Allow plugin extractors to replace the built-in ones

This allows easier plugin chaining; e.g.
- https://gist.github.com/pukkandan/24f13ff1ed385c5a390c1d7bd130d8f7
- https://gist.github.com/pukkandan/fcf5ca1785c80f64e471f0ee14f990fb

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
index dae952f6a..30042d61f 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import hashlib
 import http.client
 import http.cookiejar
 import http.cookies
+import inspect
 import itertools
 import json
 import math
@@ -3900,6 +3901,18 @@ class InfoExtractor:
         """Only for compatibility with some older extractors"""
         return next(iter(cls._extract_embed_urls(None, webpage) or []), None)
 
+    @classmethod
+    def __init_subclass__(cls, *, plugin_name=None, **kwargs):
+        if plugin_name:
+            mro = inspect.getmro(cls)
+            super_class = cls.__wrapped__ = mro[mro.index(cls) + 1]
+            cls.IE_NAME, cls.ie_key = f'{super_class.IE_NAME}+{plugin_name}', super_class.ie_key
+            while getattr(super_class, '__wrapped__', None):
+                super_class = super_class.__wrapped__
+            setattr(sys.modules[super_class.__module__], super_class.__name__, cls)
+
+        return super().__init_subclass__(**kwargs)
+
 
 class SearchInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
     """