diff --git a/pkg/api/dtos/plugins.go b/pkg/api/dtos/plugins.go
index 7008c939aef..88683155006 100644
--- a/pkg/api/dtos/plugins.go
+++ b/pkg/api/dtos/plugins.go
@@ -26,6 +26,20 @@ type PluginListItem struct {
 	Info    *plugins.PluginInfo `json:"info"`
 }
 
+type PluginList []PluginListItem
+
+func (slice PluginList) Len() int {
+	return len(slice)
+}
+
+func (slice PluginList) Less(i, j int) bool {
+	return slice[i].Name < slice[j].Name
+}
+
+func (slice PluginList) Swap(i, j int) {
+	slice[i], slice[j] = slice[j], slice[i]
+}
+
 type ImportDashboardCommand struct {
 	PluginId  string                         `json:"pluginId"`
 	Path      string                         `json:"path"`
diff --git a/pkg/api/plugins.go b/pkg/api/plugins.go
index 2ee77ff0a92..56d0d99296c 100644
--- a/pkg/api/plugins.go
+++ b/pkg/api/plugins.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package api
 
 import (
+	"sort"
+
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/api/dtos"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/bus"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/middleware"
@@ -19,7 +21,7 @@ func GetPluginList(c *middleware.Context) Response {
 		return ApiError(500, "Failed to get list of plugins", err)
 	}
 
-	result := make([]*dtos.PluginListItem, 0)
+	result := make(dtos.PluginList, 0)
 	for _, pluginDef := range plugins.Plugins {
 		// filter out app sub plugins
 		if embeddedFilter == "0" && pluginDef.IncludedInAppId != "" {
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ func GetPluginList(c *middleware.Context) Response {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		listItem := &dtos.PluginListItem{
+		listItem := dtos.PluginListItem{
 			Id:   pluginDef.Id,
 			Name: pluginDef.Name,
 			Type: pluginDef.Type,
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ func GetPluginList(c *middleware.Context) Response {
 		result = append(result, listItem)
 	}
 
+	sort.Sort(result)
 	return Json(200, result)
 }
 
diff --git a/public/sass/components/_cards.scss b/public/sass/components/_cards.scss
index 4e5b43f60f5..8272de2fa3b 100644
--- a/public/sass/components/_cards.scss
+++ b/public/sass/components/_cards.scss
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@
 
   .card-item-figure {
     margin: 0 $spacer $spacer 0;
+    height: 6rem;
+
     img {
       width: 6rem;
     }