diff --git a/pelican/__init__.py b/pelican/__init__.py
index 735002a2..ce2fe6b1 100644
--- a/pelican/__init__.py
+++ b/pelican/__init__.py
@@ -1,32 +1,37 @@
 import argparse
+from collections.abc import Iterable
 import logging
 import multiprocessing
 import os
+from pkgutil import extend_path
 import pprint
 import sys
 import time
 import traceback
-from collections.abc import Iterable
-# Combines all paths to `pelican` package accessible from `sys.path`
-# Makes it possible to install `pelican` and namespace plugins into different
-# locations in the file system (e.g. pip with `-e` or `--user`)
-from pkgutil import extend_path
-__path__ = extend_path(__path__, __name__)
 
 from rich.console import Console
 
+# Combines all paths to `pelican` package accessible from `sys.path`
+# Makes it possible to install `pelican` and namespace plugins into different
+# locations in the file system (e.g. pip with `-e` or `--user`)
+__path__ = extend_path(__path__, __name__)
+
 # pelican.log has to be the first pelican module to be loaded
 # because logging.setLoggerClass has to be called before logging.getLogger
-from pelican.log import init as init_logging
-from pelican.generators import (ArticlesGenerator,  # noqa: I100
-                                PagesGenerator, SourceFileGenerator,
-                                StaticGenerator, TemplatePagesGenerator)
+from pelican.log import init as init_logging  # isort:skip
+from pelican.generators import (  # noqa: I100
+    ArticlesGenerator,
+    PagesGenerator,
+    SourceFileGenerator,
+    StaticGenerator,
+    TemplatePagesGenerator,
+)
 from pelican.plugins import signals
 from pelican.plugins._utils import get_plugin_name, load_plugins
 from pelican.readers import Readers
 from pelican.server import ComplexHTTPRequestHandler, RootedHTTPServer
 from pelican.settings import coerce_overrides, read_settings
-from pelican.utils import (FileSystemWatcher, clean_output_dir, maybe_pluralize)
+from pelican.utils import FileSystemWatcher, clean_output_dir, maybe_pluralize
 from pelican.writers import Writer
 
 try:
diff --git a/pelican/__main__.py b/pelican/__main__.py
index 69a5b95d..bf384305 100644
--- a/pelican/__main__.py
+++ b/pelican/__main__.py
@@ -4,6 +4,5 @@ python -m pelican module entry point to run via python -m
 
 from . import main
 
-
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
diff --git a/pelican/contents.py b/pelican/contents.py
index 1740df88..738a7a80 100644
--- a/pelican/contents.py
+++ b/pelican/contents.py
@@ -1,22 +1,29 @@
 import copy
 import datetime
+from html import unescape
 import locale
 import logging
 import os
 import re
-from html import unescape
 from urllib.parse import unquote, urljoin, urlparse, urlunparse
 
 import pytz
 
 from pelican.plugins import signals
 from pelican.settings import DEFAULT_CONFIG
-from pelican.utils import (deprecated_attribute, memoized, path_to_url,
-                           posixize_path, sanitised_join, set_date_tzinfo,
-                           slugify, truncate_html_words)
 
 # Import these so that they're avalaible when you import from pelican.contents.
-from pelican.urlwrappers import (Author, Category, Tag, URLWrapper)  # NOQA
+from pelican.urlwrappers import Author, Category, Tag, URLWrapper  # NOQA
+from pelican.utils import (
+    deprecated_attribute,
+    memoized,
+    path_to_url,
+    posixize_path,
+    sanitised_join,
+    set_date_tzinfo,
+    slugify,
+    truncate_html_words,
+)
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/pelican/generators.py b/pelican/generators.py
index e18531be..5ab4c42a 100644
--- a/pelican/generators.py
+++ b/pelican/generators.py
@@ -1,23 +1,34 @@
 import calendar
+from collections import defaultdict
 import errno
 import fnmatch
-import logging
-import os
-from collections import defaultdict
 from functools import partial
 from itertools import chain, groupby
+import logging
 from operator import attrgetter
+import os
 
-from jinja2 import (BaseLoader, ChoiceLoader, Environment, FileSystemLoader,
-                    PrefixLoader, TemplateNotFound)
+from jinja2 import (
+    BaseLoader,
+    ChoiceLoader,
+    Environment,
+    FileSystemLoader,
+    PrefixLoader,
+    TemplateNotFound,
+)
 
 from pelican.cache import FileStampDataCacher
 from pelican.contents import Article, Page, Static
 from pelican.plugins import signals
 from pelican.readers import Readers
-from pelican.utils import (DateFormatter, copy, mkdir_p, order_content,
-                           posixize_path, process_translations)
-
+from pelican.utils import (
+    DateFormatter,
+    copy,
+    mkdir_p,
+    order_content,
+    posixize_path,
+    process_translations,
+)
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/pelican/log.py b/pelican/log.py
index 325ac3ea..1d6ed87b 100644
--- a/pelican/log.py
+++ b/pelican/log.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
+from collections import defaultdict
+from collections.abc import Mapping
 import logging
 import os
 import sys
-from collections import defaultdict
-from collections.abc import Mapping
 
 __all__ = [
     'init'
diff --git a/pelican/paginator.py b/pelican/paginator.py
index 7e738fe3..bdfc76e9 100644
--- a/pelican/paginator.py
+++ b/pelican/paginator.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
+from collections import namedtuple
 import functools
 import logging
-import os
-from collections import namedtuple
 from math import ceil
+import os
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 PaginationRule = namedtuple(
diff --git a/pelican/plugins/_utils.py b/pelican/plugins/_utils.py
index 87877b08..c3197df2 100644
--- a/pelican/plugins/_utils.py
+++ b/pelican/plugins/_utils.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import logging
 import pkgutil
 import sys
 
-
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
diff --git a/pelican/readers.py b/pelican/readers.py
index 15d09908..6b25fcde 100644
--- a/pelican/readers.py
+++ b/pelican/readers.py
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-import datetime
-import logging
-import os
-import re
 from collections import OrderedDict
+import datetime
 from html import escape
 from html.parser import HTMLParser
 from io import StringIO
+import logging
+import os
+import re
 
 import docutils
 import docutils.core
@@ -580,8 +580,8 @@ class Readers(FileStampDataCacher):
 
         # eventually filter the content with typogrify if asked so
         if self.settings['TYPOGRIFY']:
-            from typogrify.filters import typogrify
             import smartypants
+            from typogrify.filters import typogrify
 
             typogrify_dashes = self.settings['TYPOGRIFY_DASHES']
             if typogrify_dashes == 'oldschool':
diff --git a/pelican/rstdirectives.py b/pelican/rstdirectives.py
index 500c8578..17ddfcf1 100644
--- a/pelican/rstdirectives.py
+++ b/pelican/rstdirectives.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import re
 
 from docutils import nodes, utils
 from docutils.parsers.rst import Directive, directives, roles
-
 from pygments import highlight
 from pygments.formatters import HtmlFormatter
 from pygments.lexers import TextLexer, get_lexer_by_name
diff --git a/pelican/server.py b/pelican/server.py
index 6ebce876..07b16e8e 100644
--- a/pelican/server.py
+++ b/pelican/server.py
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import argparse
+from http import server
 import logging
 import os
 import posixpath
 import ssl
 import sys
 import urllib
-from http import server
 
 try:
     from magic import from_file as magic_from_file
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ except ImportError:
     magic_from_file = None
 
 from pelican.log import init as init_logging
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
diff --git a/pelican/settings.py b/pelican/settings.py
index ea3ee8eb..e4c49e2d 100644
--- a/pelican/settings.py
+++ b/pelican/settings.py
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ import json
 import locale
 import logging
 import os
-import re
 from os.path import isabs
+import re
 
 from pelican.log import LimitFilter
 
diff --git a/pelican/tests/support.py b/pelican/tests/support.py
index 55ddf625..23344303 100644
--- a/pelican/tests/support.py
+++ b/pelican/tests/support.py
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
-import locale
-import logging
-import os
-import re
-import subprocess
-import sys
-import unittest
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 from functools import wraps
 from io import StringIO
+import locale
+import logging
 from logging.handlers import BufferingHandler
+import os
+import re
 from shutil import rmtree
+import subprocess
+import sys
 from tempfile import mkdtemp
+import unittest
 
 from pelican.contents import Article
 from pelican.readers import default_metadata
diff --git a/pelican/tests/test_cache.py b/pelican/tests/test_cache.py
index 564f1d31..2bc28568 100644
--- a/pelican/tests/test_cache.py
+++ b/pelican/tests/test_cache.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ from unittest.mock import MagicMock
 from pelican.generators import ArticlesGenerator, PagesGenerator
 from pelican.tests.support import get_context, get_settings, unittest
 
-
 CUR_DIR = os.path.dirname(__file__)
 CONTENT_DIR = os.path.join(CUR_DIR, 'content')
 
diff --git a/pelican/tests/test_contents.py b/pelican/tests/test_contents.py
index 32012d4f..c9da7a7f 100644
--- a/pelican/tests/test_contents.py
+++ b/pelican/tests/test_contents.py
@@ -10,10 +10,8 @@ from jinja2.utils import generate_lorem_ipsum
 from pelican.contents import Article, Author, Category, Page, Static
 from pelican.plugins.signals import content_object_init
 from pelican.settings import DEFAULT_CONFIG
-from pelican.tests.support import (LoggedTestCase, get_context, get_settings,
-                                   unittest)
-from pelican.utils import (path_to_url, posixize_path, truncate_html_words)
-
+from pelican.tests.support import LoggedTestCase, get_context, get_settings, unittest
+from pelican.utils import path_to_url, posixize_path, truncate_html_words
 
 # generate one paragraph, enclosed with <p>
 TEST_CONTENT = str(generate_lorem_ipsum(n=1))
diff --git a/pelican/tests/test_generators.py b/pelican/tests/test_generators.py
index 0a4a8fdc..0089ac05 100644
--- a/pelican/tests/test_generators.py
+++ b/pelican/tests/test_generators.py
@@ -1,18 +1,21 @@
 import locale
 import os
-import sys
 from shutil import copy, rmtree
+import sys
 from tempfile import mkdtemp
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock
 
-from pelican.generators import (ArticlesGenerator, Generator, PagesGenerator,
-                                PelicanTemplateNotFound, StaticGenerator,
-                                TemplatePagesGenerator)
-from pelican.tests.support import (can_symlink, get_context, get_settings,
-                                   unittest)
+from pelican.generators import (
+    ArticlesGenerator,
+    Generator,
+    PagesGenerator,
+    PelicanTemplateNotFound,
+    StaticGenerator,
+    TemplatePagesGenerator,
+)
+from pelican.tests.support import can_symlink, get_context, get_settings, unittest
 from pelican.writers import Writer
 
-
 CUR_DIR = os.path.dirname(__file__)
 CONTENT_DIR = os.path.join(CUR_DIR, 'content')
 
diff --git a/pelican/tests/test_importer.py b/pelican/tests/test_importer.py
index 76feb9ce..c26ab981 100644
--- a/pelican/tests/test_importer.py
+++ b/pelican/tests/test_importer.py
@@ -1,16 +1,20 @@
 import locale
 import os
-import re
 from posixpath import join as posix_join
+import re
 
 from pelican.settings import DEFAULT_CONFIG
-from pelican.tests.support import (mute, skipIfNoExecutable, temporary_folder,
-                                   unittest)
-from pelican.tools.pelican_import import (blogger2fields, build_header,
-                                          build_markdown_header,
-                                          decode_wp_content,
-                                          download_attachments, fields2pelican,
-                                          get_attachments, wp2fields)
+from pelican.tests.support import mute, skipIfNoExecutable, temporary_folder, unittest
+from pelican.tools.pelican_import import (
+    blogger2fields,
+    build_header,
+    build_markdown_header,
+    decode_wp_content,
+    download_attachments,
+    fields2pelican,
+    get_attachments,
+    wp2fields,
+)
 from pelican.utils import path_to_file_url, slugify
 
 CUR_DIR = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
diff --git a/pelican/tests/test_log.py b/pelican/tests/test_log.py
index 3f9d7250..cd32f46e 100644
--- a/pelican/tests/test_log.py
+++ b/pelican/tests/test_log.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import logging
-import unittest
 from collections import defaultdict
 from contextlib import contextmanager
+import logging
+import unittest
 
 from pelican import log
 from pelican.tests.support import LogCountHandler
diff --git a/pelican/tests/test_paginator.py b/pelican/tests/test_paginator.py
index f8233eb4..152c5c4e 100644
--- a/pelican/tests/test_paginator.py
+++ b/pelican/tests/test_paginator.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ from pelican.paginator import Paginator
 from pelican.settings import DEFAULT_CONFIG
 from pelican.tests.support import get_settings, unittest
 
-
 # generate one paragraph, enclosed with <p>
 TEST_CONTENT = str(generate_lorem_ipsum(n=1))
 TEST_SUMMARY = generate_lorem_ipsum(n=1, html=False)
diff --git a/pelican/tests/test_pelican.py b/pelican/tests/test_pelican.py
index cacc65c1..d6bc164c 100644
--- a/pelican/tests/test_pelican.py
+++ b/pelican/tests/test_pelican.py
@@ -1,17 +1,16 @@
+from collections.abc import Sequence
 import locale
 import logging
 import os
+from shutil import rmtree
 import subprocess
 import sys
-from collections.abc import Sequence
-from shutil import rmtree
 from tempfile import mkdtemp
 
 from pelican import Pelican
 from pelican.generators import StaticGenerator
 from pelican.settings import read_settings
-from pelican.tests.support import (LoggedTestCase, locale_available,
-                                   mute, unittest)
+from pelican.tests.support import LoggedTestCase, locale_available, mute, unittest
 
 CURRENT_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 SAMPLES_PATH = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(
diff --git a/pelican/tests/test_plugins.py b/pelican/tests/test_plugins.py
index 348c3e94..230b2016 100644
--- a/pelican/tests/test_plugins.py
+++ b/pelican/tests/test_plugins.py
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-import os
 from contextlib import contextmanager
+import os
 
+from pelican.plugins._utils import get_namespace_plugins, get_plugin_name, load_plugins
 import pelican.tests.dummy_plugins.normal_plugin.normal_plugin as normal_plugin
-from pelican.plugins._utils import (get_namespace_plugins, get_plugin_name,
-                                    load_plugins)
 from pelican.tests.support import unittest
 
 
diff --git a/pelican/tests/test_readers.py b/pelican/tests/test_readers.py
index ea5f3bdd..ae6752cf 100644
--- a/pelican/tests/test_readers.py
+++ b/pelican/tests/test_readers.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ from pelican import readers
 from pelican.tests.support import get_settings, unittest
 from pelican.utils import SafeDatetime
 
-
 CUR_DIR = os.path.dirname(__file__)
 CONTENT_PATH = os.path.join(CUR_DIR, 'content')
 
diff --git a/pelican/tests/test_server.py b/pelican/tests/test_server.py
index 307a3e10..093b0d85 100644
--- a/pelican/tests/test_server.py
+++ b/pelican/tests/test_server.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import os
 from io import BytesIO
+import os
 from shutil import rmtree
 from tempfile import mkdtemp
 
diff --git a/pelican/tests/test_settings.py b/pelican/tests/test_settings.py
index 83203ae5..541f9b87 100644
--- a/pelican/tests/test_settings.py
+++ b/pelican/tests/test_settings.py
@@ -4,11 +4,15 @@ import os
 from os.path import abspath, dirname, join
 from sys import platform
 
-
-from pelican.settings import (DEFAULT_CONFIG, DEFAULT_THEME,
-                              _printf_s_to_format_field,
-                              coerce_overrides, configure_settings,
-                              handle_deprecated_settings, read_settings)
+from pelican.settings import (
+    DEFAULT_CONFIG,
+    DEFAULT_THEME,
+    _printf_s_to_format_field,
+    coerce_overrides,
+    configure_settings,
+    handle_deprecated_settings,
+    read_settings,
+)
 from pelican.tests.support import unittest
 
 
diff --git a/pelican/tests/test_utils.py b/pelican/tests/test_utils.py
index 10816199..56515fce 100644
--- a/pelican/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/pelican/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ import locale
 import logging
 import os
 import shutil
-import time
 from sys import platform
 from tempfile import mkdtemp
+import time
 
 import pytz
 
@@ -12,8 +12,12 @@ from pelican import utils
 from pelican.generators import TemplatePagesGenerator
 from pelican.readers import Readers
 from pelican.settings import read_settings
-from pelican.tests.support import (LoggedTestCase, get_article,
-                                   locale_available, unittest)
+from pelican.tests.support import (
+    LoggedTestCase,
+    get_article,
+    locale_available,
+    unittest,
+)
 from pelican.writers import Writer
 
 
diff --git a/pelican/tools/pelican_import.py b/pelican/tools/pelican_import.py
index b74da750..9966b905 100755
--- a/pelican/tools/pelican_import.py
+++ b/pelican/tools/pelican_import.py
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
 import argparse
+from collections import defaultdict
+from html import unescape
 import logging
 import os
 import re
 import subprocess
 import sys
 import time
-from collections import defaultdict
-from html import unescape
 from urllib.error import URLError
 from urllib.parse import quote, urlparse, urlsplit, urlunsplit
 from urllib.request import urlretrieve
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ from pelican.log import init
 from pelican.settings import read_settings
 from pelican.utils import SafeDatetime, slugify
 
-
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
diff --git a/pelican/tools/pelican_quickstart.py b/pelican/tools/pelican_quickstart.py
index 41ddea3c..7c1b7bf8 100755
--- a/pelican/tools/pelican_quickstart.py
+++ b/pelican/tools/pelican_quickstart.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import locale
 import os
 
 from jinja2 import Environment, FileSystemLoader
-
 import pytz
 
 try:
diff --git a/pelican/tools/templates/publishconf.py.jinja2 b/pelican/tools/templates/publishconf.py.jinja2
index bb18966b..426756dd 100755
--- a/pelican/tools/templates/publishconf.py.jinja2
+++ b/pelican/tools/templates/publishconf.py.jinja2
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 import os
 import sys
+
 sys.path.append(os.curdir)
 from pelicanconf import *
 
diff --git a/pelican/utils.py b/pelican/utils.py
index 8c3a886d..485cf7c4 100644
--- a/pelican/utils.py
+++ b/pelican/utils.py
@@ -1,28 +1,25 @@
+from collections.abc import Hashable
+from contextlib import contextmanager
 import datetime
 import fnmatch
+from functools import partial
+from html import entities
+from html.parser import HTMLParser
+from itertools import groupby
 import locale
 import logging
+from operator import attrgetter
 import os
 import re
 import shutil
 import sys
 import traceback
 import urllib
-from collections.abc import Hashable
-from contextlib import contextmanager
-from functools import partial
-from html import entities
-from html.parser import HTMLParser
-from itertools import groupby
-from operator import attrgetter
 
 import dateutil.parser
-
 from markupsafe import Markup
-
 import pytz
 
-
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
@@ -231,6 +228,7 @@ def slugify(value, regex_subs=(), preserve_case=False, use_unicode=False):
     """
 
     import unicodedata
+
     import unidecode
 
     def normalize_unicode(text):
diff --git a/pelican/writers.py b/pelican/writers.py
index 73ee4b33..bebc958e 100644
--- a/pelican/writers.py
+++ b/pelican/writers.py
@@ -4,13 +4,17 @@ from posixpath import join as posix_join
 from urllib.parse import urljoin
 
 from feedgenerator import Atom1Feed, Rss201rev2Feed, get_tag_uri
-
 from markupsafe import Markup
 
 from pelican.paginator import Paginator
 from pelican.plugins import signals
-from pelican.utils import (get_relative_path, is_selected_for_writing,
-                           path_to_url, sanitised_join, set_date_tzinfo)
+from pelican.utils import (
+    get_relative_path,
+    is_selected_for_writing,
+    path_to_url,
+    sanitised_join,
+    set_date_tzinfo,
+)
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 99b1d5d4..f2beceb5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -85,5 +85,15 @@ version-header = "="
 version-strings = ["setup.py"]
 build-system = "setuptools"
 
+[tool.isort]
+# Maintain compatibility with Black
+profile = "black"
+
+# Sort imports within their section independent of the import type
+force_sort_within_sections = true
+
+# Designate "pelican" as separate import section
+known_pelican = "pelican"
+sections = "FUTURE,STDLIB,THIRDPARTY,PELICAN,FIRSTPARTY,LOCALFOLDER"
 [build-system]
 requires = ["setuptools >= 40.6.0", "wheel"]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5ffd0fdf..dea34729 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ from os.path import join, relpath
 
 from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 
-
 version = "4.6.0"
 
 requires = ['feedgenerator >= 1.9', 'jinja2 >= 2.7', 'pygments',