diff --git a/public/app/features/plugins/admin/components/PluginDetailsBody.tsx b/public/app/features/plugins/admin/components/PluginDetailsBody.tsx
index 2b68d3e7ba9..0213808a8dc 100644
--- a/public/app/features/plugins/admin/components/PluginDetailsBody.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/plugins/admin/components/PluginDetailsBody.tsx
@@ -1,25 +1,26 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import { css, cx } from '@emotion/css';
 
-import { AppPlugin, GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
+import { AppPlugin, GrafanaTheme2, UrlQueryMap } from '@grafana/data';
 import { useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 
-import { CatalogPlugin, PluginTabLabels } from '../types';
+import { CatalogPlugin, PluginTabIds } from '../types';
 import { VersionList } from '../components/VersionList';
 import { usePluginConfig } from '../hooks/usePluginConfig';
 import { AppConfigCtrlWrapper } from '../../wrappers/AppConfigWrapper';
 import { PluginDashboards } from '../../PluginDashboards';
 
 type Props = {
-  tab: { label: string };
   plugin: CatalogPlugin;
+  queryParams: UrlQueryMap;
 };
 
-export function PluginDetailsBody({ tab, plugin }: Props): JSX.Element | null {
+export function PluginDetailsBody({ plugin, queryParams }: Props): JSX.Element {
   const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
   const { value: pluginConfig } = usePluginConfig(plugin);
+  const pageId = queryParams.page;
 
-  if (tab?.label === PluginTabLabels.OVERVIEW) {
+  if (pageId === PluginTabIds.OVERVIEW) {
     return (
       <div
         className={cx(styles.readme, styles.container)}
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ export function PluginDetailsBody({ tab, plugin }: Props): JSX.Element | null {
     );
   }
 
-  if (tab?.label === PluginTabLabels.VERSIONS) {
+  if (pageId === PluginTabIds.VERSIONS) {
     return (
       <div className={styles.container}>
         <VersionList versions={plugin.details?.versions} />
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ export function PluginDetailsBody({ tab, plugin }: Props): JSX.Element | null {
     );
   }
 
-  if (tab?.label === PluginTabLabels.CONFIG && pluginConfig?.angularConfigCtrl) {
+  if (pageId === PluginTabIds.CONFIG && pluginConfig?.angularConfigCtrl) {
     return (
       <div className={styles.container}>
         <AppConfigCtrlWrapper app={pluginConfig as AppPlugin} />
@@ -48,18 +49,17 @@ export function PluginDetailsBody({ tab, plugin }: Props): JSX.Element | null {
 
   if (pluginConfig?.configPages) {
     for (const configPage of pluginConfig.configPages) {
-      if (tab?.label === configPage.title) {
+      if (pageId === configPage.id) {
         return (
           <div className={styles.container}>
-            {/* TODO: we should pass the query params down */}
-            <configPage.body plugin={pluginConfig} query={{}} />
+            <configPage.body plugin={pluginConfig} query={queryParams} />
           </div>
         );
       }
     }
   }
 
-  if (tab?.label === PluginTabLabels.DASHBOARDS && pluginConfig) {
+  if (pageId === PluginTabIds.DASHBOARDS && pluginConfig) {
     return (
       <div className={styles.container}>
         <PluginDashboards plugin={pluginConfig?.meta} />
@@ -67,7 +67,11 @@ export function PluginDetailsBody({ tab, plugin }: Props): JSX.Element | null {
     );
   }
 
-  return null;
+  return (
+    <div className={styles.container}>
+      <p>Page not found.</p>
+    </div>
+  );
 }
 
 export const getStyles = (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => ({
diff --git a/public/app/features/plugins/admin/components/PluginDetailsHeaderDependencies.tsx b/public/app/features/plugins/admin/components/PluginDetailsHeaderDependencies.tsx
index 045979a72ac..2c15312a27a 100644
--- a/public/app/features/plugins/admin/components/PluginDetailsHeaderDependencies.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/plugins/admin/components/PluginDetailsHeaderDependencies.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import React from 'react';
 import { css } from '@emotion/css';
 import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
 import { useStyles2, Icon } from '@grafana/ui';
-import { CatalogPlugin, IconName } from '../types';
+import { CatalogPlugin, PluginIconName } from '../types';
 
 type Props = {
   plugin: CatalogPlugin;
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export function PluginDetailsHeaderDependencies({ plugin, className }: Props): R
           {pluginDependencies.map((p) => {
             return (
               <span key={p.name}>
-                <Icon name={IconName[p.type]} className={styles.icon} />
+                <Icon name={PluginIconName[p.type]} className={styles.icon} />
                 {p.name} {p.version}
               </span>
             );
diff --git a/public/app/features/plugins/admin/components/PluginListCard.test.tsx b/public/app/features/plugins/admin/components/PluginListCard.test.tsx
index 8440a925b95..8f0188c8dd7 100644
--- a/public/app/features/plugins/admin/components/PluginListCard.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/plugins/admin/components/PluginListCard.test.tsx
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ describe('PluginCard', () => {
   it('renders a card with link, image, name, orgName and badges', () => {
     render(<PluginListCard plugin={plugin} pathName="/plugins" />);
 
-    expect(screen.getByRole('link')).toHaveAttribute('href', '/plugins/test-plugin');
+    expect(screen.getByRole('link')).toHaveAttribute('href', '/plugins/test-plugin?page=overview');
 
     const logo = screen.getByRole('img');
     expect(logo).toHaveAttribute('src', plugin.info.logos.small);
diff --git a/public/app/features/plugins/admin/components/PluginListCard.tsx b/public/app/features/plugins/admin/components/PluginListCard.tsx
index 8db2d9197e8..f32801a1cf4 100644
--- a/public/app/features/plugins/admin/components/PluginListCard.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/plugins/admin/components/PluginListCard.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import React from 'react';
 import { css } from '@emotion/css';
 import { Icon, useStyles2, CardContainer, HorizontalGroup, VerticalGroup, Tooltip } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
-import { CatalogPlugin, IconName } from '../types';
+import { CatalogPlugin, PluginIconName, PluginTabIds } from '../types';
 import { PluginLogo } from './PluginLogo';
 import { PluginListBadges } from './PluginListBadges';
 
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export function PluginListCard({ plugin, pathName }: PluginListCardProps) {
   const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
 
   return (
-    <CardContainer href={`${pathName}/${plugin.id}`} className={styles.cardContainer}>
+    <CardContainer href={`${pathName}/${plugin.id}?page=${PluginTabIds.OVERVIEW}`} className={styles.cardContainer}>
       <VerticalGroup spacing="md">
         <div className={styles.headerWrap}>
           <PluginLogo
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export function PluginListCard({ plugin, pathName }: PluginListCardProps) {
           <h2 className={styles.name}>{plugin.name}</h2>
           {plugin.type && (
             <div className={styles.icon} data-testid={`${plugin.type} plugin icon`}>
-              <Icon name={IconName[plugin.type]} />
+              <Icon name={PluginIconName[plugin.type]} />
             </div>
           )}
         </div>
diff --git a/public/app/features/plugins/admin/hooks/usePluginDetailsTabs.tsx b/public/app/features/plugins/admin/hooks/usePluginDetailsTabs.tsx
index 6cbfe243e24..32610b91d9c 100644
--- a/public/app/features/plugins/admin/hooks/usePluginDetailsTabs.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/plugins/admin/hooks/usePluginDetailsTabs.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { useMemo } from 'react';
+import { useLocation } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { PluginIncludeType, PluginType } from '@grafana/data';
-import { CatalogPlugin, PluginDetailsTab } from '../types';
+import { CatalogPlugin, PluginDetailsTab, PluginTabIds } from '../types';
 import { isOrgAdmin } from '../helpers';
 import { usePluginConfig } from '../hooks/usePluginConfig';
 
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ type ReturnType = {
 
 export const usePluginDetailsTabs = (plugin?: CatalogPlugin, defaultTabs: PluginDetailsTab[] = []): ReturnType => {
   const { loading, error, value: pluginConfig } = usePluginConfig(plugin);
+  const { pathname } = useLocation();
   const tabs = useMemo(() => {
     const canConfigurePlugins = isOrgAdmin();
     const tabs: PluginDetailsTab[] = [...defaultTabs];
@@ -26,6 +28,9 @@ export const usePluginDetailsTabs = (plugin?: CatalogPlugin, defaultTabs: Plugin
         if (pluginConfig.angularConfigCtrl) {
           tabs.push({
             label: 'Config',
+            icon: 'cog',
+            id: PluginTabIds.CONFIG,
+            href: `${pathname}?page=${PluginTabIds.CONFIG}`,
           });
         }
 
@@ -33,6 +38,9 @@ export const usePluginDetailsTabs = (plugin?: CatalogPlugin, defaultTabs: Plugin
           for (const page of pluginConfig.configPages) {
             tabs.push({
               label: page.title,
+              icon: page.icon,
+              id: page.id,
+              href: `${pathname}?page=${page.id}`,
             });
           }
         }
@@ -40,13 +48,16 @@ export const usePluginDetailsTabs = (plugin?: CatalogPlugin, defaultTabs: Plugin
         if (pluginConfig.meta.includes?.find((include) => include.type === PluginIncludeType.dashboard)) {
           tabs.push({
             label: 'Dashboards',
+            icon: 'apps',
+            id: PluginTabIds.DASHBOARDS,
+            href: `${pathname}?page=${PluginTabIds.DASHBOARDS}`,
           });
         }
       }
     }
 
     return tabs;
-  }, [pluginConfig, defaultTabs]);
+  }, [pluginConfig, defaultTabs, pathname]);
 
   return {
     error,
diff --git a/public/app/features/plugins/admin/pages/PluginDetails.test.tsx b/public/app/features/plugins/admin/pages/PluginDetails.test.tsx
index b1601a4341f..8c87c75deec 100644
--- a/public/app/features/plugins/admin/pages/PluginDetails.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/plugins/admin/pages/PluginDetails.test.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import { Provider } from 'react-redux';
+import { MemoryRouter } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { render, RenderResult, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';
 import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event';
 import { config } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { configureStore } from 'app/store/configureStore';
 import PluginDetailsPage from './PluginDetails';
 import { getRouteComponentProps } from 'app/core/navigation/__mocks__/routeProps';
-import { CatalogPlugin } from '../types';
+import { CatalogPlugin, PluginTabIds } from '../types';
 import * as api from '../api';
 import { mockPluginApis, getCatalogPluginMock, getPluginsStateMock } from '../__mocks__';
 import { PluginErrorCode, PluginSignatureStatus } from '@grafana/data';
@@ -24,10 +25,19 @@ jest.mock('@grafana/runtime', () => {
   return mockedRuntime;
 });
 
-const renderPluginDetails = (pluginOverride: Partial<CatalogPlugin>): RenderResult => {
+const renderPluginDetails = (pluginOverride: Partial<CatalogPlugin>, pageId = PluginTabIds.OVERVIEW): RenderResult => {
   const plugin = getCatalogPluginMock(pluginOverride);
   const { id } = plugin;
-  const props = getRouteComponentProps({ match: { params: { pluginId: id }, isExact: true, url: '', path: '' } });
+  const props = getRouteComponentProps({
+    match: { params: { pluginId: id }, isExact: true, url: '', path: '' },
+    queryParams: { page: pageId },
+    location: {
+      hash: '',
+      pathname: `/plugins/${id}`,
+      search: `?page=${pageId}`,
+      state: undefined,
+    },
+  });
   const store = configureStore({
     plugins: getPluginsStateMock([plugin]),
   });
@@ -35,7 +45,8 @@ const renderPluginDetails = (pluginOverride: Partial<CatalogPlugin>): RenderResu
   return render(
     <Provider store={store}>
       <PluginDetailsPage {...props} />
-    </Provider>
+    </Provider>,
+    { wrapper: MemoryRouter }
   );
 };
 
@@ -66,12 +77,22 @@ describe('Plugin details page', () => {
       local: { id },
     });
 
-    const props = getRouteComponentProps({ match: { params: { pluginId: id }, isExact: true, url: '', path: '' } });
+    const props = getRouteComponentProps({
+      match: { params: { pluginId: id }, isExact: true, url: '', path: '' },
+      queryParams: { page: PluginTabIds.OVERVIEW },
+      location: {
+        hash: '',
+        pathname: `/plugins/${id}`,
+        search: `?page=${PluginTabIds.OVERVIEW}`,
+        state: undefined,
+      },
+    });
     const store = configureStore();
     const { queryByText } = render(
       <Provider store={store}>
         <PluginDetailsPage {...props} />
-      </Provider>
+      </Provider>,
+      { wrapper: MemoryRouter }
     );
 
     await waitFor(() => expect(queryByText(/licensed under the apache 2.0 license/i)).toBeInTheDocument());
@@ -129,24 +150,25 @@ describe('Plugin details page', () => {
   });
 
   it('should display version history in case it is available', async () => {
-    const { queryByText, getByText, getByRole } = renderPluginDetails({
-      id,
-      details: {
-        links: [],
-        versions: [
-          {
-            version: '1.0.0',
-            createdAt: '2016-04-06T20:23:41.000Z',
-          },
-        ],
+    const { queryByText, getByRole } = renderPluginDetails(
+      {
+        id,
+        details: {
+          links: [],
+          versions: [
+            {
+              version: '1.0.0',
+              createdAt: '2016-04-06T20:23:41.000Z',
+            },
+          ],
+        },
       },
-    });
+      PluginTabIds.VERSIONS
+    );
 
     // Check if version information is available
     await waitFor(() => expect(queryByText(/version history/i)).toBeInTheDocument());
 
-    // Go to the versions tab
-    userEvent.click(getByText(/version history/i));
     expect(
       getByRole('columnheader', {
         name: /version/i,
diff --git a/public/app/features/plugins/admin/pages/PluginDetails.tsx b/public/app/features/plugins/admin/pages/PluginDetails.tsx
index 2829dcb4734..81758126f8b 100644
--- a/public/app/features/plugins/admin/pages/PluginDetails.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/plugins/admin/pages/PluginDetails.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-import React, { useEffect, useState, useCallback } from 'react';
+import React, { useEffect } from 'react';
 import { css } from '@emotion/css';
+import { usePrevious } from 'react-use';
 import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
-import { useStyles2, TabsBar, TabContent, Tab, Alert } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { useStyles2, TabsBar, TabContent, Tab, Alert, IconName } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { locationService } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { Layout } from '@grafana/ui/src/components/Layout/Layout';
 import { Page } from 'app/core/components/Page/Page';
 import { GrafanaRouteComponentProps } from 'app/core/navigation/types';
@@ -10,43 +12,53 @@ import { PluginDetailsHeader } from '../components/PluginDetailsHeader';
 import { PluginDetailsBody } from '../components/PluginDetailsBody';
 import { Page as PluginPage } from '../components/Page';
 import { Loader } from '../components/Loader';
-import { PluginTabLabels, PluginDetailsTab } from '../types';
-import { useGetSingle, useFetchStatus } from '../state/hooks';
+import { PluginTabLabels, PluginTabIds, PluginDetailsTab } from '../types';
+import { useGetSingle, useFetchStatus, useFetchDetailsStatus } from '../state/hooks';
 import { usePluginDetailsTabs } from '../hooks/usePluginDetailsTabs';
 import { AppNotificationSeverity } from 'app/types';
 import { PluginDetailsDisabledError } from '../components/PluginDetailsDisabledError';
 
 type Props = GrafanaRouteComponentProps<{ pluginId?: string }>;
 
-type State = {
-  tabs: PluginDetailsTab[];
-  activeTabIndex: number;
-};
-
-const DefaultState = {
-  tabs: [{ label: PluginTabLabels.OVERVIEW }, { label: PluginTabLabels.VERSIONS }],
-  activeTabIndex: 0,
-};
-
-export default function PluginDetails({ match }: Props): JSX.Element | null {
-  const { pluginId = '' } = match.params;
-  const [state, setState] = useState<State>(DefaultState);
+export default function PluginDetails({ match, queryParams }: Props): JSX.Element | null {
+  const {
+    params: { pluginId = '' },
+    url,
+  } = match;
+  const pageId = (queryParams.page as PluginTabIds) || PluginTabIds.OVERVIEW;
+  const parentUrl = url.substring(0, url.lastIndexOf('/'));
+  const defaultTabs: PluginDetailsTab[] = [
+    {
+      label: PluginTabLabels.OVERVIEW,
+      icon: 'file-alt',
+      id: PluginTabIds.OVERVIEW,
+      href: `${url}?page=${PluginTabIds.OVERVIEW}`,
+    },
+    {
+      label: PluginTabLabels.VERSIONS,
+      icon: 'history',
+      id: PluginTabIds.VERSIONS,
+      href: `${url}?page=${PluginTabIds.VERSIONS}`,
+    },
+  ];
   const plugin = useGetSingle(pluginId); // fetches the localplugin settings
-  const { tabs } = usePluginDetailsTabs(plugin, DefaultState.tabs);
-  const { activeTabIndex } = state;
-  const { isLoading } = useFetchStatus();
+  const { tabs } = usePluginDetailsTabs(plugin, defaultTabs);
+  const { isLoading: isFetchLoading } = useFetchStatus();
+  const { isLoading: isFetchDetailsLoading } = useFetchDetailsStatus();
   const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
-  const setActiveTab = useCallback((activeTabIndex: number) => setState({ ...state, activeTabIndex }), [state]);
-  const parentUrl = match.url.substring(0, match.url.lastIndexOf('/'));
+  const prevTabs = usePrevious(tabs);
 
   // If an app plugin is uninstalled we need to reset the active tab when the config / dashboards tabs are removed.
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (activeTabIndex > tabs.length - 1) {
-      setActiveTab(0);
-    }
-  }, [setActiveTab, activeTabIndex, tabs]);
+    const hasUninstalledWithConfigPages = prevTabs && prevTabs.length > tabs.length;
+    const isViewingAConfigPage = pageId !== PluginTabIds.OVERVIEW && pageId !== PluginTabIds.VERSIONS;
 
-  if (isLoading) {
+    if (hasUninstalledWithConfigPages && isViewingAConfigPage) {
+      locationService.replace(`${url}?page=${PluginTabIds.OVERVIEW}`);
+    }
+  }, [pageId, url, tabs, prevTabs]);
+
+  if (isFetchLoading || isFetchDetailsLoading) {
     return (
       <Page>
         <Loader />
@@ -68,25 +80,28 @@ export default function PluginDetails({ match }: Props): JSX.Element | null {
   return (
     <Page>
       <PluginPage>
-        <PluginDetailsHeader currentUrl={match.url} parentUrl={parentUrl} plugin={plugin} />
+        <PluginDetailsHeader currentUrl={`${url}?page=${pageId}`} parentUrl={parentUrl} plugin={plugin} />
 
         {/* Tab navigation */}
         <TabsBar>
-          {tabs.map((tab: PluginDetailsTab, idx: number) => (
-            <Tab
-              key={tab.label}
-              label={tab.label}
-              active={idx === activeTabIndex}
-              onChangeTab={() => setActiveTab(idx)}
-            />
-          ))}
+          {tabs.map((tab: PluginDetailsTab) => {
+            return (
+              <Tab
+                key={tab.label}
+                label={tab.label}
+                href={tab.href}
+                icon={tab.icon as IconName}
+                active={tab.id === pageId}
+              />
+            );
+          })}
         </TabsBar>
 
         {/* Active tab */}
         <TabContent className={styles.tabContent}>
           <PluginDetailsDisabledError plugin={plugin} className={styles.alert} />
           <PluginDetailsSignature plugin={plugin} className={styles.alert} />
-          <PluginDetailsBody tab={tabs[activeTabIndex]} plugin={plugin} />
+          <PluginDetailsBody queryParams={queryParams} plugin={plugin} />
         </TabContent>
       </PluginPage>
     </Page>
diff --git a/public/app/features/plugins/admin/state/hooks.ts b/public/app/features/plugins/admin/state/hooks.ts
index e7bf87d6ab7..793eb2c7dc3 100644
--- a/public/app/features/plugins/admin/state/hooks.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/plugins/admin/state/hooks.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,13 @@ export const useFetchStatus = () => {
   return { isLoading, error };
 };
 
+export const useFetchDetailsStatus = () => {
+  const isLoading = useSelector(selectIsRequestPending(fetchDetails.typePrefix));
+  const error = useSelector(selectRequestError(fetchDetails.typePrefix));
+
+  return { isLoading, error };
+};
+
 export const useInstallStatus = () => {
   const isInstalling = useSelector(selectIsRequestPending(install.typePrefix));
   const error = useSelector(selectRequestError(install.typePrefix));
diff --git a/public/app/features/plugins/admin/types.ts b/public/app/features/plugins/admin/types.ts
index a8d893941d0..ce94c1f78d4 100644
--- a/public/app/features/plugins/admin/types.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/plugins/admin/types.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   PluginDependencies,
   PluginErrorCode,
 } from '@grafana/data';
+import { IconName } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { StoreState, PluginsState } from 'app/types';
 
 export type PluginTypeCode = 'app' | 'panel' | 'datasource';
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ export enum PluginAdminRoutes {
   DetailsAdmin = 'plugins-details-admin',
 }
 
-export enum IconName {
+export enum PluginIconName {
   app = 'apps',
   datasource = 'database',
   panel = 'credit-card',
@@ -203,6 +204,13 @@ export enum PluginTabLabels {
   DASHBOARDS = 'Dashboards',
 }
 
+export enum PluginTabIds {
+  OVERVIEW = 'overview',
+  VERSIONS = 'version-history',
+  CONFIG = 'config',
+  DASHBOARDS = 'dashboards',
+}
+
 export enum RequestStatus {
   Pending = 'Pending',
   Fulfilled = 'Fulfilled',
@@ -219,6 +227,9 @@ export type RequestInfo = {
 
 export type PluginDetailsTab = {
   label: PluginTabLabels | string;
+  icon?: IconName | string;
+  id: PluginTabIds | string;
+  href?: string;
 };
 
 // TODO<remove `PluginsState &` when the "plugin_admin_enabled" feature flag is removed>