diff --git a/src/bindings/bindings.xml b/src/bindings/bindings.xml
index d26c061c..fde2f1fe 100644
--- a/src/bindings/bindings.xml
+++ b/src/bindings/bindings.xml
@@ -3,103 +3,63 @@
     <load-typesystem name="typesystem_core.xml" generate="no" />
     <load-typesystem name="typesystem_gui.xml" generate="no" />
     <load-typesystem name="typesystem_widgets.xml" generate="no" />
+
     <primitive-type name="bool"/>
+
     <object-type name="CutterCore" />
     <object-type name="Configuration" />
     <object-type name="MainWindow" />
     <object-type name="BasicBlockHighlighter" />
     <object-type name="CutterDockWidget" />
+
+    <template name="plugin_meta_get">
+        SbkObject *wrapper = Shiboken::BindingManager::instance().retrieveWrapper(this);
+        PyObject *classObject = PyObject_GetAttrString(reinterpret_cast&lt;PyObject *&gt;(wrapper), "__class__");
+        if (!classObject) {
+        PyErr_Print();
+        return QString();
+        }
+        PyObject *pyResult = PyObject_GetAttrString(classObject, "VAR_NAME");
+        if (!pyResult) {
+        PyErr_Print();
+        return QString();
+        }
+        PythonToCppFunc pythonToCpp = Shiboken::Conversions::isPythonToCppConvertible(SbkPySide2_QtCoreTypeConverters[SBK_QSTRING_IDX], pyResult);
+        if (!pythonToCpp) {
+        Shiboken::warning(PyExc_RuntimeWarning, 2, "Invalid return value for plugin metadata VAR_NAME, expected %s, got %s.", "QString", Py_TYPE(pyResult)->tp_name);
+        return ::QString();
+        }
+        QString cppResult;
+        pythonToCpp(pyResult, &amp;cppResult);
+        return cppResult;
+    </template>
     <object-type name="CutterPlugin">
         <modify-function signature="getName()const">
             <inject-code class="shell" position="beginning">
-                SbkObject *wrapper = Shiboken::BindingManager::instance().retrieveWrapper(this);
-                PyObject *classObject = PyObject_GetAttrString(reinterpret_cast&lt;PyObject *&gt;(wrapper), "__class__");
-                if (!classObject) {
-                    PyErr_Print();
-                    return QString();
-                }
-                PyObject *pyResult = PyObject_GetAttrString(classObject, "name");
-                if (!pyResult) {
-                    PyErr_Print();
-                    return QString();
-                }
-                PythonToCppFunc pythonToCpp = Shiboken::Conversions::isPythonToCppConvertible(SbkPySide2_QtCoreTypeConverters[SBK_QSTRING_IDX], pyResult);
-                if (!pythonToCpp) {
-                    Shiboken::warning(PyExc_RuntimeWarning, 2, "Invalid return value in function %s, expected %s, got %s.", "CutterPlugin.getName", "QString", Py_TYPE(pyResult)->tp_name);
-                    return ::QString();
-                }
-                QString cppResult;
-                pythonToCpp(pyResult, &amp;cppResult);
-                return cppResult;
+                <insert-template name="plugin_meta_get">
+                    <replace from="VAR_NAME" to="name" />
+                </insert-template>
             </inject-code>
         </modify-function>
         <modify-function signature="getAuthor()const">
             <inject-code class="shell" position="beginning">
-                SbkObject *wrapper = Shiboken::BindingManager::instance().retrieveWrapper(this);
-                PyObject *classObject = PyObject_GetAttrString(reinterpret_cast&lt;PyObject *&gt;(wrapper), "__class__");
-                if (!classObject) {
-                    PyErr_Print();
-                    return QString();
-                }
-                PyObject *pyResult = PyObject_GetAttrString(classObject, "author");
-                if (!pyResult) {
-                    PyErr_Print();
-                    return QString();
-                }
-                PythonToCppFunc pythonToCpp = Shiboken::Conversions::isPythonToCppConvertible(SbkPySide2_QtCoreTypeConverters[SBK_QSTRING_IDX], pyResult);
-                if (!pythonToCpp) {
-                    Shiboken::warning(PyExc_RuntimeWarning, 2, "Invalid return value in function %s, expected %s, got %s.", "CutterPlugin.getAuthor", "QString", Py_TYPE(pyResult)->tp_name);
-                    return ::QString();
-                }
-                QString cppResult;
-                pythonToCpp(pyResult, &amp;cppResult);
-                return cppResult;
+                <insert-template name="plugin_meta_get">
+                    <replace from="VAR_NAME" to="author" />
+                </insert-template>
             </inject-code>
         </modify-function>
         <modify-function signature="getDescription()const">
             <inject-code class="shell" position="beginning">
-                SbkObject *wrapper = Shiboken::BindingManager::instance().retrieveWrapper(this);
-                PyObject *classObject = PyObject_GetAttrString(reinterpret_cast&lt;PyObject *&gt;(wrapper), "__class__");
-                if (!classObject) {
-                    PyErr_Print();
-                    return QString();
-                }
-                PyObject *pyResult = PyObject_GetAttrString(classObject, "description");
-                if (!pyResult) {
-                    PyErr_Print();
-                    return QString();
-                }
-                PythonToCppFunc pythonToCpp = Shiboken::Conversions::isPythonToCppConvertible(SbkPySide2_QtCoreTypeConverters[SBK_QSTRING_IDX], pyResult);
-                if (!pythonToCpp) {
-                    Shiboken::warning(PyExc_RuntimeWarning, 2, "Invalid return value in function %s, expected %s, got %s.", "CutterPlugin.getDescription", "QString", Py_TYPE(pyResult)->tp_name);
-                    return ::QString();
-                }
-                QString cppResult;
-                pythonToCpp(pyResult, &amp;cppResult);
-                return cppResult;
+                <insert-template name="plugin_meta_get">
+                    <replace from="VAR_NAME" to="description" />
+                </insert-template>
             </inject-code>
         </modify-function>
         <modify-function signature="getVersion()const">
             <inject-code class="shell" position="beginning">
-                SbkObject *wrapper = Shiboken::BindingManager::instance().retrieveWrapper(this);
-                PyObject *classObject = PyObject_GetAttrString(reinterpret_cast&lt;PyObject *&gt;(wrapper), "__class__");
-                if (!classObject) {
-                    PyErr_Print();
-                    return QString();
-                }
-                PyObject *pyResult = PyObject_GetAttrString(classObject, "version");
-                if (!pyResult) {
-                    PyErr_Print();
-                    return QString();
-                }
-                PythonToCppFunc pythonToCpp = Shiboken::Conversions::isPythonToCppConvertible(SbkPySide2_QtCoreTypeConverters[SBK_QSTRING_IDX], pyResult);
-                if (!pythonToCpp) {
-                    Shiboken::warning(PyExc_RuntimeWarning, 2, "Invalid return value in function %s, expected %s, got %s.", "CutterPlugin.getVersion", "QString", Py_TYPE(pyResult)->tp_name);
-                    return ::QString();
-                }
-                QString cppResult;
-                pythonToCpp(pyResult, &amp;cppResult);
-                return cppResult;
+                <insert-template name="plugin_meta_get">
+                    <replace from="VAR_NAME" to="version" />
+                </insert-template>
             </inject-code>
         </modify-function>
     </object-type>