diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index adeba9080..64eaf0091 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -756,7 +756,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cap-primitives",
  "cap-std",
  "io-lifetimes",
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "maybe-owned",
  "rustix 1.0.7",
  "rustix-linux-procfs",
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
  "winx",
 ]
 
@@ -1396,15 +1396,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "debugid"
-version = "0.8.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bef552e6f588e446098f6ba40d89ac146c8c7b64aade83c051ee00bb5d2bc18d"
-dependencies = [
- "uuid",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "deprecate-until"
 version = "0.1.1"
@@ -1903,7 +1894,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "cea14ef9355e3beab063703aa9dab15afd25f0667c341310c1e5274bb1d0da18"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1930,7 +1921,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "extism"
 version = "0.0.0+replaced-by-ci"
-source = "git+https://github.com/extism/extism.git?branch=main#2732ca198d6b8234172aa7f9836763d0e0b839f7"
+source = "git+https://github.com/extism/extism.git?branch=main#3d15c761159d5346433a64f449fd2b44900519b8"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "cbindgen",
@@ -1955,7 +1946,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "extism-convert"
 version = "0.0.0+replaced-by-ci"
-source = "git+https://github.com/extism/extism.git?branch=main#2732ca198d6b8234172aa7f9836763d0e0b839f7"
+source = "git+https://github.com/extism/extism.git?branch=main#3d15c761159d5346433a64f449fd2b44900519b8"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "base64 0.22.1",
@@ -1970,7 +1961,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "extism-convert-macros"
 version = "0.0.0+replaced-by-ci"
-source = "git+https://github.com/extism/extism.git?branch=main#2732ca198d6b8234172aa7f9836763d0e0b839f7"
+source = "git+https://github.com/extism/extism.git?branch=main#3d15c761159d5346433a64f449fd2b44900519b8"
 dependencies = [
  "manyhow",
  "proc-macro-crate",
@@ -1982,7 +1973,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "extism-manifest"
 version = "0.0.0+replaced-by-ci"
-source = "git+https://github.com/extism/extism.git?branch=main#2732ca198d6b8234172aa7f9836763d0e0b839f7"
+source = "git+https://github.com/extism/extism.git?branch=main#3d15c761159d5346433a64f449fd2b44900519b8"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.22.1",
  "serde",
@@ -2025,7 +2016,7 @@ checksum = "0ce92ff622d6dadf7349484f42c93271a0d49b7cc4d466a936405bacbe10aa78"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "rustix 1.0.7",
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2088,7 +2079,7 @@ checksum = "94e7099f6313ecacbe1256e8ff9d617b75d1bcb16a6fddef94866d225a01a14a"
 dependencies = [
  "io-lifetimes",
  "rustix 1.0.7",
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2196,28 +2187,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "slab",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "fxhash"
-version = "0.2.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c31b6d751ae2c7f11320402d34e41349dd1016f8d5d45e48c4312bc8625af50c"
-dependencies = [
- "byteorder",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "fxprof-processed-profile"
-version = "0.6.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "27d12c0aed7f1e24276a241aadc4cb8ea9f83000f34bc062b7cc2d51e3b0fabd"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.9.1",
- "debugid",
- "fxhash",
- "serde",
- "serde_json",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "generator"
 version = "0.8.5"
@@ -2957,7 +2926,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2285ddfe3054097ef4b2fe909ef8c3bcd1ea52a8f0d274416caebeef39f04a65"
 dependencies = [
  "io-lifetimes",
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3012,26 +2981,6 @@ version = "1.0.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4a5f13b858c8d314ee3e8f639011f7ccefe71f97f96e50151fb991f267928e2c"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "ittapi"
-version = "0.4.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6b996fe614c41395cdaedf3cf408a9534851090959d90d54a535f675550b64b1"
-dependencies = [
- "anyhow",
- "ittapi-sys",
- "log",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "ittapi-sys"
-version = "0.4.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "52f5385394064fa2c886205dba02598013ce83d3e92d33dbdc0c52fe0e7bf4fc"
-dependencies = [
- "cc",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "jni"
 version = "0.19.0"
@@ -4066,7 +4015,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "07033963ba89ebaf1584d767badaa2e8fcec21aedea6b8c0346d487d49c28667"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
- "windows-targets 0.52.6",
+ "windows-targets 0.48.5",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -5131,9 +5080,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "prost"
-version = "0.13.5"
+version = "0.14.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2796faa41db3ec313a31f7624d9286acf277b52de526150b7e69f3debf891ee5"
+checksum = "7231bd9b3d3d33c86b58adbac74b5ec0ad9f496b19d22801d773636feaa95f3d"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "prost-derive",
@@ -5141,9 +5090,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "prost-derive"
-version = "0.13.5"
+version = "0.14.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8a56d757972c98b346a9b766e3f02746cde6dd1cd1d1d563472929fdd74bec4d"
+checksum = "9120690fafc389a67ba3803df527d0ec9cbbc9cc45e4cc20b332996dfb672425"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "itertools 0.14.0",
@@ -5264,7 +5213,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "socket2",
  "tracing",
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -5714,7 +5663,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "errno",
  "libc",
  "linux-raw-sys 0.4.15",
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -5727,7 +5676,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "errno",
  "libc",
  "linux-raw-sys 0.9.4",
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -5901,9 +5850,6 @@ name = "semver"
 version = "1.0.26"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "56e6fa9c48d24d85fb3de5ad847117517440f6beceb7798af16b4a87d616b8d0"
-dependencies = [
- "serde",
-]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
@@ -6196,7 +6142,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "libc",
  "psm",
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -6390,7 +6336,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "fd-lock",
  "io-lifetimes",
  "rustix 0.38.44",
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
  "winx",
 ]
 
@@ -6416,7 +6362,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "getrandom 0.3.3",
  "once_cell",
  "rustix 1.0.7",
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -7040,9 +6986,9 @@ checksum = "8ecb6da28b8a351d773b68d5825ac39017e680750f980f3a1a85cd8dd28a47c1"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ureq"
-version = "3.0.11"
+version = "3.0.12"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b7a3e9af6113ecd57b8c63d3cd76a385b2e3881365f1f489e54f49801d0c83ea"
+checksum = "9f0fde9bc91026e381155f8c67cb354bcd35260b2f4a29bcc84639f762760c39"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.22.1",
  "flate2",
@@ -7058,9 +7004,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ureq-proto"
-version = "0.4.1"
+version = "0.4.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fadf18427d33828c311234884b7ba2afb57143e6e7e69fda7ee883b624661e36"
+checksum = "59db78ad1923f2b1be62b6da81fe80b173605ca0d57f85da2e005382adf693f7"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.22.1",
  "http 1.3.1",
@@ -7356,19 +7302,14 @@ version = "29.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "11976a250672556d1c4c04c6d5d7656ac9192ac9edc42a4587d6c21460010e69"
 dependencies = [
- "addr2line",
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
  "bitflags 2.9.1",
  "bumpalo",
  "cc",
  "cfg-if",
- "encoding_rs",
- "fxprof-processed-profile",
- "gimli",
  "hashbrown 0.14.5",
  "indexmap 2.9.0",
- "ittapi",
  "libc",
  "log",
  "mach2",
@@ -7381,10 +7322,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "pulley-interpreter",
  "rayon",
  "rustix 0.38.44",
- "semver",
  "serde",
  "serde_derive",
- "serde_json",
  "smallvec",
  "sptr",
  "target-lexicon",
@@ -7394,11 +7333,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasmtime-asm-macros",
  "wasmtime-cache",
  "wasmtime-component-macro",
- "wasmtime-component-util",
  "wasmtime-cranelift",
  "wasmtime-environ",
  "wasmtime-fiber",
- "wasmtime-jit-debug",
  "wasmtime-jit-icache-coherence",
  "wasmtime-math",
  "wasmtime-slab",
@@ -7499,7 +7436,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "object",
  "postcard",
  "rustc-demangle",
- "semver",
  "serde",
  "serde_derive",
  "smallvec",
@@ -7507,7 +7443,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-encoder 0.221.3",
  "wasmparser 0.221.3",
  "wasmprinter",
- "wasmtime-component-util",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -7525,17 +7460,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "wasmtime-jit-debug"
-version = "29.0.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3e7b61488a5ee00c35c8c22de707c36c0aecacf419a3be803a6a2ba5e860f56a"
-dependencies = [
- "object",
- "rustix 0.38.44",
- "wasmtime-versioned-export-macros",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "wasmtime-jit-icache-coherence"
 version = "29.0.1"
@@ -7806,7 +7730,7 @@ version = "0.1.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "cf221c93e13a30d793f7645a0e7762c55d169dbb0a49671918a2319d289b10bb"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -8118,7 +8042,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3f3fd376f71958b862e7afb20cfe5a22830e1963462f3a17f49d82a6c1d1f42d"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.9.1",
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f86c3e625..e8c72460b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -219,7 +219,11 @@ tuplex = "0.1.2"
 html2text = "0.15.1"
 async-trait = "0.1.88"
 either = { version = "1.15.0", features = ["serde"] }
-extism = { git = "https://github.com/extism/extism.git", branch = "main" }
+extism = { git = "https://github.com/extism/extism.git", branch = "main", default-features = false, features = [
+  "http",
+  "register-http",
+  "register-filesystem",
+] }
 extism-convert = { git = "https://github.com/extism/extism.git", branch = "main" }
 unified-diff = "0.2.1"
 
diff --git a/crates/api/api_utils/src/plugins.rs b/crates/api/api_utils/src/plugins.rs
index 0cf6e718d..8767c338e 100644
--- a/crates/api/api_utils/src/plugins.rs
+++ b/crates/api/api_utils/src/plugins.rs
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ pub fn plugin_hook_after<T>(name: &'static str, data: &T) -> LemmyResult<()>
 where
   T: Clone + Serialize + for<'b> Deserialize<'b> + Sync + Send + 'static,
 {
-  let plugins = LemmyPlugins::init();
-  if !plugins.loaded(name) {
+  let plugins = LemmyPlugins::get_or_init();
+  if !plugins.function_exists(name) {
     return Ok(());
   }
 
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ pub async fn plugin_hook_before<T>(name: &'static str, data: T) -> LemmyResult<T
 where
   T: Clone + Serialize + for<'a> Deserialize<'a> + Sync + Send + 'static,
 {
-  let plugins = LemmyPlugins::init();
-  if !plugins.loaded(name) {
+  let plugins = LemmyPlugins::get_or_init();
+  if !plugins.function_exists(name) {
     return Ok(data);
   }
 
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ where
 }
 
 pub fn plugin_metadata() -> Vec<PluginMetadata> {
-  LemmyPlugins::init()
+  LemmyPlugins::get_or_init()
     .0
     .into_iter()
     .map(|p| p.metadata)
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ struct LemmyPlugins(Vec<LemmyPlugin>);
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
 struct LemmyPlugin {
-  plugin_pool: Pool<()>,
+  plugin_pool: Pool,
   metadata: PluginMetadata,
 }
 
@@ -109,10 +109,9 @@ impl LemmyPlugin {
     manifest
       .config
       .insert("lemmy_version".to_string(), VERSION.to_string());
-    let plugin_pool: Pool<()> = Pool::new();
-    let builder = PluginBuilder::new(manifest).with_wasi(true);
-    let metadata: PluginMetadata = builder.clone().build()?.call("metadata", 0)?;
-    plugin_pool.add_builder((), builder);
+    let builder = move || PluginBuilder::new(manifest.clone()).with_wasi(true).build();
+    let metadata: PluginMetadata = builder()?.call("metadata", 0)?;
+    let plugin_pool: Pool = Pool::new(builder);
     Ok(LemmyPlugin {
       plugin_pool,
       metadata,
@@ -122,7 +121,7 @@ impl LemmyPlugin {
   fn get(&self, name: &'static str) -> LemmyResult<Option<PoolPlugin>> {
     let p = self
       .plugin_pool
-      .get(&(), GET_PLUGIN_TIMEOUT)?
+      .get(GET_PLUGIN_TIMEOUT)?
       .ok_or(anyhow!("plugin timeout"))?;
 
     Ok(if p.plugin().function_exists(name) {
@@ -135,7 +134,7 @@ impl LemmyPlugin {
 
 impl LemmyPlugins {
   /// Load and initialize all plugins
-  fn init() -> Self {
+  fn get_or_init() -> Self {
     // TODO: use std::sync::OnceLock once get_mut_or_init() is stabilized
     // https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/sync/struct.OnceLock.html#method.get_mut_or_init
     static PLUGINS: Lazy<LemmyPlugins> = Lazy::new(|| {
@@ -164,14 +163,11 @@ impl LemmyPlugins {
   }
 
   /// Return early if no plugin is loaded for the given hook name
-  fn loaded(&self, _name: &'static str) -> bool {
-    // Check if there is any plugin active for this hook, to avoid unnecessary data cloning
-    // TODO: not currently supported by pool
-    /*
-    if !self.0.iter().any(|p| p.plugin_pool.function_exists(name)) {
-      return Ok(None);
-    }
-    */
-    !self.0.is_empty()
+  fn function_exists(&self, name: &'static str) -> bool {
+    self.0.iter().any(|p| {
+      p.plugin_pool
+        .function_exists(name, GET_PLUGIN_TIMEOUT)
+        .unwrap_or(false)
+    })
   }
 }