diff --git a/ckanext/xloader/command.py b/ckanext/xloader/command.py
index 7f2c000a..64b79754 100644
--- a/ckanext/xloader/command.py
+++ b/ckanext/xloader/command.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import sys
 import logging
 import ckan.plugins.toolkit as tk
+from ckanext.xloader.utils import XLoaderFormats
 
 
 class XloaderCmd:
@@ -84,8 +85,6 @@ def _submit_resource(self, resource, user, indent=0):
         '''resource: resource dictionary
         '''
         indentation = ' ' * indent
-        # import here, so that that loggers are setup
-        from ckanext.xloader.plugin import XLoaderFormats
 
         if not XLoaderFormats.is_it_an_xloader_format(resource['format']):
             print(indentation
diff --git a/ckanext/xloader/helpers.py b/ckanext/xloader/helpers.py
index 8c94387a..6c4b8b9b 100644
--- a/ckanext/xloader/helpers.py
+++ b/ckanext/xloader/helpers.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import ckan.plugins.toolkit as toolkit
+from ckanext.xloader.utils import XLoaderFormats
 
 
 def xloader_status(resource_id):
@@ -25,3 +26,15 @@ def xloader_status_description(status):
         return captions.get(status['status'], status['status'].capitalize())
     else:
         return _('Not Uploaded Yet')
+
+
+def is_resource_supported_by_xloader(res_dict, check_access = True):
+    is_supported_format = XLoaderFormats.is_it_an_xloader_format(res_dict.get('format'))
+    is_datastore_active = res_dict.get('datastore_active', False)
+    user_has_access = not check_access or toolkit.h.check_access('package_update',
+                                                                 {'id':res_dict.get('package_id')})
+    try:
+        is_supported_url_type = res_dict.get('url_type') not in toolkit.h.datastore_rw_resource_url_types()
+    except AttributeError:
+        is_supported_url_type = (res_dict.get('url_type') == 'upload' or not res_dict.get('url_type'))
+    return (is_supported_format or is_datastore_active) and user_has_access and is_supported_url_type
diff --git a/ckanext/xloader/plugin.py b/ckanext/xloader/plugin.py
index b21bce5d..392b1cf5 100644
--- a/ckanext/xloader/plugin.py
+++ b/ckanext/xloader/plugin.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 from ckan.model.resource import Resource
 
 from . import action, auth, helpers as xloader_helpers, utils
+from ckanext.xloader.utils import XLoaderFormats
 
 try:
     config_declarations = toolkit.blanket.config_declarations
@@ -21,36 +22,6 @@ def config_declarations(cls):
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-# resource.formats accepted by ckanext-xloader. Must be lowercase here.
-DEFAULT_FORMATS = [
-    "csv",
-    "application/csv",
-    "xls",
-    "xlsx",
-    "tsv",
-    "application/vnd.ms-excel",
-    "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet",
-    "ods",
-    "application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet",
-]
-
-
-class XLoaderFormats(object):
-    formats = None
-
-    @classmethod
-    def is_it_an_xloader_format(cls, format_):
-        if cls.formats is None:
-            cls._formats = toolkit.config.get("ckanext.xloader.formats")
-            if cls._formats is not None:
-                cls._formats = cls._formats.lower().split()
-            else:
-                cls._formats = DEFAULT_FORMATS
-        if not format_:
-            return False
-        return format_.lower() in cls._formats
-
-
 @config_declarations
 class xloaderPlugin(plugins.SingletonPlugin):
     plugins.implements(plugins.IConfigurer)
@@ -224,4 +195,5 @@ def get_helpers(self):
         return {
             "xloader_status": xloader_helpers.xloader_status,
             "xloader_status_description": xloader_helpers.xloader_status_description,
+            "is_resource_supported_by_xloader": xloader_helpers.is_resource_supported_by_xloader,
         }
diff --git a/ckanext/xloader/templates/package/resource_edit_base.html b/ckanext/xloader/templates/package/resource_edit_base.html
index 34403521..5c02815a 100644
--- a/ckanext/xloader/templates/package/resource_edit_base.html
+++ b/ckanext/xloader/templates/package/resource_edit_base.html
@@ -2,5 +2,7 @@
 
 {% block inner_primary_nav %}
     {{ super() }}
-    {{ h.build_nav_icon('xloader.resource_data', _('DataStore'), id=pkg.name, resource_id=res.id) }}
+    {% if h.is_resource_supported_by_xloader(res) %}
+      {{ h.build_nav_icon('xloader.resource_data', _('DataStore'), id=pkg.name, resource_id=res.id, icon='cloud-upload') }}
+    {% endif %}
 {% endblock %}
diff --git a/ckanext/xloader/templates/package/resource_read.html b/ckanext/xloader/templates/package/resource_read.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3ab1476e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ckanext/xloader/templates/package/resource_read.html
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{% ckan_extends %}
+
+{% block action_manage_inner %}
+  {{ super() }}
+  {% if h.is_resource_supported_by_xloader(res) %}
+    <li>{% link_for _('DataStore'), named_route='xloader.resource_data', id=pkg.name, resource_id=res.id, class_='btn btn-light', icon='cloud-upload' %}</li>
+  {% endif %}
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block resource_actions_inner %}
+  {% if h.check_ckan_version(max_version='2.10') and h.is_resource_supported_by_xloader(res) %}
+    <li>{% link_for _('DataStore'), named_route='xloader.resource_data', id=pkg.name, resource_id=res.id, class_='btn btn-light', icon='cloud-upload' %}</li>
+  {% endif %}
+  {{ super() }}
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/ckanext/xloader/templates/package/snippets/resource_item.html b/ckanext/xloader/templates/package/snippets/resource_item.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..70bf99c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ckanext/xloader/templates/package/snippets/resource_item.html
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{% ckan_extends %}
+
+{% block resource_item_explore_inner %}
+  {{ super() }}
+  {% if h.is_resource_supported_by_xloader(res) %}
+    <li>{% link_for _('DataStore'), named_route='xloader.resource_data', id=pkg.name, resource_id=res.id, class_='dropdown-item', icon='cloud-upload' %}</li>
+  {% endif %}
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block resource_item_explore_links %}
+  {% if h.check_ckan_version(max_version='2.10') and h.is_resource_supported_by_xloader(res) %}
+    <li>{% link_for _('DataStore'), named_route='xloader.resource_data', id=pkg.name, resource_id=res.id, class_='dropdown-item', icon='cloud-upload' %}</li>
+  {% endif %}
+  {{ super() }}
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/ckanext/xloader/templates/package/snippets/resources.html b/ckanext/xloader/templates/package/snippets/resources.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e04dde4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ckanext/xloader/templates/package/snippets/resources.html
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{% ckan_extends %}
+
+{% block resources_list_edit_dropdown_inner %}
+  {{ super() }}
+  {% if h.is_resource_supported_by_xloader(resource) %}
+    <li>{% link_for _('DataStore'), named_route='xloader.resource_data', id=pkg.name, resource_id=resource.id, class_='dropdown-item', icon='cloud-upload' %}</li>
+  {% endif %}
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/ckanext/xloader/utils.py b/ckanext/xloader/utils.py
index ec8e4bbd..99284bff 100644
--- a/ckanext/xloader/utils.py
+++ b/ckanext/xloader/utils.py
@@ -9,6 +9,37 @@
 from decimal import Decimal
 
 import ckan.plugins as p
+from ckan.plugins.toolkit import config
+
+# resource.formats accepted by ckanext-xloader. Must be lowercase here.
+DEFAULT_FORMATS = [
+    "csv",
+    "application/csv",
+    "xls",
+    "xlsx",
+    "tsv",
+    "application/vnd.ms-excel",
+    "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet",
+    "ods",
+    "application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet",
+]
+
+
+class XLoaderFormats(object):
+    formats = None
+
+    @classmethod
+    def is_it_an_xloader_format(cls, format_):
+        if cls.formats is None:
+            cls._formats = config.get("ckanext.xloader.formats")
+            if cls._formats is not None:
+                # use config value. preserves empty list as well.
+                cls._formats = cls._formats.lower().split()
+            else:
+                cls._formats = DEFAULT_FORMATS
+        if not format_:
+            return False
+        return format_.lower() in cls._formats
 
 
 def resource_data(id, resource_id, rows=None):