diff --git a/.changeset/kind-pianos-burn.md b/.changeset/kind-pianos-burn.md
index 078ab6846e..1fb09aeb83 100644
--- a/.changeset/kind-pianos-burn.md
+++ b/.changeset/kind-pianos-burn.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-'@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-react': patch
+'@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-react': major
 ---
 
-Re-home some of the common types, components, hooks and `(route|api)Ref`'s for the `@backstage/plugin-scaffolder` to this package for easy re-use across things that want to interact with the `scaffolder`.
+Re-home some of the common types, components, hooks and `scaffolderApiRef` for the `@backstage/plugin-scaffolder` to this package for easy re-use across things that want to interact with the `scaffolder`.
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/api/ref.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/api/ref.ts
index 3dee426b09..c4b7853556 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/api/ref.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/api/ref.ts
@@ -16,8 +16,13 @@
 
 import { createApiRef } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 import { ScaffolderApi } from './types';
+import { getOrCreateGlobalSingleton } from '@backstage/version-bridge';
 
 /** @public */
-export const scaffolderApiRef = createApiRef<ScaffolderApi>({
-  id: 'plugin.scaffolder.service',
-});
+export const scaffolderApiRef = getOrCreateGlobalSingleton(
+  'scaffolder:scaffolder-api-ref',
+  () =>
+    createApiRef<ScaffolderApi>({
+      id: 'plugin.scaffolder.service',
+    }),
+);
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/extensions/index.tsx b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/extensions/index.tsx
index 94bf8bad14..33442f6697 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/extensions/index.tsx
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/extensions/index.tsx
@@ -22,17 +22,7 @@ import {
   FieldExtensionComponentProps,
 } from './types';
 import { Extension, attachComponentData } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
-
-/**
- * The key used to store the field extension data for the `<ScaffolderFieldExtensions />` component
- * @public
- */
-export const FIELD_EXTENSION_WRAPPER_KEY = 'scaffolder.extensions.wrapper.v1';
-/**
- * The key used to store the field extension data for any `<FieldExtension />` component
- * @public
- */
-export const FIELD_EXTENSION_KEY = 'scaffolder.extensions.field.v1';
+import { FIELD_EXTENSION_KEY, FIELD_EXTENSION_WRAPPER_KEY } from './keys';
 
 /**
  * A type used to wrap up the FieldExtension to embed the ReturnValue and the InputProps
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/extensions/keys.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/extensions/keys.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f035e9c1c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/extensions/keys.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+export const FIELD_EXTENSION_WRAPPER_KEY = 'scaffolder.extensions.wrapper.v1';
+/**
+ * The key used to store the field extension data for any `<FieldExtension />` component
+ */
+export const FIELD_EXTENSION_KEY = 'scaffolder.extensions.field.v1';
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/hooks/index.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/hooks/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..022fe7c38c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/hooks/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+export { useCustomFieldExtensions } from './useCustomFieldExtensions';
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/hooks/useCustomFieldExtensions.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/hooks/useCustomFieldExtensions.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..15300956c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/hooks/useCustomFieldExtensions.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+import { useElementFilter } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
+import { FieldExtensionOptions } from '../extensions';
+import {
+  FIELD_EXTENSION_KEY,
+  FIELD_EXTENSION_WRAPPER_KEY,
+} from '../extensions/keys';
+import { NextFieldExtensionOptions } from '../next';
+
+/**
+ * Hook that returns all custom field extensions from the current outlet.
+ * @public
+ */
+export const useCustomFieldExtensions = (outlet: React.ReactNode) => {
+  return useElementFilter(outlet, elements =>
+    elements
+      .selectByComponentData({
+        key: FIELD_EXTENSION_WRAPPER_KEY,
+      })
+      .findComponentData<FieldExtensionOptions | NextFieldExtensionOptions>({
+        key: FIELD_EXTENSION_KEY,
+      }),
+  );
+};
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/index.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/index.ts
index a2336a5ca5..0b053e6bf4 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/index.ts
@@ -18,5 +18,6 @@ export * from './extensions';
 export * from './types';
 export * from './secrets';
 export * from './api';
+export * from './hooks';
 
 export * from './next';
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/Router.tsx b/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/Router.tsx
index 287342007b..564e12bcae 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/Router.tsx
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/Router.tsx
@@ -30,10 +30,8 @@ import {
   useRouteRefParams,
 } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 import {
-  FIELD_EXTENSION_KEY,
-  FIELD_EXTENSION_WRAPPER_KEY,
-  FieldExtensionOptions,
   SecretsContextProvider,
+  useCustomFieldExtensions,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-react';
 import { ListTasksPage } from './ListTasksPage';
 import { LayoutOptions, LAYOUTS_KEY, LAYOUTS_WRAPPER_KEY } from '../layouts';
@@ -94,16 +92,7 @@ export const Router = (props: RouterProps) => {
   const outlet = useOutlet();
   const TaskPageElement = TaskPageComponent ?? TaskPage;
 
-  const customFieldExtensions = useElementFilter(outlet, elements =>
-    elements
-      .selectByComponentData({
-        key: FIELD_EXTENSION_WRAPPER_KEY,
-      })
-      .findComponentData<FieldExtensionOptions>({
-        key: FIELD_EXTENSION_KEY,
-      }),
-  );
-
+  const customFieldExtensions = useCustomFieldExtensions(outlet);
   const fieldExtensions = [
     ...customFieldExtensions,
     ...DEFAULT_SCAFFOLDER_FIELD_EXTENSIONS.filter(
@@ -114,6 +103,7 @@ export const Router = (props: RouterProps) => {
     ),
   ];
 
+  // todo(blam): this should also be moved to a hook in -react
   const customLayouts = useElementFilter(outlet, elements =>
     elements
       .selectByComponentData({
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder/src/next/Router/Router.tsx b/plugins/scaffolder/src/next/Router/Router.tsx
index a9785e6aa6..33c2b40f01 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder/src/next/Router/Router.tsx
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder/src/next/Router/Router.tsx
@@ -18,14 +18,11 @@ import { Routes, Route, useOutlet } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { TemplateListPage } from '../TemplateListPage';
 import { TemplateWizardPage } from '../TemplateWizardPage';
 import {
-  FIELD_EXTENSION_WRAPPER_KEY,
-  FIELD_EXTENSION_KEY,
   NextFieldExtensionOptions,
-  FieldExtensionOptions,
   SecretsContextProvider,
+  useCustomFieldExtensions,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-react';
 
-import { useElementFilter } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 import { TemplateEntityV1beta3 } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-common';
 import { TemplateGroupFilter } from '../TemplateListPage/TemplateGroups';
 import { DEFAULT_SCAFFOLDER_FIELD_EXTENSIONS } from '../../extensions/default';
@@ -55,20 +52,8 @@ export type NextRouterProps = {
  */
 export const Router = (props: PropsWithChildren<NextRouterProps>) => {
   const { components: { TemplateCardComponent } = {} } = props;
-
   const outlet = useOutlet() || props.children;
-
-  // todo(blam): move this out into a `useFieldExtensions` hook exported by -react
-  const customFieldExtensions = useElementFilter(outlet, elements =>
-    elements
-      .selectByComponentData({
-        key: FIELD_EXTENSION_WRAPPER_KEY,
-      })
-      .findComponentData<FieldExtensionOptions | NextFieldExtensionOptions>({
-        key: FIELD_EXTENSION_KEY,
-      }),
-  );
-
+  const customFieldExtensions = useCustomFieldExtensions(outlet);
   const fieldExtensions = [
     ...customFieldExtensions,
     ...DEFAULT_SCAFFOLDER_FIELD_EXTENSIONS.filter(