diff --git a/packages/ui/src/utils/search.ts b/packages/ui/src/utils/search.ts
index 92ef483bd..58ca55eb4 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/utils/search.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/utils/search.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { type LocationQueryRaw, type LocationQueryValue, useRoute } from 'vue-ro
 import { defineMessage, useVIntl } from '../composables/i18n'
 import {
 	DEFAULT_MOD_LOADERS,
+	DEFAULT_PLUGIN_LOADERS,
 	DEFAULT_SHADER_LOADERS,
 	formatCategory,
 	formatCategoryHeader,
@@ -311,7 +312,8 @@ export function useSearch(
 					}),
 				),
 				supported_project_types: ['plugin'],
-				display: 'all',
+				display: 'expandable',
+				default_values: DEFAULT_PLUGIN_LOADERS,
 				query_param: 'g',
 				supports_negative_filter: true,
 				searchable: false,
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/utils/tag-messages.ts b/packages/ui/src/utils/tag-messages.ts
index 13eff7b56..9833b1f3d 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/utils/tag-messages.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/utils/tag-messages.ts
@@ -573,6 +573,7 @@ export const categoryMessages = defineMessages({
 })
 
 export const DEFAULT_MOD_LOADERS: string[] = ['fabric', 'forge', 'neoforge']
+export const DEFAULT_PLUGIN_LOADERS: string[] = ['paper', 'spigot']
 export const DEFAULT_SHADER_LOADERS: string[] = ['iris', 'optifine', 'vanilla']
 
 const DEFAULT_LOADER_NAMES = new Set([...DEFAULT_MOD_LOADERS, ...DEFAULT_SHADER_LOADERS])