diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 95cbb2b8260..af0e0005976 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Plugins/CLI: add `openclaw plugins registry` for explicit persisted-registry inspection and `--refresh` repair without making normal startup rescan plugin locations. Thanks @vincentkoc.
 - Plugins/CLI: make `openclaw plugins list` read the cold persisted registry snapshot by default, leaving module-aware diagnostics to `plugins doctor` and `plugins inspect`. Thanks @vincentkoc.
 - Plugins/startup: move gateway startup plugin planning onto the versioned cold registry index, with postinstall repair for older registry files that predate startup metadata. Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Plugins/startup: normalize startup and provider plugin enablement through registry aliases so boot paths do not need the legacy manifest alias scan. Thanks @vincentkoc.
 - Providers/plugins: resolve provider ownership, provider discovery scopes, and catalog-hook provider ids from the cold plugin registry instead of rescanning manifests on those paths. Thanks @vincentkoc.
 - Plugins/chat commands: refresh the persisted plugin registry after `/plugins enable` and `/plugins disable`, matching the CLI mutation path. Thanks @vincentkoc.
 - Diagnostics/OTEL: add bounded outbound message delivery lifecycle diagnostics and export them as low-cardinality delivery spans/metrics without message body, recipient, room, or media-path data. (#71471) Thanks @vincentkoc and @jlapenna.
diff --git a/src/plugins/gateway-startup-plugin-ids.ts b/src/plugins/gateway-startup-plugin-ids.ts
index a3fe80362ce..cf8257b2164 100644
--- a/src/plugins/gateway-startup-plugin-ids.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/gateway-startup-plugin-ids.ts
@@ -9,14 +9,13 @@ import {
 } from "../memory-host-sdk/dreaming.js";
 import { normalizeOptionalLowercaseString } from "../shared/string-coerce.js";
 import { hasExplicitChannelConfig } from "./channel-presence-policy.js";
-import {
-  createPluginActivationSource,
-  normalizePluginId,
-  normalizePluginsConfig,
-  resolveEffectivePluginActivationState,
-} from "./config-state.js";
+import { resolveEffectivePluginActivationState } from "./config-state.js";
 import type { InstalledPluginIndexRecord } from "./installed-plugin-index.js";
-import { loadPluginRegistrySnapshot } from "./plugin-registry.js";
+import {
+  createPluginRegistryIdNormalizer,
+  loadPluginRegistrySnapshot,
+  normalizePluginsConfigWithRegistry,
+} from "./plugin-registry.js";
 
 function listDisabledChannelIds(config: OpenClawConfig): Set<string> {
   const channels = config.channels;
@@ -64,7 +63,10 @@ function resolveGatewayStartupDreamingPluginIds(config: OpenClawConfig): Set<str
   return new Set([DEFAULT_MEMORY_DREAMING_PLUGIN_ID, resolveMemoryDreamingPluginId(config)]);
 }
 
-function resolveExplicitMemorySlotStartupPluginId(config: OpenClawConfig): string | undefined {
+function resolveExplicitMemorySlotStartupPluginId(
+  config: OpenClawConfig,
+  normalizePluginId: (pluginId: string) => string,
+): string | undefined {
   const configuredSlot = config.plugins?.slots?.memory?.trim();
   if (!configuredSlot || configuredSlot.toLowerCase() === "none") {
     return undefined;
@@ -101,8 +103,11 @@ function hasConfiguredStartupChannel(params: {
 function canStartConfiguredChannelPlugin(params: {
   plugin: InstalledPluginIndexRecord;
   config: OpenClawConfig;
-  pluginsConfig: ReturnType<typeof normalizePluginsConfig>;
-  activationSource: ReturnType<typeof createPluginActivationSource>;
+  pluginsConfig: ReturnType<typeof normalizePluginsConfigWithRegistry>;
+  activationSource: {
+    plugins: ReturnType<typeof normalizePluginsConfigWithRegistry>;
+    rootConfig?: OpenClawConfig;
+  };
 }): boolean {
   if (!params.pluginsConfig.enabled) {
     return false;
@@ -166,15 +171,16 @@ export function resolveConfiguredDeferredChannelPluginIds(params: {
   if (configuredChannelIds.size === 0) {
     return [];
   }
-  const pluginsConfig = normalizePluginsConfig(params.config.plugins);
-  const activationSource = createPluginActivationSource({
-    config: params.config,
-  });
   const index = loadPluginRegistrySnapshot({
     config: params.config,
     workspaceDir: params.workspaceDir,
     env: params.env,
   });
+  const pluginsConfig = normalizePluginsConfigWithRegistry(params.config.plugins, index);
+  const activationSource = {
+    plugins: pluginsConfig,
+    rootConfig: params.config,
+  };
   return index.plugins
     .filter(
       (plugin) =>
@@ -197,28 +203,28 @@ export function resolveGatewayStartupPluginIds(params: {
   env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
 }): string[] {
   const configuredChannelIds = new Set(listPotentialEnabledChannelIds(params.config, params.env));
-  const pluginsConfig = normalizePluginsConfig(params.config.plugins);
-  // Startup must classify allowlist exceptions against the raw config snapshot,
-  // not the auto-enabled effective snapshot, or configured-only channels can be
-  // misclassified as explicit enablement.
-  const activationSource = createPluginActivationSource({
-    config: params.activationSourceConfig ?? params.config,
-  });
-  const requiredAgentHarnessRuntimes = new Set(
-    collectConfiguredAgentHarnessRuntimes(
-      params.activationSourceConfig ?? params.config,
-      params.env,
-    ),
-  );
-  const startupDreamingPluginIds = resolveGatewayStartupDreamingPluginIds(params.config);
-  const explicitMemorySlotStartupPluginId = resolveExplicitMemorySlotStartupPluginId(
-    params.activationSourceConfig ?? params.config,
-  );
   const index = loadPluginRegistrySnapshot({
     config: params.config,
     workspaceDir: params.workspaceDir,
     env: params.env,
   });
+  const pluginsConfig = normalizePluginsConfigWithRegistry(params.config.plugins, index);
+  // Startup must classify allowlist exceptions against the raw config snapshot,
+  // not the auto-enabled effective snapshot, or configured-only channels can be
+  // misclassified as explicit enablement.
+  const activationSourceConfig = params.activationSourceConfig ?? params.config;
+  const activationSource = {
+    plugins: normalizePluginsConfigWithRegistry(activationSourceConfig.plugins, index),
+    rootConfig: activationSourceConfig,
+  };
+  const requiredAgentHarnessRuntimes = new Set(
+    collectConfiguredAgentHarnessRuntimes(activationSourceConfig, params.env),
+  );
+  const startupDreamingPluginIds = resolveGatewayStartupDreamingPluginIds(params.config);
+  const explicitMemorySlotStartupPluginId = resolveExplicitMemorySlotStartupPluginId(
+    activationSourceConfig,
+    createPluginRegistryIdNormalizer(index),
+  );
   return index.plugins
     .filter((plugin) => {
       if (hasConfiguredStartupChannel({ plugin, configuredChannelIds })) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/plugin-registry.test.ts b/src/plugins/plugin-registry.test.ts
index 20e6d64e8a5..83ec41ec975 100644
--- a/src/plugins/plugin-registry.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/plugin-registry.test.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { writePersistedInstalledPluginIndex } from "./installed-plugin-index-sto
 import type { InstalledPluginIndex } from "./installed-plugin-index.js";
 import {
   DISABLE_PERSISTED_PLUGIN_REGISTRY_ENV,
+  createPluginRegistryIdNormalizer,
   getPluginRecord,
   inspectPluginRegistry,
   isPluginEnabled,
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ import {
   listPluginRecords,
   loadPluginRegistrySnapshot,
   loadPluginRegistrySnapshotWithMetadata,
+  normalizePluginsConfigWithRegistry,
   refreshPluginRegistry,
   resolveChannelOwners,
   resolveCliBackendOwners,
@@ -196,6 +198,44 @@ describe("plugin registry facade", () => {
     ).toEqual(["demo"]);
   });
 
+  it("normalizes plugin config ids through registry contribution aliases", () => {
+    const index = createIndex("openai");
+    index.plugins[0] = {
+      ...index.plugins[0]!,
+      contributions: {
+        ...index.plugins[0]!.contributions,
+        providers: ["openai", "openai-codex"],
+        channels: ["openai-chat"],
+      },
+    };
+
+    const normalizePluginId = createPluginRegistryIdNormalizer(index);
+    expect(normalizePluginId("OpenAI-Codex")).toBe("openai");
+    expect(normalizePluginId("openai-chat")).toBe("openai");
+    expect(normalizePluginId("unknown-plugin")).toBe("unknown-plugin");
+
+    expect(
+      normalizePluginsConfigWithRegistry(
+        {
+          allow: ["openai-chat"],
+          entries: {
+            "OpenAI-Codex": {
+              enabled: false,
+            },
+          },
+        },
+        index,
+      ),
+    ).toMatchObject({
+      allow: ["openai"],
+      entries: {
+        openai: {
+          enabled: false,
+        },
+      },
+    });
+  });
+
   it("reads the persisted registry before deriving from discovered candidates", async () => {
     const stateDir = makeTempDir();
     const rootDir = makeTempDir();
diff --git a/src/plugins/plugin-registry.ts b/src/plugins/plugin-registry.ts
index 9dcdd28a4f4..7f30d778df3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/plugin-registry.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/plugin-registry.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 import { normalizeProviderId } from "../agents/provider-id.js";
+import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../config/types.openclaw.js";
+import {
+  normalizePluginsConfigWithResolver,
+  type NormalizedPluginsConfig,
+} from "./config-normalization-shared.js";
 import {
   readPersistedInstalledPluginIndexSync,
   type InstalledPluginIndexStoreInspection,
@@ -83,6 +88,53 @@ function normalizeContributionId(value: string): string {
   return value.trim();
 }
 
+function normalizePluginRegistryAlias(value: string): string {
+  return value.trim();
+}
+
+function normalizePluginRegistryAliasKey(value: string): string {
+  return normalizePluginRegistryAlias(value).toLowerCase();
+}
+
+export function createPluginRegistryIdNormalizer(
+  index: PluginRegistrySnapshot,
+): (pluginId: string) => string {
+  const aliases = new Map<string, string>();
+  for (const plugin of [...index.plugins].toSorted((left, right) =>
+    left.pluginId.localeCompare(right.pluginId),
+  )) {
+    const pluginId = normalizePluginRegistryAlias(plugin.pluginId);
+    if (!pluginId) {
+      continue;
+    }
+    aliases.set(normalizePluginRegistryAliasKey(pluginId), pluginId);
+    for (const alias of [
+      ...plugin.contributions.providers,
+      ...plugin.contributions.channels,
+      ...plugin.contributions.setupProviders,
+      ...plugin.contributions.cliBackends,
+      ...plugin.contributions.modelCatalogProviders,
+    ]) {
+      const normalizedAlias = normalizePluginRegistryAlias(alias);
+      const normalizedAliasKey = normalizePluginRegistryAliasKey(alias);
+      if (normalizedAlias && !aliases.has(normalizedAliasKey)) {
+        aliases.set(normalizedAliasKey, pluginId);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return (pluginId: string) => {
+    const trimmed = normalizePluginRegistryAlias(pluginId);
+    return aliases.get(normalizePluginRegistryAliasKey(trimmed)) ?? trimmed;
+  };
+}
+
+export function normalizePluginsConfigWithRegistry(
+  config: OpenClawConfig["plugins"] | undefined,
+  index: PluginRegistrySnapshot,
+): NormalizedPluginsConfig {
+  return normalizePluginsConfigWithResolver(config, createPluginRegistryIdNormalizer(index));
+}
+
 function hasEnvFlag(env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv, name: string): boolean {
   const value = env[name]?.trim().toLowerCase();
   return Boolean(value && value !== "0" && value !== "false" && value !== "no");
diff --git a/src/plugins/providers.ts b/src/plugins/providers.ts
index 6175f0f3c0b..9fff7035b28 100644
--- a/src/plugins/providers.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/providers.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { normalizeProviderId } from "../agents/provider-id.js";
 import { withBundledPluginVitestCompat } from "./bundled-compat.js";
-import { normalizePluginsConfig, resolveEffectivePluginActivationState } from "./config-state.js";
+import { resolveEffectivePluginActivationState } from "./config-state.js";
 import type { PluginLoadOptions } from "./loader.js";
 import {
   isActivatedManifestOwner,
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
 } from "./manifest-registry.js";
 import {
   loadPluginRegistrySnapshot,
+  normalizePluginsConfigWithRegistry,
   resolvePluginContributionOwners,
   resolveProviderOwners,
   type PluginRegistryRecord,
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ type ProviderManifestLoadParams = {
   workspaceDir?: string;
   env?: PluginLoadOptions["env"];
 };
-type NormalizedPluginsConfig = ReturnType<typeof normalizePluginsConfig>;
+type NormalizedPluginsConfig = ReturnType<typeof normalizePluginsConfigWithRegistry>;
 type ProviderRegistryLoadParams = ProviderManifestLoadParams & {
   onlyPluginIds?: readonly string[];
 };
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ function resolveProviderOwnerPluginIds(
   }
   const pluginIdSet = new Set(params.pluginIds);
   const registry = loadProviderRegistrySnapshot(params);
-  const normalizedConfig = normalizePluginsConfig(params.config?.plugins);
+  const normalizedConfig = normalizePluginsConfigWithRegistry(params.config?.plugins, registry);
   return listRegistryPluginIds(
     registry,
     (plugin) => pluginIdSet.has(plugin.pluginId) && params.isEligible(plugin, normalizedConfig),
@@ -144,7 +145,7 @@ export function resolveEnabledProviderPluginIds(params: {
   onlyPluginIds?: readonly string[];
 }): string[] {
   const { registry, onlyPluginIdSet } = loadScopedProviderRegistry(params);
-  const normalizedConfig = normalizePluginsConfig(params.config?.plugins);
+  const normalizedConfig = normalizePluginsConfigWithRegistry(params.config?.plugins, registry);
   return listRegistryPluginIds(
     registry,
     (plugin) =>
@@ -201,7 +202,7 @@ export function resolveExternalAuthProfileCompatFallbackPluginIds(params: {
   const declaredPluginIds =
     params.declaredPluginIds ?? new Set(resolveExternalAuthProfileProviderPluginIds(params));
   const registry = loadProviderRegistrySnapshot(params);
-  const normalizedConfig = normalizePluginsConfig(params.config?.plugins);
+  const normalizedConfig = normalizePluginsConfigWithRegistry(params.config?.plugins, registry);
   return listRegistryPluginIds(
     registry,
     (plugin) =>
@@ -225,7 +226,7 @@ export function resolveDiscoveredProviderPluginIds(params: {
 }): string[] {
   const { registry, onlyPluginIdSet } = loadScopedProviderRegistry(params);
   const shouldFilterUntrustedWorkspacePlugins = params.includeUntrustedWorkspacePlugins === false;
-  const normalizedConfig = normalizePluginsConfig(params.config?.plugins);
+  const normalizedConfig = normalizePluginsConfigWithRegistry(params.config?.plugins, registry);
   return listRegistryPluginIds(registry, (plugin) => {
     if (
       !(
@@ -541,7 +542,7 @@ export function resolveNonBundledProviderPluginIds(params: {
   env?: PluginLoadOptions["env"];
 }): string[] {
   const registry = loadProviderRegistrySnapshot(params);
-  const normalizedConfig = normalizePluginsConfig(params.config?.plugins);
+  const normalizedConfig = normalizePluginsConfigWithRegistry(params.config?.plugins, registry);
   return listRegistryPluginIds(
     registry,
     (plugin) =>
@@ -561,7 +562,7 @@ export function resolveCatalogHookProviderPluginIds(params: {
   env?: PluginLoadOptions["env"];
 }): string[] {
   const registry = loadProviderRegistrySnapshot(params);
-  const normalizedConfig = normalizePluginsConfig(params.config?.plugins);
+  const normalizedConfig = normalizePluginsConfigWithRegistry(params.config?.plugins, registry);
   const enabledProviderPluginIds = listRegistryPluginIds(
     registry,
     (plugin) =>