diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-api/README.md b/packages/opentelemetry-api/README.md
index a000ae98fca..387b537ff4d 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-api/README.md
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-api/README.md
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ Apache 2.0 - See [LICENSE][license-url] for more information.
 [devDependencies-image]: https://david-dm.org/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/dev-status.svg?path=packages/opentelemetry-api
 [devDependencies-url]: https://david-dm.org/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js?path=packages%2Fopentelemetry-api&type=dev
 [npm-url]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@opentelemetry/api
-[npm-img]: https://badge.fury.io/js/%40opentelemetry%2Ftypes.svg
+[npm-img]: https://badge.fury.io/js/%40opentelemetry%2Fapi.svg
 
 [trace-api-docs]: https://open-telemetry.github.io/opentelemetry-js/classes/traceapi.html
 [metrics-api-docs]: https://open-telemetry.github.io/opentelemetry-js/classes/metricsapi.html
@@ -120,4 +120,4 @@ Apache 2.0 - See [LICENSE][license-url] for more information.
 [web]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/tree/master/packages/opentelemetry-web
 [tracing]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/tree/master/packages/opentelemetry-tracing
 [node]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/tree/master/packages/opentelemetry-node
-[metrics]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/tree/master/packages/opentelemetry-metrics
\ No newline at end of file
+[metrics]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/tree/master/packages/opentelemetry-metrics
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-api/src/trace/instrumentation/Plugin.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-api/src/trace/instrumentation/Plugin.ts
index 67a54f3fefc..c255fbe8573 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-api/src/trace/instrumentation/Plugin.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-api/src/trace/instrumentation/Plugin.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ export interface Plugin<T = any> {
    */
   supportedVersions?: string[];
 
+  /**
+   * Name of the module that the plugin instrument.
+   */
+  moduleName: string;
+
   /**
    * Method that enables the instrumentation patch.
    * @param moduleExports The value of the `module.exports` property that would
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-base/tsconfig-release.json b/packages/opentelemetry-base/tsconfig-release.json
deleted file mode 100644
index ffc0f77968b..00000000000
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-base/tsconfig-release.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
-  "compilerOptions": {
-    "types": []
-  },
-  "include": ["src/**/*.ts"]
-}
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/trace/instrumentation/BasePlugin.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/trace/instrumentation/BasePlugin.ts
index 16cb0dfbf63..601939df36e 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/trace/instrumentation/BasePlugin.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/trace/instrumentation/BasePlugin.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import * as path from 'path';
 /** This class represent the base to patch plugin. */
 export abstract class BasePlugin<T> implements Plugin<T> {
   supportedVersions?: string[];
-  readonly moduleName?: string; // required for internalFilesExports
+  abstract readonly moduleName: string; // required for internalFilesExports
   readonly version?: string; // required for internalFilesExports
   protected readonly _basedir?: string; // required for internalFilesExports
 
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-core/tsconfig-release.json b/packages/opentelemetry-core/tsconfig-release.json
deleted file mode 100644
index ffc0f77968b..00000000000
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-core/tsconfig-release.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
-  "compilerOptions": {
-    "types": []
-  },
-  "include": ["src/**/*.ts"]
-}
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/tsconfig-release.json b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/tsconfig-release.json
deleted file mode 100644
index ffc0f77968b..00000000000
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/tsconfig-release.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
-  "compilerOptions": {
-    "types": []
-  },
-  "include": ["src/**/*.ts"]
-}
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-stackdriver-trace/src/trace.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-stackdriver-trace/src/trace.ts
index 1e5c5f41259..80d54ebac63 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-stackdriver-trace/src/trace.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-stackdriver-trace/src/trace.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export class StackdriverTraceExporter implements SpanExporter {
 
   private static readonly _cloudTrace = google.cloudtrace('v2');
 
-  constructor(options: StackdriverExporterOptions) {
+  constructor(options: StackdriverExporterOptions = {}) {
     this._logger = options.logger || new NoopLogger();
 
     this._auth = new GoogleAuth({
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-node/src/instrumentation/PluginLoader.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-node/src/instrumentation/PluginLoader.ts
index d9d271acfc9..5517134bc7c 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-node/src/instrumentation/PluginLoader.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-node/src/instrumentation/PluginLoader.ts
@@ -83,6 +83,25 @@ export class PluginLoader {
         return this;
       }
 
+      const alreadyRequiredModules = Object.keys(require.cache);
+      const requiredModulesToHook = modulesToHook.filter(
+        name =>
+          alreadyRequiredModules.find(cached => {
+            try {
+              return require.resolve(name) === cached;
+            } catch (err) {
+              return false;
+            }
+          }) !== undefined
+      );
+      if (requiredModulesToHook.length > 0) {
+        this.logger.warn(
+          `Some modules (${requiredModulesToHook.join(
+            ', '
+          )}) were already required when their respective plugin was loaded, some plugins might not work. Make sure the SDK is setup before you require in other modules.`
+        );
+      }
+
       // Enable the require hook.
       hook(modulesToHook, (exports, name, baseDir) => {
         if (this._hookState !== HookState.ENABLED) return exports;
@@ -113,8 +132,16 @@ export class PluginLoader {
         // Expecting a plugin from module;
         try {
           const plugin: Plugin = require(modulePath).plugin;
-
           if (!utils.isSupportedVersion(version, plugin.supportedVersions)) {
+            this.logger.error(
+              `PluginLoader#load: Plugin ${name} only supports module ${plugin.moduleName} with the versions: ${plugin.supportedVersions}`
+            );
+            return exports;
+          }
+          if (plugin.moduleName !== name) {
+            this.logger.error(
+              `PluginLoader#load: Entry ${name} use a plugin that instruments ${plugin.moduleName}`
+            );
             return exports;
           }
 
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-node/test/instrumentation/PluginLoader.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-node/test/instrumentation/PluginLoader.test.ts
index ad4edb7863a..5093d448f0d 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-node/test/instrumentation/PluginLoader.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-node/test/instrumentation/PluginLoader.test.ts
@@ -86,6 +86,20 @@ const notSupportedVersionPlugins: Plugins = {
   },
 };
 
+const alreadyRequiredPlugins: Plugins = {
+  'already-require-module': {
+    enabled: true,
+    path: '@opentelemetry/plugin-supported-module',
+  },
+};
+
+const differentNamePlugins: Plugins = {
+  'random-module': {
+    enabled: true,
+    path: '@opentelemetry/plugin-http-module',
+  },
+};
+
 describe('PluginLoader', () => {
   const provider = new NoopTracerProvider();
   const logger = new NoopLogger();
@@ -219,6 +233,33 @@ describe('PluginLoader', () => {
       assert.strictEqual(require('simple-module').value(), 0);
       pluginLoader.unload();
     });
+
+    it(`should warn when module was already loaded`, callback => {
+      const verifyWarnLogger = {
+        error: logger.error,
+        info: logger.info,
+        debug: logger.debug,
+        warn: (message: string, ...args: unknown[]) => {
+          assert(message.match(/were already required when/));
+          assert(message.match(/(already-require-module)/));
+          return callback();
+        },
+      };
+      require('already-require-module');
+      const pluginLoader = new PluginLoader(provider, verifyWarnLogger);
+      pluginLoader.load(alreadyRequiredPlugins);
+      pluginLoader.unload();
+    });
+
+    it('should not load a plugin that patches a different module that the one configured', () => {
+      const pluginLoader = new PluginLoader(provider, logger);
+      assert.strictEqual(pluginLoader['_plugins'].length, 0);
+      pluginLoader.load(differentNamePlugins);
+      // @ts-ignore only to trigger the loading of the plugin
+      const randomModule = require('random-module');
+      assert.strictEqual(pluginLoader['_plugins'].length, 0);
+      pluginLoader.unload();
+    });
   });
 
   describe('.unload()', () => {
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-node/test/instrumentation/node_modules/@opentelemetry/plugin-http-module/http-module.js b/packages/opentelemetry-node/test/instrumentation/node_modules/@opentelemetry/plugin-http-module/http-module.js
index 06f69e50f63..2c46ac30ee2 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-node/test/instrumentation/node_modules/@opentelemetry/plugin-http-module/http-module.js
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-node/test/instrumentation/node_modules/@opentelemetry/plugin-http-module/http-module.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const shimmer = require("shimmer");
 class HttpModulePlugin extends core_1.BasePlugin {
     constructor() {
         super();
+        this.moduleName = 'http';
     }
 
     patch() {
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-node/test/instrumentation/node_modules/@opentelemetry/plugin-notsupported-module/simple-module.js b/packages/opentelemetry-node/test/instrumentation/node_modules/@opentelemetry/plugin-notsupported-module/simple-module.js
index 86a27bc32d9..92bb7d4e807 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-node/test/instrumentation/node_modules/@opentelemetry/plugin-notsupported-module/simple-module.js
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-node/test/instrumentation/node_modules/@opentelemetry/plugin-notsupported-module/simple-module.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const shimmer = require("shimmer");
 class SimpleModulePlugin extends core_1.BasePlugin {
     constructor() {
         super();
+        this.moduleName = 'notsupported-module';
     }
 
     patch() {
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-node/test/instrumentation/node_modules/@opentelemetry/plugin-simple-module/simple-module.js b/packages/opentelemetry-node/test/instrumentation/node_modules/@opentelemetry/plugin-simple-module/simple-module.js
index 142b861d222..67e8f838d46 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-node/test/instrumentation/node_modules/@opentelemetry/plugin-simple-module/simple-module.js
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-node/test/instrumentation/node_modules/@opentelemetry/plugin-simple-module/simple-module.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const shimmer = require("shimmer");
 class SimpleModulePlugin extends core_1.BasePlugin {
     constructor() {
         super();
+        this.moduleName = 'simple-module';
     }
 
     patch() {
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-node/test/instrumentation/node_modules/@opentelemetry/plugin-supported-module/simple-module.js b/packages/opentelemetry-node/test/instrumentation/node_modules/@opentelemetry/plugin-supported-module/simple-module.js
index fb2a965e7f3..6395bd261af 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-node/test/instrumentation/node_modules/@opentelemetry/plugin-supported-module/simple-module.js
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-node/test/instrumentation/node_modules/@opentelemetry/plugin-supported-module/simple-module.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const shimmer = require("shimmer");
 class SimpleModulePlugin extends core_1.BasePlugin {
     constructor() {
         super();
+        this.moduleName = 'supported-module';
     }
 
     patch() {
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-node/test/instrumentation/node_modules/already-require-module/index.js b/packages/opentelemetry-node/test/instrumentation/node_modules/already-require-module/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..18c0f69a3b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-node/test/instrumentation/node_modules/already-require-module/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+module.exports = {
+    name: () => 'already-module',
+    value: () => 0,
+};
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-node/test/instrumentation/node_modules/already-require-module/package.json b/packages/opentelemetry-node/test/instrumentation/node_modules/already-require-module/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7ae0ab8f096
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-node/test/instrumentation/node_modules/already-require-module/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "name": "already-module",
+  "version": "0.1.0"
+}
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-node/test/instrumentation/node_modules/random-module/index.js b/packages/opentelemetry-node/test/instrumentation/node_modules/random-module/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..35a4110c28e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-node/test/instrumentation/node_modules/random-module/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+module.exports = {
+    name: () => 'random-module',
+    value: () => 0,
+};
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-node/test/instrumentation/node_modules/random-module/package.json b/packages/opentelemetry-node/test/instrumentation/node_modules/random-module/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a5c840081be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-node/test/instrumentation/node_modules/random-module/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "name": "random-module",
+  "version": "0.1.0"
+}
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-xml-http-request/tsconfig-release.json b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-xml-http-request/tsconfig-release.json
deleted file mode 100644
index ffc0f77968b..00000000000
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-xml-http-request/tsconfig-release.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
-  "compilerOptions": {
-    "types": []
-  },
-  "include": ["src/**/*.ts"]
-}
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-propagator-jaeger/tsconfig-release.json b/packages/opentelemetry-propagator-jaeger/tsconfig-release.json
deleted file mode 100644
index ffc0f77968b..00000000000
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-propagator-jaeger/tsconfig-release.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
-  "compilerOptions": {
-    "types": []
-  },
-  "include": ["src/**/*.ts"]
-}
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-web/test/WebTracer.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-web/test/WebTracer.test.ts
index 308dec11658..1232cb0cc22 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-web/test/WebTracer.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-web/test/WebTracer.test.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ class DummyPlugin extends BasePlugin<unknown> {
   constructor() {
     super('dummy');
   }
+  moduleName = 'dummy';
+
   patch() {}
   unpatch() {}
 }
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-web/tsconfig-release.json b/packages/opentelemetry-web/tsconfig-release.json
deleted file mode 100644
index ffc0f77968b..00000000000
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-web/tsconfig-release.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
-  "compilerOptions": {
-    "types": []
-  },
-  "include": ["src/**/*.ts"]
-}