diff --git a/core/ui/ViewTemplate/body.tid b/core/ui/ViewTemplate/body.tid
index a09e4753f..a0ebe1044 100644
--- a/core/ui/ViewTemplate/body.tid
+++ b/core/ui/ViewTemplate/body.tid
@@ -3,14 +3,10 @@ tags: $:/tags/ViewTemplate
 
 <$reveal tag="div" class="tc-tiddler-body" type="nomatch" stateTitle=<<folded-state>> text="hide" retain="yes" animate="yes">
 
-<$list filter="[all[current]!has[plugin-type]!field:hide-body[yes]]">
+<$let template={{{ [<currentTiddler>] :cascade[all[shadows+tiddlers]tag[$:/tags/ViewTemplateBodyFilter]get[text]] }}}>
 
-<$transclude>
+<$transclude tiddler={{{ [<template>!is[blank]] ~[[$:/core/ui/ViewTemplate/body/default]] }}}/>
 
-<$transclude tiddler="$:/language/MissingTiddler/Hint"/>
-
-</$transclude>
-
-</$list>
+</$let>
 
 </$reveal>
diff --git a/core/ui/ViewTemplate/body/blank.tid b/core/ui/ViewTemplate/body/blank.tid
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1c72f5983
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/ui/ViewTemplate/body/blank.tid
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+title: $:/core/ui/ViewTemplate/body/blank
+
+<!-- Intentionally blank -->
diff --git a/core/ui/ViewTemplate/body/code.tid b/core/ui/ViewTemplate/body/code.tid
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8c0494b19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/ui/ViewTemplate/body/code.tid
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+title: $:/core/ui/ViewTemplate/body/code
+
+<$codeblock code={{{ [<currentTiddler>get[text]] }}} language={{{ [<currentTiddler>get[type]else[text/vnd.tiddlywiki]] }}}/>
diff --git a/core/ui/ViewTemplate/body/default.tid b/core/ui/ViewTemplate/body/default.tid
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..083684879
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/ui/ViewTemplate/body/default.tid
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+title: $:/core/ui/ViewTemplate/body/default
+
+<$transclude>
+
+<$transclude tiddler="$:/language/MissingTiddler/Hint"/>
+
+</$transclude>
diff --git a/core/wiki/config/ViewTemplateBodyFilters.multids b/core/wiki/config/ViewTemplateBodyFilters.multids
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2378a4e37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/wiki/config/ViewTemplateBodyFilters.multids
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+title: $:/config/ViewTemplateBodyFilters/
+tags: $:/tags/ViewTemplateBodyFilter
+
+system: [prefix[$:/boot/]] [prefix[$:/config/]] [prefix[$:/core/]!field:title[$:/core/readme]!field:title[$:/core/icon]] [prefix[$:/info/]] [prefix[$:/language/]] [prefix[$:/languages/]] [prefix[$:/snippets/]] [prefix[$:/state/]] [prefix[$:/status/]] [prefix[$:/info/]] [prefix[$:/temp/]] +[limit[1]then[$:/core/ui/ViewTemplate/body/code]]
+plugin: [has[plugin-type]then[$:/core/ui/ViewTemplate/body/blank]]
+hide-body: [field:hide-body[yes]then[$:/core/ui/ViewTemplate/body/blank]]
+default: [[$:/core/ui/ViewTemplate/body/default]]
diff --git a/core/wiki/tags/ViewTemplateBodyFilter.tid b/core/wiki/tags/ViewTemplateBodyFilter.tid
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..385caaa69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/wiki/tags/ViewTemplateBodyFilter.tid
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+title: $:/tags/ViewTemplateBodyFilter
+list: $:/config/ViewTemplateBodyFilters/plugin $:/config/ViewTemplateBodyFilters/system $:/config/ViewTemplateBodyFilters/hide-body $:/config/ViewTemplateBodyFilters/default
+