diff --git a/examples/getstarted/api/homepage/models/homepage.settings.json b/examples/getstarted/api/homepage/models/homepage.settings.json
index 4cb7646c00..d386db54d3 100644
--- a/examples/getstarted/api/homepage/models/homepage.settings.json
+++ b/examples/getstarted/api/homepage/models/homepage.settings.json
@@ -34,4 +34,4 @@
       "required": false
     }
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/examples/getstarted/api/restaurant/models/Restaurant.settings.json b/examples/getstarted/api/restaurant/models/Restaurant.settings.json
index 7445682e56..75a2daa437 100755
--- a/examples/getstarted/api/restaurant/models/Restaurant.settings.json
+++ b/examples/getstarted/api/restaurant/models/Restaurant.settings.json
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@
     "timestamps": ["created_at", "updated_at"],
     "comment": ""
   },
+  "pluginOptions": {
+    "i18n": {
+      "enabled": true
+    }
+  },
   "attributes": {
     "name": {
       "maxLength": 50,
diff --git a/packages/strapi-plugin-i18n/config/functions/bootstrap.js b/packages/strapi-plugin-i18n/config/functions/bootstrap.js
index 151fa2626d..537301543f 100644
--- a/packages/strapi-plugin-i18n/config/functions/bootstrap.js
+++ b/packages/strapi-plugin-i18n/config/functions/bootstrap.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
-const { capitalize } = require('lodash/fp');
+const _ = require('lodash');
+const { capitalize, prop } = require('lodash/fp');
 
 const actions = ['create', 'read', 'update', 'delete'].map(uid => ({
   section: 'settings',
@@ -14,4 +15,34 @@ const actions = ['create', 'read', 'update', 'delete'].map(uid => ({
 module.exports = () => {
   const { actionProvider } = strapi.admin.services.permission;
   actionProvider.register(actions);
+
+  // register custom permissions
+
+  // register database mixin to modify model behaviours
+
+  // update model lifecycles
+
+  // create the localization of the object & link it to the other localizations it has
+
+  Object.values(strapi.contentTypes).forEach(contentType => {
+    if (prop('pluginOptions.i18n.enabled')(contentType) === true) {
+      console.log('i18N is enabled for ', contentType.modelName);
+
+      const model = strapi.getModel(contentType.uid);
+
+      _.set(model, 'lifecycles.beforeCreate', async () => {});
+
+      _.set(model, 'lifecycles.afterCreate', async () => {});
+
+      _.set(model, 'lifecycles.beforeFind', async () => {});
+    }
+  });
+
+  // wrap content manager routes
+
+  strapi.plugin('content-manager').config.routes.forEach(() => {
+    // add a policy to the route we want to extend
+  });
+
+  // or overwrite controllers
 };
diff --git a/packages/strapi-plugin-i18n/config/functions/register.js b/packages/strapi-plugin-i18n/config/functions/register.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6d7ae722e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/strapi-plugin-i18n/config/functions/register.js
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const _ = require('lodash');
+
+// add a register function to do some stuff after the loading but before the boot
+module.exports = () => {
+  // need to add some logic to the db layer so we can add fields to the models
+
+  Object.values(strapi.models).forEach(model => {
+    if (_.get(model, 'pluginOptions.i18n.enabled', false) === true) {
+      // find a way to specify the id to use in the relations or compo relations
+      // model.relationalId = 'strapi_id';
+      // model.attributes.compo.relationalId = 'strapi_id';
+
+      _.set(model.attributes, 'strapi_id', {
+        writable: true,
+        private: false,
+        configurable: false,
+        type: 'string',
+      });
+
+      _.set(model.attributes, 'localizations', {
+        writable: true,
+        private: false,
+        configurable: false,
+        type: 'json',
+      });
+
+      _.set(model.attributes, 'locale', {
+        writable: true,
+        private: false,
+        configurable: false,
+        type: 'string',
+        default: 'en-US',
+      });
+    }
+  });
+
+  // strapi.database.migrations.push({
+  //   before() {},
+  //   after() {},
+  // });
+};
diff --git a/packages/strapi-utils/lib/content-types.js b/packages/strapi-utils/lib/content-types.js
index 02f15e4a61..e25b41f82d 100644
--- a/packages/strapi-utils/lib/content-types.js
+++ b/packages/strapi-utils/lib/content-types.js
@@ -67,7 +67,12 @@ const getWritableAttributes = (model = {}) => {
 };
 
 const getNonVisibleAttributes = model => {
-  return _.uniq([model.primaryKey, ...getTimestamps(model), ...NON_VISIBLE_ATTRIBUTES]);
+  return _.uniq([
+    model.primaryKey,
+    ...NON_VISIBLE_ATTRIBUTES,
+    ...getTimestamps(model),
+    ...getNonWritableAttributes(model),
+  ]);
 };
 
 const getVisibleAttributes = model => {
diff --git a/packages/strapi/lib/Strapi.js b/packages/strapi/lib/Strapi.js
index caf34d144f..0eeb54489a 100644
--- a/packages/strapi/lib/Strapi.js
+++ b/packages/strapi/lib/Strapi.js
@@ -335,6 +335,8 @@ class Strapi {
     this.models['core_store'] = coreStoreModel(this.config);
     this.models['strapi_webhooks'] = webhookModel(this.config);
 
+    await this.runRegisterFunctions();
+
     this.db = createDatabaseManager(this);
     await this.db.initialize();
 
@@ -443,6 +445,35 @@ class Strapi {
     });
   }
 
+  async runRegisterFunctions() {
+    const execRegister = async fn => {
+      if (!fn) return;
+
+      return fn();
+    };
+
+    // plugins bootstrap
+    const pluginBoostraps = Object.keys(this.plugins).map(plugin => {
+      return execRegister(_.get(this.plugins[plugin], 'config.functions.register')).catch(err => {
+        strapi.log.error(`Register function in plugin "${plugin}" failed`);
+        strapi.log.error(err);
+        strapi.stop();
+      });
+    });
+    await Promise.all(pluginBoostraps);
+
+    // // user bootstrap
+    // await execBootstrap(_.get(this.config, ['functions', 'bootstrap']));
+
+    // // admin bootstrap : should always run after the others
+    // const adminBootstrap = _.get(this.admin.config, 'functions.bootstrap');
+    // return execBootstrap(adminBootstrap).catch(err => {
+    //   strapi.log.error(`Bootstrap function in admin failed`);
+    //   strapi.log.error(err);
+    //   strapi.stop();
+    // });
+  }
+
   async freeze() {
     Object.freeze(this.config);
     Object.freeze(this.dir);
@@ -463,6 +494,14 @@ class Strapi {
   query(entity, plugin) {
     return this.db.query(entity, plugin);
   }
+
+  plugin(name) {
+    if (!_.has(this.plugins, name)) {
+      throw new Error(`Undefined plugin ${name}`);
+    }
+
+    return this.plugins[name];
+  }
 }
 
 module.exports = options => {