diff --git a/e2e-playwright/test-plugins/grafana-extensionstest-app/module.tsx b/e2e-playwright/test-plugins/grafana-extensionstest-app/module.tsx
index 25d69140a96..89ed1af12c4 100644
--- a/e2e-playwright/test-plugins/grafana-extensionstest-app/module.tsx
+++ b/e2e-playwright/test-plugins/grafana-extensionstest-app/module.tsx
@@ -78,6 +78,13 @@ export const plugin = new AppPlugin<{}>()
           return undefined;
       }
     },
+  })
+  .addLink({
+    targets: 'grafana/dynamic/nav-landing-page/nav-id-cfg/cards/v1',
+    title: 'Extensions Test App',
+    description: 'This card tests the admin page card extension point',
+    path: `/a/${pluginJson.id}/`,
+    category: 'error',
   });
 
 function isSupported(context?: PluginExtensionPanelContext): boolean {
diff --git a/e2e-playwright/test-plugins/grafana-extensionstest-app/plugin.json b/e2e-playwright/test-plugins/grafana-extensionstest-app/plugin.json
index 57fa87dcde5..3f5adfa215a 100644
--- a/e2e-playwright/test-plugins/grafana-extensionstest-app/plugin.json
+++ b/e2e-playwright/test-plugins/grafana-extensionstest-app/plugin.json
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@
         "targets": ["grafana/dashboard/panel/menu"],
         "title": "Open from time series or pie charts (onClick)",
         "description": "This link will only be visible on time series and pie charts"
+      },
+      {
+        "targets": ["grafana/dynamic/nav-landing-page/nav-id-cfg/cards/v1"],
+        "title": "Extensions Test App",
+        "description": "This card tests the admin page card extension point"
       }
     ],
     "extensionPoints": [
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/types/pluginExtensions.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/types/pluginExtensions.ts
index 4b988c49a0a..05e7b2b144e 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/types/pluginExtensions.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/types/pluginExtensions.ts
@@ -223,8 +223,13 @@ export enum PluginExtensionPoints {
 // Don't use directly in a plugin!
 // Extension point IDs that contain dynamic segments and are not valid as static values — they require runtime substitution of certain parts.
 // (They cannot be used as is. E.g. "grafana/nav-landing-page/.*/v1" becomes "grafana/nav-landing-page/observability/v1" during runtime.)
+//
+// IMPORTANT: NavLandingPage and NavLandingPageCards are mutually exclusive.
+// If a plugin extends NavLandingPage, it will replace the entire page content and any NavLandingPageCards extensions will be ignored.
+// Only use NavLandingPageCards if you want to add additional cards to the default landing page layout.
 export enum PluginExtensionPointPatterns {
   NavLandingPage = 'grafana/dynamic/nav-landing-page/nav-id-.*/v1',
+  NavLandingPageCards = 'grafana/dynamic/nav-landing-page/nav-id-.*/cards/v1',
 }
 
 // Extension Points available in plugins
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/NavLandingPage/NavLandingPage.test.tsx b/public/app/core/components/NavLandingPage/NavLandingPage.test.tsx
index 0c0ae6987a8..849cfc6d3c8 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/NavLandingPage/NavLandingPage.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/core/components/NavLandingPage/NavLandingPage.test.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { render, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
 import { TestProvider } from 'test/helpers/TestProvider';
 
-import { config, setPluginComponentsHook } from '@grafana/runtime';
+import { config, setPluginComponentsHook, setPluginLinksHook } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { createComponentWithMeta } from 'app/features/plugins/extensions/usePluginComponents';
 
 import { NavLandingPage } from './NavLandingPage';
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ describe('NavLandingPage', () => {
       components: [],
       isLoading: false,
     }));
+    setPluginLinksHook(() => ({
+      links: [],
+      isLoading: false,
+    }));
   });
 
   const mockSectionTitle = 'Section title';
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/NavLandingPage/NavLandingPage.tsx b/public/app/core/components/NavLandingPage/NavLandingPage.tsx
index 4dd7a53d67a..769c37334bc 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/NavLandingPage/NavLandingPage.tsx
+++ b/public/app/core/components/NavLandingPage/NavLandingPage.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { css } from '@emotion/css';
 import * as React from 'react';
 
 import { GrafanaTheme2, NavModelItem } from '@grafana/data';
-import { usePluginComponents } from '@grafana/runtime';
+import { usePluginComponents, usePluginLinks } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { Page } from 'app/core/components/Page/Page';
 import { useNavModel } from 'app/core/hooks/useNavModel';
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ interface Props {
 }
 
 const EXTENSION_ID = (nodeId: string) => `grafana/dynamic/nav-landing-page/nav-id-${nodeId}/v1`;
+const CARDS_EXTENSION_ID = (nodeId: string) => `grafana/dynamic/nav-landing-page/nav-id-${nodeId}/cards/v1`;
 
 export function NavLandingPage({ navId, header }: Props) {
   const { node } = useNavModel(navId);
@@ -27,7 +28,23 @@ export function NavLandingPage({ navId, header }: Props) {
     extensionPointId: EXTENSION_ID(node.id ?? ''),
   });
 
-  if (isLoading) {
+  const { links: additionalCards, isLoading: isLoadingCards } = usePluginLinks({
+    extensionPointId: CARDS_EXTENSION_ID(node.id ?? ''),
+    context: { node },
+  });
+
+  // Warn if both extension points are being used (they are mutually exclusive)
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    if (components && components.length > 0 && additionalCards && additionalCards.length > 0) {
+      console.warn(
+        `[NavLandingPage] Both NavLandingPage and NavLandingPageCards extensions are registered for "${node.id}". ` +
+          `The NavLandingPage extension will take precedence and NavLandingPageCards will be ignored. ` +
+          `Please use only one extension point.`
+      );
+    }
+  }, [components, additionalCards, node.id]);
+
+  if (isLoading || isLoadingCards) {
     return null;
   }
 
@@ -49,6 +66,16 @@ export function NavLandingPage({ navId, header }: Props) {
                     url={child.url ?? ''}
                   />
                 ))}
+                {additionalCards?.map((link) => (
+                  <NavLandingPageCard
+                    key={link.id}
+                    description={link.description}
+                    text={link.title}
+                    url={link.path ?? ''}
+                    category={link.category}
+                    onClick={link.onClick}
+                  />
+                ))}
               </section>
             )}
           </div>
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/NavLandingPage/NavLandingPageCard.tsx b/public/app/core/components/NavLandingPage/NavLandingPageCard.tsx
index 4eb223b4f59..3897066cbd7 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/NavLandingPage/NavLandingPageCard.tsx
+++ b/public/app/core/components/NavLandingPage/NavLandingPageCard.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import { css } from '@emotion/css';
+import { css, cx } from '@emotion/css';
+import * as React from 'react';
 
 import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
 import { Card, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
@@ -7,12 +8,24 @@ interface Props {
   description?: string;
   text: string;
   url: string;
+  category?: string;
+  onClick?: (event?: React.MouseEvent) => void;
 }
 
-export function NavLandingPageCard({ description, text, url }: Props) {
+const CATEGORY_STYLES = ['primary', 'secondary', 'success', 'warning', 'error'] as const;
+type CategoryStyle = (typeof CATEGORY_STYLES)[number];
+
+function isCategoryStyle(cat: string): cat is CategoryStyle {
+  return CATEGORY_STYLES.some((style) => style === cat);
+}
+
+export function NavLandingPageCard({ description, text, url, category, onClick }: Props) {
   const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
+
+  const categoryClass = category && isCategoryStyle(category) ? styles[category] : undefined;
+
   return (
-    <Card noMargin className={styles.card} href={url}>
+    <Card noMargin className={cx(styles.card, categoryClass)} href={url} onClick={onClick}>
       <Card.Heading>{text}</Card.Heading>
       <Card.Description className={styles.description}>{description}</Card.Description>
     </Card>
@@ -31,4 +44,45 @@ const getStyles = (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => ({
     display: '-webkit-box',
     overflow: 'hidden',
   }),
+  // Category-based styling
+  primary: css({
+    border: `1px solid ${theme.colors.primary.borderTransparent}`,
+    backgroundColor: theme.colors.primary.transparent,
+    '&:hover': {
+      backgroundColor: theme.colors.primary.transparent,
+      borderColor: theme.colors.primary.border,
+    },
+  }),
+  secondary: css({
+    border: `1px solid ${theme.colors.secondary.borderTransparent}`,
+    backgroundColor: theme.colors.secondary.transparent,
+    '&:hover': {
+      backgroundColor: theme.colors.secondary.transparent,
+      borderColor: theme.colors.secondary.border,
+    },
+  }),
+  success: css({
+    border: `1px solid ${theme.colors.success.borderTransparent}`,
+    backgroundColor: theme.colors.success.transparent,
+    '&:hover': {
+      backgroundColor: theme.colors.success.transparent,
+      borderColor: theme.colors.success.border,
+    },
+  }),
+  warning: css({
+    border: `1px solid ${theme.colors.warning.borderTransparent}`,
+    backgroundColor: theme.colors.warning.transparent,
+    '&:hover': {
+      backgroundColor: theme.colors.warning.transparent,
+      borderColor: theme.colors.warning.border,
+    },
+  }),
+  error: css({
+    border: `1px solid ${theme.colors.error.borderTransparent}`,
+    backgroundColor: theme.colors.error.transparent,
+    '&:hover': {
+      backgroundColor: theme.colors.error.transparent,
+      borderColor: theme.colors.error.border,
+    },
+  }),
 });