginManifest {
   author?: string
   homepage?: string
   keywords?: string[]
-  category?: "transformer" | "filter" | "emitter"
+  category?: "transformer" | "filter" | "emitter" | "pageType"
   quartzVersion?: string
   configSchema?: object
   /** Components provided by this plugin */
@@ -36,9 +41,9 @@ export interface PluginManifest {
  * Loaded plugin with metadata
  */
 export interface LoadedPlugin {
-  plugin: QuartzTransformerPlugin | QuartzFilterPlugin | QuartzEmitterPlugin
+  plugin: QuartzTransformerPlugin | QuartzFilterPlugin | QuartzEmitterPlugin | QuartzPageTypePlugin
   manifest: PluginManifest
-  type: "transformer" | "filter" | "emitter"
+  type: "transformer" | "filter" | "emitter" | "pageType"
   source: string
 }
 
diff --git a/quartz/plugins/pageTypes/404.ts b/quartz/plugins/pageTypes/404.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c51f89c0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/quartz/plugins/pageTypes/404.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import { QuartzPageTypePlugin } from "../types"
+import { match } from "./matchers"
+import { NotFound } from "../../components"
+import { defaultProcessedContent } from "../vfile"
+import { i18n } from "../../i18n"
+import { FullSlug } from "../../util/path"
+
+export const NotFoundPageType: QuartzPageTypePlugin = () => ({
+  name: "404",
+  priority: -1,
+  match: match.none(),
+  generate({ cfg }) {
+    const notFound = i18n(cfg.locale).pages.error.title
+    const slug = "404" as FullSlug
+    const [, vfile] = defaultProcessedContent({
+      slug,
+      text: notFound,
+      description: notFound,
+      frontmatter: { title: notFound, tags: [] },
+    })
+
+    return [
+      {
+        slug,
+        title: notFound,
+        data: vfile.data,
+      },
+    ]
+  },
+  layout: "404",
+  body: NotFound,
+})
diff --git a/quartz/plugins/pageTypes/dispatcher.ts b/quartz/plugins/pageTypes/dispatcher.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5a89cf00f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/quartz/plugins/pageTypes/dispatcher.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,182 @@
+import { QuartzEmitterPlugin, QuartzPageTypePluginInstance } from "../types"
+import { QuartzComponent, QuartzComponentProps } from "../../components/types"
+import { pageResources, renderPage } from "../../components/renderPage"
+import { FullPageLayout } from "../../cfg"
+import { FullSlug, pathToRoot } from "../../util/path"
+import { ProcessedContent, defaultProcessedContent } from "../vfile"
+import { write } from "../emitters/helpers"
+import { BuildCtx } from "../../util/ctx"
+import { StaticResources } from "../../util/resources"
+
+function resolveLayout(
+  pageType: QuartzPageTypePluginInstance,
+  sharedDefaults: Partial<FullPageLayout>,
+  byPageType: Record<string, Partial<FullPageLayout>>,
+): FullPageLayout {
+  const overrides = byPageType[pageType.layout] ?? {}
+  return {
+    head: overrides.head ?? sharedDefaults.head!,
+    header: overrides.header ?? sharedDefaults.header ?? [],
+    beforeBody: overrides.beforeBody ?? sharedDefaults.beforeBody ?? [],
+    pageBody: pageType.body(undefined),
+    afterBody: overrides.afterBody ?? sharedDefaults.afterBody ?? [],
+    left: overrides.left ?? sharedDefaults.left ?? [],
+    right: overrides.right ?? sharedDefaults.right ?? [],
+    footer: overrides.footer ?? sharedDefaults.footer!,
+  }
+}
+
+function collectComponents(
+  pageTypes: QuartzPageTypePluginInstance[],
+  sharedDefaults: Partial<FullPageLayout>,
+  byPageType: Record<string, Partial<FullPageLayout>>,
+): QuartzComponent[] {
+  const seen = new Set<QuartzComponent>()
+  for (const pt of pageTypes) {
+    const layout = resolveLayout(pt, sharedDefaults, byPageType)
+    const all = [
+      layout.head,
+      ...layout.header,
+      ...layout.beforeBody,
+      layout.pageBody,
+      ...layout.afterBody,
+      ...layout.left,
+      ...layout.right,
+      layout.footer,
+    ]
+    for (const c of all) {
+      seen.add(c)
+    }
+  }
+  return [...seen]
+}
+
+interface DispatcherOptions {
+  defaults: Partial<FullPageLayout>
+  byPageType: Record<string, Partial<FullPageLayout>>
+}
+
+async function emitPage(
+  ctx: BuildCtx,
+  slug: FullSlug,
+  tree: ProcessedContent[0],
+  fileData: ProcessedContent[1]["data"],
+  allFiles: ProcessedContent[1]["data"][],
+  layout: FullPageLayout,
+  resources: StaticResources,
+) {
+  const cfg = ctx.cfg.configuration
+  const externalResources = pageResources(pathToRoot(slug), resources)
+  const componentData: QuartzComponentProps = {
+    ctx,
+    fileData,
+    externalResources,
+    cfg,
+    children: [],
+    tree,
+    allFiles,
+  }
+
+  return write({
+    ctx,
+    content: renderPage(cfg, slug, componentData, layout, externalResources),
+    slug,
+    ext: ".html",
+  })
+}
+
+export const PageTypeDispatcher: QuartzEmitterPlugin<Partial<DispatcherOptions>> = (userOpts) => {
+  const defaults = userOpts?.defaults ?? {}
+  const byPageType = userOpts?.byPageType ?? {}
+
+  return {
+    name: "PageTypeDispatcher",
+    getQuartzComponents(ctx) {
+      const pageTypes = ctx.cfg.plugins.pageTypes ?? []
+      return collectComponents(pageTypes, defaults, byPageType)
+    },
+    async *emit(ctx, content, resources) {
+      const pageTypes = [...(ctx.cfg.plugins.pageTypes ?? [])].sort(
+        (a, b) => (b.priority ?? 0) - (a.priority ?? 0),
+      )
+      const cfg = ctx.cfg.configuration
+      const allFiles = content.map((c) => c[1].data)
+
+      for (const [tree, file] of content) {
+        const slug = file.data.slug!
+        const fileData = file.data
+
+        for (const pt of pageTypes) {
+          if (pt.match({ slug, fileData, cfg })) {
+            const layout = resolveLayout(pt, defaults, byPageType)
+            yield emitPage(ctx, slug, tree, fileData, allFiles, layout, resources)
+            break
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
+      for (const pt of pageTypes) {
+        if (!pt.generate) continue
+
+        const virtualPages = pt.generate({ content, cfg, ctx })
+        const layout = resolveLayout(pt, defaults, byPageType)
+
+        for (const vp of virtualPages) {
+          const [tree, vfile] = defaultProcessedContent({
+            slug: vp.slug,
+            frontmatter: { title: vp.title, tags: [] },
+            ...vp.data,
+          })
+
+          yield emitPage(ctx, vp.slug, tree, vfile.data, allFiles, layout, resources)
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    async *partialEmit(ctx, content, resources, changeEvents) {
+      const pageTypes = [...(ctx.cfg.plugins.pageTypes ?? [])].sort(
+        (a, b) => (b.priority ?? 0) - (a.priority ?? 0),
+      )
+      const cfg = ctx.cfg.configuration
+      const allFiles = content.map((c) => c[1].data)
+
+      const changedSlugs = new Set<string>()
+      for (const changeEvent of changeEvents) {
+        if (!changeEvent.file) continue
+        if (changeEvent.type === "add" || changeEvent.type === "change") {
+          changedSlugs.add(changeEvent.file.data.slug!)
+        }
+      }
+
+      for (const [tree, file] of content) {
+        const slug = file.data.slug!
+        if (!changedSlugs.has(slug)) continue
+
+        const fileData = file.data
+        for (const pt of pageTypes) {
+          if (pt.match({ slug, fileData, cfg })) {
+            const layout = resolveLayout(pt, defaults, byPageType)
+            yield emitPage(ctx, slug, tree, fileData, allFiles, layout, resources)
+            break
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
+      for (const pt of pageTypes) {
+        if (!pt.generate) continue
+
+        const virtualPages = pt.generate({ content, cfg, ctx })
+        const layout = resolveLayout(pt, defaults, byPageType)
+
+        for (const vp of virtualPages) {
+          const [tree, vfile] = defaultProcessedContent({
+            slug: vp.slug,
+            frontmatter: { title: vp.title, tags: [] },
+            ...vp.data,
+          })
+
+          yield emitPage(ctx, vp.slug, tree, vfile.data, allFiles, layout, resources)
+        }
+      }
+    },
+  }
+}
diff --git a/quartz/plugins/pageTypes/index.ts b/quartz/plugins/pageTypes/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f62a7b20d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/quartz/plugins/pageTypes/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export { match } from "./matchers"
+export { NotFoundPageType } from "./404"
+export { PageTypeDispatcher } from "./dispatcher"
diff --git a/quartz/plugins/pageTypes/matchers.ts b/quartz/plugins/pageTypes/matchers.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0201ef8e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/quartz/plugins/pageTypes/matchers.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import { PageMatcher } from "../types"
+
+export const match = {
+  ext: (extension: string): PageMatcher => {
+    const normalized = extension.startsWith(".") ? extension : `.${extension}`
+    return ({ slug }) => slug.endsWith(normalized) || !slug.includes(".")
+  },
+
+  slugPrefix: (prefix: string): PageMatcher => {
+    return ({ slug }) => slug.startsWith(prefix)
+  },
+
+  frontmatter: (key: string, predicate: (value: unknown) => boolean): PageMatcher => {
+    return ({ fileData }) => {
+      const fm = fileData.frontmatter as Record<string, unknown> | undefined
+      return fm ? predicate(fm[key]) : false
+    }
+  },
+
+  and: (...matchers: PageMatcher[]): PageMatcher => {
+    return (args) => matchers.every((m) => m(args))
+  },
+
+  or: (...matchers: PageMatcher[]): PageMatcher => {
+    return (args) => matchers.some((m) => m(args))
+  },
+
+  not: (matcher: PageMatcher): PageMatcher => {
+    return (args) => !matcher(args)
+  },
+
+  all: (): PageMatcher => {
+    return () => true
+  },
+
+  none: (): PageMatcher => {
+    return () => false
+  },
+}
diff --git a/quartz/plugins/types.ts b/quartz/plugins/types.ts
index 2a7c16c5d..6926d45eb 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/types.ts
+++ b/quartz/plugins/types.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
 import { PluggableList } from "unified"
 import { StaticResources } from "../util/resources"
-import { ProcessedContent } from "./vfile"
-import { QuartzComponent } from "../components/types"
-import { FilePath } from "../util/path"
+import { ProcessedContent, QuartzPluginData } from "./vfile"
+import { QuartzComponent, QuartzComponentConstructor } from "../components/types"
+import { FilePath, FullSlug } from "../util/path"
 import { BuildCtx } from "../util/ctx"
+import { GlobalConfiguration } from "../cfg"
 import { VFile } from "vfile"
 
 export interface PluginTypes {
   transformers: QuartzTransformerPluginInstance[]
   filters: QuartzFilterPluginInstance[]
   emitters: QuartzEmitterPluginInstance[]
+  pageTypes?: QuartzPageTypePluginInstance[]
 }
 
 type OptionType = object | undefined
@@ -63,3 +65,67 @@ export type QuartzEmitterPluginInstance = {
   getQuartzComponents?: (ctx: BuildCtx) => QuartzComponent[]
   externalResources?: ExternalResourcesFn
 }
+
+// ============================================================================
+// PageType Plugin Types
+// ============================================================================
+
+/**
+ * Matcher function: determines if a source file belongs to a page type.
+ * Returns true if the page type should own this file.
+ */
+export type PageMatcher = (args: {
+  slug: FullSlug
+  fileData: QuartzPluginData
+  cfg: GlobalConfiguration
+}) => boolean
+
+/**
+ * Virtual page descriptor for page types that generate pages
+ * from aggregated data (e.g., tag indexes, folder listings).
+ */
+export interface VirtualPage {
+  slug: FullSlug
+  title: string
+  data: Partial<QuartzPluginData>
+}
+
+/**
+ * Generator function: produces virtual pages from all processed content.
+ * Used by page types that don't match source files but instead create
+ * synthetic pages (e.g., one page per tag, one page per folder).
+ */
+export type PageGenerator = (args: {
+  content: ProcessedContent[]
+  cfg: GlobalConfiguration
+  ctx: BuildCtx
+}) => VirtualPage[]
+
+/**
+ * Factory function that creates a PageType plugin instance.
+ */
+export type QuartzPageTypePlugin<Options extends OptionType = undefined> = (
+  opts?: Options,
+) => QuartzPageTypePluginInstance
+
+/**
+ * A PageType plugin instance.
+ *
+ * PageTypes are a declarative abstraction over page-rendering emitters.
+ * Each PageType declares which files it owns (via `match`), optionally
+ * generates virtual pages (via `generate`), and provides a body component
+ * and layout reference for rendering.
+ */
+export type QuartzPageTypePluginInstance = {
+  name: string
+  /** Higher priority wins when multiple page types match the same file. Default: 0. */
+  priority?: number
+  /** Determines which source files this page type owns. */
+  match: PageMatcher
+  /** Produces virtual pages from aggregated content data. */
+  generate?: PageGenerator
+  /** Layout key — references a key in `layout.byPageType`. */
+  layout: string
+  /** The body component constructor for this page type. */
+  body: QuartzComponentConstructor
+}