diff --git a/core/src/Plugin/PluginManager.cpp b/core/src/Plugin/PluginManager.cpp
index d376bd7..39246ac 100644
--- a/core/src/Plugin/PluginManager.cpp
+++ b/core/src/Plugin/PluginManager.cpp
@@ -3,10 +3,63 @@
 #include <Plugin/IPlugin.h>
 
 #include <QDir>
+#include <QLibrary>
+#include <QPluginLoader>
 
 Q_LOGGING_CATEGORY(LOG_PluginManager, "PluginManager")
 
+namespace {
+
+/// Key for retrieving metadata of the plugin
+const auto PLUGIN_METADATA_KEY = QStringLiteral("MetaData");
+
+/// Key for retrieving the name of the plugin in its metadata
+const auto PLUGIN_NAME_KEY = QStringLiteral("name");
+
+} // namespace
+
 struct PluginManager::PluginManagerPrivate {
+    /**
+     * Loads a single plugin into SciQlop. The method has no effect if the plugin is malformed (e.g.
+     * wrong library type, missing metadata, etc.)
+     * @param pluginPath the path to the plugin library.
+     */
+    void loadPlugin(const QString &pluginPath)
+    {
+        qCDebug(LOG_PluginManager())
+            << QObject::tr("Attempting to load file '%1' as a plugin").arg(pluginPath);
+
+        if (QLibrary::isLibrary(pluginPath)) {
+            QPluginLoader pluginLoader{pluginPath};
+
+            // Retrieving the plugin name to check if it can be loaded (i.e. no plugin with the same
+            // name has been registered yet)
+            auto metadata = pluginLoader.metaData().value(PLUGIN_METADATA_KEY).toObject();
+            auto pluginName = metadata.value(PLUGIN_NAME_KEY).toString();
+
+            if (pluginName.isEmpty()) {
+                /// @todo ALX : log error
+            }
+            else if (m_RegisteredPlugins.contains(pluginName)) {
+                /// @todo ALX : log error
+            }
+            else {
+                if (auto pluginInstance = qobject_cast<IPlugin *>(pluginLoader.instance())) {
+                    pluginInstance->initialize();
+                    m_RegisteredPlugins.insert(pluginName, pluginPath);
+                }
+                else {
+                    /// @todo ALX : log error
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        else {
+            /// @todo ALX : log error
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Registered plugins (key: plugin name, value: plugin path)
+    QHash<QString, QString> m_RegisteredPlugins;
 };
 
 PluginManager::PluginManager() : impl{spimpl::make_unique_impl<PluginManagerPrivate>()}
@@ -18,7 +71,7 @@ void PluginManager::loadPlugins(const QDir &pluginDir)
     // Load plugins
     auto pluginInfoList = pluginDir.entryInfoList(QDir::Files, QDir::Name);
     for (auto pluginInfo : qAsConst(pluginInfoList)) {
-        /// @todo ALX
+        impl->loadPlugin(pluginInfo.absoluteFilePath());
     }
 }