diff --git a/public/app/features/plugins/sandbox/sandbox_components.tsx b/public/app/features/plugins/sandbox/sandbox_components.tsx
index e1eeb590d35..7e11e8428bc 100644
--- a/public/app/features/plugins/sandbox/sandbox_components.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/plugins/sandbox/sandbox_components.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { isFunction } from 'lodash';
 import { ComponentType, FC } from 'react';
 import * as React from 'react';
 
-import { GrafanaPlugin, PluginExtensionConfig, PluginType } from '@grafana/data';
+import { GrafanaPlugin, PluginType } from '@grafana/data';
 
 import { SandboxPluginMeta, SandboxedPluginObject } from './types';
 import { isSandboxedPluginObject } from './utils';
@@ -58,17 +58,6 @@ export async function sandboxPluginComponents(
     Reflect.set(pluginObject, 'root', withSandboxWrapper(Reflect.get(pluginObject, 'root'), meta));
   }
 
-  // extension components
-  if (Reflect.has(pluginObject, 'extensionConfigs')) {
-    const extensions: PluginExtensionConfig[] = Reflect.get(pluginObject, 'extensionConfigs');
-    for (const extension of extensions) {
-      if (Reflect.has(extension, 'component')) {
-        Reflect.set(extension, 'component', withSandboxWrapper(Reflect.get(extension, 'component'), meta));
-      }
-    }
-    Reflect.set(pluginObject, 'extensionConfigs', extensions);
-  }
-
   // config pages
   if (Reflect.has(pluginObject, 'configPages')) {
     const configPages: NonNullable<GrafanaPlugin['configPages']> = Reflect.get(pluginObject, 'configPages') ?? [];
diff --git a/public/app/features/sandbox/TestStuffPage.tsx b/public/app/features/sandbox/TestStuffPage.tsx
index 19672e36f2b..a2c901f571e 100644
--- a/public/app/features/sandbox/TestStuffPage.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/sandbox/TestStuffPage.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { NavModelItem } from '@grafana/data';
-import { getPluginExtensions, isPluginExtensionLink } from '@grafana/runtime';
+import { usePluginLinks } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { Button, LinkButton, Stack, Text } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { Page } from 'app/core/components/Page/Page';
 import { useAppNotification } from 'app/core/copy/appNotification';
@@ -41,21 +41,18 @@ export const TestStuffPage = () => {
 };
 
 function LinkToBasicApp({ extensionPointId }: { extensionPointId: string }) {
-  const { extensions } = getPluginExtensions({ extensionPointId });
+  const { links } = usePluginLinks({ extensionPointId });
 
-  if (extensions.length === 0) {
+  if (links.length === 0) {
     return null;
   }
 
   return (
     <div>
-      {extensions.map((extension, i) => {
-        if (!isPluginExtensionLink(extension)) {
-          return null;
-        }
+      {links.map((link, i) => {
         return (
-          <LinkButton href={extension.path} title={extension.description} key={extension.id}>
-            {extension.title}
+          <LinkButton href={link.path} title={link.description} key={link.id}>
+            {link.title}
           </LinkButton>
         );
       })}
diff --git a/public/app/features/trails/Menu/PanelMenu.tsx b/public/app/features/trails/Menu/PanelMenu.tsx
index 2d100a8b36b..9ff729ad012 100644
--- a/public/app/features/trails/Menu/PanelMenu.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/trails/Menu/PanelMenu.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { DataFrame, PanelMenuItem } from '@grafana/data';
-import { getPluginLinkExtensions } from '@grafana/runtime';
+import { isPluginExtensionLink } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import {
   SceneComponentProps,
   sceneGraph,
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import {
 } from '@grafana/scenes';
 import { getExploreUrl } from 'app/core/utils/explore';
 import { getQueryRunnerFor } from 'app/features/dashboard-scene/utils/utils';
+import { GetPluginExtensions, createPluginExtensionsGetter } from 'app/features/plugins/extensions/getPluginExtensions';
+import { pluginExtensionRegistries } from 'app/features/plugins/extensions/registry/setup';
 
 import { AddToExplorationButton, extensionPointId } from '../MetricSelect/AddToExplorationsButton';
 import { getDataSource, getTrailFor } from '../utils';
@@ -28,6 +30,18 @@ interface PanelMenuState extends SceneObjectState {
   explorationsButton?: AddToExplorationButton;
 }
 
+let getPluginExtensions: GetPluginExtensions;
+
+function setupGetPluginExtensions() {
+  if (getPluginExtensions) {
+    return getPluginExtensions;
+  }
+
+  getPluginExtensions = createPluginExtensionsGetter(pluginExtensionRegistries);
+
+  return getPluginExtensions;
+}
+
 /**
  * @todo the VizPanelMenu interface is overly restrictive, doesn't allow any member functions on this class, so everything is currently inlined
  */
@@ -93,6 +107,8 @@ export class PanelMenu extends SceneObjectBase<PanelMenuState> implements VizPan
         this.state.explorationsButton?.activate();
       }
     });
+
+    setupGetPluginExtensions();
   }
 
   addItem(item: PanelMenuItem): void {
@@ -119,12 +135,12 @@ export class PanelMenu extends SceneObjectBase<PanelMenuState> implements VizPan
 }
 
 const getInvestigationLink = (addToExplorations: AddToExplorationButton) => {
-  const links = getPluginLinkExtensions({
-    extensionPointId: extensionPointId,
+  const links = getPluginExtensions({
+    extensionPointId,
     context: addToExplorations.state.context,
-  });
+  }).extensions.filter((ext) => isPluginExtensionLink(ext));
 
-  return links.extensions[0];
+  return links[0];
 };
 
 const onAddToInvestigationClick = (event: React.MouseEvent, addToExplorations: AddToExplorationButton) => {