diff --git a/hyde/ext/plugins/css.py b/hyde/ext/plugins/css.py
index 562700c..7f5db10 100644
--- a/hyde/ext/plugins/css.py
+++ b/hyde/ext/plugins/css.py
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ class LessCSSPlugin(CLTransformer):
 
     def __init__(self, site):
         super(LessCSSPlugin, self).__init__(site)
+        self.import_finder = \
+            re.compile('^\\s*@import\s+(?:\'|\")([^\'\"]*)(?:\'|\")\s*\;\s*$',
+                       re.MULTILINE)
+
 
     @property
     def executable_name(self):
@@ -51,10 +55,6 @@ class LessCSSPlugin(CLTransformer):
            not self._should_replace_imports(resource):
             return text
 
-        import_finder = re.compile(
-                            '^\\s*@import\s+(?:\'|\")([^\'\"]*)(?:\'|\")\s*\;\s*$',
-                            re.MULTILINE)
-
         def import_to_include(match):
             if not match.lastindex:
                 return ''
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class LessCSSPlugin(CLTransformer):
                         "Cannot import from path [%s]" % afile.path)
             ref.is_processable = False
             return self.template.get_include_statement(ref.relative_path)
-        text = import_finder.sub(import_to_include, text)
+        text = self.import_finder.sub(import_to_include, text)
         return text
 
 
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ class StylusPlugin(CLTransformer):
 
     def __init__(self, site):
         super(StylusPlugin, self).__init__(site)
+        self.import_finder = \
+            re.compile('^\\s*@import\s+(?:\'|\")([^\'\"]*)(?:\'|\")\s*\;?\s*$',
+                       re.MULTILINE)
 
     def begin_site(self):
         """
@@ -138,9 +141,6 @@ class StylusPlugin(CLTransformer):
 
         if not resource.source_file.kind == 'styl':
             return
-        import_finder = re.compile(
-                    '^\\s*@import\s+(?:\'|\")([^\'\"]*)(?:\'|\")\s*\;?\s*$',
-                    re.MULTILINE)
 
         def import_to_include(match):
             """
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ class StylusPlugin(CLTransformer):
                         "\n"
             return '@import "' + path + '"\n'
 
-        text = import_finder.sub(import_to_include, text)
+        text = self.import_finder.sub(import_to_include, text)
         return text
 
     @property
diff --git a/hyde/ext/plugins/meta.py b/hyde/ext/plugins/meta.py
index 9a7afb2..29923bf 100644
--- a/hyde/ext/plugins/meta.py
+++ b/hyde/ext/plugins/meta.py
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ class MetaPlugin(Plugin):
 
     def __init__(self, site):
         super(MetaPlugin, self).__init__(site)
+        self.yaml_finder = re.compile(
+                    r"^\s*(?:---|===)\s*\n((?:.|\n)+?)\n\s*(?:---|===)\s*\n*",
+                    re.MULTILINE)
 
     def begin_site(self):
         """
@@ -77,10 +80,7 @@ class MetaPlugin(Plugin):
         Once loaded, remove the meta area from the text.
         """
         self.logger.debug("Trying to load metadata from resource [%s]" % resource)
-        yaml_finder = re.compile(
-                    r"^\s*(?:---|===)\s*\n((?:.|\n)+?)\n\s*(?:---|===)\s*\n*",
-                    re.MULTILINE)
-        match = re.match(yaml_finder, text)
+        match = re.match(self.yaml_finder, text)
         if not match:
             self.logger.debug("No metadata found in resource [%s]" % resource)
             data = {}
diff --git a/hyde/ext/plugins/text.py b/hyde/ext/plugins/text.py
index f5970a9..a61123e 100644
--- a/hyde/ext/plugins/text.py
+++ b/hyde/ext/plugins/text.py
@@ -178,14 +178,17 @@ class SyntextPlugin(TextyPlugin):
         return super(SyntextPlugin, self).text_to_tag(match, start)
 
 
-import re
-
 class TextlinksPlugin(Plugin):
     """
     The plugin class for syntax text replacement.
     """
     def __init__(self, site):
         super(TextlinksPlugin, self).__init__(site)
+        import re
+        self.content_link = re.compile('\[\[([^\]^!][^\]]*)\]\]',
+                                       re.UNICODE|re.MULTILINE)
+        self.media_link = re.compile('\[\[\!\!([^\]]*)\]\]',
+                                     re.UNICODE|re.MULTILINE)
 
     def begin_text_resource(self, resource, text):
         """
@@ -198,13 +201,11 @@ class TextlinksPlugin(Plugin):
         """
         if not resource.uses_template:
             return text
-        content_link = re.compile('\[\[([^\]^!][^\]]*)\]\]', re.UNICODE|re.MULTILINE)
-        media_link = re.compile('\[\[\!\!([^\]]*)\]\]', re.UNICODE|re.MULTILINE)
         def replace_content(match):
             return self.template.get_content_url_statement(match.groups(1)[0])
         def replace_media(match):
             return self.template.get_media_url_statement(match.groups(1)[0])
-        text = content_link.sub(replace_content, text)
-        text = media_link.sub(replace_media, text)
+        text = self.content_link.sub(replace_content, text)
+        text = self.media_link.sub(replace_media, text)
         return text