diff --git a/packages/create-docusaurus/templates/classic/docusaurus.config.js b/packages/create-docusaurus/templates/classic/docusaurus.config.js
index ba5f8adcb7..406113b784 100644
--- a/packages/create-docusaurus/templates/classic/docusaurus.config.js
+++ b/packages/create-docusaurus/templates/classic/docusaurus.config.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const config = {
 
   presets: [
     [
-      '@docusaurus/preset-classic',
+      'classic',
       /** @type {import('@docusaurus/preset-classic').Options} */
       ({
         docs: {
diff --git a/packages/create-docusaurus/templates/facebook/docusaurus.config.js b/packages/create-docusaurus/templates/facebook/docusaurus.config.js
index 10ec80355f..f662a9889e 100644
--- a/packages/create-docusaurus/templates/facebook/docusaurus.config.js
+++ b/packages/create-docusaurus/templates/facebook/docusaurus.config.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const config = {
 
   presets: [
     [
-      '@docusaurus/preset-classic',
+      'classic',
       /** @type {import('@docusaurus/preset-classic').Options} */
       ({
         docs: {
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-types/src/index.d.ts b/packages/docusaurus-types/src/index.d.ts
index a9be044725..0bf54d2958 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-types/src/index.d.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-types/src/index.d.ts
@@ -153,6 +153,14 @@ export interface Preset {
   themes?: PluginConfig[];
 }
 
+export type PresetModule = {
+  <T>(context: LoadContext, presetOptions: T): Preset;
+};
+
+export type ImportedPresetModule = PresetModule & {
+  default?: PresetModule;
+};
+
 export type PresetConfig =
   | [string, Record<string, unknown>]
   | [string]
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/server/__tests__/moduleShorthand.test.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/server/__tests__/moduleShorthand.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..095fc6d53d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/server/__tests__/moduleShorthand.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+import {getNamePatterns, resolveModuleName} from '../moduleShorthand';
+
+describe('getNamePatterns', () => {
+  test('should resolve plain names', () => {
+    expect(getNamePatterns('awesome', 'plugin')).toEqual([
+      'awesome',
+      '@docusaurus/plugin-awesome',
+      'docusaurus-plugin-awesome',
+    ]);
+
+    expect(getNamePatterns('awesome', 'theme')).toEqual([
+      'awesome',
+      '@docusaurus/theme-awesome',
+      'docusaurus-theme-awesome',
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  test('should expand bare scopes', () => {
+    expect(getNamePatterns('@joshcena', 'plugin')).toEqual([
+      '@joshcena/docusaurus-plugin',
+    ]);
+
+    expect(getNamePatterns('@joshcena', 'theme')).toEqual([
+      '@joshcena/docusaurus-theme',
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  test('should expand scoped names', () => {
+    expect(getNamePatterns('@joshcena/awesome', 'plugin')).toEqual([
+      '@joshcena/awesome',
+      '@joshcena/docusaurus-plugin-awesome',
+    ]);
+
+    expect(getNamePatterns('@joshcena/awesome', 'theme')).toEqual([
+      '@joshcena/awesome',
+      '@joshcena/docusaurus-theme-awesome',
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  test('should expand deep scoped paths', () => {
+    expect(getNamePatterns('@joshcena/awesome/web', 'plugin')).toEqual([
+      '@joshcena/awesome/web',
+      '@joshcena/docusaurus-plugin-awesome/web',
+    ]);
+
+    expect(getNamePatterns('@joshcena/awesome/web', 'theme')).toEqual([
+      '@joshcena/awesome/web',
+      '@joshcena/docusaurus-theme-awesome/web',
+    ]);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('resolveModuleName', () => {
+  test('should resolve longhand', () => {
+    expect(
+      resolveModuleName('@docusaurus/plugin-content-docs', require, 'plugin'),
+    ).toBeDefined();
+  });
+
+  test('should resolve shorthand', () => {
+    expect(resolveModuleName('content-docs', require, 'plugin')).toBeDefined();
+  });
+
+  test('should throw good error message for longhand', () => {
+    expect(() =>
+      resolveModuleName('@docusaurus/plugin-content-doc', require, 'plugin'),
+    ).toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(`
+      "Docusaurus was unable to resolve the \\"@docusaurus/plugin-content-doc\\" plugin. Make sure one of the following packages are installed:
+      - @docusaurus/plugin-content-doc
+      - @docusaurus/docusaurus-plugin-plugin-content-doc"
+    `);
+  });
+
+  test('should throw good error message for shorthand', () => {
+    expect(() => resolveModuleName('content-doc', require, 'plugin'))
+      .toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(`
+      "Docusaurus was unable to resolve the \\"content-doc\\" plugin. Make sure one of the following packages are installed:
+      - content-doc
+      - @docusaurus/plugin-content-doc
+      - docusaurus-plugin-content-doc"
+    `);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/server/index.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/server/index.ts
index f48c3b89d8..b6a4abf13a 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/server/index.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/server/index.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ import {
 import {mapValues} from 'lodash';
 import {RuleSetRule} from 'webpack';
 import admonitions from 'remark-admonitions';
+import {createRequire} from 'module';
+import {resolveModuleName} from './moduleShorthand';
 
 export type LoadContextOptions = {
   customOutDir?: string;
@@ -127,14 +129,44 @@ export async function loadContext(
 }
 
 export function loadPluginConfigs(context: LoadContext): PluginConfig[] {
-  const {plugins: presetPlugins, themes: presetThemes} = loadPresets(context);
-  const {siteConfig} = context;
+  let {plugins: presetPlugins, themes: presetThemes} = loadPresets(context);
+  const {siteConfig, siteConfigPath} = context;
+  const require = createRequire(siteConfigPath);
+  function normalizeShorthand(
+    pluginConfig: PluginConfig,
+    pluginType: 'plugin' | 'theme',
+  ): PluginConfig {
+    if (typeof pluginConfig === 'string') {
+      return resolveModuleName(pluginConfig, require, pluginType);
+    } else if (
+      Array.isArray(pluginConfig) &&
+      typeof pluginConfig[0] === 'string'
+    ) {
+      return [
+        resolveModuleName(pluginConfig[0], require, pluginType),
+        pluginConfig[1] ?? {},
+      ];
+    }
+    return pluginConfig;
+  }
+  presetPlugins = presetPlugins.map((plugin) =>
+    normalizeShorthand(plugin, 'plugin'),
+  );
+  presetThemes = presetThemes.map((theme) =>
+    normalizeShorthand(theme, 'theme'),
+  );
+  const standalonePlugins = (siteConfig.plugins || []).map((plugin) =>
+    normalizeShorthand(plugin, 'plugin'),
+  );
+  const standaloneThemes = (siteConfig.themes || []).map((theme) =>
+    normalizeShorthand(theme, 'theme'),
+  );
   return [
     ...presetPlugins,
     ...presetThemes,
     // Site config should be the highest priority.
-    ...(siteConfig.plugins || []),
-    ...(siteConfig.themes || []),
+    ...standalonePlugins,
+    ...standaloneThemes,
   ];
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/server/moduleShorthand.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/server/moduleShorthand.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fce11f32b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/server/moduleShorthand.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+export function getNamePatterns(
+  moduleName: string,
+  moduleType: 'preset' | 'theme' | 'plugin',
+): string[] {
+  if (moduleName.startsWith('@')) {
+    // Pure scope: `@scope` => `@scope/docusaurus-plugin`
+    if (!moduleName.includes('/')) {
+      return [`${moduleName}/docusaurus-${moduleType}`];
+    }
+    const [scope, packageName] = moduleName.split(/\/(.*)/);
+    return [
+      `${scope}/${packageName}`,
+      `${scope}/docusaurus-${moduleType}-${packageName}`,
+    ];
+  }
+  return [
+    moduleName,
+    `@docusaurus/${moduleType}-${moduleName}`,
+    `docusaurus-${moduleType}-${moduleName}`,
+  ];
+}
+
+export function resolveModuleName(
+  moduleName: string,
+  moduleRequire: NodeRequire,
+  moduleType: 'preset' | 'theme' | 'plugin',
+): string {
+  const modulePatterns = getNamePatterns(moduleName, moduleType);
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax
+  for (const module of modulePatterns) {
+    try {
+      moduleRequire.resolve(module);
+      return module;
+    } catch (e) {}
+  }
+  throw new Error(`Docusaurus was unable to resolve the "${moduleName}" ${moduleType}. Make sure one of the following packages are installed:
+${modulePatterns.map((module) => `- ${module}`).join('\n')}`);
+}
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/server/presets/index.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/server/presets/index.ts
index 4975333b2b..61f468b360 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/server/presets/index.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/server/presets/index.ts
@@ -10,17 +10,18 @@ import importFresh from 'import-fresh';
 import {
   LoadContext,
   PluginConfig,
-  Preset,
   PresetConfig,
+  ImportedPresetModule,
 } from '@docusaurus/types';
+import {resolveModuleName} from '../moduleShorthand';
 
 export default function loadPresets(context: LoadContext): {
   plugins: PluginConfig[];
   themes: PluginConfig[];
 } {
-  // We need to resolve plugins from the perspective of the siteDir, since the siteDir's package.json
-  // declares the dependency on these plugins.
-  const pluginRequire = createRequire(context.siteConfigPath);
+  // We need to resolve presets from the perspective of the siteDir, since the siteDir's package.json
+  // declares the dependency on these presets.
+  const presetRequire = createRequire(context.siteConfigPath);
 
   const presets: PresetConfig[] = (context.siteConfig || {}).presets || [];
   const unflatPlugins: PluginConfig[][] = [];
@@ -36,17 +37,16 @@ export default function loadPresets(context: LoadContext): {
     } else {
       throw new Error('Invalid presets format detected in config.');
     }
+    const presetName = resolveModuleName(
+      presetModuleImport,
+      presetRequire,
+      'preset',
+    );
 
-    type PresetInitializeFunction = (
-      context: LoadContext,
-      presetOptions: Record<string, unknown>,
-    ) => Preset;
-    const presetModule = importFresh<
-      PresetInitializeFunction & {
-        default?: PresetInitializeFunction;
-      }
-    >(pluginRequire.resolve(presetModuleImport));
-    const preset: Preset = (presetModule.default || presetModule)(
+    const presetModule = importFresh<ImportedPresetModule>(
+      presetRequire.resolve(presetName),
+    );
+    const preset = (presetModule.default ?? presetModule)(
       context,
       presetOptions,
     );
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export default function loadPresets(context: LoadContext): {
   });
 
   return {
-    plugins: ([] as PluginConfig[]).concat(...unflatPlugins).filter(Boolean),
-    themes: ([] as PluginConfig[]).concat(...unflatThemes).filter(Boolean),
+    plugins: unflatPlugins.flat().filter(Boolean),
+    themes: unflatThemes.flat().filter(Boolean),
   };
 }
diff --git a/website/_dogfooding/dogfooding.config.js b/website/_dogfooding/dogfooding.config.js
index efd1eed139..56ae83b230 100644
--- a/website/_dogfooding/dogfooding.config.js
+++ b/website/_dogfooding/dogfooding.config.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const fs = require('fs');
 /** @type {import('@docusaurus/types').PluginConfig[]} */
 const dogfoodingPluginInstances = [
   [
-    '@docusaurus/plugin-content-docs',
+    'content-docs', // dogfood shorthand
     /** @type {import('@docusaurus/plugin-content-docs').Options} */
     ({
       id: 'docs-tests',
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ const dogfoodingPluginInstances = [
   ],
 
   [
-    '@docusaurus/plugin-content-blog',
+    '@docusaurus/plugin-content-blog', // dogfood longhand
     /** @type {import('@docusaurus/plugin-content-blog').Options} */
     ({
       id: 'blog-tests',
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ const dogfoodingPluginInstances = [
   ],
 
   [
-    '@docusaurus/plugin-content-pages',
+    require.resolve('@docusaurus/plugin-content-pages'), // dogfood longhand resolve
     /** @type {import('@docusaurus/plugin-content-pages').Options} */
     ({
       id: 'pages-tests',
diff --git a/website/docs/configuration.md b/website/docs/configuration.md
index 58e21652ce..5192e40264 100644
--- a/website/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/website/docs/configuration.md
@@ -48,6 +48,65 @@ module.exports = {
 };
 ```
 
+:::tip
+
+Docusaurus supports **module shorthands**, allowing you to simplify the above configuration as:
+
+```js title="docusaurus.config.js"
+module.exports = {
+  // ...
+  plugins: ['content-blog', 'content-pages'],
+  themes: ['classic'],
+};
+```
+
+<details>
+
+<summary>How are shorthands resolved?</summary>
+
+When it sees a plugin / theme / preset name, it tries to load one of the following, in that order:
+
+- `{name}`
+- `@docusaurus/{type}-{name}`
+- `docusaurus-{type}-{name}`,
+
+where `type` is one of `'preset'`, `'theme'`, `'plugin'`, depending on which field the module name is declared in. The first module name that's successfully found is loaded.
+
+If the name is scoped (beginning with `@`), the name is first split into scope and package name by the first slash:
+
+```
+@scope
+^----^
+ scope  (no name!)
+
+@scope/awesome
+^----^ ^-----^
+ scope   name
+
+@scope/awesome/main
+^----^ ^----------^
+ scope     name
+```
+
+If the name is not specified, `{scope}/docusaurus-{type}` is loaded. Otherwise, the following are attempted:
+
+- `{scope}/{name}`
+- `{scope}/docusaurus-{type}-{name}`
+
+Below are some examples, for a plugin registered in the `plugins` field. Note that unlike [ESLint](https://eslint.org/docs/user-guide/configuring/plugins#configuring-plugins) or [Babel](https://babeljs.io/docs/en/options#name-normalization) where a consistent naming convention for plugins is mandated, Docusaurus permits greater naming freedom, so the resolutions are not certain, but follows the priority defined above.
+
+| Declaration | May be resolved as |
+| --- | --- |
+| `awesome` | `docusaurus-plugin-awesome` |
+| `sitemap` | [`@docusaurus/plugin-sitemap`](./api/plugins/plugin-sitemap.md) |
+| `@mycompany` | `@mycompany/docusaurus-plugin` (the only possible resolution!) |
+| `@mycompany/awesome` | `@mycompany/docusaurus-plugin-awesome` |
+| `@mycompany/awesome/web` | `@mycompany/docusaurus-plugin-awesome/web` |
+
+</details>
+
+:::
+
 They can also be loaded from local directories:
 
 ```js title="docusaurus.config.js"
@@ -66,7 +125,7 @@ module.exports = {
   // ...
   plugins: [
     [
-      '@docusaurus/plugin-content-blog',
+      'content-blog',
       {
         path: 'blog',
         routeBasePath: 'blog',
@@ -74,7 +133,7 @@ module.exports = {
         // ...
       },
     ],
-    '@docusaurus/plugin-content-pages',
+    'content-pages',
   ],
 };
 ```
@@ -100,6 +159,12 @@ module.exports = {
 };
 ```
 
+:::tip
+
+The `presets: [['classic', {...}]]` shorthand works as well.
+
+:::
+
 For further help configuring themes, plugins, and presets, see [Using Themes](using-themes.md), [Using Plugins](using-plugins.md), and [Using Presets](presets.md).
 
 ### Custom configurations {#custom-configurations}
diff --git a/website/docusaurus.config-blog-only.js b/website/docusaurus.config-blog-only.js
index 33bca3ed33..bc6dd390f9 100644
--- a/website/docusaurus.config-blog-only.js
+++ b/website/docusaurus.config-blog-only.js
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ module.exports = {
   onBrokenLinks: 'throw',
   onBrokenMarkdownLinks: 'warn',
   favicon: 'img/docusaurus.ico',
-  themes: ['@docusaurus/theme-live-codeblock'],
+  themes: ['live-codeblock'],
   plugins: [],
   presets: [
     [
-      '@docusaurus/preset-classic',
+      'classic',
       {
         docs: false,
         pages: false,
diff --git a/website/docusaurus.config.js b/website/docusaurus.config.js
index dabe04de80..9710bd1e5b 100644
--- a/website/docusaurus.config.js
+++ b/website/docusaurus.config.js
@@ -119,11 +119,11 @@ const config = {
     path.join(__dirname, '_dogfooding/_asset-tests'),
   ],
   clientModules: [require.resolve('./_dogfooding/clientModuleExample.ts')],
-  themes: ['@docusaurus/theme-live-codeblock'],
+  themes: ['live-codeblock'],
   plugins: [
     FeatureRequestsPlugin,
     [
-      '@docusaurus/plugin-content-docs',
+      'content-docs',
       /** @type {import('@docusaurus/plugin-content-docs').Options} */
       ({
         id: 'community',
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ const config = {
       }),
     ],
     [
-      '@docusaurus/plugin-client-redirects',
+      'client-redirects',
       /** @type {import('@docusaurus/plugin-client-redirects').Options} */
       ({
         fromExtensions: ['html'],
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ const config = {
       }),
     ],
     [
-      '@docusaurus/plugin-ideal-image',
+      'ideal-image',
       {
         quality: 70,
         max: 1030, // max resized image's size.
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ const config = {
       },
     ],
     [
-      '@docusaurus/plugin-pwa',
+      'pwa',
       {
         debug: isDeployPreview,
         offlineModeActivationStrategies: [
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ const config = {
   ],
   presets: [
     [
-      '@docusaurus/preset-classic',
+      'classic',
       /** @type {import('@docusaurus/preset-classic').Options} */
       ({
         debug: true, // force debug plugin usage