diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-standalone-plugins.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-standalone-plugins.yml
index 0515b03bef..e9fb36e098 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-standalone-plugins.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-standalone-plugins.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,18 @@
 name: Deploy standalone plugins to WordPress.org
 
 on:
+  # TODO The pull_request will be removed once the workflow is tested.
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - trunk
+      - 'release/**'
+      - 'feature/**'
+    paths:
+      - '.github/workflows/deploy-standalone-plugins.yml'
+    types:
+      - opened
+      - reopened
+      - synchronize
   release:
     types: [published]
   workflow_dispatch:
@@ -50,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
             # for use in the matrix.
             # The "dry-run" parameter is included here to set the deployment mode.
             # When running the manual (workflow_dispatch) workflow, this value will be set from manual input type.
-            echo "matrix="$(jq -c '{include:[keys[] as $k | {name:$k,slug:.[$k].slug,version:.[$k].version,"dry-run":false }]}' plugins.json) >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "matrix="$(jq -c '{include:[.modules | to_entries[] | {name:.key,slug:.value.slug,version:.value.version,"dry-run":true }]}' plugins.json) >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           fi
   deploy:
     name: Deploy Plugin
@@ -75,8 +87,12 @@ jobs:
         with:
           dry-run: ${{ matrix.dry-run }}
         env:
-          SVN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.SVN_PASSWORD }}
-          SVN_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.SVN_USERNAME }}
+          # TODO Once the workflow is tested, we will remove the comment and use the secret SVN access.
+          #SVN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.SVN_PASSWORD }}
+          #SVN_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.SVN_USERNAME }}
+          # TODO Once the workflow is tested, we will remove this test credential.
+          SVN_PASSWORD: SVN_PASSWORD
+          SVN_USERNAME: SVN_USERNAME
           SLUG: ${{ matrix.slug }}
           VERSION: ${{ matrix.version }}
           BUILD_DIR: ./build/${{ matrix.slug }}
diff --git a/bin/plugin/commands/build-plugins.js b/bin/plugin/commands/build-plugins.js
index 0564547c6d..7ad689c409 100644
--- a/bin/plugin/commands/build-plugins.js
+++ b/bin/plugin/commands/build-plugins.js
@@ -24,7 +24,16 @@ exports.handler = async () => {
 		}
 
 		try {
-			const plugins = JSON.parse( jsonString );
+			const pluginsConfig = JSON.parse( jsonString );
+			const plugins = pluginsConfig.modules;
+			if ( ! plugins ) {
+				log(
+					formats.error(
+						'The given module configuration is invalid, the modules is missing, or they are misspelled.'
+					)
+				);
+				return;
+			}
 			for ( const moduleDir in plugins ) {
 				const pluginVersion = plugins[ moduleDir ]?.version;
 				const pluginSlug = plugins[ moduleDir ]?.slug;
diff --git a/bin/plugin/commands/get-plugin-version.js b/bin/plugin/commands/get-plugin-version.js
index ad04defe48..f898dd0adc 100644
--- a/bin/plugin/commands/get-plugin-version.js
+++ b/bin/plugin/commands/get-plugin-version.js
@@ -56,15 +56,25 @@ function doRunGetPluginVersion( settings ) {
 		);
 	}
 
-	const plugins = JSON.parse( pluginsFileContent );
+	const pluginsConfig = JSON.parse( pluginsFileContent );
 
 	// Check for valid and not empty object resulting from plugins JSON file parse.
-	if ( 'object' !== typeof plugins || 0 === Object.keys( plugins ).length ) {
+	if (
+		'object' !== typeof pluginsConfig ||
+		0 === Object.keys( pluginsConfig ).length
+	) {
 		throw Error(
 			`File at "${ pluginsFile }" parsed, but detected empty/non valid JSON object.`
 		);
 	}
 
+	const plugins = pluginsConfig.modules;
+	if ( ! plugins ) {
+		throw Error(
+			`File at "${ pluginsFile }" parsed, but the modules is missing, or they are misspelled.`
+		);
+	}
+
 	for ( const moduleDir in plugins ) {
 		const pluginVersion = plugins[ moduleDir ]?.version;
 		const pluginSlug = plugins[ moduleDir ]?.slug;
diff --git a/bin/plugin/commands/test-plugins.js b/bin/plugin/commands/test-plugins.js
index 08a7b85a6b..9cf4578070 100644
--- a/bin/plugin/commands/test-plugins.js
+++ b/bin/plugin/commands/test-plugins.js
@@ -413,12 +413,12 @@ function doRunStandalonePluginTests( settings ) {
 		);
 	}
 
-	const pluginsJsonFileContentAsJson = JSON.parse( pluginsJsonFileContent );
+	const pluginsConfig = JSON.parse( pluginsJsonFileContent );
 
 	// Check for valid and not empty object resulting from plugins JSON file parse.
 	if (
-		'object' !== typeof pluginsJsonFileContentAsJson ||
-		0 === Object.keys( pluginsJsonFileContentAsJson ).length
+		'object' !== typeof pluginsConfig ||
+		0 === Object.keys( pluginsConfig ).length
 	) {
 		log(
 			formats.error(
@@ -430,24 +430,36 @@ function doRunStandalonePluginTests( settings ) {
 		process.exit( 1 );
 	}
 
+	const plugins = pluginsConfig.modules;
+	if ( ! plugins ) {
+		log(
+			formats.error(
+				'The given module configuration is invalid, the modules are missing, or they are misspelled.'
+			)
+		);
+
+		// Return with exit code 1 to trigger a failure in the test pipeline.
+		process.exit( 1 );
+	}
+
 	// Create an array of plugins from entries in plugins JSON file.
-	builtPlugins = Object.keys( pluginsJsonFileContentAsJson )
+	builtPlugins = Object.keys( plugins )
 		.filter( ( item ) => {
 			if (
 				! fs.pathExistsSync(
-					`${ settings.builtPluginsDir }${ pluginsJsonFileContentAsJson[ item ].slug }`
+					`${ settings.builtPluginsDir }${ plugins[ item ].slug }`
 				)
 			) {
 				log(
 					formats.error(
-						`Built plugin path "${ settings.builtPluginsDir }${ pluginsJsonFileContentAsJson[ item ].slug }" not found, skipping and removing from plugin list`
+						`Built plugin path "${ settings.builtPluginsDir }${ plugins[ item ].slug }" not found, skipping and removing from plugin list`
 					)
 				);
 				return false;
 			}
 			return true;
 		} )
-		.map( ( item ) => pluginsJsonFileContentAsJson[ item ].slug );
+		.map( ( item ) => plugins[ item ].slug );
 
 	// For each built plugin, copy the test assets.
 	builtPlugins.forEach( ( plugin ) => {
diff --git a/load.php b/load.php
index 5d1d9970d9..19afebabdb 100644
--- a/load.php
+++ b/load.php
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ function perflab_maybe_remove_object_cache_dropin() {
 		$dropin_path        = WP_CONTENT_DIR . '/object-cache.php';
 		$dropin_backup_path = WP_CONTENT_DIR . '/object-cache-plst-orig.php';
 
-		/**
+		/*
 		 * If there is an object-cache-plst-orig.php file, restore it and
 		 * override the Performance Lab file. This is only relevant for
 		 * backward-compatibility with previous Performance Lab versions
diff --git a/plugins.json b/plugins.json
index ab4f2323c2..b171fa5cda 100644
--- a/plugins.json
+++ b/plugins.json
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 {
-  "images/dominant-color-images": {
-    "slug": "dominant-color-images",
-    "version": "1.0.1"
+  "modules": {
+    "images/dominant-color-images": {
+      "slug": "dominant-color-images",
+      "version": "1.0.1"
+    },
+    "images/webp-uploads": {
+      "slug": "webp-uploads",
+      "version": "1.0.5"
+    }
   },
-  "images/webp-uploads": {
-    "slug": "webp-uploads",
-    "version": "1.0.5"
-  }
+  "plugins": ["dominant-color-images", "webp-uploads"]
 }