diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 27fed5b100f0..4e48114757ad 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ package-lock.json
 internal-links.tap
 stats.json
 printable.md
+repositories/*.json
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 747faad9900b..31530dd4ebda 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -27,17 +27,17 @@
     "clean-dist": "rimraf ./dist",
     "clean-printable": "rimraf src/content/**/printable.md",
     "preclean": "run-s clean-dist clean-printable",
-    "clean": "rimraf src/content/**/_*.md src/**/_*.json",
+    "clean": "rimraf src/content/**/_*.md src/**/_*.json repositories/*.json",
     "start": "npm run clean-dist && cross-env NODE_ENV=development webpack-dev-server --config webpack.dev.js --env.dev",
-    "update-repos": "node src/utilities/fetch-package-repos.js",
     "content": "node src/scripts/build-content-tree.js ./src/content ./src/_content.json",
     "bundle-analyze": "run-s clean fetch printable content && cross-env NODE_ENV=production webpack --config webpack.ssg.js && run-s clean-printable content && cross-env NODE_ENV=production webpack --config webpack.prod.js  --profile --json > stats.json && webpack-bundle-analyzer stats.json",
+    "fetch-repos": "node src/utilities/fetch-package-repos.js",
     "fetch": "run-p fetch:*",
     "fetch:readmes": "node src/utilities/fetch-package-readmes.js",
     "fetch:supporters": "node src/utilities/fetch-supporters.js",
     "fetch:starter-kits": "node src/utilities/fetch-starter-kits.js",
     "prebuild": "npm run clean",
-    "build": "run-s fetch printable content && cross-env NODE_ENV=production webpack --config webpack.ssg.js && run-s clean-printable content && cross-env NODE_ENV=production webpack --config webpack.prod.js",
+    "build": "run-s fetch-repos fetch printable content && cross-env NODE_ENV=production webpack --config webpack.ssg.js && run-s clean-printable content && cross-env NODE_ENV=production webpack --config webpack.prod.js",
     "postbuild": "npm run sitemap",
     "build-test": "npm run build && http-server dist/",
     "test": "npm run lint",
diff --git a/repositories/loaders.json b/repositories/loaders.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 549653235fc1..000000000000
--- a/repositories/loaders.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-[
-  "webpack-contrib/raw-loader",
-  "webpack-contrib/coffee-loader",
-  "webpack-contrib/css-loader",
-  "webpack-contrib/style-loader",
-  "webpack-contrib/less-loader",
-  "webpack-contrib/val-loader",
-  "webpack-contrib/file-loader",
-  "webpack-contrib/url-loader",
-  "webpack-contrib/json5-loader",
-  "webpack-contrib/worker-loader",
-  "webpack-contrib/imports-loader",
-  "webpack-contrib/exports-loader",
-  "webpack-contrib/mocha-loader",
-  "webpack-contrib/expose-loader",
-  "webpack-contrib/node-loader",
-  "webpack-contrib/html-loader",
-  "webpack-contrib/sass-loader",
-  "webpack-contrib/source-map-loader",
-  "webpack-contrib/null-loader",
-  "webpack-contrib/istanbul-instrumenter-loader",
-  "webpack-contrib/eslint-loader",
-  "webpack-contrib/svg-inline-loader",
-  "webpack-contrib/cache-loader",
-  "webpack-contrib/thread-loader",
-  "webpack-contrib/polymer-webpack-loader",
-  "babel/babel-loader",
-  "webpack-contrib/postcss-loader",
-  "peerigon/extract-loader",
-  "webpack-contrib/remark-loader",
-  "webpack-contrib/stylus-loader"
-]
diff --git a/repositories/plugins.json b/repositories/plugins.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 7a48ea691b40..000000000000
--- a/repositories/plugins.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-[
-  "webpack-contrib/compression-webpack-plugin",
-  "webpack-contrib/copy-webpack-plugin",
-  "webpack-contrib/npm-install-webpack-plugin",
-  "webpack-contrib/stylelint-webpack-plugin",
-  "webpack-contrib/closure-webpack-plugin",
-  "webpack-contrib/mini-css-extract-plugin",
-  "webpack-contrib/terser-webpack-plugin",
-  "webpack-contrib/css-minimizer-webpack-plugin",
-  "webpack-contrib/eslint-webpack-plugin"
-]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/utilities/constants.js b/src/utilities/constants.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b78983813880
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utilities/constants.js
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+const excludedLoaders = [
+  'webpack-contrib/config-loader',
+  'webpack-contrib/eslint-loader',
+  'webpack-contrib/transform-loader',
+  'webpack-contrib/json-loader',
+  'webpack-contrib/script-loader',
+  'webpack-contrib/bundle-loader',
+  'webpack-contrib/i18n-loader',
+  'webpack-contrib/jshint-loader',
+  'webpack-contrib/coverjs-loader',
+  'webpack-contrib/coffee-redux-loader',
+  'webpack-contrib/react-proxy-loader',
+  'webpack-contrib/multi-loader',
+  'webpack-contrib/yaml-frontmatter-loader',
+  'webpack-contrib/restyle-loader',
+  'webpack-contrib/gzip-loader'
+];
+const excludedPlugins = [
+  'webpack-contrib/component-webpack-plugin',
+  'webpack-contrib/extract-text-webpack-plugin',
+  'webpack-contrib/i18n-webpack-plugin',
+  'webpack-contrib/babel-minify-webpack-plugin',
+  'webpack-contrib/uglifyjs-webpack-plugin',
+  'webpack-contrib/zopfli-webpack-plugin'
+];
+
+module.exports = {
+  excludedLoaders,
+  excludedPlugins
+};
diff --git a/src/utilities/fetch-package-repos.js b/src/utilities/fetch-package-repos.js
index 11beca1bd9c7..bda740f0d0e4 100644
--- a/src/utilities/fetch-package-repos.js
+++ b/src/utilities/fetch-package-repos.js
@@ -3,23 +3,24 @@ const path = require('path');
 const mkdirp = require('mkdirp');
 const _ = require('lodash');
 const GithubAPI = require('@octokit/rest');
+const { excludedLoaders, excludedPlugins } = require('./constants');
 
 const fetch = {
   loaders: [
     {
       organization: 'webpack-contrib',
       suffixes: ['-loader'],
-      hides: ['webpack-contrib/config-loader']
+      hides: excludedLoaders
     },
     'babel/babel-loader',
-    'postcss/postcss-loader',
-    'peerigon/extract-loader'
+    'peerigon/extract-loader',
+    'Banno/polymer-webpack-loader'
   ],
   plugins: [
     {
       organization: 'webpack-contrib',
       suffixes: ['-webpack-plugin', '-extract-plugin'],
-      hides: ['webpack-contrib/component-webpack-plugin']
+      hides: excludedPlugins
     }
   ]
 };
diff --git a/src/utilities/process-readme.js b/src/utilities/process-readme.js
index 9ad917f40ae8..e08b08bbad82 100644
--- a/src/utilities/process-readme.js
+++ b/src/utilities/process-readme.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const url = require('url');
+const { excludedLoaders, excludedPlugins } = require('./constants');
 
 const beginsWithDocsDomainRegex = /^(?:https?:)\/\/webpack\.js\.org/;
 const inlineLinkRegex = /\[[^\]]*\]\(([^)]+)\)/g;
@@ -66,8 +67,18 @@ function linkFixerFactory(sourceUrl) {
   };
 }
 
+function getMatches(string, regex) {
+  const matches = [];
+  let match;
+  // eslint-disable-next-line
+  while (match = regex.exec(string)) {
+    matches.push(match);
+  }
+  return matches;
+}
+
 module.exports = function processREADME(body, options = {}) {
-  return body
+  let processingString = body
     .replace(/[^]*?<div align="center">([^]*?)<\/div>/, (match, content) => {
       let parsed = content.match(/<p>([^]*?)<\/?p>/);
       return parsed ? parsed[1] : '';
@@ -82,12 +93,28 @@ module.exports = function processREADME(body, options = {}) {
     // EXAMPLE: [line-identifier]: https://webpack.js.org/loaders/
     .replace(inlineLinkRegex, linkFixerFactory(options.source))
     .replace(externalLinkRegex, linkFixerFactory(options.source))
-    // Modify links to keep them within the site
-    .replace(/https?:\/\/github.com\/(webpack|webpack-contrib)\/([-A-za-z0-9]+-loader\/?)([)"])/g, '/loaders/$2/$3')
-    .replace(/https?:\/\/github.com\/(webpack|webpack-contrib)\/([-A-za-z0-9]+-plugin\/?)([)"])/g, '/plugins/$2/$3')
     // Replace any <h2> with `##`
     .replace(/<h2[^>]*>/g, '## ')
     .replace(/<\/h2>/g, '')
     // Drop any comments
     .replace(/<!--[\s\S]*?-->/g, '');
+
+    // find the laoders links
+    const loaderMatches = getMatches(processingString, /https?:\/\/github.com\/(webpack|webpack-contrib)\/([-A-za-z0-9]+-loader\/?)([)"])/g);
+    // dont make relative links for excluded loaders
+    loaderMatches.forEach((match) => {
+      if (!excludedLoaders.includes(`${match[1]}/${match[2]}`)) {
+        processingString = processingString.replace(match[0], `/loaders/${match[2]}`);
+      }
+    });
+
+    const pluginMatches = getMatches(processingString, /https?:\/\/github.com\/(webpack|webpack-contrib)\/([-A-za-z0-9]+-plugin\/?)([)"])/g);
+    // dont make relative links for excluded loaders
+    pluginMatches.forEach((match) => {
+      if (!excludedPlugins.includes(`${match[1]}/${match[2]}`)) {
+        processingString = processingString.replace(match[0], `/plugins/${match[2]}`);
+      }
+    });
+
+    return processingString;
 };