diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 41c40181..32f7adf9 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "Plots"
 uuid = "91a5bcdd-55d7-5caf-9e0b-520d859cae80"
 author = ["Tom Breloff (@tbreloff)"]
-version = "1.0.7"
+version = "1.0.8"
 
 [deps]
 Base64 = "2a0f44e3-6c83-55bd-87e4-b1978d98bd5f"
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ Printf = "de0858da-6303-5e67-8744-51eddeeeb8d7"
 REPL = "3fa0cd96-eef1-5676-8a61-b3b8758bbffb"
 Random = "9a3f8284-a2c9-5f02-9a11-845980a1fd5c"
 RecipesBase = "3cdcf5f2-1ef4-517c-9805-6587b60abb01"
+RecipesPipeline = "01d81517-befc-4cb6-b9ec-a95719d0359c"
 Reexport = "189a3867-3050-52da-a836-e630ba90ab69"
 Requires = "ae029012-a4dd-5104-9daa-d747884805df"
 Showoff = "992d4aef-0814-514b-bc4d-f2e9a6c4116f"
@@ -43,8 +44,9 @@ PGFPlotsX = "1.2.0"
 PlotThemes = "1"
 PlotUtils = "0.6.5"
 RecipesBase = "1"
+RecipesPipeline = "0.1.1"
 Reexport = "0.2"
-Requires = "0.5, 1.0"
+Requires = "0.5, 1"
 Showoff = "0.3.1"
 StatsBase = "0.32, 0.33"
 julia = "1"
diff --git a/src/Plots.jl b/src/Plots.jl
index 5c960e19..7ec451f1 100644
--- a/src/Plots.jl
+++ b/src/Plots.jl
@@ -167,6 +167,26 @@ using .PlotMeasures
 import .PlotMeasures: Length, AbsoluteLength, Measure, width, height
 # ---------------------------------------------------------
 
+import RecipesPipeline
+import RecipesPipeline: SliceIt,
+    DefaultsDict,
+    Formatted,
+    AbstractSurface,
+    Surface,
+    Volume,
+    is3d,
+    is_surface,
+    needs_3d_axes,
+    group_as_matrix, # for StatsPlots
+    reset_kw!,
+    pop_kw!,
+    scale_func,
+    inverse_scale_func,
+    unzip,
+    dateformatter,
+    datetimeformatter,
+    timeformatter
+
 include("types.jl")
 include("utils.jl")
 include("components.jl")
@@ -175,7 +195,6 @@ include("args.jl")
 include("themes.jl")
 include("plot.jl")
 include("pipeline.jl")
-include("series.jl")
 include("layouts.jl")
 include("subplots.jl")
 include("recipes.jl")
diff --git a/src/args.jl b/src/args.jl
index a24d7de6..a6134e74 100644
--- a/src/args.jl
+++ b/src/args.jl
@@ -86,13 +86,10 @@ const _surface_like = [:contour, :contourf, :contour3d, :heatmap, :surface, :wir
 
 like_histogram(seriestype::Symbol) = seriestype in _histogram_like
 like_line(seriestype::Symbol)      = seriestype in _line_like
-like_surface(seriestype::Symbol)   = seriestype in _surface_like
+like_surface(seriestype::Symbol)   = RecipesPipeline.is_surface(seriestype)
 
-is3d(seriestype::Symbol) = seriestype in _3dTypes
-is3d(series::Series) = is3d(series.plotattributes)
-is3d(plotattributes::AKW) = trueOrAllTrue(is3d, Symbol(plotattributes[:seriestype]))
-
-is3d(sp::Subplot) = string(sp.attr[:projection]) == "3d"
+RecipesPipeline.is3d(series::Series) = RecipesPipeline.is3d(series.plotattributes)
+RecipesPipeline.is3d(sp::Subplot) = string(sp.attr[:projection]) == "3d"
 ispolar(sp::Subplot) = string(sp.attr[:projection]) == "polar"
 ispolar(series::Series) = ispolar(series.plotattributes[:subplot])
 
@@ -685,7 +682,7 @@ end
 
 function default(; kw...)
     kw = KW(kw)
-    preprocessArgs!(kw)
+    RecipesPipeline.preprocess_attributes!(kw)
     for (k,v) in kw
         default(k, v)
     end
@@ -938,11 +935,11 @@ function _add_markershape(plotattributes::AKW)
 end
 
 "Handle all preprocessing of args... break out colors/sizes/etc and replace aliases."
-function preprocessArgs!(plotattributes::AKW)
+function RecipesPipeline.preprocess_attributes!(plotattributes::AKW)
     replaceAliases!(plotattributes, _keyAliases)
 
     # handle axis args common to all axis
-    args = pop_kw!(plotattributes, :axis, ())
+    args = RecipesPipeline.pop_kw!(plotattributes, :axis, ())
     for arg in wraptuple(args)
         for letter in (:x, :y, :z)
             process_axis_arg!(plotattributes, arg, letter)
@@ -951,7 +948,7 @@ function preprocessArgs!(plotattributes::AKW)
     # handle axis args
     for letter in (:x, :y, :z)
         asym = Symbol(letter, :axis)
-        args = pop_kw!(plotattributes, asym, ())
+        args = RecipesPipeline.pop_kw!(plotattributes, asym, ())
         if !(typeof(args) <: Axis)
             for arg in wraptuple(args)
                 process_axis_arg!(plotattributes, arg, letter)
@@ -969,7 +966,7 @@ function preprocessArgs!(plotattributes::AKW)
     end
 
     # handle grid args common to all axes
-    args = pop_kw!(plotattributes, :grid, ())
+    args = RecipesPipeline.pop_kw!(plotattributes, :grid, ())
     for arg in wraptuple(args)
         for letter in (:x, :y, :z)
             processGridArg!(plotattributes, arg, letter)
@@ -978,13 +975,13 @@ function preprocessArgs!(plotattributes::AKW)
     # handle individual axes grid args
     for letter in (:x, :y, :z)
         gridsym = Symbol(letter, :grid)
-        args = pop_kw!(plotattributes, gridsym, ())
+        args = RecipesPipeline.pop_kw!(plotattributes, gridsym, ())
         for arg in wraptuple(args)
             processGridArg!(plotattributes, arg, letter)
         end
     end
     # handle minor grid args common to all axes
-    args = pop_kw!(plotattributes, :minorgrid, ())
+    args = RecipesPipeline.pop_kw!(plotattributes, :minorgrid, ())
     for arg in wraptuple(args)
         for letter in (:x, :y, :z)
             processMinorGridArg!(plotattributes, arg, letter)
@@ -993,14 +990,14 @@ function preprocessArgs!(plotattributes::AKW)
     # handle individual axes grid args
     for letter in (:x, :y, :z)
         gridsym = Symbol(letter, :minorgrid)
-        args = pop_kw!(plotattributes, gridsym, ())
+        args = RecipesPipeline.pop_kw!(plotattributes, gridsym, ())
         for arg in wraptuple(args)
             processMinorGridArg!(plotattributes, arg, letter)
         end
     end
     # handle font args common to all axes
     for fontname in (:tickfont, :guidefont)
-        args = pop_kw!(plotattributes, fontname, ())
+        args = RecipesPipeline.pop_kw!(plotattributes, fontname, ())
         for arg in wraptuple(args)
             for letter in (:x, :y, :z)
                 processFontArg!(plotattributes, Symbol(letter, fontname), arg)
@@ -1010,7 +1007,7 @@ function preprocessArgs!(plotattributes::AKW)
     # handle individual axes font args
     for letter in (:x, :y, :z)
         for fontname in (:tickfont, :guidefont)
-            args = pop_kw!(plotattributes, Symbol(letter, fontname), ())
+            args = RecipesPipeline.pop_kw!(plotattributes, Symbol(letter, fontname), ())
             for arg in wraptuple(args)
                 processFontArg!(plotattributes, Symbol(letter, fontname), arg)
             end
@@ -1031,14 +1028,14 @@ function preprocessArgs!(plotattributes::AKW)
 
     # fonts
     for fontname in (:titlefont, :legendfont, :legendtitlefont)
-        args = pop_kw!(plotattributes, fontname, ())
+        args = RecipesPipeline.pop_kw!(plotattributes, fontname, ())
         for arg in wraptuple(args)
             processFontArg!(plotattributes, fontname, arg)
         end
     end
 
     # handle line args
-    for arg in wraptuple(pop_kw!(plotattributes, :line, ()))
+    for arg in wraptuple(RecipesPipeline.pop_kw!(plotattributes, :line, ()))
         processLineArg(plotattributes, arg)
     end
 
@@ -1052,7 +1049,7 @@ function preprocessArgs!(plotattributes::AKW)
         processMarkerArg(plotattributes, arg)
         anymarker = true
     end
-    reset_kw!(plotattributes, :marker)
+    RecipesPipeline.reset_kw!(plotattributes, :marker)
     if haskey(plotattributes, :markershape)
         plotattributes[:markershape] = _replace_markershape(plotattributes[:markershape])
         if plotattributes[:markershape] == :none && plotattributes[:seriestype] in (:scatter, :scatterbins, :scatterhist, :scatter3d) #the default should be :auto, not :none, so that :none can be set explicitly and would be respected
@@ -1066,7 +1063,7 @@ function preprocessArgs!(plotattributes::AKW)
     for arg in wraptuple(get(plotattributes, :fill, ()))
         processFillArg(plotattributes, arg)
     end
-    reset_kw!(plotattributes, :fill)
+    RecipesPipeline.reset_kw!(plotattributes, :fill)
 
     # handle series annotations
     if haskey(plotattributes, :series_annotations)
@@ -1115,75 +1112,13 @@ function preprocessArgs!(plotattributes::AKW)
     return
 end
 
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-"A special type that will break up incoming data into groups, and allow for easier creation of grouped plots"
-mutable struct GroupBy
-    groupLabels::Vector           # length == numGroups
-    groupIds::Vector{Vector{Int}} # list of indices for each group
-end
-
-
-# this is when given a vector-type of values to group by
-function extractGroupArgs(v::AVec, args...; legendEntry = string)
-    groupLabels = sort(collect(unique(v)))
-    n = length(groupLabels)
-    if n > 100
-        @warn("You created n=$n groups... Is that intended?")
-    end
-    groupIds = Vector{Int}[filter(i -> v[i] == glab, eachindex(v)) for glab in groupLabels]
-    GroupBy(map(legendEntry, groupLabels), groupIds)
-end
-
-legendEntryFromTuple(ns::Tuple) = join(ns, ' ')
-
-# this is when given a tuple of vectors of values to group by
-function extractGroupArgs(vs::Tuple, args...)
-    isempty(vs) && return GroupBy([""], [axes(args[1],1)])
-    v = map(tuple, vs...)
-    extractGroupArgs(v, args...; legendEntry = legendEntryFromTuple)
-end
-
-# allow passing NamedTuples for a named legend entry
-legendEntryFromTuple(ns::NamedTuple) =
-    join(["$k = $v" for (k, v) in pairs(ns)], ", ")
-
-function extractGroupArgs(vs::NamedTuple, args...)
-    isempty(vs) && return GroupBy([""], [axes(args[1],1)])
-    v = map(NamedTuple{keys(vs)}∘tuple, values(vs)...)
-    extractGroupArgs(v, args...; legendEntry = legendEntryFromTuple)
-end
-
-# expecting a mapping of "group label" to "group indices"
-function extractGroupArgs(idxmap::Dict{T,V}, args...) where {T, V<:AVec{Int}}
-    groupLabels = sortedkeys(idxmap)
-    groupIds = Vector{Int}[collect(idxmap[k]) for k in groupLabels]
-    GroupBy(groupLabels, groupIds)
-end
-
-filter_data(v::AVec, idxfilter::AVec{Int}) = v[idxfilter]
-filter_data(v, idxfilter) = v
-
-function filter_data!(plotattributes::AKW, idxfilter)
-    for s in (:x, :y, :z)
-        plotattributes[s] = filter_data(get(plotattributes, s, nothing), idxfilter)
-    end
-end
-
-function _filter_input_data!(plotattributes::AKW)
-    idxfilter = pop!(plotattributes, :idxfilter, nothing)
-    if idxfilter !== nothing
-        filter_data!(plotattributes, idxfilter)
-    end
-end
-
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 const _already_warned = Dict{Symbol,Set{Symbol}}()
 const _to_warn = Set{Symbol}()
 
-function warnOnUnsupported_args(pkg::AbstractBackend, plotattributes)
+function warn_on_unsupported_args(pkg::AbstractBackend, plotattributes)
     empty!(_to_warn)
     bend = backend_name(pkg)
     already_warned = get!(_already_warned, bend, Set{Symbol}())
@@ -1207,7 +1142,7 @@ end
 # _markershape_supported(pkg::AbstractBackend, shape::Shape) = Shape in supported_markers(pkg)
 # _markershape_supported(pkg::AbstractBackend, shapes::AVec) = all([_markershape_supported(pkg, shape) for shape in shapes])
 
-function warnOnUnsupported(pkg::AbstractBackend, plotattributes)
+function warn_on_unsupported(pkg::AbstractBackend, plotattributes)
     if !is_seriestype_supported(pkg, plotattributes[:seriestype])
         @warn("seriestype $(plotattributes[:seriestype]) is unsupported with $pkg.  Choose from: $(supported_seriestypes(pkg))")
     end
@@ -1219,7 +1154,7 @@ function warnOnUnsupported(pkg::AbstractBackend, plotattributes)
     end
 end
 
-function warnOnUnsupported_scales(pkg::AbstractBackend, plotattributes::AKW)
+function warn_on_unsupported_scales(pkg::AbstractBackend, plotattributes::AKW)
     for k in (:xscale, :yscale, :zscale, :scale)
         if haskey(plotattributes, k)
             v = plotattributes[k]
@@ -1277,7 +1212,7 @@ function slice_arg!(plotattributes_in, plotattributes_out,
         v
     end
     if remove_pair
-        reset_kw!(plotattributes_in, k)
+        RecipesPipeline.reset_kw!(plotattributes_in, k)
     end
     return
 end
@@ -1538,7 +1473,7 @@ end
 
 # update a subplots args and axes
 function _update_subplot_args(plt::Plot, sp::Subplot, plotattributes_in, subplot_index::Int, remove_pair::Bool)
-    anns = pop_kw!(sp.attr, :annotations)
+    anns = RecipesPipeline.pop_kw!(sp.attr, :annotations)
 
     # # grab those args which apply to this subplot
     for k in keys(_subplot_defaults)
diff --git a/src/axes.jl b/src/axes.jl
index 822de875..1820727c 100644
--- a/src/axes.jl
+++ b/src/axes.jl
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ function Axis(sp::Subplot, letter::Symbol, args...; kw...)
         :show => true,  # show or hide the axis? (useful for linked subplots)
     )
 
-    attr = Attr(explicit, _axis_defaults_byletter[letter])
+    attr = DefaultsDict(explicit, _axis_defaults_byletter[letter])
 
     # update the defaults
     attr!(Axis([sp], attr), args...; kw...)
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ function attr!(axis::Axis, args...; kw...)
     end
 
     # then preprocess keyword arguments
-    preprocessArgs!(KW(kw))
+    RecipesPipeline.preprocess_attributes!(KW(kw))
 
     # then override for any keywords... only those keywords that already exists in plotattributes
     for (k,v) in kw
@@ -117,33 +117,11 @@ Base.setindex!(axis::Axis, v, ks::Symbol...) = setindex!(axis.plotattributes, v,
 Base.haskey(axis::Axis, k::Symbol) = haskey(axis.plotattributes, k)
 ignorenan_extrema(axis::Axis) = (ex = axis[:extrema]; (ex.emin, ex.emax))
 
-
-const _scale_funcs = Dict{Symbol,Function}(
-    :log10 => log10,
-    :log2 => log2,
-    :ln => log,
-)
-const _inv_scale_funcs = Dict{Symbol,Function}(
-    :log10 => exp10,
-    :log2 => exp2,
-    :ln => exp,
-)
-
-# const _label_func = Dict{Symbol,Function}(
-#     :log10 => x -> "10^$x",
-#     :log2 => x -> "2^$x",
-#     :ln => x -> "e^$x",
-# )
-
 const _label_func = Dict{Symbol,Function}(
     :log10 => x -> "10^$x",
     :log2 => x -> "2^$x",
     :ln => x -> "e^$x",
 )
-
-
-scalefunc(scale::Symbol) = x -> get(_scale_funcs, scale, identity)(Float64(x))
-invscalefunc(scale::Symbol) = x -> get(_inv_scale_funcs, scale, identity)(Float64(x))
 labelfunc(scale::Symbol, backend::AbstractBackend) = get(_label_func, scale, string)
 
 function optimal_ticks_and_labels(sp::Subplot, axis::Axis, ticks = nothing)
@@ -151,7 +129,7 @@ function optimal_ticks_and_labels(sp::Subplot, axis::Axis, ticks = nothing)
 
     # scale the limits
     scale = axis[:scale]
-    sf = scalefunc(scale)
+    sf = RecipesPipeline.scale_func(scale)
 
     # If the axis input was a Date or DateTime use a special logic to find
     # "round" Date(Time)s as ticks
@@ -161,7 +139,7 @@ function optimal_ticks_and_labels(sp::Subplot, axis::Axis, ticks = nothing)
     # rather than on the input format
     # TODO: maybe: non-trivial scale (:ln, :log2, :log10) for date/datetime
     if ticks === nothing && scale == :identity
-        if axis[:formatter] == dateformatter
+        if axis[:formatter] == RecipesPipeline.dateformatter
             # optimize_datetime_ticks returns ticks and labels(!) based on
             # integers/floats corresponding to the DateTime type. Thus, the axes
             # limits, which resulted from converting the Date type to integers,
@@ -172,7 +150,7 @@ function optimal_ticks_and_labels(sp::Subplot, axis::Axis, ticks = nothing)
                 k_min = 2, k_max = 4)
             # Now the ticks are converted back to floats corresponding to Dates.
             return ticks / 864e5, labels
-        elseif axis[:formatter] == datetimeformatter
+        elseif axis[:formatter] == RecipesPipeline.datetimeformatter
             return optimize_datetime_ticks(amin, amax; k_min = 2, k_max = 4)
         end
     end
@@ -196,11 +174,11 @@ function optimal_ticks_and_labels(sp::Subplot, axis::Axis, ticks = nothing)
             # chosen  ticks is not too much bigger than amin - amax:
             strict_span = false,
         )
-        axis[:lims] = map(invscalefunc(scale), (viewmin, viewmax))
+        axis[:lims] = map(RecipesPipeline.inverse_scale_func(scale), (viewmin, viewmax))
     else
         scaled_ticks = map(sf, (filter(t -> amin <= t <= amax, ticks)))
     end
-    unscaled_ticks = map(invscalefunc(scale), scaled_ticks)
+    unscaled_ticks = map(RecipesPipeline.inverse_scale_func(scale), scaled_ticks)
 
     labels = if any(isfinite, unscaled_ticks)
         formatter = axis[:formatter]
@@ -400,7 +378,7 @@ function expand_extrema!(sp::Subplot, plotattributes::AKW)
     if fr === nothing && plotattributes[:seriestype] == :bar
         fr = 0.0
     end
-    if fr !== nothing && !all3D(plotattributes)
+    if fr !== nothing && !RecipesPipeline.is3d(plotattributes)
         axis = sp.attr[vert ? :yaxis : :xaxis]
         if typeof(fr) <: Tuple
             for fri in fr
@@ -445,7 +423,7 @@ end
 
 # push the limits out slightly
 function widen(lmin, lmax, scale = :identity)
-    f, invf = scalefunc(scale), invscalefunc(scale)
+    f, invf = RecipesPipeline.scale_func(scale), RecipesPipeline.inverse_scale_func(scale)
     span = f(lmax) - f(lmin)
     # eps = NaNMath.max(1e-16, min(1e-2span, 1e-10))
     eps = NaNMath.max(1e-16, 0.03span)
@@ -514,7 +492,7 @@ function axis_limits(sp, letter, should_widen = default_should_widen(sp[Symbol(l
         amin, amax
     end
 
-    if !has_user_lims && consider_aspect && letter in (:x, :y) && !(sp[:aspect_ratio] in (:none, :auto) || is3d(:sp))
+    if !has_user_lims && consider_aspect && letter in (:x, :y) && !(sp[:aspect_ratio] in (:none, :auto) || RecipesPipeline.is3d(:sp))
         aspect_ratio = isa(sp[:aspect_ratio], Number) ? sp[:aspect_ratio] : 1
         plot_ratio = height(plotarea(sp)) / width(plotarea(sp))
         dist = amax - amin
@@ -648,8 +626,8 @@ function axis_drawing_info(sp::Subplot)
             sp[:framestyle] in (:semi, :box) && push!(xborder_segs, (xmin, y2), (xmax, y2)) # top spine
         end
         if !(xaxis[:ticks] in (:none, nothing, false))
-            f = scalefunc(yaxis[:scale])
-            invf = invscalefunc(yaxis[:scale])
+            f = RecipesPipeline.scale_func(yaxis[:scale])
+            invf = RecipesPipeline.inverse_scale_func(yaxis[:scale])
             tick_start, tick_stop = if sp[:framestyle] == :origin
                 t = invf(f(0) + 0.012 * (f(ymax) - f(ymin)))
                 (-t, t)
@@ -702,8 +680,8 @@ function axis_drawing_info(sp::Subplot)
             sp[:framestyle] in (:semi, :box) && push!(yborder_segs, (x2, ymin), (x2, ymax)) # right spine
         end
         if !(yaxis[:ticks] in (:none, nothing, false))
-            f = scalefunc(xaxis[:scale])
-            invf = invscalefunc(xaxis[:scale])
+            f = RecipesPipeline.scale_func(xaxis[:scale])
+            invf = RecipesPipeline.inverse_scale_func(xaxis[:scale])
             tick_start, tick_stop = if sp[:framestyle] == :origin
                 t = invf(f(0) + 0.012 * (f(xmax) - f(xmin)))
                 (-t, t)
@@ -794,8 +772,8 @@ function axis_drawing_info_3d(sp::Subplot)
             sp[:framestyle] in (:semi, :box) && push!(xborder_segs, (xmin, y2, z2), (xmax, y2, z2)) # top spine
         end
         if !(xaxis[:ticks] in (:none, nothing, false))
-            f = scalefunc(yaxis[:scale])
-            invf = invscalefunc(yaxis[:scale])
+            f = RecipesPipeline.scale_func(yaxis[:scale])
+            invf = RecipesPipeline.inverse_scale_func(yaxis[:scale])
             tick_start, tick_stop = if sp[:framestyle] == :origin
                 t = invf(f(0) + 0.012 * (f(ymax) - f(ymin)))
                 (-t, t)
@@ -869,8 +847,8 @@ function axis_drawing_info_3d(sp::Subplot)
             sp[:framestyle] in (:semi, :box) && push!(yborder_segs, (x2, ymin, z2), (x2, ymax, z2)) # right spine
         end
         if !(yaxis[:ticks] in (:none, nothing, false))
-            f = scalefunc(xaxis[:scale])
-            invf = invscalefunc(xaxis[:scale])
+            f = RecipesPipeline.scale_func(xaxis[:scale])
+            invf = RecipesPipeline.inverse_scale_func(xaxis[:scale])
             tick_start, tick_stop = if sp[:framestyle] == :origin
                 t = invf(f(0) + 0.012 * (f(xmax) - f(xmin)))
                 (-t, t)
@@ -944,8 +922,8 @@ function axis_drawing_info_3d(sp::Subplot)
             sp[:framestyle] in (:semi, :box) && push!(zborder_segs, (x2, y2, zmin), (x2, y2, zmax))
         end
         if !(zaxis[:ticks] in (:none, nothing, false))
-            f = scalefunc(xaxis[:scale])
-            invf = invscalefunc(xaxis[:scale])
+            f = RecipesPipeline.scale_func(xaxis[:scale])
+            invf = RecipesPipeline.inverse_scale_func(xaxis[:scale])
             tick_start, tick_stop = if sp[:framestyle] == :origin
                 t = invf(f(0) + 0.012 * (f(ymax) - f(ymin)))
                 (-t, t)
diff --git a/src/backends.jl b/src/backends.jl
index c8d6a2da..0cf036ae 100644
--- a/src/backends.jl
+++ b/src/backends.jl
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ end
 # Set the (left, top, right, bottom) minimum padding around the plot area
 # to fit ticks, tick labels, guides, colorbars, etc.
 function _update_min_padding!(sp::Subplot)
-    # TODO: something different when `is3d(sp) == true`
+    # TODO: something different when `RecipesPipeline.is3d(sp) == true`
     leftpad   = tick_padding(sp, sp[:yaxis]) + sp[:left_margin]   + guide_padding(sp[:yaxis])
     toppad    = sp[:top_margin]    + title_padding(sp)
     rightpad  = sp[:right_margin]
diff --git a/src/backends/gr.jl b/src/backends/gr.jl
index 3e1752d2..0f81c208 100644
--- a/src/backends/gr.jl
+++ b/src/backends/gr.jl
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ function gr_viewport_from_bbox(sp::Subplot{GRBackend}, bb::BoundingBox, w, h, vi
     viewport[3] = viewport_canvas[4] * (1.0 - bottom(bb) / h)
     viewport[4] = viewport_canvas[4] * (1.0 - top(bb) / h)
     if hascolorbar(sp)
-        viewport[2] -= gr_colorbar_ratio * (1 + is3d(sp) / 2)
+        viewport[2] -= gr_colorbar_ratio * (1 + RecipesPipeline.is3d(sp) / 2)
     end
     viewport
 end
@@ -436,8 +436,8 @@ end
 # change so we're focused on the viewport area
 function gr_set_viewport_cmap(sp::Subplot)
     GR.setviewport(
-        viewport_plotarea[2] + (is3d(sp) ? 0.07 : 0.02),
-        viewport_plotarea[2] + (is3d(sp) ? 0.10 : 0.05),
+        viewport_plotarea[2] + (RecipesPipeline.is3d(sp) ? 0.07 : 0.02),
+        viewport_plotarea[2] + (RecipesPipeline.is3d(sp) ? 0.10 : 0.05),
         viewport_plotarea[3],
         viewport_plotarea[4]
     )
@@ -833,7 +833,7 @@ function _update_min_padding!(sp::Subplot{GRBackend})
         toppad += h
     end
 
-    if is3d(sp)
+    if RecipesPipeline.is3d(sp)
         xaxis, yaxis, zaxis = sp[:xaxis], sp[:yaxis], sp[:zaxis]
         xticks, yticks, zticks = get_ticks(sp, xaxis), get_ticks(sp, yaxis), get_ticks(sp, zaxis)
         # Add margin for x and y ticks
@@ -1053,7 +1053,7 @@ function gr_display(sp::Subplot{GRBackend}, w, h, viewport_canvas)
 
     # fill in the plot area background
     bg = plot_color(sp[:background_color_inside])
-    is3d(sp) || gr_fill_viewport(viewport_plotarea, bg)
+    RecipesPipeline.is3d(sp) || gr_fill_viewport(viewport_plotarea, bg)
 
     # reduced from before... set some flags based on the series in this subplot
     # TODO: can these be generic flags?
@@ -1124,7 +1124,7 @@ function gr_display(sp::Subplot{GRBackend}, w, h, viewport_canvas)
     gr_set_font(tickfont(xaxis))
     GR.setlinewidth(sp.plt[:thickness_scaling])
 
-    if is3d(sp)
+    if RecipesPipeline.is3d(sp)
         zmin, zmax = axis_limits(sp, :z)
         GR.setspace(zmin, zmax, round.(Int, sp[:camera])...)
 
@@ -1135,7 +1135,7 @@ function gr_display(sp::Subplot{GRBackend}, w, h, viewport_canvas)
         plot_area_x = [xmin, xmin, xmin, xmax, xmax, xmax, xmin]
         plot_area_y = [ymin, ymin, ymax, ymax, ymax, ymin, ymin]
         plot_area_z = [zmin, zmax, zmax, zmax, zmin, zmin, zmin]
-        x_bg, y_bg = unzip(GR.wc3towc.(plot_area_x, plot_area_y, plot_area_z))
+        x_bg, y_bg = RecipesPipeline.unzip(GR.wc3towc.(plot_area_x, plot_area_y, plot_area_z))
         GR.fillarea(x_bg, y_bg)
 
         # draw the grid lines
@@ -1456,7 +1456,7 @@ function gr_display(sp::Subplot{GRBackend}, w, h, viewport_canvas)
         GR.settextalign(halign, GR.TEXT_VALIGN_TOP)
         gr_text(xpos, viewport_subplot[4], sp[:title])
     end
-    if is3d(sp)
+    if RecipesPipeline.is3d(sp)
         if xaxis[:guide] != ""
             gr_set_font(
                 guidefont(xaxis),
@@ -1713,7 +1713,7 @@ function gr_display(sp::Subplot{GRBackend}, w, h, viewport_canvas)
 
             # draw markers
             if st == :scatter3d || series[:markershape] != :none
-                x2, y2 = unzip(map(GR.wc3towc, x, y, z))
+                x2, y2 = RecipesPipeline.unzip(map(GR.wc3towc, x, y, z))
                 gr_draw_markers(series, x2, y2, clims)
             end
 
@@ -1912,7 +1912,7 @@ function gr_display(sp::Subplot{GRBackend}, w, h, viewport_canvas)
     end
     for ann in sp[:annotations]
         x, y, val = locate_annotation(sp, ann...)
-        x, y = if is3d(sp)
+        x, y = if RecipesPipeline.is3d(sp)
             gr_w3tondc(x, y, z)
         else
             GR.wctondc(x, y)
diff --git a/src/backends/hdf5.jl b/src/backends/hdf5.jl
index 677d994e..4f38ee0d 100644
--- a/src/backends/hdf5.jl
+++ b/src/backends/hdf5.jl
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ if length(HDF5PLOT_MAP_TELEM2STR) < 1
         "ARRAY" => Array, #Dict won't allow Array to be key in HDF5PLOT_MAP_TELEM2STR
 
         #Sub-structure types:
-        "ATTR" => Attr,
+        "DEFAULTSDICT" => DefaultsDict,
         "FONT" => Font,
         "BOUNDINGBOX" => BoundingBox,
         "GRIDLAYOUT" => GridLayout,
@@ -395,12 +395,12 @@ function _hdf5plot_write(grp, plotattributes::KW)
     end
     return
 end
-function _hdf5plot_write(grp, plotattributes::Attr)
+function _hdf5plot_write(grp, plotattributes::DefaultsDict)
     for (k, v) in plotattributes
         kstr = string(k)
         _hdf5plot_gwrite(grp, kstr, v)
     end
-	_hdf5plot_writetype(grp, Attr)
+	_hdf5plot_writetype(grp, DefaultsDict)
 end
 
 
@@ -558,14 +558,14 @@ parent = RootLayout()
 
     return GridLayout(parent, minpad, bbox, grid, widths, heights, attr)
 end
-function _hdf5plot_read(grp, T::Type{Attr})
-    attr = Attr(KW(), _plot_defaults)
+function _hdf5plot_read(grp, T::Type{DefaultsDict})
+    attr = DefaultsDict(KW(), _plot_defaults)
     v = _hdf5plot_read(grp, attr)
     return attr
 end
 function _hdf5plot_read(grp, k::String, T::Type{Axis})
     grp = HDF5.g_open(grp, k)
-    plotattributes = Attr(KW(), _plot_defaults)
+    plotattributes = DefaultsDict(KW(), _plot_defaults)
     _hdf5plot_read(grp, plotattributes)
     return Axis([], plotattributes)
 end
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ function _hdf5plot_readattr(grp, plotattributes::AbstractDict)
     return
 end
 _hdf5plot_read(grp, plotattributes::KW) = _hdf5plot_readattr(grp, plotattributes)
-_hdf5plot_read(grp, plotattributes::Attr) = _hdf5plot_readattr(grp, plotattributes)
+_hdf5plot_read(grp, plotattributes::DefaultsDict) = _hdf5plot_readattr(grp, plotattributes)
 
 # Read main plot structures:
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ function _hdf5plot_read(sp::Subplot, subpath::String, f)
 
     for i in 1:nseries
         grp = HDF5.g_open(f, _hdf5_plotelempath("$subpath/series_list/series$i"))
-        seriesinfo = Attr(KW(), _plot_defaults)
+        seriesinfo = DefaultsDict(KW(), _plot_defaults)
         _hdf5plot_read(grp, seriesinfo)
         plot!(sp, seriesinfo[:x], seriesinfo[:y]) #Add data & create data structures
         _hdf5_merge!(sp.series_list[end].plotattributes, seriesinfo)
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ function _hdf5plot_read(sp::Subplot, subpath::String, f)
 
     #Perform after adding series... otherwise values get overwritten:
     grp = HDF5.g_open(f, _hdf5_plotelempath("$subpath/attr"))
-    attr = Attr(KW(), _plot_defaults)
+    attr = DefaultsDict(KW(), _plot_defaults)
     _hdf5plot_read(grp, attr)
     _hdf5_merge!(sp.attr, attr)
 
diff --git a/src/backends/pgfplots.jl b/src/backends/pgfplots.jl
index 276ad8dd..718d8241 100644
--- a/src/backends/pgfplots.jl
+++ b/src/backends/pgfplots.jl
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ function pgf_series(sp::Subplot, series::Series)
     # function args
     args = if st == :contour
         plotattributes[:z].surf, plotattributes[:x], plotattributes[:y]
-    elseif is3d(st)
+    elseif RecipesPipeline.is3d(st)
         plotattributes[:x], plotattributes[:y], plotattributes[:z]
     elseif st == :straightline
         straightline_data(series)
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ function pgf_fillrange_series(series, i, fillrange, args...)
         push!(style, _pgf_series_extrastyle[st])
     end
     kw[:style] = join(style, ',')
-    func = is3d(series) ? PGFPlots.Linear3 : PGFPlots.Linear
+    func = RecipesPipeline.is3d(series) ? PGFPlots.Linear3 : PGFPlots.Linear
     return func(pgf_fillrange_args(fillrange, args...)...; kw...)
 end
 
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ function _update_plot_object(plt::Plot{PGFPlotsBackend})
 
         # add to style/kw for each axis
         for letter in (:x, :y, :z)
-            if letter != :z || is3d(sp)
+            if letter != :z || RecipesPipeline.is3d(sp)
                 axisstyle, axiskw = pgf_axis(sp, letter)
                 append!(style, axisstyle)
                 merge!(kw, axiskw)
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ function _update_plot_object(plt::Plot{PGFPlotsBackend})
         if any(s[:seriestype] == :contour for s in series_list(sp))
             kw[:view] = "{0}{90}"
             kw[:colorbar] = !(sp[:colorbar] in (:none, :off, :hide, false))
-        elseif is3d(sp)
+        elseif RecipesPipeline.is3d(sp)
             azim, elev = sp[:camera]
             kw[:view] = "{$(azim)}{$(elev)}"
         end
diff --git a/src/backends/pgfplotsx.jl b/src/backends/pgfplotsx.jl
index 1d596d3e..f2ddd84a 100644
--- a/src/backends/pgfplotsx.jl
+++ b/src/backends/pgfplotsx.jl
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ function (pgfx_plot::PGFPlotsXPlot)(plt::Plot{PGFPlotsXBackend})
                 )
             end
             for letter in (:x, :y, :z)
-                if letter != :z || is3d(sp)
+                if letter != :z || RecipesPipeline.is3d(sp)
                     pgfx_axis!(axis_opt, sp, letter)
                 end
             end
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ function (pgfx_plot::PGFPlotsXPlot)(plt::Plot{PGFPlotsXBackend})
                     "point meta min" => get_clims(sp)[1],
                 ),
             )
-            if is3d(sp)
+            if RecipesPipeline.is3d(sp)
                 azim, elev = sp[:camera]
                 push!(axis_opt, "view" => (azim, elev))
             end
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ function (pgfx_plot::PGFPlotsXPlot)(plt::Plot{PGFPlotsXBackend})
                     "color" => single_color(opt[:linecolor]),
                     "name path" => string(series_id),
                 )
-                if is3d(series) || st == :heatmap
+                if RecipesPipeline.is3d(series) || st == :heatmap
                     series_func = PGFPlotsX.Plot3
                 else
                     series_func = PGFPlotsX.Plot
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ end
         opt[:x], opt[:y], Array(opt[:z])'
     elseif st in (:heatmap, :surface, :wireframe)
         surface_to_vecs(opt[:x], opt[:y], opt[:z])
-    elseif is3d(st)
+    elseif RecipesPipeline.is3d(st)
         opt[:x], opt[:y], opt[:z]
     elseif st == :straightline
         straightline_data(series)
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ function pgfx_fillrange_series!(axis, series, series_func, i, fillrange, rng)
     fillrange_opt = merge(fillrange_opt, pgfx_marker(series, i))
     push!(fillrange_opt, "forget plot" => nothing)
     opt = series.plotattributes
-    args = is3d(series) ? (opt[:x][rng], opt[:y][rng], opt[:z][rng]) :
+    args = RecipesPipeline.is3d(series) ? (opt[:x][rng], opt[:y][rng], opt[:z][rng]) :
         (opt[:x][rng], opt[:y][rng])
     push!(
         axis,
diff --git a/src/backends/plotly.jl b/src/backends/plotly.jl
index 26a27f75..6b124fa9 100644
--- a/src/backends/plotly.jl
+++ b/src/backends/plotly.jl
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ function plotly_axis(plt::Plot, axis::Axis, sp::Subplot)
 
     if letter in (:x,:y)
         ax[:domain] = plotly_domain(sp, letter)
-        if is3d(sp)
+        if RecipesPipeline.is3d(sp)
             # don't link 3d axes for synchronized interactivity
             x_idx = y_idx = sp[:subplot_index]
         else
@@ -263,8 +263,8 @@ function plotly_layout(plt::Plot)
         # set to supported framestyle
         sp[:framestyle] = _plotly_framestyle(sp[:framestyle])
 
-        # if any(is3d, seriesargs)
-        if is3d(sp)
+        # if any(RecipesPipeline.is3d, seriesargs)
+        if RecipesPipeline.is3d(sp)
             azim = sp[:camera][1] - 90 #convert azimuthal to match GR behaviour
             theta = 90 - sp[:camera][2] #spherical coordinate angle from z axis
             plotattributes_out[:scene] = KW(
@@ -748,11 +748,11 @@ function plotly_colorbar_hack(series::Series, plotattributes_base::KW, sym::Symb
     plotattributes_out = deepcopy(plotattributes_base)
     cmin, cmax = get_clims(series[:subplot])
     plotattributes_out[:showlegend] = false
-    plotattributes_out[:type] = is3d(series) ? :scatter3d : :scatter
+    plotattributes_out[:type] = RecipesPipeline.is3d(series) ? :scatter3d : :scatter
     plotattributes_out[:hoverinfo] = :none
     plotattributes_out[:mode] = :markers
     plotattributes_out[:x], plotattributes_out[:y] = [series[:x][1]], [series[:y][1]]
-    if is3d(series)
+    if RecipesPipeline.is3d(series)
         plotattributes_out[:z] = [series[:z][1]]
     end
     # zrange = zmax == zmin ? 1 : zmax - zmin # if all marker_z values are the same, plot all markers same color (avoids division by zero in next line)
diff --git a/src/backends/pyplot.jl b/src/backends/pyplot.jl
index dc584e0d..2597eebe 100644
--- a/src/backends/pyplot.jl
+++ b/src/backends/pyplot.jl
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ function py_add_series(plt::Plot{PyPlotBackend}, series::Series)
             #         :norm => pycolors["Normalize"](; extrakw...)
             #     )
             #     lz = _cycle(series[:line_z], 1:n)
-            #     handle = if is3d(st)
+            #     handle = if RecipesPipeline.is3d(st)
             #         line_segments = [[(x[j], y[j], z[j]) for j in rng] for rng in segments]
             #         lc = pyart3d["Line3DCollection"](line_segments; kw...)
             #         lc[:set_array](lz)
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ function py_add_series(plt::Plot{PyPlotBackend}, series::Series)
             # end
 
             a = series[:arrow]
-            if a !== nothing && !is3d(st)  # TODO: handle 3d later
+            if a !== nothing && !RecipesPipeline.is3d(st)  # TODO: handle 3d later
                 if typeof(a) != Arrow
                     @warn("Unexpected type for arrow: $(typeof(a))")
                 else
@@ -1050,7 +1050,7 @@ function _before_layout_calcs(plt::Plot{PyPlotBackend})
         end
 
         # framestyle
-        if !ispolar(sp) && !is3d(sp)
+        if !ispolar(sp) && !RecipesPipeline.is3d(sp)
             ax.spines["left"]."set_linewidth"(py_thickness_scale(plt, 1))
             ax.spines["bottom"]."set_linewidth"(py_thickness_scale(plt, 1))
             if sp[:framestyle] == :semi
@@ -1161,7 +1161,7 @@ function _before_layout_calcs(plt::Plot{PyPlotBackend})
         end
 
         #camera/view angle
-        if is3d(sp)
+        if RecipesPipeline.is3d(sp)
             #convert azimuthal to match GR behaviour
             #view_init(elevation, azimuthal) so reverse :camera args
             ax."view_init"((sp[:camera].-(90,0))[end:-1:1]...)
diff --git a/src/backends/unicodeplots.jl b/src/backends/unicodeplots.jl
index b0eb8b31..665ea411 100644
--- a/src/backends/unicodeplots.jl
+++ b/src/backends/unicodeplots.jl
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ function addUnicodeSeries!(o, plotattributes, addlegend::Bool, xlim, ylim)
     color = plotattributes[:linecolor] in UnicodePlots.color_cycle ? plotattributes[:linecolor] : :auto
 
     # add the series
-    x, y = Plots.unzip(collect(Base.Iterators.filter(xy->isfinite(xy[1])&&isfinite(xy[2]), zip(x,y))))
+    x, y = RecipesPipeline.unzip(collect(Base.Iterators.filter(xy->isfinite(xy[1])&&isfinite(xy[2]), zip(x,y))))
     func(o, x, y; color = color, name = label)
 end
 
diff --git a/src/components.jl b/src/components.jl
index 6aefa267..dfe0b633 100644
--- a/src/components.jl
+++ b/src/components.jl
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ end
 
 Construct a polygon to be plotted
 """
-Shape(verts::AVec) = Shape(unzip(verts)...)
+Shape(verts::AVec) = Shape(RecipesPipeline.unzip(verts)...)
 Shape(s::Shape) = deepcopy(s)
 
 get_xs(shape::Shape) = shape.x
@@ -595,8 +595,8 @@ function process_annotation(sp::Subplot, xs, ys, labs, font = font())
     ylength = length(methods(length, (typeof(ys),))) == 0 ? 1 : length(ys)
     for i in 1:max(xlength, ylength, length(labs))
       x, y, lab = _cycle(xs, i), _cycle(ys, i), _cycle(labs, i)
-        x = typeof(x) <: TimeType ? Dates.value(x) : x  
-        y = typeof(y) <: TimeType ? Dates.value(y) : y  
+        x = typeof(x) <: TimeType ? Dates.value(x) : x
+        y = typeof(y) <: TimeType ? Dates.value(y) : y
         if lab == :auto
             alphabet = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
             push!(anns, (x, y, text(string("(", alphabet[sp[:subplot_index]], ")"), font)))
@@ -652,23 +652,6 @@ end
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-abstract type AbstractSurface end
-
-"represents a contour or surface mesh"
-struct Surface{M<:AMat} <: AbstractSurface
-  surf::M
-end
-
-Surface(f::Function, x, y) = Surface(Float64[f(xi,yi) for yi in y, xi in x])
-
-Base.Array(surf::Surface) = surf.surf
-
-for f in (:length, :size, :axes)
-    @eval Base.$f(surf::Surface, args...) = $f(surf.surf, args...)
-end
-Base.copy(surf::Surface) = Surface(copy(surf.surf))
-Base.eltype(surf::Surface{T}) where {T} = eltype(T)
-
 function expand_extrema!(a::Axis, surf::Surface)
     ex = a[:extrema]
     for vi in surf.surf
@@ -688,28 +671,7 @@ end
 # # I don't want to clash with ValidatedNumerics, but this would be nice:
 # ..(a::T, b::T) = (a,b)
 
-struct Volume{T}
-    v::Array{T,3}
-    x_extents::Tuple{T,T}
-    y_extents::Tuple{T,T}
-    z_extents::Tuple{T,T}
-end
 
-default_extents(::Type{T}) where {T} = (zero(T), one(T))
-
-function Volume(v::Array{T,3},
-                x_extents = default_extents(T),
-                y_extents = default_extents(T),
-                z_extents = default_extents(T)) where T
-    Volume(v, x_extents, y_extents, z_extents)
-end
-
-Base.Array(vol::Volume) = vol.v
-for f in (:length, :size)
-  @eval Base.$f(vol::Volume, args...) = $f(vol.v, args...)
-end
-Base.copy(vol::Volume{T}) where {T} = Volume{T}(copy(vol.v), vol.x_extents, vol.y_extents, vol.z_extents)
-Base.eltype(vol::Volume{T}) where {T} = T
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -773,14 +735,6 @@ function add_arrows(func::Function, x::AVec, y::AVec)
     end
 end
 
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-"Represents data values with formatting that should apply to the tick labels."
-struct Formatted{T}
-    data::T
-    formatter::Function
-end
-
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 "create a BezierCurve for plotting"
 mutable struct BezierCurve{T <: GeometryTypes.Point}
diff --git a/src/pipeline.jl b/src/pipeline.jl
index e6256edc..c7be171f 100644
--- a/src/pipeline.jl
+++ b/src/pipeline.jl
@@ -1,127 +1,74 @@
-# Error for aliases used in recipes
-function warn_on_recipe_aliases!(plotattributes, recipe_type, args...)
+# RecipesPipeline API
+
+## Warnings
+
+function RecipesPipeline.warn_on_recipe_aliases!(
+    plt::Plot,
+    plotattributes,
+    recipe_type,
+    args...,
+)
     for k in keys(plotattributes)
         if !is_default_attribute(k)
             dk = get(_keyAliases, k, k)
             if k !== dk
-                @warn "Attribute alias `$k` detected in the $recipe_type recipe defined for the signature $(signature_string(Val{recipe_type}, args...)). To ensure expected behavior it is recommended to use the default attribute `$dk`."
+                @warn "Attribute alias `$k` detected in the $recipe_type recipe defined for the signature $(_signature_string(Val{recipe_type}, args...)). To ensure expected behavior it is recommended to use the default attribute `$dk`."
             end
-            plotattributes[dk] = pop_kw!(plotattributes, k)
+            plotattributes[dk] = RecipesPipeline.pop_kw!(plotattributes, k)
         end
     end
 end
-function warn_on_recipe_aliases!(v::AbstractVector, recipe_type, args...)
-    foreach(x -> warn_on_recipe_aliases!(x, recipe_type, args...), v)
+function RecipesPipeline.warn_on_recipe_aliases!(
+    plt::Plot,
+    v::AbstractVector,
+    recipe_type,
+    args...,
+)
+    foreach(x -> RecipesPipeline.warn_on_recipe_aliases!(plt, x, recipe_type, args...), v)
 end
-function warn_on_recipe_aliases!(rd::RecipeData, recipe_type, args...)
-    warn_on_recipe_aliases!(rd.plotattributes, recipe_type, args...)
+function RecipesPipeline.warn_on_recipe_aliases!(
+    plt::Plot,
+    rd::RecipeData,
+    recipe_type,
+    args...,
+)
+    RecipesPipeline.warn_on_recipe_aliases!(plt, rd.plotattributes, recipe_type, args...)
 end
 
-function signature_string(::Type{Val{:user}}, args...)
+function _signature_string(::Type{Val{:user}}, args...)
     return string("(::", join(string.(typeof.(args)), ", ::"), ")")
 end
-signature_string(::Type{Val{:type}}, T) = "(::Type{$T}, ::$T)"
-signature_string(::Type{Val{:plot}}, st) = "(::Type{Val{:$st}}, ::AbstractPlot)"
-signature_string(::Type{Val{:series}}, st) = "(::Type{Val{:$st}}, x, y, z)"
+_signature_string(::Type{Val{:type}}, T) = "(::Type{$T}, ::$T)"
+_signature_string(::Type{Val{:plot}}, st) = "(::Type{Val{:$st}}, ::AbstractPlot)"
+_signature_string(::Type{Val{:series}}, st) = "(::Type{Val{:$st}}, x, y, z)"
 
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------
-# preprocessing
 
-function series_idx(kw_list::AVec{KW}, kw::AKW)
-    Int(kw[:series_plotindex]) - Int(kw_list[1][:series_plotindex]) + 1
+## Grouping
+
+RecipesPipeline.splittable_attribute(plt::Plot, key, val::SeriesAnnotations, len) =
+    RecipesPipeline.splittable_attribute(plt, key, val.strs, len)
+
+function RecipesPipeline.split_attribute(plt::Plot, key, val::SeriesAnnotations, indices)
+    split_strs = _RecipesPipeline.split_attribute(key, val.strs, indices)
+    return SeriesAnnotations(split_strs, val.font, val.baseshape, val.scalefactor)
 end
 
-function _expand_seriestype_array(plotattributes::AKW, args)
-    sts = get(plotattributes, :seriestype, :path)
-    if typeof(sts) <: AbstractArray
-        reset_kw!(plotattributes, :seriestype)
-        rd = Vector{RecipeData}(undef, size(sts, 1))
-        for r in axes(sts, 1)
-            dc = copy(plotattributes)
-            dc[:seriestype] = sts[r:r,:]
-            rd[r] = RecipeData(dc, args)
-        end
-        rd
-    else
-        RecipeData[RecipeData(copy(plotattributes), args)]
-    end
-end
 
-function _preprocess_args(plotattributes::AKW, args, still_to_process::Vector{RecipeData})
-    # the grouping mechanism is a recipe on a GroupBy object
-    # we simply add the GroupBy object to the front of the args list to allow
-    # the recipe to be applied
-    if haskey(plotattributes, :group)
-        args = (extractGroupArgs(plotattributes[:group], args...), args...)
-    end
+## Preprocessing attributes
 
-    # if we were passed a vector/matrix of seriestypes and there's more than one row,
-    # we want to duplicate the inputs, once for each seriestype row.
-    if !isempty(args)
-        append!(still_to_process, _expand_seriestype_array(plotattributes, args))
-    end
+RecipesPipeline.preprocess_attributes!(plt::Plot, plotattributes) =
+    RecipesPipeline.preprocess_attributes!(plotattributes) # in src/args.jl
 
-    # remove subplot and axis args from plotattributes... they will be passed through in the kw_list
-    if !isempty(args)
-        for (k,v) in plotattributes
-            if k in _all_subplot_args || k in _all_axis_args
-                reset_kw!(plotattributes, k)
-            end
-        end
-    end
+RecipesPipeline.is_axis_attribute(plt::Plot, attr) = is_axis_attr_noletter(attr) # in src/args.jl
 
-    args
-end
-
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------
-# user recipes
+RecipesPipeline.is_subplot_attribute(plt::Plot, attr) = is_subplot_attr(attr) # in src/args.jl
 
 
-function _process_userrecipes(plt::Plot, plotattributes::AKW, args)
-    still_to_process = RecipeData[]
-    args = _preprocess_args(plotattributes, args, still_to_process)
+## User recipes
 
-    # for plotting recipes, swap out the args and update the parameter dictionary
-    # we are keeping a stack of series that still need to be processed.
-    # each pass through the loop, we pop one off and apply the recipe.
-    # the recipe will return a list a Series objects... the ones that are
-    # finished (no more args) get added to the kw_list, the ones that are not
-    # are placed on top of the stack and are then processed further.
-    kw_list = KW[]
-    while !isempty(still_to_process)
-        # grab the first in line to be processed and either add it to the kw_list or
-        # pass it through apply_recipe to generate a list of RecipeData objects (data + attributes)
-        # for further processing.
-        next_series = popfirst!(still_to_process)
-        # recipedata should be of type RecipeData.  if it's not then the inputs must not have been fully processed by recipes
-        if !(typeof(next_series) <: RecipeData)
-            error("Inputs couldn't be processed... expected RecipeData but got: $next_series")
-        end
-        if isempty(next_series.args)
-            _process_userrecipe(plt, kw_list, next_series)
-        else
-            rd_list = RecipesBase.apply_recipe(
-                next_series.plotattributes,
-                next_series.args...
-            )
-            warn_on_recipe_aliases!(rd_list, :user, next_series.args...)
-            prepend!(still_to_process,rd_list)
-        end
-    end
-
-    # don't allow something else to handle it
-    plotattributes[:smooth] = false
-    kw_list
-end
-
-function _process_userrecipe(plt::Plot, kw_list::Vector{KW}, recipedata::RecipeData)
-    # when the arg tuple is empty, that means there's nothing left to recursively
-    # process... finish up and add to the kw_list
-    kw = recipedata.plotattributes
-    preprocessArgs!(kw)
+function RecipesPipeline.process_userrecipe!(plt::Plot, kw_list, kw)
     _preprocess_userrecipe(kw)
-    warnOnUnsupported_scales(plt.backend, kw)
-
+    warn_on_unsupported_scales(plt.backend, kw)
     # add the plot index
     plt.n += 1
     kw[:series_plotindex] = plt.n
@@ -135,18 +82,17 @@ end
 function _preprocess_userrecipe(kw::AKW)
     _add_markershape(kw)
 
-    # if there was a grouping, filter the data here
-    _filter_input_data!(kw)
-
     # map marker_z if it's a Function
     if isa(get(kw, :marker_z, nothing), Function)
         # TODO: should this take y and/or z as arguments?
-        kw[:marker_z] = isa(kw[:z], Nothing) ? map(kw[:marker_z], kw[:x], kw[:y]) : map(kw[:marker_z], kw[:x], kw[:y], kw[:z])
+        kw[:marker_z] = isa(kw[:z], Nothing) ? map(kw[:marker_z], kw[:x], kw[:y]) :
+            map(kw[:marker_z], kw[:x], kw[:y], kw[:z])
     end
 
     # map line_z if it's a Function
     if isa(get(kw, :line_z, nothing), Function)
-        kw[:line_z] = isa(kw[:z], Nothing) ? map(kw[:line_z], kw[:x], kw[:y]) : map(kw[:line_z], kw[:x], kw[:y], kw[:z])
+        kw[:line_z] = isa(kw[:z], Nothing) ? map(kw[:line_z], kw[:x], kw[:y]) :
+            map(kw[:line_z], kw[:x], kw[:y], kw[:z])
     end
 
     # convert a ribbon into a fillrange
@@ -178,59 +124,43 @@ function _add_smooth_kw(kw_list::Vector{KW}, kw::AKW)
         β, α = convert(Matrix{Float64}, [x ones(length(x))]) \ convert(Vector{Float64}, y)
         sx = [ignorenan_minimum(x), ignorenan_maximum(x)]
         sy = β .* sx .+ α
-        push!(kw_list, merge(copy(kw), KW(
-            :seriestype => :path,
-            :x => sx,
-            :y => sy,
-            :fillrange => nothing,
-            :label => "",
-            :primary => false,
-        )))
+        push!(
+            kw_list,
+            merge(
+                copy(kw),
+                KW(
+                    :seriestype => :path,
+                    :x => sx,
+                    :y => sy,
+                    :fillrange => nothing,
+                    :label => "",
+                    :primary => false,
+                ),
+            ),
+        )
     end
 end
 
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------
-# plot recipes
 
-# Grab the first in line to be processed and pass it through apply_recipe
-# to generate a list of RecipeData objects (data + attributes).
-# If we applied a "plot recipe" without error, then add the returned datalist's KWs,
-# otherwise we just add the original KW.
-function _process_plotrecipe(plt::Plot, kw::AKW, kw_list::Vector{KW}, still_to_process::Vector{KW})
-    if !isa(get(kw, :seriestype, nothing), Symbol)
-        # seriestype was never set, or it's not a Symbol, so it can't be a plot recipe
-        push!(kw_list, kw)
-        return
-    end
-    try
-        st = kw[:seriestype]
-        st = kw[:seriestype] = get(_typeAliases, st, st)
-        datalist = RecipesBase.apply_recipe(kw, Val{st}, plt)
-        warn_on_recipe_aliases!(datalist, :plot, st)
-        for data in datalist
-            preprocessArgs!(data.plotattributes)
-            if data.plotattributes[:seriestype] == st
-                error("Plot recipe $st returned the same seriestype: $(data.plotattributes)")
-            end
-            push!(still_to_process, data.plotattributes)
-        end
-    catch err
-        if isa(err, MethodError)
-            push!(kw_list, kw)
-        else
-            rethrow()
-        end
-    end
-    return
+RecipesPipeline.get_axis_limits(plt::Plot, f, letter) = axis_limits(plt[1], letter)
+
+
+## Plot recipes
+
+RecipesPipeline.type_alias(plt::Plot) = get(_typeAliases, st, st)
+
+
+## Plot setup
+
+function RecipesPipeline.plot_setup!(plt::Plot, plotattributes, kw_list)
+    _plot_setup(plt, plotattributes, kw_list)
+    _subplot_setup(plt, plotattributes, kw_list)
 end
 
-
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------
-# setup plot and subplot
-
+# TODO: Should some of this logic be moved to RecipesPipeline?
 function _plot_setup(plt::Plot, plotattributes::AKW, kw_list::Vector{KW})
     # merge in anything meant for the Plot
-    for kw in kw_list, (k,v) in kw
+    for kw in kw_list, (k, v) in kw
         haskey(_plot_defaults, k) && (plotattributes[k] = pop!(kw, k))
     end
 
@@ -241,7 +171,7 @@ function _plot_setup(plt::Plot, plotattributes::AKW, kw_list::Vector{KW})
 
         # create the layout and subplots from the inputs
         plt.layout, plt.subplots, plt.spmap = build_layout(plt.attr)
-        for (idx,sp) in enumerate(plt.subplots)
+        for (idx, sp) in enumerate(plt.subplots)
             sp.plt = plt
             sp.attr[:subplot_index] = idx
         end
@@ -266,7 +196,7 @@ function _plot_setup(plt::Plot, plotattributes::AKW, kw_list::Vector{KW})
             else
                 parent = plt.layout
             end
-            sp = Subplot(backend(), parent=parent)
+            sp = Subplot(backend(), parent = parent)
             sp.plt = plt
             push!(plt.subplots, sp)
             push!(plt.inset_subplots, sp)
@@ -282,28 +212,34 @@ function _subplot_setup(plt::Plot, plotattributes::AKW, kw_list::Vector{KW})
     # Subplot/Axis attributes set by a user/series recipe apply only to the
     # Subplot object which they belong to.
     # TODO: allow matrices to still apply to all subplots
-    sp_attrs = Dict{Subplot,Any}()
+    sp_attrs = Dict{Subplot, Any}()
     for kw in kw_list
         # get the Subplot object to which the series belongs.
         sps = get(kw, :subplot, :auto)
-        sp = get_subplot(plt, _cycle(sps == :auto ? plt.subplots : plt.subplots[sps], series_idx(kw_list,kw)))
+        sp = get_subplot(
+            plt,
+            _cycle(
+                sps == :auto ? plt.subplots : plt.subplots[sps],
+                series_idx(kw_list, kw),
+            ),
+        )
         kw[:subplot] = sp
 
         # extract subplot/axis attributes from kw and add to sp_attr
         attr = KW()
-        for (k,v) in collect(kw)
+        for (k, v) in collect(kw)
             if is_subplot_attr(k) || is_axis_attr(k)
                 attr[k] = pop!(kw, k)
             end
             if is_axis_attr_noletter(k)
                 v = pop!(kw, k)
-                for letter in (:x,:y,:z)
-                    attr[Symbol(letter,k)] = v
+                for letter in (:x, :y, :z)
+                    attr[Symbol(letter, k)] = v
                 end
             end
-            for k in (:scale,), letter in (:x,:y,:z)
+            for k in (:scale,), letter in (:x, :y, :z)
                 # Series recipes may need access to this information
-                lk = Symbol(letter,k)
+                lk = Symbol(letter, k)
                 if haskey(attr, lk)
                     kw[lk] = attr[lk]
                 end
@@ -313,7 +249,7 @@ function _subplot_setup(plt::Plot, plotattributes::AKW, kw_list::Vector{KW})
     end
 
     # override subplot/axis args.  `sp_attrs` take precendence
-    for (idx,sp) in enumerate(plt.subplots)
+    for (idx, sp) in enumerate(plt.subplots)
         attr = if !haskey(plotattributes, :subplot) || plotattributes[:subplot] == idx
             merge(plotattributes, get(sp_attrs, sp, KW()))
         else
@@ -326,9 +262,34 @@ function _subplot_setup(plt::Plot, plotattributes::AKW, kw_list::Vector{KW})
     link_axes!(plt.layout, plt[:link])
 end
 
+function series_idx(kw_list::AVec{KW}, kw::AKW)
+    Int(kw[:series_plotindex]) - Int(kw_list[1][:series_plotindex]) + 1
+end
+
+
+## Series recipes
+
+function RecipesPipeline.slice_series_attributes!(plt::Plot, kw_list, kw)
+    sp::Subplot = kw[:subplot]
+    # in series attributes given as vector with one element per series,
+    # select the value for current series
+    _slice_series_args!(kw, plt, sp, series_idx(kw_list, kw))
+end
+
+RecipesPipeline.series_defaults(plt::Plot) = _series_defaults # in args.jl
+
+RecipesPipeline.is_seriestype_supported(plt::Plot, st) = is_seriestype_supported(st)
+
+function RecipesPipeline.add_series!(plt::Plot, plotattributes)
+    sp = _prepare_subplot(plt, plotattributes)
+    _expand_subplot_extrema(sp, plotattributes, plotattributes[:seriestype])
+    _update_series_attributes!(plotattributes, plt, sp)
+    _add_the_series(plt, sp, plotattributes)
+end
+
 # getting ready to add the series... last update to subplot from anything
 # that might have been added during series recipes
-function _prepare_subplot(plt::Plot{T}, plotattributes::AKW) where T
+function _prepare_subplot(plt::Plot{T}, plotattributes::AKW) where {T}
     st::Symbol = plotattributes[:seriestype]
     sp::Subplot{T} = plotattributes[:subplot]
     sp_idx = get_subplot_index(plt, sp)
@@ -337,7 +298,7 @@ function _prepare_subplot(plt::Plot{T}, plotattributes::AKW) where T
     st = _override_seriestype_check(plotattributes, st)
 
     # change to a 3d projection for this subplot?
-    if is3d(st)
+    if RecipesPipeline.needs_3d_axes(st)
         sp.attr[:projection] = "3d"
     end
 
@@ -349,14 +310,12 @@ function _prepare_subplot(plt::Plot{T}, plotattributes::AKW) where T
     sp
 end
 
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------
-# series types
-
 function _override_seriestype_check(plotattributes::AKW, st::Symbol)
     # do we want to override the series type?
-    if !is3d(st) && !(st in (:contour,:contour3d))
+    if !RecipesPipeline.is3d(st) && !(st in (:contour, :contour3d))
         z = plotattributes[:z]
-        if !isa(z, Nothing) && (size(plotattributes[:x]) == size(plotattributes[:y]) == size(z))
+        if !isa(z, Nothing) &&
+           (size(plotattributes[:x]) == size(plotattributes[:y]) == size(z))
             st = (st == :scatter ? :scatter3d : :path3d)
             plotattributes[:seriestype] = st
         end
@@ -364,27 +323,11 @@ function _override_seriestype_check(plotattributes::AKW, st::Symbol)
     st
 end
 
-function _prepare_annotations(sp::Subplot, plotattributes::AKW)
-    # strip out series annotations (those which are based on series x/y coords)
-    # and add them to the subplot attr
-    sp_anns = annotations(sp[:annotations])
-    # series_anns = annotations(pop!(plotattributes, :series_annotations, []))
-    # if isa(series_anns, SeriesAnnotations)
-    #     series_anns.x = plotattributes[:x]
-    #     series_anns.y = plotattributes[:y]
-    # elseif length(series_anns) > 0
-    #     x, y = plotattributes[:x], plotattributes[:y]
-    #     nx, ny, na = map(length, (x,y,series_anns))
-    #     n = max(nx, ny, na)
-    #     series_anns = [(x[mod1(i,nx)], y[mod1(i,ny)], text(series_anns[mod1(i,na)])) for i=1:n]
-    # end
-    # sp.attr[:annotations] = vcat(sp_anns, series_anns)
-end
-
 function _expand_subplot_extrema(sp::Subplot, plotattributes::AKW, st::Symbol)
     # adjust extrema and discrete info
     if st == :image
-        xmin, xmax = ignorenan_extrema(plotattributes[:x]); ymin, ymax = ignorenan_extrema(plotattributes[:y])
+        xmin, xmax = ignorenan_extrema(plotattributes[:x])
+        ymin, ymax = ignorenan_extrema(plotattributes[:y])
         expand_extrema!(sp[:xaxis], (xmin, xmax))
         expand_extrema!(sp[:yaxis], (ymin, ymax))
     elseif !(st in (:pie, :histogram, :bins2d, :histogram2d))
@@ -398,56 +341,10 @@ function _expand_subplot_extrema(sp::Subplot, plotattributes::AKW, st::Symbol)
 end
 
 function _add_the_series(plt, sp, plotattributes)
-    warnOnUnsupported_args(plt.backend, plotattributes)
-    warnOnUnsupported(plt.backend, plotattributes)
+    warn_on_unsupported_args(plt.backend, plotattributes)
+    warn_on_unsupported(plt.backend, plotattributes)
     series = Series(plotattributes)
     push!(plt.series_list, series)
     push!(sp.series_list, series)
     _series_added(plt, series)
 end
-
-# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-# this method recursively applies series recipes when the seriestype is not supported
-# natively by the backend
-function _process_seriesrecipe(plt::Plot, plotattributes::AKW)
-    #println("process $(typeof(plotattributes))")
-    # replace seriestype aliases
-    st = Symbol(plotattributes[:seriestype])
-    st = plotattributes[:seriestype] = get(_typeAliases, st, st)
-
-    # shapes shouldn't have fillrange set
-    if plotattributes[:seriestype] == :shape
-        plotattributes[:fillrange] = nothing
-    end
-
-    # if it's natively supported, finalize processing and pass along to the backend, otherwise recurse
-    if is_seriestype_supported(st)
-        sp = _prepare_subplot(plt, plotattributes)
-        _prepare_annotations(sp, plotattributes)
-        _expand_subplot_extrema(sp, plotattributes, st)
-        _update_series_attributes!(plotattributes, plt, sp)
-        _add_the_series(plt, sp, plotattributes)
-
-    else
-        # get a sub list of series for this seriestype
-        x, y, z = plotattributes[:x], plotattributes[:y], plotattributes[:z]
-        datalist = RecipesBase.apply_recipe(plotattributes, Val{st}, x, y, z)
-        warn_on_recipe_aliases!(datalist, :series, st)
-
-        # assuming there was no error, recursively apply the series recipes
-        for data in datalist
-            if isa(data, RecipeData)
-                preprocessArgs!(data.plotattributes)
-                if data.plotattributes[:seriestype] == st
-                    error("The seriestype didn't change in series recipe $st.  This will cause a StackOverflow.")
-                end
-                _process_seriesrecipe(plt, data.plotattributes)
-            else
-                @warn("Unhandled recipe: $(data)")
-                break
-            end
-        end
-    end
-    nothing
-end
diff --git a/src/plot.jl b/src/plot.jl
index 7bd16693..e52ac499 100644
--- a/src/plot.jl
+++ b/src/plot.jl
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ as a String to look up its docstring; e.g. `plotattr("seriestype")`.
 function plot(args...; kw...)
     # this creates a new plot with args/kw and sets it to be the current plot
     plotattributes = KW(kw)
-    preprocessArgs!(plotattributes)
+    RecipesPipeline.preprocess_attributes!(plotattributes)
 
     # create an empty Plot then process
     plt = Plot()
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ end
 # note: we split into plt1 and plts_tail so we can dispatch correctly
 function plot(plt1::Plot, plts_tail::Plot...; kw...)
     plotattributes = KW(kw)
-    preprocessArgs!(plotattributes)
+    RecipesPipeline.preprocess_attributes!(plotattributes)
 
     # build our plot vector from the args
     n = length(plts_tail) + 1
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ end
 # this adds to a specific plot... most plot commands will flow through here
 function plot!(plt::Plot, args...; kw...)
     plotattributes = KW(kw)
-    preprocessArgs!(plotattributes)
+    RecipesPipeline.preprocess_attributes!(plotattributes)
     # merge!(plt.user_attr, plotattributes)
     _plot!(plt, plotattributes, args)
 end
@@ -163,87 +163,11 @@ end
 # this is the core plotting function.  recursively apply recipes to build
 # a list of series KW dicts.
 # note: at entry, we only have those preprocessed args which were passed in... no default values yet
-function _plot!(plt::Plot, plotattributes::AKW, args::Tuple)
-    plotattributes[:plot_object] = plt
-
-    if !isempty(args) && !isdefined(Main, :StatsPlots) &&
-            first(split(string(typeof(args[1])), ".")) == "DataFrames"
-        @warn("You're trying to plot a DataFrame, but this functionality is provided by StatsPlots")
-    end
-
-    # --------------------------------
-    # "USER RECIPES"
-    # --------------------------------
-
-    kw_list = _process_userrecipes(plt, plotattributes, args)
-
-    # @info(1)
-    # map(DD, kw_list)
-
-
-    # --------------------------------
-    # "PLOT RECIPES"
-    # --------------------------------
-
-    # "plot recipe", which acts like a series type, and is processed before
-    # the plot layout is created, which allows for setting layouts and other plot-wide attributes.
-    # we get inputs which have been fully processed by "user recipes" and "type recipes",
-    # so we can expect standard vectors, surfaces, etc.  No defaults have been set yet.
-    still_to_process = kw_list
-    kw_list = KW[]
-    while !isempty(still_to_process)
-        next_kw = popfirst!(still_to_process)
-        _process_plotrecipe(plt, next_kw, kw_list, still_to_process)
-    end
-
-    # @info(2)
-    # map(DD, kw_list)
-
-    # --------------------------------
-    # Plot/Subplot/Layout setup
-    # --------------------------------
-    _plot_setup(plt, plotattributes, kw_list)
-    _subplot_setup(plt, plotattributes, kw_list)
-
-    # !!! note: At this point, kw_list is fully decomposed into individual series... one KW per series.          !!!
-    # !!!       The next step is to recursively apply series recipes until the backend supports that series type !!!
-
-    # --------------------------------
-    # "SERIES RECIPES"
-    # --------------------------------
-
-    # @info(3)
-    # map(DD, kw_list)
-
-    for kw in kw_list
-        sp::Subplot = kw[:subplot]
-
-        # in series attributes given as vector with one element per series,
-        # select the value for current series
-        _slice_series_args!(kw, plt, sp, series_idx(kw_list,kw))
-
-
-        series_attr = Attr(kw, _series_defaults)
-        # now we have a fully specified series, with colors chosen.   we must recursively handle
-        # series recipes, which dispatch on seriestype.  If a backend does not natively support a seriestype,
-        # we check for a recipe that will convert that series type into one made up of lower-level components.
-        # For example, a histogram is just a bar plot with binned data, a bar plot is really a filled step plot,
-        # and a step plot is really just a path.  So any backend that supports drawing a path will implicitly
-        # be able to support step, bar, and histogram plots (and any recipes that use those components).
-        _process_seriesrecipe(plt, series_attr)
-    end
-
-    # --------------------------------
-
+function _plot!(plt::Plot, plotattributes, args)
+    RecipesPipeline.recipe_pipeline!(plt, plotattributes, args)
     current(plt)
-
-    # do we want to force display?
-    # if plt[:show]
-    #     gui(plt)
-    # end
     _do_plot_show(plt, plt[:show])
-
-    plt
+    return plt
 end
 
 
@@ -288,5 +212,3 @@ function plot!(sp::Subplot, args...; kw...)
     plt = sp.plt
     plot!(plt, args...; kw..., subplot = findfirst(isequal(sp), plt.subplots))
 end
-
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/precompile.jl b/src/precompile.jl
index 5e7bc16e..3e3a8d8f 100644
--- a/src/precompile.jl
+++ b/src/precompile.jl
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ function _precompile_()
     isdefined(Plots, Symbol("#_make_hist##kw")) && precompile(Tuple{getfield(Plots, Symbol("#_make_hist##kw")), NamedTuple{(:normed, :weights), Tuple{Bool, Nothing}}, typeof(Plots._make_hist), Tuple{Array{Float64, 1}, Array{Float64, 1}}, Tuple{Int64, Int64}})
     isdefined(Plots, Symbol("#_make_hist##kw")) && precompile(Tuple{getfield(Plots, Symbol("#_make_hist##kw")), NamedTuple{(:normed, :weights), Tuple{Bool, Nothing}}, typeof(Plots._make_hist), Tuple{Array{Float64, 1}}, Symbol})
     isdefined(Plots, Symbol("#attr!##kw")) && precompile(Tuple{getfield(Plots, Symbol("#attr!##kw")), NamedTuple{(:formatter,), Tuple{Symbol}}, typeof(Plots.attr!), Plots.Axis})
+    isdefined(Plots, Symbol("#attr!##kw")) && precompile(Tuple{getfield(Plots, Symbol("#attr!##kw")), NamedTuple{(:formatter,), Tuple{typeof(RecipesPipeline.datetimeformatter)}}, typeof(Plots.attr!), Plots.Axis})
     isdefined(Plots, Symbol("#attr!##kw")) && precompile(Tuple{getfield(Plots, Symbol("#attr!##kw")), NamedTuple{(:grid, :lims), Tuple{Bool, Tuple{Int64, Int64}}}, typeof(Plots.attr!), Plots.Axis})
     isdefined(Plots, Symbol("#attr!##kw")) && precompile(Tuple{getfield(Plots, Symbol("#attr!##kw")), NamedTuple{(:grid, :lims, :flip), Tuple{Bool, Tuple{Int64, Int64}, Bool}}, typeof(Plots.attr!), Plots.Axis})
     isdefined(Plots, Symbol("#attr!##kw")) && precompile(Tuple{getfield(Plots, Symbol("#attr!##kw")), NamedTuple{(:grid, :ticks), Tuple{Bool, Nothing}}, typeof(Plots.attr!), Plots.Axis})
@@ -36,10 +37,7 @@ function _precompile_()
     isdefined(Plots, Symbol("#hline!##kw")) && precompile(Tuple{getfield(Plots, Symbol("#hline!##kw")), NamedTuple{(:line,), Tuple{Tuple{Int64, Symbol, Float64, Array{Symbol, 2}}}}, typeof(Plots.hline!), Array{Float64, 2}})
     isdefined(Plots, Symbol("#lens!##kw")) && precompile(Tuple{getfield(Plots, Symbol("#lens!##kw")), NamedTuple{(:inset,), Tuple{Tuple{Int64, Measures.BoundingBox{Tuple{Measures.Length{:w, Float64}, Measures.Length{:h, Float64}}, Tuple{Measures.Length{:w, Float64}, Measures.Length{:h, Float64}}}}}}, typeof(Plots.lens!), Array{Int64, 1}, Int})
     isdefined(Plots, Symbol("#pie##kw")) && precompile(Tuple{getfield(Plots, Symbol("#pie##kw")), NamedTuple{(:title, :l), Tuple{String, Float64}}, typeof(Plots.pie), Array{String, 1}, Int})
-    isdefined(Plots, Symbol("#plotly_annotation_dict##kw")) && precompile(Tuple{getfield(Plots, Symbol("#plotly_annotation_dict##kw")), NamedTuple{(:xref, :yref), Tuple{String, String}}, typeof(Plots.plotly_annotation_dict), Float64, Float64, Plots.PlotText})
     isdefined(Plots, Symbol("#plotly_annotation_dict##kw")) && precompile(Tuple{getfield(Plots, Symbol("#plotly_annotation_dict##kw")), NamedTuple{(:xref, :yref), Tuple{String, String}}, typeof(Plots.plotly_annotation_dict), Float64, Float64, String})
-    isdefined(Plots, Symbol("#plotly_annotation_dict##kw")) && precompile(Tuple{getfield(Plots, Symbol("#plotly_annotation_dict##kw")), NamedTuple{(:xref, :yref), Tuple{String, String}}, typeof(Plots.plotly_annotation_dict), Int64, Float64, Plots.PlotText})
-    isdefined(Plots, Symbol("#plotly_annotation_dict##kw")) && precompile(Tuple{getfield(Plots, Symbol("#plotly_annotation_dict##kw")), NamedTuple{(:xref, :yref), Tuple{String, String}}, typeof(Plots.plotly_annotation_dict), Int64, Float64, String})
     isdefined(Plots, Symbol("#portfoliocomposition##kw")) && precompile(Tuple{getfield(Plots, Symbol("#portfoliocomposition##kw")), NamedTuple{(:labels,), Tuple{Array{String, 2}}}, typeof(Plots.portfoliocomposition), Array{Float64, 2}, Int})
     isdefined(Plots, Symbol("#scatter!##kw")) && precompile(Tuple{getfield(Plots, Symbol("#scatter!##kw")), NamedTuple{(:marker, :series_annotations), Tuple{Tuple{Int64, Float64, Symbol}, Array{Any, 1}}}, typeof(Plots.scatter!), Base.StepRangeLen{Float64, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}}, Int})
     isdefined(Plots, Symbol("#scatter!##kw")) && precompile(Tuple{getfield(Plots, Symbol("#scatter!##kw")), NamedTuple{(:markersize, :c), Tuple{Int64, Symbol}}, typeof(Plots.scatter!), Array{Float64, 1}})
@@ -53,15 +51,8 @@ function _precompile_()
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._add_errorbar_kw), Array{Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, 1}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._add_markershape), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._add_smooth_kw), Array{Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, 1}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._add_the_series), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Plots.Subplot{Plots.GRBackend}, Plots.Attr})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._add_the_series), Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Plots.Subplot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Plots.Attr})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._apply_type_recipe), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Array{Any, 1}, Symbol})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._apply_type_recipe), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Array{Array{Float64, 1}, 1}, Symbol})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._apply_type_recipe), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Array{Array{T, 1} where T, 1}, Symbol})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._apply_type_recipe), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Array{Function, 1}, Symbol})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._apply_type_recipe), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Int64, Symbol})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._apply_type_recipe), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Plots.Surface{Array{Float64, 2}}, Symbol})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._apply_type_recipe), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, typeof(identity), Symbol})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._add_the_series), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Plots.Subplot{Plots.GRBackend}, RecipesPipeline.DefaultsDict})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._add_the_series), Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Plots.Subplot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, RecipesPipeline.DefaultsDict})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._backend_instance), Symbol})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._bin_centers), Array{Float64, 1}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._binbarlike_baseline), Float64, Symbol})
@@ -98,75 +89,21 @@ function _precompile_()
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._do_plot_show), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Bool})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._do_plot_show), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Symbol})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._do_plot_show), Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Bool})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._expand_seriestype_array), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Array{Float64, 1}, 1}, Array{Array{Float64, 1}, 1}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._expand_seriestype_array), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Array{T, 1} where T, 1}, Array{Float64, 2}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._expand_seriestype_array), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Array{T, 1} where T, 1}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._expand_seriestype_array), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Base.Complex{Float64}, 1}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._expand_seriestype_array), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Float64, 1}, Array{Float64, 1}, Base.UnitRange{Int64}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._expand_seriestype_array), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Float64, 1}, Array{Float64, 1}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._expand_seriestype_array), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Float64, 1}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._expand_seriestype_array), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Float64, 2}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._expand_seriestype_array), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Function, 1}, Array{Float64, 1}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._expand_seriestype_array), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Function, 1}, Float64, Float64}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._expand_seriestype_array), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Function, 1}, Int64}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._expand_seriestype_array), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Int64, 1}, Array{Float64, 1}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._expand_seriestype_array), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Int64, 1}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._expand_seriestype_array), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Plots.OHLC{T} where T<:Real, 1}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._expand_seriestype_array), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{String, 1}, Array{Float64, 1}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._expand_seriestype_array), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{String, 1}, Array{String, 1}, Array{Float64, 2}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._expand_seriestype_array), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Tuple{Int64, Real}, 1}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._expand_seriestype_array), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Union{Base.Missing, Int64}, 1}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._expand_seriestype_array), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Base.StepRangeLen{Float64, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}}, Array{Float64, 1}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._expand_seriestype_array), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Base.StepRangeLen{Float64, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}}, Array{Float64, 2}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._expand_seriestype_array), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Base.StepRangeLen{Float64, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}}, Base.StepRangeLen{Float64, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}}, Array{Float64, 2}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._expand_seriestype_array), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Base.StepRange{Int64, Int64}, Array{Float64, 2}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._expand_seriestype_array), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Base.UnitRange{Int64}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._expand_seriestype_array), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Plots.GroupBy, Array{Array{Float64, 1}, 1}, Array{Array{Float64, 1}, 1}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._expand_seriestype_array), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Plots.GroupBy, Array{Array{T, 1} where T, 1}, Array{Float64, 2}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._expand_seriestype_array), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Plots.GroupBy, Array{Array{T, 1} where T, 1}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._expand_seriestype_array), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Plots.GroupBy, Array{Base.Complex{Float64}, 1}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._expand_seriestype_array), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Plots.GroupBy, Array{Float64, 1}, Array{Float64, 1}, Base.UnitRange{Int64}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._expand_seriestype_array), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Plots.GroupBy, Array{Float64, 1}, Array{Float64, 1}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._expand_seriestype_array), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Plots.GroupBy, Array{Float64, 1}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._expand_seriestype_array), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Plots.GroupBy, Array{Float64, 2}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._expand_seriestype_array), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Plots.GroupBy, Array{Function, 1}, Array{Float64, 1}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._expand_seriestype_array), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Plots.GroupBy, Array{Function, 1}, Float64, Float64}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._expand_seriestype_array), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Plots.GroupBy, Array{Function, 1}, Int64}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._expand_seriestype_array), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Plots.GroupBy, Array{Int64, 1}, Array{Float64, 1}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._expand_seriestype_array), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Plots.GroupBy, Array{Int64, 1}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._expand_seriestype_array), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Plots.GroupBy, Array{Plots.OHLC{T} where T<:Real, 1}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._expand_seriestype_array), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Plots.GroupBy, Array{String, 1}, Array{Float64, 1}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._expand_seriestype_array), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Plots.GroupBy, Array{String, 1}, Array{String, 1}, Array{Float64, 2}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._expand_seriestype_array), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Plots.GroupBy, Array{Tuple{Int64, Real}, 1}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._expand_seriestype_array), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Plots.GroupBy, Array{Union{Base.Missing, Int64}, 1}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._expand_seriestype_array), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Plots.GroupBy, Base.StepRangeLen{Float64, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}}, Array{Float64, 1}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._expand_seriestype_array), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Plots.GroupBy, Base.StepRangeLen{Float64, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}}, Array{Float64, 2}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._expand_seriestype_array), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Plots.GroupBy, Base.StepRangeLen{Float64, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}}, Base.StepRangeLen{Float64, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}}, Array{Float64, 2}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._expand_seriestype_array), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Plots.GroupBy, Base.StepRange{Int64, Int64}, Array{Float64, 2}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._expand_seriestype_array), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Plots.GroupBy, Base.UnitRange{Int64}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._expand_seriestype_array), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Plots.GroupBy, Plots.PortfolioComposition}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._expand_seriestype_array), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Plots.GroupBy, Plots.Spy}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._expand_seriestype_array), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Plots.GroupBy, typeof(Base.log), Int64}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._expand_seriestype_array), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Plots.GroupBy}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._expand_seriestype_array), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Plots.PortfolioComposition}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._expand_seriestype_array), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Plots.Spy}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._expand_seriestype_array), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{typeof(Base.log), Int64}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._expand_seriestype_array), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._expand_subplot_extrema), Plots.Subplot{Plots.GRBackend}, Plots.Attr, Symbol})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._expand_subplot_extrema), Plots.Subplot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Plots.Attr, Symbol})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._filter_input_data!), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._expand_subplot_extrema), Plots.Subplot{Plots.GRBackend}, RecipesPipeline.DefaultsDict, Symbol})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._expand_subplot_extrema), Plots.Subplot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, RecipesPipeline.DefaultsDict, Symbol})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._heatmap_edges), Array{Float64, 1}, Bool})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._hist_edge), Tuple{Array{Float64, 1}}, Int64, Symbol})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._hist_edges), Tuple{Array{Float64, 1}, Array{Float64, 1}}, Int64})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._hist_edges), Tuple{Array{Float64, 1}, Array{Float64, 1}}, Tuple{Int64, Int64}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._hist_edges), Tuple{Array{Float64, 1}}, Symbol})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._initialize_backend), Plots.PlotlyBackend})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._override_seriestype_check), Plots.Attr, Symbol})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._override_seriestype_check), RecipesPipeline.DefaultsDict, Symbol})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._pick_default_backend)})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._plot!), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Array{Float64, 1}, 1}, Array{Array{Float64, 1}, 1}}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._plot!), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Array{T, 1} where T, 1}, Array{Float64, 2}}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._plot!), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Array{T, 1} where T, 1}}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._plot!), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Base.Complex{Float64}, 1}}})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._plot!), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Dates.DateTime, 1}, Base.UnitRange{Int64}, Array{Float64, 2}}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._plot!), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Float64, 1}, Array{Float64, 1}, Base.UnitRange{Int64}}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._plot!), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Float64, 1}, Array{Float64, 1}}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._plot!), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Float64, 1}}})
@@ -194,6 +131,7 @@ function _precompile_()
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._plot!), Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Array{T, 1} where T, 1}, Array{Float64, 2}}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._plot!), Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Array{T, 1} where T, 1}}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._plot!), Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Base.Complex{Float64}, 1}}})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._plot!), Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Dates.DateTime, 1}, Base.UnitRange{Int64}, Array{Float64, 2}}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._plot!), Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Float64, 1}, Array{Float64, 1}}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._plot!), Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Float64, 1}}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._plot!), Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Float64, 2}}})
@@ -217,112 +155,24 @@ function _precompile_()
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._plot_setup), Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Array{Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, 1}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._plotly_framestyle), Symbol})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._plots_defaults)})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._postprocess_axis_args!), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Symbol})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._prepare_annotations), Plots.Subplot{Plots.GRBackend}, Plots.Attr})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._prepare_annotations), Plots.Subplot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Plots.Attr})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._prepare_subplot), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Plots.Attr})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._prepare_subplot), Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Plots.Attr})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._preprocess_args), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Array{Float64, 1}, 1}, Array{Array{Float64, 1}, 1}}, Array{RecipesBase.RecipeData, 1}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._preprocess_args), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Array{T, 1} where T, 1}, Array{Float64, 2}}, Array{RecipesBase.RecipeData, 1}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._preprocess_args), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Array{T, 1} where T, 1}}, Array{RecipesBase.RecipeData, 1}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._preprocess_args), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Base.Complex{Float64}, 1}}, Array{RecipesBase.RecipeData, 1}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._preprocess_args), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Float64, 1}, Array{Float64, 1}, Base.UnitRange{Int64}}, Array{RecipesBase.RecipeData, 1}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._preprocess_args), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Float64, 1}, Array{Float64, 1}}, Array{RecipesBase.RecipeData, 1}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._preprocess_args), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Float64, 1}}, Array{RecipesBase.RecipeData, 1}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._preprocess_args), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Float64, 2}}, Array{RecipesBase.RecipeData, 1}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._preprocess_args), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Function, 1}, Array{Float64, 1}}, Array{RecipesBase.RecipeData, 1}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._preprocess_args), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Function, 1}, Float64, Float64}, Array{RecipesBase.RecipeData, 1}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._preprocess_args), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Function, 1}, Int64}, Array{RecipesBase.RecipeData, 1}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._preprocess_args), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Int64, 1}, Array{Float64, 1}}, Array{RecipesBase.RecipeData, 1}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._preprocess_args), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Int64, 1}}, Array{RecipesBase.RecipeData, 1}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._preprocess_args), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Plots.OHLC{T} where T<:Real, 1}}, Array{RecipesBase.RecipeData, 1}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._preprocess_args), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{String, 1}, Array{Float64, 1}}, Array{RecipesBase.RecipeData, 1}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._preprocess_args), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{String, 1}, Array{String, 1}, Array{Float64, 2}}, Array{RecipesBase.RecipeData, 1}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._preprocess_args), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Tuple{Int64, Real}, 1}}, Array{RecipesBase.RecipeData, 1}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._preprocess_args), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Union{Base.Missing, Int64}, 1}}, Array{RecipesBase.RecipeData, 1}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._preprocess_args), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Base.StepRangeLen{Float64, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}}, Array{Float64, 1}}, Array{RecipesBase.RecipeData, 1}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._preprocess_args), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Base.StepRangeLen{Float64, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}}, Array{Float64, 2}}, Array{RecipesBase.RecipeData, 1}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._preprocess_args), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Base.StepRangeLen{Float64, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}}, Base.StepRangeLen{Float64, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}}, Array{Float64, 2}}, Array{RecipesBase.RecipeData, 1}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._preprocess_args), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Base.StepRange{Int64, Int64}, Array{Float64, 2}}, Array{RecipesBase.RecipeData, 1}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._preprocess_args), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Base.UnitRange{Int64}}, Array{RecipesBase.RecipeData, 1}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._preprocess_args), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Plots.PortfolioComposition}, Array{RecipesBase.RecipeData, 1}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._preprocess_args), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Plots.Spy}, Array{RecipesBase.RecipeData, 1}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._preprocess_args), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{typeof(Base.log), Int64}, Array{RecipesBase.RecipeData, 1}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._preprocess_args), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{}, Array{RecipesBase.RecipeData, 1}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._preprocess_axis_args!), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._preprocess_barlike), Plots.Attr, Array{Float64, 1}, Array{Float64, 1}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._preprocess_barlike), Plots.Attr, Array{Int64, 1}, Array{Float64, 1}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._preprocess_barlike), Plots.Attr, Base.OneTo{Int64}, Array{Float64, 1}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._preprocess_binlike), Plots.Attr, Base.StepRangeLen{Float64, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}}, Array{Float64, 1}})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._prepare_subplot), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, RecipesPipeline.DefaultsDict})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._prepare_subplot), Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, RecipesPipeline.DefaultsDict})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._preprocess_barlike), RecipesPipeline.DefaultsDict, Array{Float64, 1}, Array{Float64, 1}})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._preprocess_barlike), RecipesPipeline.DefaultsDict, Array{Int64, 1}, Array{Float64, 1}})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._preprocess_barlike), RecipesPipeline.DefaultsDict, Base.OneTo{Int64}, Array{Float64, 1}})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._preprocess_binlike), RecipesPipeline.DefaultsDict, Base.StepRangeLen{Float64, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}}, Array{Float64, 1}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._preprocess_userrecipe), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._process_plotrecipe), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Array{Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, 1}, Array{Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, 1}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._process_plotrecipe), Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Array{Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, 1}, Array{Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, 1}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._process_seriesrecipe), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Plots.Attr})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._process_seriesrecipe), Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Plots.Attr})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._process_userrecipe), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Array{Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, 1}, RecipesBase.RecipeData})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._process_userrecipe), Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Array{Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, 1}, RecipesBase.RecipeData})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._process_userrecipes), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Array{Float64, 1}, 1}, Array{Array{Float64, 1}, 1}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._process_userrecipes), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Array{T, 1} where T, 1}, Array{Float64, 2}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._process_userrecipes), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Array{T, 1} where T, 1}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._process_userrecipes), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Base.Complex{Float64}, 1}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._process_userrecipes), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Float64, 1}, Array{Float64, 1}, Base.UnitRange{Int64}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._process_userrecipes), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Float64, 1}, Array{Float64, 1}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._process_userrecipes), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Float64, 1}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._process_userrecipes), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Float64, 2}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._process_userrecipes), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Function, 1}, Array{Float64, 1}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._process_userrecipes), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Function, 1}, Float64, Float64}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._process_userrecipes), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Function, 1}, Int64}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._process_userrecipes), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Int64, 1}, Array{Float64, 1}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._process_userrecipes), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Int64, 1}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._process_userrecipes), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Plots.OHLC{T} where T<:Real, 1}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._process_userrecipes), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{String, 1}, Array{Float64, 1}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._process_userrecipes), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{String, 1}, Array{String, 1}, Array{Float64, 2}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._process_userrecipes), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Tuple{Int64, Real}, 1}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._process_userrecipes), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Union{Base.Missing, Int64}, 1}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._process_userrecipes), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Base.StepRangeLen{Float64, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}}, Array{Float64, 1}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._process_userrecipes), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Base.StepRangeLen{Float64, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}}, Array{Float64, 2}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._process_userrecipes), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Base.StepRangeLen{Float64, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}}, Base.StepRangeLen{Float64, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}}, Array{Float64, 2}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._process_userrecipes), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Base.StepRange{Int64, Int64}, Array{Float64, 2}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._process_userrecipes), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Base.UnitRange{Int64}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._process_userrecipes), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Plots.PortfolioComposition}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._process_userrecipes), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Plots.Spy}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._process_userrecipes), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{typeof(Base.log), Int64}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._process_userrecipes), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._process_userrecipes), Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Array{Float64, 1}, 1}, Array{Array{Float64, 1}, 1}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._process_userrecipes), Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Array{T, 1} where T, 1}, Array{Float64, 2}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._process_userrecipes), Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Array{T, 1} where T, 1}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._process_userrecipes), Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Base.Complex{Float64}, 1}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._process_userrecipes), Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Float64, 1}, Array{Float64, 1}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._process_userrecipes), Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Float64, 1}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._process_userrecipes), Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Float64, 2}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._process_userrecipes), Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Function, 1}, Float64, Float64}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._process_userrecipes), Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Int64, 1}, Array{Float64, 1}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._process_userrecipes), Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Int64, 1}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._process_userrecipes), Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Plots.OHLC{T} where T<:Real, 1}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._process_userrecipes), Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{String, 1}, Array{Float64, 1}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._process_userrecipes), Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{String, 1}, Array{String, 1}, Array{Float64, 2}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._process_userrecipes), Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Tuple{Int64, Real}, 1}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._process_userrecipes), Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Array{Union{Base.Missing, Int64}, 1}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._process_userrecipes), Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Base.StepRangeLen{Float64, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}}, Array{Float64, 1}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._process_userrecipes), Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Base.StepRangeLen{Float64, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}}, Array{Float64, 2}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._process_userrecipes), Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Base.StepRangeLen{Float64, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}}, Base.StepRangeLen{Float64, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}}, Array{Float64, 2}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._process_userrecipes), Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Base.StepRange{Int64, Int64}, Array{Float64, 2}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._process_userrecipes), Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Base.UnitRange{Int64}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._process_userrecipes), Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Plots.PortfolioComposition}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._process_userrecipes), Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Plots.Spy}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._process_userrecipes), Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._replace_linewidth), Plots.Attr})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._replace_linewidth), RecipesPipeline.DefaultsDict})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._replace_markershape), Array{Symbol, 2}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._replace_markershape), Plots.Shape})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._scale_adjusted_values), Type{Float64}, Array{Float64, 1}, Symbol})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._scaled_adapted_grid), typeof(identity), Symbol, Symbol, Float64, Float64})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._series_index), Plots.Attr, Plots.Subplot{Plots.GRBackend}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._series_index), Plots.Attr, Plots.Subplot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._series_index), RecipesPipeline.DefaultsDict, Plots.Subplot{Plots.GRBackend}})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._series_index), RecipesPipeline.DefaultsDict, Plots.Subplot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._show), Base.IOStream, Base.Multimedia.MIME{Symbol("image/png")}, Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._slice_series_args!), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Plots.Subplot{Plots.GRBackend}, Int64})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._slice_series_args!), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Plots.Subplot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Int64})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._slice_series_args!), Plots.Attr, Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Plots.Subplot{Plots.GRBackend}, Int64})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._slice_series_args!), Plots.Attr, Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Plots.Subplot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Int64})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._slice_series_args!), RecipesPipeline.DefaultsDict, Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Plots.Subplot{Plots.GRBackend}, Int64})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._slice_series_args!), RecipesPipeline.DefaultsDict, Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Plots.Subplot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Int64})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._subplot_setup), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Array{Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, 1}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._subplot_setup), Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Array{Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, 1}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._transform_ticks), Base.StepRange{Int64, Int64}})
@@ -330,11 +180,11 @@ function _precompile_()
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._transform_ticks), Nothing})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._transform_ticks), Symbol})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._update_axis), Plots.Axis, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Symbol, Int64})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._update_axis), Plots.Axis, Plots.Attr, Symbol, Int64})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._update_axis), Plots.Axis, RecipesPipeline.DefaultsDict, Symbol, Int64})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._update_axis), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Plots.Subplot{Plots.GRBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Symbol, Int64})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._update_axis), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Plots.Subplot{Plots.GRBackend}, Plots.Attr, Symbol, Int64})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._update_axis), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Plots.Subplot{Plots.GRBackend}, RecipesPipeline.DefaultsDict, Symbol, Int64})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._update_axis), Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Plots.Subplot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Symbol, Int64})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._update_axis), Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Plots.Subplot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Plots.Attr, Symbol, Int64})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._update_axis), Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Plots.Subplot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, RecipesPipeline.DefaultsDict, Symbol, Int64})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._update_axis_colors), Plots.Axis})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._update_axis_links), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Plots.Axis, Symbol})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._update_axis_links), Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Plots.Axis, Symbol})
@@ -344,29 +194,26 @@ function _precompile_()
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._update_min_padding!), Plots.Subplot{Plots.GRBackend}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._update_min_padding!), Plots.Subplot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._update_plot_args), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._update_plot_args), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Plots.Attr})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._update_plot_args), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, RecipesPipeline.DefaultsDict})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._update_plot_args), Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._update_plot_args), Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Plots.Attr})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._update_series_attributes!), Plots.Attr, Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Plots.Subplot{Plots.GRBackend}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._update_series_attributes!), Plots.Attr, Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Plots.Subplot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._update_plot_args), Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, RecipesPipeline.DefaultsDict})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._update_series_attributes!), RecipesPipeline.DefaultsDict, Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Plots.Subplot{Plots.GRBackend}})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._update_series_attributes!), RecipesPipeline.DefaultsDict, Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Plots.Subplot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._update_subplot_args), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Plots.Subplot{Plots.GRBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Int64, Bool})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._update_subplot_args), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Plots.Subplot{Plots.GRBackend}, Plots.Attr, Int64, Bool})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._update_subplot_args), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Plots.Subplot{Plots.GRBackend}, RecipesPipeline.DefaultsDict, Int64, Bool})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._update_subplot_args), Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Plots.Subplot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Int64, Bool})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._update_subplot_args), Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Plots.Subplot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Plots.Attr, Int64, Bool})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._update_subplot_args), Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Plots.Subplot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, RecipesPipeline.DefaultsDict, Int64, Bool})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._update_subplot_colors), Plots.Subplot{Plots.GRBackend}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._update_subplot_colors), Plots.Subplot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._update_subplot_periphery), Plots.Subplot{Plots.GRBackend}, Array{Any, 1}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots._update_subplot_periphery), Plots.Subplot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Array{Any, 1}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.addExtension), String, String})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.add_layout_pct!), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Expr, Int64, Int64})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.aliasesAndAutopick), Plots.Attr, Symbol, Base.Dict{Symbol, Symbol}, Array{Symbol, 1}, Int64})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.all3D), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.all3D), Plots.Attr})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.aliasesAndAutopick), RecipesPipeline.DefaultsDict, Symbol, Base.Dict{Symbol, Symbol}, Array{Symbol, 1}, Int64})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.allAlphas), Int64})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.allStyles), Int64})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.allStyles), Symbol})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.annotate!), Array{Tuple{Int64, Float64, Plots.PlotText}, 1}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.annotations), Array{Any, 1}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.arrow), Int64})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.attr), Plots.EmptyLayout, Symbol, Symbol})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.attr), Plots.EmptyLayout, Symbol})
@@ -394,30 +241,14 @@ function _precompile_()
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.bottom), Measures.BoundingBox{Tuple{Measures.Length{:w, Float64}, Measures.Length{:h, Float64}}, Tuple{Measures.Length{:w, Float64}, Measures.Length{:h, Float64}}}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.bottompad), Plots.Subplot{Plots.GRBackend}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.bottompad), Plots.Subplot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.build_layout), Plots.Attr})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.build_layout), Plots.GridLayout, Int64, Array{Plots.Plot{T} where T<:RecipesBase.AbstractBackend, 1}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.build_layout), Plots.GridLayout, Int64})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.build_layout), RecipesPipeline.DefaultsDict})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.calc_num_subplots), Plots.EmptyLayout})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.calc_num_subplots), Plots.GridLayout})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.color_or_nothing!), Plots.Attr, Symbol})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.color_or_nothing!), RecipesPipeline.DefaultsDict, Symbol})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.colorbar_style), Plots.Series})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.compute_gridsize), Int64, Int64, Int64})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.compute_x), Nothing, Plots.Surface{Array{Float64, 2}}, Nothing})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.compute_xyz), Array{Float64, 1}, Array{Float64, 1}, Base.UnitRange{Int64}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.compute_xyz), Array{Float64, 1}, Array{Float64, 1}, Nothing})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.compute_xyz), Array{Float64, 1}, typeof(identity), Nothing})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.compute_xyz), Array{String, 1}, Array{Float64, 1}, Nothing})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.compute_xyz), Array{String, 1}, Array{String, 1}, Plots.Surface{Array{Float64, 2}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.compute_xyz), Base.StepRangeLen{Float64, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}}, Array{Float64, 1}, Nothing})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.compute_xyz), Base.StepRangeLen{Float64, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}}, Base.StepRangeLen{Float64, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}}, Plots.Surface{Array{Float64, 2}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.compute_xyz), Base.StepRangeLen{Float64, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}}, Plots.Surface{Array{Float64, 2}}, Nothing})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.compute_xyz), Base.StepRange{Int64, Int64}, Array{Float64, 1}, Nothing})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.compute_xyz), Base.StepRange{Int64, Int64}, Plots.Surface{Array{Float64, 2}}, Nothing})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.compute_xyz), Nothing, Array{Float64, 1}, Nothing})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.compute_xyz), Nothing, Array{Union{Base.Missing, Float64}, 1}, Nothing})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.compute_xyz), Nothing, Base.UnitRange{Int64}, Nothing})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.compute_xyz), Nothing, Nothing, Nothing})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.compute_xyz), Nothing, Plots.Surface{Array{Float64, 2}}, Nothing})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.concatenate_fillrange), Base.UnitRange{Int64}, Tuple{Array{Float64, 1}, Array{Float64, 1}}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.contour), Base.StepRangeLen{Float64, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}}, Int})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.contour_levels), Plots.Series, Tuple{Float64, Float64}})
@@ -441,7 +272,11 @@ function _precompile_()
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.discrete_value!), Plots.Axis, Base.Missing})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.discrete_value!), Plots.Axis, Char})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.discrete_value!), Plots.Axis, String})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.ensure_gradient!), Plots.Attr, Symbol, Symbol})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.ensure_gradient!), RecipesPipeline.DefaultsDict, Symbol, Symbol})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.error_coords), Array{Float64, 1}, Array{Float64, 1}, Array{Float64, 1}, Array{Float64, 1}})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.error_coords), Array{Float64, 1}, Array{Float64, 1}, Array{Float64, 1}})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.error_style!), RecipesPipeline.DefaultsDict})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.error_zipit), Array{Float64, 1}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.expand_extrema!), Plots.Axis, Array{Float64, 1}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.expand_extrema!), Plots.Axis, Array{Int64, 1}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.expand_extrema!), Plots.Axis, Base.OneTo{Int64}})
@@ -450,19 +285,14 @@ function _precompile_()
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.expand_extrema!), Plots.Axis, Base.UnitRange{Int64}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.expand_extrema!), Plots.Axis, Float64})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.expand_extrema!), Plots.Axis, Int64})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.expand_extrema!), Plots.Axis, Plots.Surface{Array{Float64, 2}}})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.expand_extrema!), Plots.Axis, RecipesPipeline.Surface{Array{Float64, 2}}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.expand_extrema!), Plots.Axis, Tuple{Float64, Float64}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.expand_extrema!), Plots.Subplot{Plots.GRBackend}, Plots.Attr})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.expand_extrema!), Plots.Subplot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Plots.Attr})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.expand_extrema!), Plots.Subplot{Plots.GRBackend}, RecipesPipeline.DefaultsDict})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.expand_extrema!), Plots.Subplot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, RecipesPipeline.DefaultsDict})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.extend_by_data!), Array{Float64, 1}, Float64})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.extend_series_data!), Plots.Series, Float64, Symbol})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.extractGroupArgs), Array{String, 1}, Array{Float64, 1}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.fakedata), Int64, Int64})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.fg_color), Plots.Attr})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.filter_data!), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Array{Int64, 1}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.filter_data), Array{Float64, 1}, Array{Int64, 1}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.filter_data), Base.OneTo{Int64}, Array{Int64, 1}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.filter_data), Nothing, Array{Int64, 1}})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.fg_color), RecipesPipeline.DefaultsDict})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.font), Int64, Int})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.font), String, Int})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.font), Symbol, Int})
@@ -498,6 +328,7 @@ function _precompile_()
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.get_markerstrokewidth), Plots.Series, Int64})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.get_minor_ticks), Plots.Subplot{Plots.GRBackend}, Plots.Axis, Tuple{Array{Float64, 1}, Array{Any, 1}}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.get_minor_ticks), Plots.Subplot{Plots.GRBackend}, Plots.Axis, Tuple{Array{Float64, 1}, Array{String, 1}}})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.get_minor_ticks), Plots.Subplot{Plots.GRBackend}, Plots.Axis, Tuple{Array{Int64, 1}, Array{String, 1}}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.get_series_color), ColorTypes.RGBA{Float64}, Plots.Subplot{Plots.GRBackend}, Int64, Symbol})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.get_series_color), ColorTypes.RGBA{Float64}, Plots.Subplot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Int64, Symbol})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.get_series_color), Int64, Plots.Subplot{Plots.GRBackend}, Int64, Symbol})
@@ -544,6 +375,7 @@ function _precompile_()
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.gr_get_color), Plots.Series})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.gr_get_ticks_size), Tuple{Array{Float64, 1}, Array{Any, 1}}, Int64})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.gr_get_ticks_size), Tuple{Array{Float64, 1}, Array{String, 1}}, Int64})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.gr_get_ticks_size), Tuple{Array{Int64, 1}, Array{String, 1}}, Int64})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.gr_inqtext), Int64, Int64, String})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.gr_legend_pos), Plots.Subplot{Plots.GRBackend}, Float64, Float64})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.gr_polaraxes), Int64, Float64, Plots.Subplot{Plots.GRBackend}})
@@ -562,6 +394,7 @@ function _precompile_()
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.gr_set_markercolor), ColorTypes.RGBA{Float64}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.gr_set_textcolor), ColorTypes.RGBA{Float64}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.gr_set_transparency), ColorTypes.RGBA{Float64}, Float64})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.gr_set_transparency), ColorTypes.RGBA{Float64}, Int64})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.gr_set_transparency), ColorTypes.RGBA{Float64}, Nothing})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.gr_set_transparency), Float64})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.gr_set_viewport_cmap), Plots.Subplot{Plots.GRBackend}})
@@ -575,6 +408,7 @@ function _precompile_()
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.gr_update_colorbar!), Plots.GRColorbar, Plots.Series})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.gr_viewport_from_bbox), Plots.Subplot{Plots.GRBackend}, Measures.BoundingBox{Tuple{Measures.Length{:mm, Float64}, Measures.Length{:mm, Float64}}, Tuple{Measures.Length{:mm, Float64}, Measures.Length{:mm, Float64}}}, Measures.Length{:mm, Float64}, Measures.Length{:mm, Float64}, Array{Float64, 1}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.gr_w3tondc), Float64, Float64, Float64})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.gr_w3tondc), Int64, Float64, Float64})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.gui), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.gui), Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.guide_padding), Plots.Axis})
@@ -587,12 +421,16 @@ function _precompile_()
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.hascolorbar), Plots.Subplot{Plots.GRBackend}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.hascolorbar), Plots.Subplot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.hasgrid), Symbol, Symbol})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.heatmap), Array{Dates.DateTime, 1}, Int})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.heatmap_edges), Array{Float64, 1}, Symbol, Array{Float64, 1}, Symbol, Tuple{Int64, Int64}})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.heatmap_edges), Array{Float64, 1}, Symbol, Base.UnitRange{Int64}, Symbol, Tuple{Int64, Int64}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.heatmap_edges), Array{Float64, 1}, Symbol, Bool})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.heatmap_edges), Array{Float64, 1}, Symbol})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.heatmap_edges), Base.StepRangeLen{Float64, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}}, Symbol, Base.StepRangeLen{Float64, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}}, Symbol, Tuple{Int64, Int64}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.heatmap_edges), Base.StepRangeLen{Float64, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}}, Symbol, Bool})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.heatmap_edges), Base.StepRangeLen{Float64, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}}, Symbol})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.heatmap_edges), Base.UnitRange{Int64}, Symbol, Bool})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.heatmap_edges), Base.UnitRange{Int64}, Symbol})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.ignorenan_extrema), Array{Float64, 1}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.ignorenan_extrema), Array{Float64, 2}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.ignorenan_extrema), Base.StepRangeLen{Float64, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}}})
@@ -604,10 +442,6 @@ function _precompile_()
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.inline), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.inline), Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.intersection_point), Float64, Float64, Float64, Float64, Float64, Float64})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.is3d), Plots.Attr})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.is3d), Plots.Subplot{Plots.GRBackend}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.is3d), Plots.Subplot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.is3d), Symbol})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.is_2tuple), Int64})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.is_2tuple), Symbol})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.is_2tuple), Tuple{Array{Float64, 1}, Array{Float64, 1}}})
@@ -639,7 +473,7 @@ function _precompile_()
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.ispolar), Plots.Subplot{Plots.GRBackend}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.ispolar), Plots.Subplot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.isvertical), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.isvertical), Plots.Attr})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.isvertical), RecipesPipeline.DefaultsDict})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.iter_segments), Array{Float64, 1}, Array{Float64, 1}, Int})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.iter_segments), Array{Float64, 1}, Array{Float64, 1}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.iter_segments), Array{Int64, 1}, Array{Float64, 1}})
@@ -656,8 +490,8 @@ function _precompile_()
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.layout_args), Int64, Plots.GridLayout})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.layout_args), Int64, Tuple{Int64, Int64}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.layout_args), Int64})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.layout_args), Plots.Attr})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.layout_args), Plots.GridLayout})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.layout_args), RecipesPipeline.DefaultsDict})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.left), Measures.BoundingBox{Tuple{Measures.Length{:mm, Float64}, Measures.Length{:mm, Float64}}, Tuple{Measures.Length{:mm, Float64}, Measures.Length{:mm, Float64}}}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.left), Measures.BoundingBox{Tuple{Measures.Length{:w, Float64}, Measures.Length{:h, Float64}}, Tuple{Measures.Length{:w, Float64}, Measures.Length{:h, Float64}}}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.leftpad), Plots.Subplot{Plots.GRBackend}})
@@ -666,15 +500,14 @@ function _precompile_()
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.legendfont), Plots.Subplot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.legendtitlefont), Plots.Subplot{Plots.GRBackend}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.like_histogram), Symbol})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.like_surface), Symbol})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.link_axes!), Array{RecipesBase.AbstractLayout, 1}, Symbol})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.link_axes!), Plots.Axis, Plots.Axis})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.link_axes!), Plots.Axis})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.link_axes!), Plots.GridLayout, Symbol})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.link_axes!), Plots.Subplot{Plots.GRBackend}, Symbol})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.link_axes!), Plots.Subplot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Symbol})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.link_subplots), Array{RecipesBase.AbstractLayout, 1}, Symbol})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.locate_annotation), Plots.Subplot{Plots.GRBackend}, Int64, Float64, Plots.PlotText})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.locate_annotation), Plots.Subplot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Int64, Float64, Plots.PlotText})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.make_fillrange_from_ribbon), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.make_fillrange_side), Base.UnitRange{Int64}, Array{Float64, 1}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.make_fillrange_side), Base.UnitRange{Int64}, Base.LinRange{Float64}})
@@ -685,7 +518,6 @@ function _precompile_()
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.make_steps), Base.OneTo{Int64}, Symbol})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.make_steps), Nothing, Symbol})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.nanappend!), Array{Float64, 1}, Array{Float64, 1}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.nobigs), Array{Float64, 1}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.ohlc), Array{Plots.OHLC{T} where T<:Real, 1}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.optimal_ticks_and_labels), Plots.Subplot{Plots.GRBackend}, Plots.Axis, Base.StepRange{Int64, Int64}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.optimal_ticks_and_labels), Plots.Subplot{Plots.GRBackend}, Plots.Axis, Base.UnitRange{Int64}})
@@ -716,7 +548,7 @@ function _precompile_()
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.plotly_data), Plots.Series, Symbol, Base.StepRange{Int64, Int64}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.plotly_data), Plots.Series, Symbol, Base.UnitRange{Int64}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.plotly_data), Plots.Series, Symbol, Nothing})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.plotly_data), Plots.Series, Symbol, Plots.Surface{Array{Float64, 2}}})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.plotly_data), Plots.Series, Symbol, RecipesPipeline.Surface{Array{Float64, 2}}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.plotly_domain), Plots.Subplot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Symbol})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.plotly_font), Plots.Font, ColorTypes.RGBA{Float64}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.plotly_font), Plots.Font})
@@ -735,11 +567,12 @@ function _precompile_()
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.plotly_native_data), Plots.Axis, Base.StepRangeLen{Float64, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.plotly_native_data), Plots.Axis, Base.StepRange{Int64, Int64}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.plotly_native_data), Plots.Axis, Base.UnitRange{Int64}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.plotly_native_data), Plots.Axis, Plots.Surface{Array{Float64, 2}}})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.plotly_native_data), Plots.Axis, RecipesPipeline.Surface{Array{Float64, 2}}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.plotly_polar!), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Plots.Series})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.plotly_polaraxis), Plots.Subplot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Plots.Axis})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.plotly_series), Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Plots.Series})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.plotly_series), Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.plotly_series_segments), Plots.Series, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Array{Float64, 1}, Array{Float64, 1}, Array{Float64, 1}, Tuple{Float64, Float64}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.plotly_series_segments), Plots.Series, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Array{Float64, 1}, Array{Float64, 1}, Nothing, Tuple{Float64, Float64}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.plotly_series_segments), Plots.Series, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Array{Int64, 1}, Array{Float64, 1}, Nothing, Tuple{Float64, Float64}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.plotly_series_segments), Plots.Series, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Array{Int64, 1}, Array{Int64, 1}, Nothing, Tuple{Float64, Float64}})
@@ -750,18 +583,10 @@ function _precompile_()
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.plotly_series_segments), Plots.Series, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Base.UnitRange{Int64}, Array{Float64, 1}, Nothing, Tuple{Float64, Float64}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.plotly_series_segments), Plots.Series, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Nothing, Nothing, Nothing, Tuple{Float64, Float64}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.plotly_series_shapes), Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Plots.Series, Tuple{Float64, Float64}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.plotly_surface_data), Plots.Series, Plots.Surface{Array{Float64, 2}}})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.plotly_surface_data), Plots.Series, RecipesPipeline.Surface{Array{Float64, 2}}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.png), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, String})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.prepareSeriesData), Array{Float64, 1}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.prepareSeriesData), Array{Float64, 2}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.prepareSeriesData), Array{Int64, 1}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.prepareSeriesData), Array{Real, 1}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.prepareSeriesData), Array{Union{Base.Missing, Int64}, 1}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.prepareSeriesData), Array{Union{Base.Missing, Number}, 1}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.prepare_output), Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.prepare_output), Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.preprocessArgs!), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.preprocessArgs!), Plots.Attr})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.processFillArg), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Bool})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.processFillArg), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Int64})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.processFillArg), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Symbol})
@@ -772,7 +597,7 @@ function _precompile_()
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.processGridArg!), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Float64, Symbol})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.processGridArg!), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Int64, Symbol})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.processGridArg!), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Symbol, Symbol})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.processGridArg!), Plots.Attr, Bool, Symbol})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.processGridArg!), RecipesPipeline.DefaultsDict, Bool, Symbol})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.processLineArg), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Array{Symbol, 2}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.processLineArg), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Float64})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.processLineArg), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Int64})
@@ -794,18 +619,11 @@ function _precompile_()
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.process_axis_arg!), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, String, Symbol})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.process_axis_arg!), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Symbol, Symbol})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.process_axis_arg!), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Tuple{Int64, Int64}, Symbol})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.process_fillrange), Int64, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.process_fillrange), Nothing, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.process_ribbon), Base.StepRangeLen{Float64, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.process_ribbon), Int64, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.process_ribbon), Nothing, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.process_ribbon), Tuple{Base.LinRange{Float64}, Base.LinRange{Float64}}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.process_ribbon), typeof(identity), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.recompute_lengths), Array{Measures.Measure, 1}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.replaceAlias!), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Symbol, Base.Dict{Symbol, Symbol}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.replaceAlias!), Plots.Attr, Symbol, Base.Dict{Symbol, Symbol}})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.replaceAlias!), RecipesPipeline.DefaultsDict, Symbol, Base.Dict{Symbol, Symbol}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.replaceAliases!), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Symbol}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.replaceAliases!), Plots.Attr, Base.Dict{Symbol, Symbol}})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.replaceAliases!), RecipesPipeline.DefaultsDict, Base.Dict{Symbol, Symbol}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.reset_axis_defaults_byletter!)})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.right), Measures.BoundingBox{Tuple{Measures.Length{:mm, Float64}, Measures.Length{:mm, Float64}}, Tuple{Measures.Length{:mm, Float64}, Measures.Length{:mm, Float64}}}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.rightpad), Plots.Subplot{Plots.GRBackend}})
@@ -816,23 +634,15 @@ function _precompile_()
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.series_annotations), Plots.SeriesAnnotations})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.series_annotations_shapes!), Plots.Series, Symbol})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.series_idx), Array{Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, 1}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.series_vector), Array{Any, 1}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.series_vector), Array{Array{Float64, 1}, 1}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.series_vector), Array{Array{T, 1} where T, 1}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.series_vector), Array{Float64, 2}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.series_vector), Array{Function, 1}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.series_vector), Array{Real, 1}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.series_vector), Array{Union{Base.Missing, Int64}, 1}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.series_vector), Array{Union{Base.Missing, Number}, 1}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.series_vector), typeof(identity), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.shape_data), Plots.Series, Int64})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.should_add_to_legend), Plots.Series})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.showaxis), Symbol, Symbol})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.shrink_by), Float64, Float64, Float64})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.slice_arg!), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Symbol, Int64, Bool})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.slice_arg!), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, Plots.Attr, Symbol, Int64, Bool})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.slice_arg!), Plots.Attr, Plots.Attr, Symbol, Int64, Bool})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.slice_arg!), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}, RecipesPipeline.DefaultsDict, Symbol, Int64, Bool})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.slice_arg!), RecipesPipeline.DefaultsDict, RecipesPipeline.DefaultsDict, Symbol, Int64, Bool})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.slice_arg), Array{ColorTypes.RGBA{Float64}, 2}, Int64})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.slice_arg), Array{Float64, 2}, Int64})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.slice_arg), Array{Measures.Length{:mm, Float64}, 2}, Int64})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.slice_arg), Array{String, 2}, Int64})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.slice_arg), Array{Symbol, 2}, Int64})
@@ -849,14 +659,7 @@ function _precompile_()
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.slice_arg), Tuple{Float64, Float64}, Int64})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.slice_arg), Tuple{Int64, Float64}, Int64})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.slice_arg), Tuple{Int64, Int64}, Int64})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.splittable_kw), Symbol, Array{Int64, 1}, Int64})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.splittable_kw), Symbol, Array{String, 1}, Int64})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.splittable_kw), Symbol, Array{Symbol, 2}, Int64})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.splittable_kw), Symbol, Plots.GridLayout, Int64})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.splittable_kw), Symbol, Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}, Int64})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.splittable_kw), Symbol, Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Int64})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.splittable_kw), Symbol, String, Int64})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.splittable_kw), Symbol, Symbol, Int64})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.slice_arg), typeof(identity), Int64})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.straightline_data), Plots.Series, Int64})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.straightline_data), Tuple{Int64, Int64}, Tuple{Float64, Float64}, Array{Float64, 1}, Array{Float64, 1}, Int64})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.stroke), Int64, Int})
@@ -874,8 +677,6 @@ function _precompile_()
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.text_size), Int64, Int64, Int64})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.tick_padding), Plots.Subplot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}, Plots.Axis})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.tickfont), Plots.Axis})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.ticksType), Tuple{Array{Float64, 1}, Array{Any, 1}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.ticksType), Tuple{Array{Float64, 1}, Array{String, 1}}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.title!), String})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.title_padding), Plots.Subplot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.titlefont), Plots.Subplot{Plots.GRBackend}})
@@ -884,9 +685,6 @@ function _precompile_()
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.toppad), Plots.Subplot{Plots.GRBackend}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.toppad), Plots.Subplot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.transpose_z), Plots.Series, Array{Float64, 2}, Bool})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.trueOrAllTrue), typeof(Plots.is3d), Symbol})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.trueOrAllTrue), typeof(identity), Array{Symbol, 2}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.unzip), Array{Tuple{Float64, Float64, Float64}, 1}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.update_child_bboxes!), Plots.GridLayout, Array{Measures.Length{:mm, Float64}, 1}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.update_child_bboxes!), Plots.GridLayout})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.update_child_bboxes!), Plots.Subplot{Plots.GRBackend}, Array{Measures.Length{:mm, Float64}, 1}})
@@ -895,190 +693,13 @@ function _precompile_()
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.update_inset_bboxes!), Plots.Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}})
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-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.warn_on_recipe_aliases!), RecipesBase.RecipeData, Symbol, Tuple{Array{String, 1}, Array{String, 1}, Array{Float64, 2}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.warn_on_recipe_aliases!), RecipesBase.RecipeData, Symbol, Tuple{Array{String, 1}, Array{String, 1}, Plots.Surface{Array{Float64, 2}}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.warn_on_recipe_aliases!), RecipesBase.RecipeData, Symbol, Tuple{Array{Tuple{Int64, Real}, 1}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.warn_on_recipe_aliases!), RecipesBase.RecipeData, Symbol, Tuple{Array{Union{Base.Missing, Int64}, 1}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.warn_on_recipe_aliases!), RecipesBase.RecipeData, Symbol, Tuple{Base.StepRangeLen{Float64, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}}, Array{Float64, 1}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.warn_on_recipe_aliases!), RecipesBase.RecipeData, Symbol, Tuple{Base.StepRangeLen{Float64, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}}, Array{Float64, 2}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.warn_on_recipe_aliases!), RecipesBase.RecipeData, Symbol, Tuple{Base.StepRangeLen{Float64, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}}, Base.StepRangeLen{Float64, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}}, Array{Float64, 2}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.warn_on_recipe_aliases!), RecipesBase.RecipeData, Symbol, Tuple{Base.StepRangeLen{Float64, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}}, Base.StepRangeLen{Float64, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}}, Plots.Surface{Array{Float64, 2}}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.warn_on_recipe_aliases!), RecipesBase.RecipeData, Symbol, Tuple{Base.StepRange{Int64, Int64}, Array{Float64, 2}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.warn_on_recipe_aliases!), RecipesBase.RecipeData, Symbol, Tuple{Base.UnitRange{Int64}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.warn_on_recipe_aliases!), RecipesBase.RecipeData, Symbol, Tuple{DataType, Array{Any, 1}, Array{Any, 1}, Nothing}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.warn_on_recipe_aliases!), RecipesBase.RecipeData, Symbol, Tuple{DataType, Array{Array{Float64, 1}, 1}, Array{Array{Float64, 1}, 1}, Nothing}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.warn_on_recipe_aliases!), RecipesBase.RecipeData, Symbol, Tuple{DataType, Array{Array{T, 1} where T, 1}, Array{Float64, 2}, Nothing}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.warn_on_recipe_aliases!), RecipesBase.RecipeData, Symbol, Tuple{DataType, Array{Float64, 1}, Array{Float64, 1}, Base.UnitRange{Int64}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.warn_on_recipe_aliases!), RecipesBase.RecipeData, Symbol, Tuple{DataType, Array{Float64, 1}, Array{Float64, 1}, Nothing}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.warn_on_recipe_aliases!), RecipesBase.RecipeData, Symbol, Tuple{DataType, Array{Float64, 1}, Array{Function, 1}, Nothing}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.warn_on_recipe_aliases!), RecipesBase.RecipeData, Symbol, Tuple{DataType, Array{Int64, 1}, Array{Float64, 1}, Nothing}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.warn_on_recipe_aliases!), RecipesBase.RecipeData, Symbol, Tuple{DataType, Array{Int64, 1}, Array{Real, 1}, Nothing}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.warn_on_recipe_aliases!), RecipesBase.RecipeData, Symbol, Tuple{DataType, Array{String, 1}, Array{Float64, 1}, Nothing}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.warn_on_recipe_aliases!), RecipesBase.RecipeData, Symbol, Tuple{DataType, Array{String, 1}, Array{String, 1}, Plots.Surface{Array{Float64, 2}}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.warn_on_recipe_aliases!), RecipesBase.RecipeData, Symbol, Tuple{DataType, Base.StepRangeLen{Float64, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}}, Array{Float64, 1}, Nothing}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.warn_on_recipe_aliases!), RecipesBase.RecipeData, Symbol, Tuple{DataType, Base.StepRangeLen{Float64, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}}, Array{Float64, 2}, Nothing}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.warn_on_recipe_aliases!), RecipesBase.RecipeData, Symbol, Tuple{DataType, Base.StepRangeLen{Float64, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}}, Base.StepRangeLen{Float64, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}}, Plots.Surface{Array{Float64, 2}}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.warn_on_recipe_aliases!), RecipesBase.RecipeData, Symbol, Tuple{DataType, Base.StepRange{Int64, Int64}, Array{Float64, 2}, Nothing}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.warn_on_recipe_aliases!), RecipesBase.RecipeData, Symbol, Tuple{DataType, Int64, Array{Function, 1}, Nothing}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.warn_on_recipe_aliases!), RecipesBase.RecipeData, Symbol, Tuple{DataType, Int64, typeof(Base.log), Nothing}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.warn_on_recipe_aliases!), RecipesBase.RecipeData, Symbol, Tuple{DataType, Nothing, Array{Array{T, 1} where T, 1}, Nothing}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.warn_on_recipe_aliases!), RecipesBase.RecipeData, Symbol, Tuple{DataType, Nothing, Array{Float64, 1}, Nothing}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.warn_on_recipe_aliases!), RecipesBase.RecipeData, Symbol, Tuple{DataType, Nothing, Array{Float64, 2}, Nothing}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.warn_on_recipe_aliases!), RecipesBase.RecipeData, Symbol, Tuple{DataType, Nothing, Array{Int64, 1}, Nothing}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.warn_on_recipe_aliases!), RecipesBase.RecipeData, Symbol, Tuple{DataType, Nothing, Array{Union{Base.Missing, Int64}, 1}, Nothing}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.warn_on_recipe_aliases!), RecipesBase.RecipeData, Symbol, Tuple{DataType, Nothing, Base.UnitRange{Int64}, Nothing}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.warn_on_recipe_aliases!), RecipesBase.RecipeData, Symbol, Tuple{Int64, Array{Function, 1}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.warn_on_recipe_aliases!), RecipesBase.RecipeData, Symbol, Tuple{Int64, typeof(Base.log)}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.warn_on_recipe_aliases!), RecipesBase.RecipeData, Symbol, Tuple{Nothing, Array{Float64, 2}, Nothing}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.warn_on_recipe_aliases!), RecipesBase.RecipeData, Symbol, Tuple{Plots.GroupBy, Array{Float64, 1}}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.warn_on_recipe_aliases!), RecipesBase.RecipeData, Symbol, Tuple{Plots.PortfolioComposition}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.warn_on_recipe_aliases!), RecipesBase.RecipeData, Symbol, Tuple{Plots.Spy}})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.warn_on_recipe_aliases!), RecipesBase.RecipeData, Symbol, Tuple{typeof(Base.log), Int64}})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.warn_on_unsupported), Plots.GRBackend, RecipesPipeline.DefaultsDict})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.warn_on_unsupported), Plots.PlotlyBackend, RecipesPipeline.DefaultsDict})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.warn_on_unsupported_args), Plots.GRBackend, RecipesPipeline.DefaultsDict})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.warn_on_unsupported_args), Plots.PlotlyBackend, RecipesPipeline.DefaultsDict})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.warn_on_unsupported_scales), Plots.GRBackend, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}})
+    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.warn_on_unsupported_scales), Plots.PlotlyBackend, Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.widen), Float64, Float64, Symbol})
-    precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.wrap_surfaces!), Base.Dict{Symbol, Any}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.wraptuple), Array{Any, 1}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.wraptuple), Array{Float64, 1}})
     precompile(Tuple{typeof(Plots.wraptuple), Base.StepRangeLen{Float64, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}}})
diff --git a/src/recipes.jl b/src/recipes.jl
index 5969528d..110aa461 100644
--- a/src/recipes.jl
+++ b/src/recipes.jl
@@ -457,6 +457,8 @@ end
     ()
 end
 @deps plots_heatmap shape
+is_3d(::Type{Val{:plots_heatmap}}) = true
+RecipesPipeline.is_surface(::Type{Val{:plots_heatmap}}) = true
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Histograms
@@ -1162,7 +1164,7 @@ function quiver_using_hack(plotattributes::AKW)
         )
     end
 
-    plotattributes[:x], plotattributes[:y] = Plots.unzip(pts[2:end])
+    plotattributes[:x], plotattributes[:y] = RecipesPipeline.unzip(pts[2:end])
     # KW[plotattributes]
 end
 
@@ -1178,6 +1180,118 @@ end
 @deps quiver shape path
 
 
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 1 argument
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# images - grays
+function clamp_greys!(mat::AMat{<:Gray})
+    for i in eachindex(mat)
+        mat[i].val < 0 && (mat[i] = Gray(0))
+        mat[i].val > 1 && (mat[i] = Gray(1))
+    end
+    mat
+end
+
+@recipe function f(mat::AMat{<:Gray})
+    n, m = axes(mat)
+    if is_seriestype_supported(:image)
+        seriestype := :image
+        yflip --> true
+        SliceIt, m, n, Surface(clamp_greys!(mat))
+    else
+        seriestype := :heatmap
+        yflip --> true
+        cbar --> false
+        fillcolor --> ColorGradient([:black, :white])
+        SliceIt, m, n, Surface(clamp!(convert(Matrix{Float64}, mat), 0.0, 1.0))
+    end
+end
+
+# images - colors
+@recipe function f(mat::AMat{T}) where {T <: Colorant}
+    n, m = axes(mat)
+
+    if is_seriestype_supported(:image)
+        seriestype := :image
+        yflip --> true
+        SliceIt, m, n, Surface(mat)
+    else
+        seriestype := :heatmap
+        yflip --> true
+        cbar --> false
+        aspect_ratio --> :equal
+        z, plotattributes[:fillcolor] = replace_image_with_heatmap(mat)
+        SliceIt, m, n, Surface(z)
+    end
+end
+
+# plotting arbitrary shapes/polygons
+
+@recipe function f(shape::Shape)
+    seriestype --> :shape
+    coords(shape)
+end
+
+@recipe function f(shapes::AVec{Shape})
+    seriestype --> :shape
+    coords(shapes)
+end
+
+@recipe function f(shapes::AMat{Shape})
+    seriestype --> :shape
+    for j in axes(shapes, 2)
+        @series coords(vec(shapes[:, j]))
+    end
+end
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 3 arguments
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# images - grays
+@recipe function f(x::AVec, y::AVec, mat::AMat{T}) where {T <: Gray}
+    if is_seriestype_supported(:image)
+        seriestype := :image
+        yflip --> true
+        SliceIt, x, y, Surface(mat)
+    else
+        seriestype := :heatmap
+        yflip --> true
+        cbar --> false
+        fillcolor --> ColorGradient([:black, :white])
+        SliceIt, x, y, Surface(convert(Matrix{Float64}, mat))
+    end
+end
+
+# images - colors
+@recipe function f(x::AVec, y::AVec, mat::AMat{T}) where {T <: Colorant}
+    if is_seriestype_supported(:image)
+        seriestype := :image
+        yflip --> true
+        SliceIt, x, y, Surface(mat)
+    else
+        seriestype := :heatmap
+        yflip --> true
+        cbar --> false
+        z, plotattributes[:fillcolor] = replace_image_with_heatmap(mat)
+        SliceIt, x, y, Surface(z)
+    end
+end
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Lists of tuples and GeometryTypes.Points
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+@recipe f(v::AVec{<:GeometryTypes.Point}) = RecipesPipeline.unzip(v)
+@recipe f(p::GeometryTypes.Point) = [p]
+
+# Special case for 4-tuples in :ohlc series
+@recipe f(xyuv::AVec{<:Tuple{R1, R2, R3, R4}}) where {R1, R2, R3, R4} =
+    get(plotattributes, :seriestype, :path) == :ohlc ? OHLC[OHLC(t...) for t in xyuv] :
+    RecipesPipeline.unzip(xyuv)
+
+
 # -------------------------------------------------
 
 # TODO: move OHLC to PlotRecipes finance.jl
@@ -1301,26 +1415,6 @@ abline!(plt::Plot, a, b; kw...) =
 
 abline!(args...; kw...) = abline!(current(), args...; kw...)
 
-
-# -------------------------------------------------
-# Dates & Times
-
-dateformatter(dt) = string(Date(Dates.UTD(dt)))
-datetimeformatter(dt) = string(DateTime(Dates.UTM(dt)))
-timeformatter(t) = string(Dates.Time(Dates.Nanosecond(t)))
-
-@recipe f(::Type{Date}, dt::Date) = (dt -> Dates.value(dt), dateformatter)
-@recipe f(::Type{DateTime}, dt::DateTime) =
-    (dt -> Dates.value(dt), datetimeformatter)
-@recipe f(::Type{Dates.Time}, t::Dates.Time) = (t -> Dates.value(t), timeformatter)
-@recipe f(::Type{P}, t::P) where {P<:Dates.Period} =
-    (t -> Dates.value(t), t -> string(P(t)))
-
-# -------------------------------------------------
-# Characters
-
-@recipe f(::Type{<:AbstractChar}, ::AbstractChar) = (string, string)
-
 # -------------------------------------------------
 # Complex Numbers
 
diff --git a/src/series.jl b/src/series.jl
deleted file mode 100644
index ff3ce8a7..00000000
--- a/src/series.jl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,659 +0,0 @@
-
-
-# create a new "build_series_args" which converts all inputs into xs = Any[xitems], ys = Any[yitems].
-# Special handling for: no args, xmin/xmax, parametric, dataframes
-# Then once inputs have been converted, build the series args, map functions, etc.
-# This should cut down on boilerplate code and allow more focused dispatch on type
-# note: returns meta information... mainly for use with automatic labeling from DataFrames for now
-
-const FuncOrFuncs{F} = Union{F, Vector{F}, Matrix{F}}
-const MaybeNumber = Union{Number, Missing}
-const MaybeString = Union{AbstractString, Missing}
-const DataPoint = Union{MaybeNumber, MaybeString}
-
-prepareSeriesData(x) = error("Cannot convert $(typeof(x)) to series data for plotting")
-prepareSeriesData(::Nothing) = nothing
-prepareSeriesData(t::Tuple{T, T}) where {T<:Number} = t
-prepareSeriesData(f::Function) = f
-prepareSeriesData(ar::AbstractRange{<:Number}) = ar
-function prepareSeriesData(a::AbstractArray{<:MaybeNumber})
-    f = isimmutable(a) ? replace : replace!
-    a = f(x -> ismissing(x) || isinf(x) ? NaN : x, map(float, a))
-end
-prepareSeriesData(a::AbstractArray{<:Missing}) = fill(NaN, axes(a))
-prepareSeriesData(a::AbstractArray{<:MaybeString}) = replace(x -> ismissing(x) ? "" : x, a)
-prepareSeriesData(s::Surface{<:AMat{<:MaybeNumber}}) = Surface(prepareSeriesData(s.surf))
-prepareSeriesData(s::Surface) = s  # non-numeric Surface, such as an image
-prepareSeriesData(v::Volume) = Volume(prepareSeriesData(v.v), v.x_extents, v.y_extents, v.z_extents)
-
-# default: assume x represents a single series
-series_vector(x, plotattributes) = [prepareSeriesData(x)]
-
-# fixed number of blank series
-series_vector(n::Integer, plotattributes) = [zeros(0) for i in 1:n]
-
-# vector of data points is a single series
-series_vector(v::AVec{<:DataPoint}, plotattributes) = [prepareSeriesData(v)]
-
-# list of things (maybe other vectors, functions, or something else)
-function series_vector(v::AVec, plotattributes)
-    if all(x -> x isa MaybeNumber, v)
-        series_vector(Vector{MaybeNumber}(v), plotattributes)
-    elseif all(x -> x isa MaybeString, v)
-        series_vector(Vector{MaybeString}(v), plotattributes)
-    else
-        vcat((series_vector(vi, plotattributes) for vi in v)...)
-    end
-end
-
-# Matrix is split into columns
-function series_vector(v::AMat{<:DataPoint}, plotattributes)
-    if all3D(plotattributes)
-        [prepareSeriesData(Surface(v))]
-    else
-        [prepareSeriesData(v[:, i]) for i in axes(v, 2)]
-    end
-end
-
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Fillranges & ribbons
-
-
-process_fillrange(range::Number, plotattributes) = [range]
-process_fillrange(range, plotattributes) = series_vector(range, plotattributes)
-
-process_ribbon(ribbon::Number, plotattributes) = [ribbon]
-process_ribbon(ribbon, plotattributes) = series_vector(ribbon, plotattributes)
-# ribbon as a tuple: (lower_ribbons, upper_ribbons)
-process_ribbon(ribbon::Tuple{S, T}, plotattributes) where {S, T} = collect(zip(
-    series_vector(ribbon[1], plotattributes),
-    series_vector(ribbon[2], plotattributes),
-))
-
-
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-compute_x(x::Nothing, y::Nothing, z)    = axes(z,1)
-compute_x(x::Nothing, y, z)             = axes(y,1)
-compute_x(x::Function, y, z)            = map(x, y)
-compute_x(x, y, z)                      = x
-
-compute_y(x::Nothing, y::Nothing, z)    = axes(z,2)
-compute_y(x, y::Function, z)            = map(y, x)
-compute_y(x, y, z)                      = y
-
-compute_z(x, y, z::Function)            = map(z, x, y)
-compute_z(x, y, z::AbstractMatrix)      = Surface(z)
-compute_z(x, y, z::Nothing)             = nothing
-compute_z(x, y, z)                      = z
-
-nobigs(v::AVec{BigFloat}) = map(Float64, v)
-nobigs(v::AVec{BigInt}) = map(Int64, v)
-nobigs(v) = v
-
-@noinline function compute_xyz(x, y, z)
-    x = compute_x(x,y,z)
-    y = compute_y(x,y,z)
-    z = compute_z(x,y,z)
-    nobigs(x), nobigs(y), nobigs(z)
-end
-
-# not allowed
-compute_xyz(x::Nothing, y::FuncOrFuncs{F}, z) where {F<:Function}       = error("If you want to plot the function `$y`, you need to define the x values!")
-compute_xyz(x::Nothing, y::Nothing, z::FuncOrFuncs{F}) where {F<:Function} = error("If you want to plot the function `$z`, you need to define x and y values!")
-compute_xyz(x::Nothing, y::Nothing, z::Nothing)        = error("x/y/z are all nothing!")
-
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-# we are going to build recipes to do the processing and splitting of the args
-
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------
-# The catch-all SliceIt recipe
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-# ensure we dispatch to the slicer
-struct SliceIt end
-
-# The `SliceIt` recipe finishes user and type recipe processing.
-# It splits processed data into individual series data, stores in copied `plotattributes`
-# for each series and returns no arguments.
-@recipe function f(::Type{SliceIt}, x, y, z)
-
-    # handle data with formatting attached
-    if typeof(x) <: Formatted
-        xformatter := x.formatter
-        x = x.data
-    end
-    if typeof(y) <: Formatted
-        yformatter := y.formatter
-        y = y.data
-    end
-    if typeof(z) <: Formatted
-        zformatter := z.formatter
-        z = z.data
-    end
-
-    xs = series_vector(x, plotattributes)
-    ys = series_vector(y, plotattributes)
-    zs = series_vector(z, plotattributes)
-
-    fr = pop!(plotattributes, :fillrange, nothing)
-    fillranges = process_fillrange(fr, plotattributes)
-    mf = length(fillranges)
-
-    rib = pop!(plotattributes, :ribbon, nothing)
-    ribbons = process_ribbon(rib, plotattributes)
-    mr = length(ribbons)
-
-    mx = length(xs)
-    my = length(ys)
-    mz = length(zs)
-    if mx > 0 && my > 0 && mz > 0
-        for i in 1:max(mx, my, mz)
-            # add a new series
-            di = copy(plotattributes)
-            xi, yi, zi = xs[mod1(i,mx)], ys[mod1(i,my)], zs[mod1(i,mz)]
-            di[:x], di[:y], di[:z] = compute_xyz(xi, yi, zi)
-
-            # handle fillrange
-            fr = fillranges[mod1(i,mf)]
-            di[:fillrange] = isa(fr, Function) ? map(fr, di[:x]) : fr
-
-            # handle ribbons
-            rib = ribbons[mod1(i,mr)]
-            di[:ribbon] = isa(rib, Function) ? map(rib, di[:x]) : rib
-
-            push!(series_list, RecipeData(di, ()))
-        end
-    end
-    nothing  # don't add a series for the main block
-end
-
-
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Apply type recipes
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-# this is the default "type recipe"... just pass the object through
-@recipe f(::Type{T}, v::T) where T = v
-
-# this should catch unhandled "series recipes" and error with a nice message
-@recipe f(::Type{V}, x, y, z) where {V<:Val} = error("The backend must not support the series type $V, and there isn't a series recipe defined.")
-
-function _apply_type_recipe(plotattributes, v, letter)
-    _preprocess_axis_args!(plotattributes, letter)
-    rdvec = RecipesBase.apply_recipe(plotattributes, typeof(v), v)
-    warn_on_recipe_aliases!(plotattributes, :type, typeof(v))
-    _postprocess_axis_args!(plotattributes, letter)
-    return rdvec[1].args[1]
-end
-
-# Handle type recipes when the recipe is defined on the elements.
-# This sort of recipe should return a pair of functions... one to convert to number,
-# and one to format tick values.
-function _apply_type_recipe(plotattributes, v::AbstractArray, letter)
-    _preprocess_axis_args!(plotattributes, letter)
-    # First we try to apply an array type recipe.
-    w = RecipesBase.apply_recipe(plotattributes, typeof(v), v)[1].args[1]
-    warn_on_recipe_aliases!(plotattributes, :type, typeof(v))
-    # If the type did not change try it element-wise
-    if typeof(v) == typeof(w)
-        isempty(skipmissing(v)) && return Float64[]
-        x = first(skipmissing(v))
-        args = RecipesBase.apply_recipe(plotattributes, typeof(x), x)[1].args
-        warn_on_recipe_aliases!(plotattributes, :type, typeof(x))
-        _postprocess_axis_args!(plotattributes, letter)
-        if length(args) == 2 && all(arg -> arg isa Function, args)
-            numfunc, formatter = args
-             return Formatted(map(numfunc, v), formatter)
-         else
-             return v
-        end
-    end
-    _postprocess_axis_args!(plotattributes, letter)
-    return w
-end
-
-# special handling for Surface... need to properly unwrap and re-wrap
-_apply_type_recipe(
-    plotattributes,
-    v::Surface{<:AMat{<:Union{AbstractFloat, Integer, AbstractString, Missing}}},
-    letter,
-) = v
-function _apply_type_recipe(plotattributes, v::Surface, letter)
-    ret = _apply_type_recipe(plotattributes, v.surf, letter)
-    if typeof(ret) <: Formatted
-        Formatted(Surface(ret.data), ret.formatter)
-    else
-        Surface(ret)
-    end
-end
-
-# don't do anything vectors of datapoints and for nothing
-_apply_type_recipe(plotattributes, v::Nothing, letter) = v
-_apply_type_recipe(
-    plotattributes,
-    v::AbstractArray{<:Union{AbstractFloat, Integer, AbstractString, Missing}},
-    letter,
-) = v
-
-# axis args before type recipes should still be mapped to all axes
-function _preprocess_axis_args!(plotattributes)
-    for (k, v) in plotattributes
-        if is_axis_attr_noletter(k)
-            pop!(plotattributes, k)
-            for l in (:x, :y, :z)
-                lk = Symbol(l, k)
-                haskey(plotattributes, lk) || (plotattributes[lk] = v)
-            end
-        end
-    end
-end
-function _preprocess_axis_args!(plotattributes, letter)
-    plotattributes[:letter] = letter
-    _preprocess_axis_args!(plotattributes)
-end
-
-# axis args in type recipes should only be applied to the current axis
-function _postprocess_axis_args!(plotattributes, letter)
-    pop!(plotattributes, :letter)
-    if letter in (:x, :y, :z)
-        for (k, v) in plotattributes
-            if is_axis_attr_noletter(k)
-                pop!(plotattributes, k)
-                lk = Symbol(letter, k)
-                haskey(plotattributes, lk) || (plotattributes[lk] = v)
-            end
-        end
-    end
-end
-
-
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Fallback user recipes calling type recipes
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-# handle "type recipes" by converting inputs, and then either re-calling or slicing
-@recipe function f(x, y, z)
-    wrap_surfaces!(plotattributes, x, y, z)
-    did_replace = false
-    newx = _apply_type_recipe(plotattributes, x, :x)
-    x === newx || (did_replace = true)
-    newy = _apply_type_recipe(plotattributes, y, :y)
-    y === newy || (did_replace = true)
-    newz = _apply_type_recipe(plotattributes, z, :z)
-    z === newz || (did_replace = true)
-    if did_replace
-        newx, newy, newz
-    else
-        SliceIt, x, y, z
-    end
-end
-@recipe function f(x, y)
-    wrap_surfaces!(plotattributes, x, y)
-    did_replace = false
-    newx = _apply_type_recipe(plotattributes, x, :x)
-    x === newx || (did_replace = true)
-    newy = _apply_type_recipe(plotattributes, y, :y)
-    y === newy || (did_replace = true)
-    if did_replace
-        newx, newy
-    else
-        SliceIt, x, y, nothing
-    end
-end
-@recipe function f(y)
-    wrap_surfaces!(plotattributes, y)
-    newy = _apply_type_recipe(plotattributes, y, :y)
-    if y !== newy
-        newy
-    else
-        SliceIt, nothing, y, nothing
-    end
-end
-
-# if there's more than 3 inputs, it can't be passed directly to SliceIt
-# so we'll apply_type_recipe to all of them
-@recipe function f(v1, v2, v3, v4, vrest...)
-    did_replace = false
-    newargs = map(v -> begin
-        newv = _apply_type_recipe(plotattributes, v, :unknown)
-        if newv !== v
-            did_replace = true
-        end
-        newv
-    end, (v1, v2, v3, v4, vrest...))
-    if !did_replace
-        error("Couldn't process recipe args: $(map(typeof, (v1, v2, v3, v4, vrest...)))")
-    end
-    newargs
-end
-
-
-# helper function to ensure relevant attributes are wrapped by Surface
-function wrap_surfaces!(plotattributes, args...) end
-wrap_surfaces!(plotattributes, x::AMat, y::AMat, z::AMat) = wrap_surfaces!(plotattributes)
-wrap_surfaces!(plotattributes, x::AVec, y::AVec, z::AMat) = wrap_surfaces!(plotattributes)
-function wrap_surfaces!(plotattributes, x::AVec, y::AVec, z::Surface)
-    wrap_surfaces!(plotattributes)
-end
-function wrap_surfaces!(plotattributes)
-    if haskey(plotattributes, :fill_z)
-        v = plotattributes[:fill_z]
-        if !isa(v, Surface)
-            plotattributes[:fill_z] = Surface(v)
-        end
-    end
-end
-
-
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------
-# 1 argument
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-@recipe f(n::Integer) = is3d(get(plotattributes,:seriestype,:path)) ? (SliceIt, n, n, n) : (SliceIt, n, n, nothing)
-
-all3D(plotattributes) = trueOrAllTrue(
-    st -> st in (
-        :contour,
-        :contourf,
-        :heatmap,
-        :surface,
-        :wireframe,
-        :contour3d,
-        :image,
-        :plots_heatmap,
-    ),
-    get(plotattributes, :seriestype, :none),
-)
-
-# return a surface if this is a 3d plot, otherwise let it be sliced up
-@recipe function f(mat::AMat)
-    if all3D(plotattributes)
-        n, m = axes(mat)
-        m, n, Surface(mat)
-    else
-        nothing, mat, nothing
-    end
-end
-
-# if a matrix is wrapped by Formatted, do similar logic, but wrap data with Surface
-@recipe function f(fmt::Formatted{<:AMat})
-    if all3D(plotattributes)
-        mat = fmt.data
-        n, m = axes(mat)
-        m, n, Formatted(Surface(mat), fmt.formatter)
-    else
-        nothing, fmt, nothing
-    end
-end
-
-# assume this is a Volume, so construct one
-@recipe function f(vol::AbstractArray{<:MaybeNumber, 3}, args...)
-    seriestype := :volume
-    SliceIt, nothing, Volume(vol, args...), nothing
-end
-
-
-# images - grays
-function clamp_greys!(mat::AMat{<:Gray})
-    for i in eachindex(mat)
-        mat[i].val < 0 && (mat[i] = Gray(0))
-        mat[i].val > 1 && (mat[i] = Gray(1))
-    end
-    mat
-end
-
-@recipe function f(mat::AMat{<:Gray})
-    n, m = axes(mat)
-    if is_seriestype_supported(:image)
-        seriestype := :image
-        yflip --> true
-        SliceIt, m, n, Surface(clamp_greys!(mat))
-    else
-        seriestype := :heatmap
-        yflip --> true
-        cbar --> false
-        fillcolor --> ColorGradient([:black, :white])
-        SliceIt, m, n, Surface(clamp!(convert(Matrix{Float64}, mat), 0., 1.))
-    end
-end
-
-# images - colors
-@recipe function f(mat::AMat{T}) where T<:Colorant
-	n, m = axes(mat)
-
-    if is_seriestype_supported(:image)
-        seriestype := :image
-        yflip --> true
-        SliceIt, m, n, Surface(mat)
-    else
-        seriestype := :heatmap
-        yflip --> true
-        cbar --> false
-        aspect_ratio --> :equal
-        z, plotattributes[:fillcolor] = replace_image_with_heatmap(mat)
-        SliceIt, m, n, Surface(z)
-    end
-end
-
-# plotting arbitrary shapes/polygons
-
-@recipe function f(shape::Shape)
-    seriestype --> :shape
-    coords(shape)
-end
-
-@recipe function f(shapes::AVec{Shape})
-    seriestype --> :shape
-    coords(shapes)
-end
-
-@recipe function f(shapes::AMat{Shape})
-    seriestype --> :shape
-    for j in axes(shapes,2)
-        @series coords(vec(shapes[:,j]))
-    end
-end
-
-# Dicts: each entry is a data point (x,y)=(key,value)
-
-@recipe f(d::AbstractDict) = collect(keys(d)), collect(values(d))
-
-# function without range... use the current range of the x-axis
-
-@recipe function f(f::FuncOrFuncs{F}) where F<:Function
-    plt = plotattributes[:plot_object]
-    xmin, xmax = if haskey(plotattributes, :xlims)
-        plotattributes[:xlims]
-    else
-        try
-            axis_limits(plt[1], :x)
-        catch
-            xinv = invscalefunc(get(plotattributes, :xscale, :identity))
-            xm = PlotUtils.tryrange(f, xinv.([-5,-1,0,0.01]))
-            xm, PlotUtils.tryrange(f, filter(x->x>xm, xinv.([5,1,0.99, 0, -0.01])))
-        end
-    end
-
-    f, xmin, xmax
-end
-
-
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------
-# 2 arguments
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-# if functions come first, just swap the order (not to be confused with parametric
-# functions... as there would be more than one function passed in)
-
-@recipe function f(f::FuncOrFuncs{F}, x) where F<:Function
-    F2 = typeof(x)
-    @assert !(F2 <: Function || (F2 <: AbstractArray && F2.parameters[1] <: Function))  # otherwise we'd hit infinite recursion here
-    x, f
-end
-
-
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------
-# 3 arguments
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-# surface-like... function
-@recipe function f(x::AVec, y::AVec, zf::Function)
-    x, y, Surface(zf, x, y)  # TODO: replace with SurfaceFunction when supported
-end
-
-# surface-like... matrix grid
-@recipe function f(x::AVec, y::AVec, z::AMat)
-    if !like_surface(get(plotattributes, :seriestype, :none))
-        plotattributes[:seriestype] = :contour
-    end
-    x, y, Surface(z)
-end
-
-# images - grays
-@recipe function f(x::AVec, y::AVec, mat::AMat{T}) where T<:Gray
-    if is_seriestype_supported(:image)
-        seriestype := :image
-        yflip --> true
-        SliceIt, x, y, Surface(mat)
-    else
-        seriestype := :heatmap
-        yflip --> true
-        cbar --> false
-        fillcolor --> ColorGradient([:black, :white])
-        SliceIt, x, y, Surface(convert(Matrix{Float64}, mat))
-    end
-end
-
-# images - colors
-@recipe function f(x::AVec, y::AVec, mat::AMat{T}) where T<:Colorant
-    if is_seriestype_supported(:image)
-        seriestype := :image
-        yflip --> true
-        SliceIt, x, y, Surface(mat)
-    else
-        seriestype := :heatmap
-        yflip --> true
-        cbar --> false
-        z, plotattributes[:fillcolor] = replace_image_with_heatmap(mat)
-        SliceIt, x, y, Surface(z)
-    end
-end
-
-
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Parametric functions
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-# special handling... xmin/xmax with parametric function(s)
-@recipe function f(f::Function, xmin::Number, xmax::Number)
-    xscale, yscale = [get(plotattributes, sym, :identity) for sym=(:xscale,:yscale)]
-    _scaled_adapted_grid(f, xscale, yscale, xmin, xmax)
-end
-@recipe function f(fs::AbstractArray{F}, xmin::Number, xmax::Number) where F<:Function
-    xscale, yscale = [get(plotattributes, sym, :identity) for sym=(:xscale,:yscale)]
-    unzip(_scaled_adapted_grid.(fs, xscale, yscale, xmin, xmax))
-end
-@recipe f(fx::FuncOrFuncs{F}, fy::FuncOrFuncs{G}, u::AVec) where {F<:Function,G<:Function}  = mapFuncOrFuncs(fx, u), mapFuncOrFuncs(fy, u)
-@recipe f(fx::FuncOrFuncs{F}, fy::FuncOrFuncs{G}, umin::Number, umax::Number, n = 200) where {F<:Function,G<:Function} = fx, fy, range(umin, stop = umax, length = n)
-
-function _scaled_adapted_grid(f, xscale, yscale, xmin, xmax)
-    (xf, xinv), (yf, yinv) =  ((scalefunc(s),invscalefunc(s)) for s in (xscale,yscale))
-    xs, ys = adapted_grid(yf∘f∘xinv, xf.((xmin, xmax)))
-    xinv.(xs), yinv.(ys)
-end
-
-# special handling... 3D parametric function(s)
-@recipe function f(fx::FuncOrFuncs{F}, fy::FuncOrFuncs{G}, fz::FuncOrFuncs{H}, u::AVec) where {F<:Function,G<:Function,H<:Function}
-    mapFuncOrFuncs(fx, u), mapFuncOrFuncs(fy, u), mapFuncOrFuncs(fz, u)
-end
-@recipe function f(fx::FuncOrFuncs{F}, fy::FuncOrFuncs{G}, fz::FuncOrFuncs{H}, umin::Number, umax::Number, numPoints = 200) where {F<:Function,G<:Function,H<:Function}
-    fx, fy, fz, range(umin, stop = umax, length = numPoints)
-end
-
-
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Lists of tuples and GeometryTypes.Points
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-@recipe f(v::AVec{<:Tuple})               = unzip(v)
-@recipe f(v::AVec{<:GeometryTypes.Point}) = unzip(v)
-@recipe f(tup::Tuple)             = [tup]
-@recipe f(p::GeometryTypes.Point) = [p]
-
-# Special case for 4-tuples in :ohlc series
-@recipe f(xyuv::AVec{<:Tuple{R1,R2,R3,R4}}) where {R1,R2,R3,R4} = get(plotattributes,:seriestype,:path)==:ohlc ? OHLC[OHLC(t...) for t in xyuv] : unzip(xyuv)
-
-
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------
-# handle grouping
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-splittable_kw(key, val, lengthGroup) = false
-splittable_kw(key, val::AbstractArray, lengthGroup) = !(key in (:group, :color_palette)) && length(axes(val,1)) == lengthGroup
-splittable_kw(key, val::Tuple, lengthGroup) = all(splittable_kw.(key, val, lengthGroup))
-splittable_kw(key, val::SeriesAnnotations, lengthGroup) = splittable_kw(key, val.strs, lengthGroup)
-
-split_kw(key, val::AbstractArray, indices) = val[indices, fill(Colon(), ndims(val)-1)...]
-split_kw(key, val::Tuple, indices) = Tuple(split_kw(key, v, indices) for v in val)
-function split_kw(key, val::SeriesAnnotations, indices)
-    split_strs = split_kw(key, val.strs, indices)
-    return SeriesAnnotations(split_strs, val.font, val.baseshape, val.scalefactor)
-end
-
-function groupedvec2mat(x_ind, x, y::AbstractArray, groupby, def_val = y[1])
-    y_mat = Array{promote_type(eltype(y), typeof(def_val))}(undef, length(keys(x_ind)), length(groupby.groupLabels))
-    fill!(y_mat, def_val)
-    for i in eachindex(groupby.groupLabels)
-        xi = x[groupby.groupIds[i]]
-        yi = y[groupby.groupIds[i]]
-        y_mat[getindex.(Ref(x_ind), xi), i] = yi
-    end
-    return y_mat
-end
-
-groupedvec2mat(x_ind, x, y::Tuple, groupby) = Tuple(groupedvec2mat(x_ind, x, v, groupby) for v in y)
-
-group_as_matrix(t) = false
-
-# split the group into 1 series per group, and set the label and idxfilter for each
-@recipe function f(groupby::GroupBy, args...)
-    lengthGroup = maximum(union(groupby.groupIds...))
-    if !(group_as_matrix(args[1]))
-        for (i,glab) in enumerate(groupby.groupLabels)
-            @series begin
-                label     --> string(glab)
-                idxfilter --> groupby.groupIds[i]
-                for (key,val) in plotattributes
-                    if splittable_kw(key, val, lengthGroup)
-                        :($key) := split_kw(key, val, groupby.groupIds[i])
-                    end
-                end
-                args
-            end
-        end
-    else
-        g = args[1]
-        if length(g.args) == 1
-            x = zeros(Int, lengthGroup)
-            for indexes in groupby.groupIds
-                x[indexes] = eachindex(indexes)
-            end
-            last_args = g.args
-        else
-            x = g.args[1]
-            last_args = g.args[2:end]
-        end
-        x_u = unique(sort(x))
-        x_ind = Dict(zip(x_u, eachindex(x_u)))
-        for (key,val) in plotattributes
-            if splittable_kw(key, val, lengthGroup)
-                :($key) := groupedvec2mat(x_ind, x, val, groupby)
-            end
-        end
-        label --> reshape(groupby.groupLabels, 1, :)
-        typeof(g)((x_u, (groupedvec2mat(x_ind, x, arg, groupby, NaN) for arg in last_args)...))
-    end
-end
diff --git a/src/subplots.jl b/src/subplots.jl
index 131ccfe2..ef6efda5 100644
--- a/src/subplots.jl
+++ b/src/subplots.jl
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ function Subplot(::T; parent = RootLayout()) where T<:AbstractBackend
         (20mm, 5mm, 2mm, 10mm),
         defaultbox,
         defaultbox,
-        Attr(KW(), _subplot_defaults),
+        DefaultsDict(KW(), _subplot_defaults),
         nothing,
         nothing
     )
diff --git a/src/types.jl b/src/types.jl
index a866e59f..5a7427c5 100644
--- a/src/types.jl
+++ b/src/types.jl
@@ -18,65 +18,10 @@ end
 wrap(obj::T) where {T} = InputWrapper{T}(obj)
 Base.isempty(wrapper::InputWrapper) = false
 
-
-# -----------------------------------------------------------
-
-struct Attr <: AbstractDict{Symbol,Any}
-    explicit::KW
-    defaults::KW
-end
-
-function Base.getindex(attr::Attr, k)
-    return haskey(attr.explicit, k) ? attr.explicit[k] : attr.defaults[k]
-end
-Base.haskey(attr::Attr, k) = haskey(attr.explicit,k) || haskey(attr.defaults,k)
-Base.get(attr::Attr, k, default) = haskey(attr, k) ? attr[k] : default
-function Base.get!(attr::Attr, k, default)
-    v = if haskey(attr, k)
-        attr[k]
-    else
-        attr.defaults[k] = default
-    end
-    return v
-end
-function Base.delete!(attr::Attr, k)
-    haskey(attr.explicit, k) && delete!(attr.explicit, k)
-    haskey(attr.defaults, k) && delete!(attr.defaults, k)
-end
-Base.length(attr::Attr) = length(union(keys(attr.explicit), keys(attr.defaults)))
-function Base.iterate(attr::Attr)
-    exp_keys = keys(attr.explicit)
-    def_keys = setdiff(keys(attr.defaults), exp_keys)
-    key_list = collect(Iterators.flatten((exp_keys, def_keys)))
-    iterate(attr, (key_list, 1))
-end
-function Base.iterate(attr::Attr, (key_list, i))
-    i > length(key_list) && return nothing
-    k = key_list[i]
-    (k=>attr[k], (key_list, i+1))
-end
-
-Base.copy(attr::Attr) = Attr(copy(attr.explicit), attr.defaults)
-
-RecipesBase.is_explicit(attr::Attr, k) = haskey(attr.explicit,k)
-isdefault(attr::Attr, k) = !is_explicit(attr,k) && haskey(attr.defaults,k)
-
-Base.setindex!(attr::Attr, v, k) = attr.explicit[k] = v
-
-# Reset to default value and return dict
-reset_kw!(attr::Attr, k) = is_explicit(attr, k) ? delete!(attr.explicit, k) : attr
-# Reset to default value and return old value
-pop_kw!(attr::Attr, k) = is_explicit(attr, k) ? pop!(attr.explicit, k) : attr.defaults[k]
-pop_kw!(attr::Attr, k, default) = is_explicit(attr, k) ? pop!(attr.explicit, k) : get(attr.defaults, k, default)
-# Fallbacks for dicts without defaults
-reset_kw!(d::AKW, k) = delete!(d, k)
-pop_kw!(d::AKW, k) = pop!(d, k)
-pop_kw!(d::AKW, k, default) = pop!(d, k, default)
-
 # -----------------------------------------------------------
 
 mutable struct Series
-    plotattributes::Attr
+    plotattributes::DefaultsDict
 end
 
 attr(series::Series, k::Symbol) = series.plotattributes[k]
@@ -91,7 +36,7 @@ mutable struct Subplot{T<:AbstractBackend} <: AbstractLayout
     minpad::Tuple # leftpad, toppad, rightpad, bottompad
     bbox::BoundingBox  # the canvas area which is available to this subplot
     plotarea::BoundingBox  # the part where the data goes
-    attr::Attr  # args specific to this subplot
+    attr::DefaultsDict  # args specific to this subplot
     o  # can store backend-specific data... like a pyplot ax
     plt  # the enclosing Plot object (can't give it a type because of no forward declarations)
 end
@@ -103,7 +48,7 @@ Base.show(io::IO, sp::Subplot) = print(io, "Subplot{$(sp[:subplot_index])}")
 # simple wrapper around a KW so we can hold all attributes pertaining to the axis in one place
 mutable struct Axis
     sps::Vector{Subplot}
-    plotattributes::Attr
+    plotattributes::DefaultsDict
 end
 
 mutable struct Extrema
@@ -122,7 +67,7 @@ const SubplotMap = Dict{Any, Subplot}
 mutable struct Plot{T<:AbstractBackend} <: AbstractPlot{T}
     backend::T                   # the backend type
     n::Int                       # number of series
-    attr::Attr            # arguments for the whole plot
+    attr::DefaultsDict            # arguments for the whole plot
     series_list::Vector{Series}  # arguments for each series
     o                            # the backend's plot object
     subplots::Vector{Subplot}
@@ -133,7 +78,7 @@ mutable struct Plot{T<:AbstractBackend} <: AbstractPlot{T}
 end
 
 function Plot()
-    Plot(backend(), 0, Attr(KW(), _plot_defaults), Series[], nothing,
+    Plot(backend(), 0, DefaultsDict(KW(), _plot_defaults), Series[], nothing,
          Subplot[], SubplotMap(), EmptyLayout(),
          Subplot[], false)
 end
diff --git a/src/utils.jl b/src/utils.jl
index 7d274961..661b23bb 100644
--- a/src/utils.jl
+++ b/src/utils.jl
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ function iter_segments(series::Series)
         end
     else
         segs = UnitRange{Int}[]
-        args = is3d(series) ? (x, y, z) : (x, y)
+        args = RecipesPipeline.is3d(series) ? (x, y, z) : (x, y)
         for seg in iter_segments(args...)
             push!(segs, seg)
         end
@@ -143,19 +143,16 @@ makevec(v::T) where {T} = T[v]
 maketuple(x::Real)                     = (x,x)
 maketuple(x::Tuple{T,S}) where {T,S} = x
 
-mapFuncOrFuncs(f::Function, u::AVec)        = map(f, u)
-mapFuncOrFuncs(fs::AVec{F}, u::AVec) where {F<:Function} = [map(f, u) for f in fs]
-
 for i in 2:4
     @eval begin
-        unzip(v::Union{AVec{<:Tuple{Vararg{T,$i} where T}},
+        RecipesPipeline.unzip(v::Union{AVec{<:Tuple{Vararg{T,$i} where T}},
                    AVec{<:GeometryTypes.Point{$i}}}) = $(Expr(:tuple, (:([t[$j] for t in v]) for j=1:i)...))
     end
 end
 
-unzip(v::Union{AVec{<:GeometryTypes.Point{N}},
+RecipesPipeline.unzip(v::Union{AVec{<:GeometryTypes.Point{N}},
                AVec{<:Tuple{Vararg{T,N} where T}}}) where N = error("$N-dimensional unzip not implemented.")
-unzip(v::Union{AVec{<:GeometryTypes.Point},
+RecipesPipeline.unzip(v::Union{AVec{<:GeometryTypes.Point},
                AVec{<:Tuple}}) = error("Can't unzip points of different dimensions.")
 
 # given 2-element lims and a vector of data x, widen lims to account for the extrema of x
@@ -190,7 +187,7 @@ end
 
 function replaceAlias!(plotattributes::AKW, k::Symbol, aliases::Dict{Symbol,Symbol})
     if haskey(aliases, k)
-        plotattributes[aliases[k]] = pop_kw!(plotattributes, k)
+        plotattributes[aliases[k]] = RecipesPipeline.pop_kw!(plotattributes, k)
     end
 end
 
@@ -229,7 +226,7 @@ end
 
 "create an (n+1) list of the outsides of heatmap rectangles"
 function heatmap_edges(v::AVec, scale::Symbol = :identity, isedges::Bool = false)
-    f, invf = scalefunc(scale), invscalefunc(scale)
+    f, invf = RecipesPipeline.scale_func(scale), RecipesPipeline.inverse_scale_func(scale)
     map(invf, _heatmap_edges(map(f,v), isedges))
 end
 
@@ -838,7 +835,7 @@ end
 
 function attr!(series::Series; kw...)
     plotattributes = KW(kw)
-    preprocessArgs!(plotattributes)
+    RecipesPipeline.preprocess_attributes!(plotattributes)
     for (k,v) in plotattributes
         if haskey(_series_defaults, k)
             series[k] = v
@@ -852,7 +849,7 @@ end
 
 function attr!(sp::Subplot; kw...)
     plotattributes = KW(kw)
-    preprocessArgs!(plotattributes)
+    RecipesPipeline.preprocess_attributes!(plotattributes)
     for (k,v) in plotattributes
         if haskey(_subplot_defaults, k)
             sp[k] = v