diff --git a/src/settings/applyTagsWhileInserting.ts b/src/settings/applyTagsWhileInserting.ts
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+++ b/src/settings/applyTagsWhileInserting.ts
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+import { SettingItemType } from "api/types";
+import { createSimpleSetting } from "./base";
+
+export const ApplyTagsWhileInsertingSetting = createSimpleSetting<boolean>("applyTagsWhileInserting", {
+    public: true,
+    type: SettingItemType.Bool,
+    value: true,
+    label: "Apply tags while inserting template",
+    description: "Apply tags using 'template_tags' variable while inserting template to notes/to-dos.",
+    section: "templatesPlugin"
+});
diff --git a/src/settings/base.ts b/src/settings/base.ts
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+++ b/src/settings/base.ts
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+import joplin from "api";
+import { SettingItem } from "api/types";
+
+export interface PluginSetting<T> {
+    id: string;
+    manifest: SettingItem;
+
+    get(): Promise<T>;
+    set(newValue: T): Promise<void>;
+}
+
+export const createSimpleSetting = <T>(id: string, manifest: SettingItem): PluginSetting<T> => {
+    return class {
+        static id = id;
+        static manifest = manifest;
+
+        static async get(): Promise<T> {
+            return await joplin.settings.value(id);
+        }
+
+        static async set(newValue: T): Promise<void> {
+            await joplin.settings.setValue(id, newValue);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/settings/defaultNoteTemplateId.ts b/src/settings/defaultNoteTemplateId.ts
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+++ b/src/settings/defaultNoteTemplateId.ts
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+import { SettingItemType } from "api/types";
+import { createSimpleSetting } from "./base";
+
+export const DefaultNoteTemplateIdSetting = createSimpleSetting<string | null>("defaultNoteTemplateId", {
+    public: false,
+    type: SettingItemType.String,
+    value: null,
+    label: "Default note template ID"
+});
diff --git a/src/settings/defaultTemplatesConfig.ts b/src/settings/defaultTemplatesConfig.ts
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+++ b/src/settings/defaultTemplatesConfig.ts
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+import joplin from "api";
+import { SettingItemType } from "api/types";
+import { PluginSetting } from "./base";
+
+export interface DefaultTemplatesConfig {
+    [notebookId: string]: {
+        defaultNoteTemplateId: string | null;
+        defaultTodoTemplateId: string | null;
+    }
+}
+
+export const DefaultTemplatesConfigSetting: PluginSetting<DefaultTemplatesConfig> = class {
+    static id = "defaultTemplatesConfig";
+
+    static manifest = {
+        public: false,
+        type: SettingItemType.Object,
+        value: null,
+        label: "Default templates config"
+    };
+
+    static async get(): Promise<DefaultTemplatesConfig> {
+        const defaultTemplatesConfig: DefaultTemplatesConfig | null = await joplin.settings.value(DefaultTemplatesConfigSetting.id);
+        return defaultTemplatesConfig ? defaultTemplatesConfig : {};
+    }
+
+    static async set(newValue: DefaultTemplatesConfig): Promise<void> {
+        await joplin.settings.setValue(DefaultTemplatesConfigSetting.id, newValue);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/settings/defaultTodoTemplateId.ts b/src/settings/defaultTodoTemplateId.ts
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+++ b/src/settings/defaultTodoTemplateId.ts
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+import { SettingItemType } from "api/types";
+import { createSimpleSetting } from "./base";
+
+export const DefaultTodoTemplateIdSetting = createSimpleSetting<string | null>("defaultTodoTemplateId", {
+    public: false,
+    type: SettingItemType.String,
+    value: null,
+    label: "Default to-do template ID"
+});
diff --git a/src/settings/templatesSource.ts b/src/settings/templatesSource.ts
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index 0000000..1bfdbeb
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+++ b/src/settings/templatesSource.ts
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+import { SettingItemType } from "api/types";
+import { createSimpleSetting } from "./base";
+
+export const TemplatesSourceSetting = createSimpleSetting<string>("templatesSource", {
+    public: true,
+    type: SettingItemType.String,
+    isEnum: true,
+    value: "tag",
+    options: {
+        "tag": "Tag",
+        "notebook": "Notebook"
+    },
+    label: "Are templates set with tags or stored in a notebook?",
+    description: "If set to 'Tag', any note/to-do with a 'template' tag is considered a template. If set to 'Notebook', any note/todo stored in a notebook titled 'Templates' is considered a template.",
+    section: "templatesPlugin"
+});