Ensure org exporters are loaded and load org early

init.el

@@ -371,6 +371,11 @@ after it's been byte compiled."
 (setq custom-theme-directory exordium-themes-dir)
 (exordium-require 'init-progress-bar nil)
 
+;; `org' may be upgraded from ELPA (for example, as a part of a first start)
+;; and some packages depend on it.  To prevent loading a built in version by
+;; such packages upgrade it early.
+(exordium-require 'init-org)
+
 (when exordium-nw
   (set-face-background 'highlight nil))
 (when exordium-theme
@@ -426,7 +431,6 @@ after it's been byte compiled."
 
 ;; Major modes
 (exordium-require 'init-markdown)
-(exordium-require 'init-org)
 (exordium-require 'init-xml)
 
 ;; OS-specific things

modules/init-org.el

@@ -129,14 +129,12 @@ set to nil."
 
 (use-package ox-html
   :ensure org
-  :defer t
   :after (org)
   :if (not exordium-org-export-css))
 
 (use-package ox-html
   :ensure org
   :after (org)
-  :defer t
   :if exordium-org-export-css
   :custom
   (org-html-htmlize-output-type 'css
@@ -147,30 +145,25 @@ set to nil."
 (use-package ox-md
   :ensure org
   :after (org)
-  :defer t
   :if exordium-enable-org-export)
 
 (use-package ox-beamer
   :ensure org
   :after (org)
-  :defer t
   :if exordium-enable-org-export)
 
 (use-package ox-odt
   :ensure org
   :after (org)
-  :defer t
   :if exordium-enable-org-export)
 
 (use-package ox-publish
   :ensure org
   :after (org)
-  :defer t
   :if exordium-enable-org-export)
 
 (use-package ox-gfm
   :after (org)
-  :defer t
   :if exordium-enable-org-export)
 
 (provide 'init-org)