Actually no. I think I it's because the older version of Gitook has been deprecated, and using Gitbook today implies using the newer version (found here) that doesn't allow any plugins to this date.
But I may be mistaking. I could try and use the older version of gitbook, and test it out, but I didn't bother trying.
I'm not sure I understand what you're aiming to do, but it is possible to render a .md file on github that would serve as a page on your gitbook, if that's what you're wondering.
There's a bunch of alternatives out there. Lately, I've seen in some Twitter threads people recommending archbee.io.
It's new and it works like having multiple Google Docs organized together, and you don't have to code anything to get started.