diff --git a/webconsole/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/webconsole/AbstractWebConsolePlugin.java b/webconsole/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/webconsole/AbstractWebConsolePlugin.java
index cc356f4..cf190de 100644
--- a/webconsole/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/webconsole/AbstractWebConsolePlugin.java
+++ b/webconsole/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/webconsole/AbstractWebConsolePlugin.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 import org.apache.commons.fileupload.disk.DiskFileItemFactory;
 import org.apache.commons.fileupload.servlet.ServletFileUpload;
 import org.apache.commons.fileupload.servlet.ServletRequestContext;
+import org.apache.felix.webconsole.internal.WebConsolePluginAdapter;
 import org.osgi.framework.BundleContext;
 import org.osgi.framework.Constants;
 
@@ -128,19 +129,13 @@
 
     /**
      * Detects whether this request is intended to have the headers and
-     * footers of this plugin be rendered or not. The decision is taken based
-     * on whether and what extension the request URI has: If the request URI
-     * has no extension or the the extension is <code>.html</code>, the request
-     * is assumed to be rendered with header and footer. Otherwise the
-     * headers and footers are omitted and the
-     * {@link #renderContent(HttpServletRequest, HttpServletResponse)}
-     * method is called without any decorations and without setting any
-     * response headers.
+     * footers of this plugin be rendered or not. This method always returns
+     * <code>true</true> but has been overwritten in the
+     * {@link WebConsolePluginAdapter} for the plugins.
      */
     protected boolean isHtmlRequest( final HttpServletRequest request )
     {
-        final String requestUri = request.getRequestURI();
-        return requestUri.endsWith( ".html" ) || requestUri.lastIndexOf( '.' ) < 0;
+        return true;
     }
 
 
diff --git a/webconsole/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/webconsole/internal/WebConsolePluginAdapter.java b/webconsole/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/webconsole/internal/WebConsolePluginAdapter.java
index cc7b462..94d517d 100644
--- a/webconsole/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/webconsole/internal/WebConsolePluginAdapter.java
+++ b/webconsole/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/webconsole/internal/WebConsolePluginAdapter.java
@@ -21,11 +21,7 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-import javax.servlet.Servlet;
-import javax.servlet.ServletConfig;
-import javax.servlet.ServletException;
-import javax.servlet.ServletRequest;
-import javax.servlet.ServletResponse;
+import javax.servlet.*;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 
@@ -118,6 +114,22 @@
         plugin.init( config );
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Detects whether this request is intended to have the headers and
+     * footers of this plugin be rendered or not. The decision is taken based
+     * on whether and what extension the request URI has: If the request URI
+     * has no extension or the the extension is <code>.html</code>, the request
+     * is assumed to be rendered with header and footer. Otherwise the
+     * headers and footers are omitted and the
+     * {@link #renderContent(HttpServletRequest, HttpServletResponse)}
+     * method is called without any decorations and without setting any
+     * response headers.
+     */
+    protected boolean isHtmlRequest( final HttpServletRequest request )
+    {
+        final String requestUri = request.getRequestURI();
+        return requestUri.endsWith( ".html" ) || requestUri.lastIndexOf( '.' ) < 0;
+    }
 
     /**
      * Directly refer to the plugin's service method unless the request method