diff --git a/beets/plugins.py b/beets/plugins.py
index 44e94e7df..b3109a690 100755
--- a/beets/plugins.py
+++ b/beets/plugins.py
@@ -44,8 +44,10 @@ class BeetsPlugin(object):
         self.import_stages = []
         self.name = name or self.__module__.split('.')[-1]
         self.config = beets.config[self.name]
-        self.template_funcs = {}
-        self.template_fields = {}
+        if not self.template_funcs:
+            self.template_funcs = {}
+        if not self.template_fields:
+            self.template_fields = {}
 
     def commands(self):
         """Should return a list of beets.ui.Subcommand objects for
diff --git a/beetsplug/inline.py b/beetsplug/inline.py
index 1fb492087..81a003cb7 100644
--- a/beetsplug/inline.py
+++ b/beetsplug/inline.py
@@ -89,8 +89,6 @@ def compile_inline(python_code):
         return _func_func
 
 class InlinePlugin(BeetsPlugin):
-    template_fields = {}
-
     def __init__(self):
         super(InlinePlugin, self).__init__()
 
@@ -103,4 +101,4 @@ class InlinePlugin(BeetsPlugin):
             log.debug(u'adding template field %s' % key)
             func = compile_inline(view.get(unicode))
             if func is not None:
-                InlinePlugin.template_fields[key] = func
+                self.template_fields[key] = func
diff --git a/beetsplug/rewrite.py b/beetsplug/rewrite.py
index e5ddc0a2b..a02538902 100644
--- a/beetsplug/rewrite.py
+++ b/beetsplug/rewrite.py
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ def rewriter(field, rules):
 class RewritePlugin(BeetsPlugin):
     def __init__(self):
         super(RewritePlugin, self).__init__()
-        BeetsPlugin.template_fields = {}
 
         self.config.add({})
 
@@ -68,5 +67,4 @@ class RewritePlugin(BeetsPlugin):
 
         # Replace each template field with the new rewriter function.
         for fieldname, fieldrules in rules.iteritems():
-            RewritePlugin.template_fields[fieldname] = \
-                    rewriter(fieldname, fieldrules)
+            self.template_fields[fieldname] = rewriter(fieldname, fieldrules)