diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/thunar-plugins/archive/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/th/thunar-archive-plugin/package.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/desktops/xfce/thunar-plugins/archive/default.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/th/thunar-archive-plugin/package.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/thunar-plugins/dropbox/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/th/thunar-dropbox-plugin/package.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/desktops/xfce/thunar-plugins/dropbox/default.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/th/thunar-dropbox-plugin/package.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/thunar-plugins/media-tags/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/th/thunar-media-tags-plugin/package.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/desktops/xfce/thunar-plugins/media-tags/default.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/th/thunar-media-tags-plugin/package.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/thunar-plugins/vcs/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/th/thunar-vcs-plugin/package.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/desktops/xfce/thunar-plugins/vcs/default.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/th/thunar-vcs-plugin/package.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix
index 604ffaefa66b..b4b5b9ee720c 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/default.nix
@@ -17,14 +17,6 @@ makeScopeWithSplicing' {
     {
       #### CORE
 
-      thunar-archive-plugin = callPackage ./thunar-plugins/archive { };
-
-      thunar-dropbox-plugin = callPackage ./thunar-plugins/dropbox { };
-
-      thunar-media-tags-plugin = callPackage ./thunar-plugins/media-tags { };
-
-      thunar-vcs-plugin = callPackage ./thunar-plugins/vcs { };
-
       tumbler = callPackage ./core/tumbler { };
 
       xfce4-session = callPackage ./core/xfce4-session { };
@@ -114,6 +106,11 @@ makeScopeWithSplicing' {
   thunar-unwrapped = lib.warnOnInstantiate "‘xfce.thunar-unwrapped’ was moved to top-level. Please use ‘pkgs.thunar-unwrapped’ directly" pkgs.thunar-unwrapped; # Added on 2025-12-26
   thunar-volman = lib.warnOnInstantiate "‘xfce.thunar-volman’ was moved to top-level. Please use ‘pkgs.thunar-volman’ directly" pkgs.thunar-volman; # Added on 2025-12-26
 
+  thunar-archive-plugin = lib.warnOnInstantiate "‘xfce.thunar-archive-plugin’ was moved to top-level. Please use ‘pkgs.thunar-archive-plugin’ directly" pkgs.thunar-archive-plugin; # Added on 2025-12-26
+  thunar-dropbox-plugin = lib.warnOnInstantiate "‘xfce.thunar-dropbox-plugin’ was moved to top-level. Please use ‘pkgs.thunar-dropbox-plugin’ directly" pkgs.thunar-dropbox-plugin; # Added on 2025-12-26
+  thunar-media-tags-plugin = lib.warnOnInstantiate "‘xfce.thunar-media-tags-plugin’ was moved to top-level. Please use ‘pkgs.thunar-media-tags-plugin’ directly" pkgs.thunar-media-tags-plugin; # Added on 2025-12-26
+  thunar-vcs-plugin = lib.warnOnInstantiate "‘xfce.thunar-vcs-plugin’ was moved to top-level. Please use ‘pkgs.thunar-vcs-plugin’ directly" pkgs.thunar-vcs-plugin; # Added on 2025-12-26
+
   xfce4-alsa-plugin = lib.warnOnInstantiate "‘xfce.xfce4-alsa-plugin’ was moved to top-level. Please use ‘pkgs.xfce4-alsa-plugin’ directly" pkgs.xfce4-alsa-plugin; # Added on 2025-12-19
   xfce4-battery-plugin = lib.warnOnInstantiate "‘xfce.xfce4-battery-plugin’ was moved to top-level. Please use ‘pkgs.xfce4-battery-plugin’ directly" pkgs.xfce4-battery-plugin; # Added on 2025-12-19
   xfce4-clipman-plugin = lib.warnOnInstantiate "‘xfce.xfce4-clipman-plugin’ was moved to top-level. Please use ‘pkgs.xfce4-clipman-plugin’ directly" pkgs.xfce4-clipman-plugin; # Added on 2025-12-19