diff --git a/bin/templates/simple-http-request-test-plan.jmx b/bin/templates/simple-http-request-test-plan.jmx
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<jmeterTestPlan version="1.2" properties="5.0" jmeter="5.4.1">
+  <hashTree>
+    <TestPlan guiclass="TestPlanGui" testclass="TestPlan" testname="Test Plan" enabled="true">
+      <stringProp name="TestPlan.comments"></stringProp>
+      <boolProp name="TestPlan.functional_mode">false</boolProp>
+      <boolProp name="TestPlan.tearDown_on_shutdown">true</boolProp>
+      <boolProp name="TestPlan.serialize_threadgroups">false</boolProp>
+      <elementProp name="TestPlan.user_defined_variables" elementType="Arguments" guiclass="ArgumentsPanel" testclass="Arguments" testname="User Defined Variables" enabled="true">
+        <collectionProp name="Arguments.arguments"/>
+      </elementProp>
+      <stringProp name="TestPlan.user_define_classpath"></stringProp>
+    </TestPlan>
+    <hashTree>
+      <Arguments guiclass="ArgumentsPanel" testclass="Arguments" testname="User Defined Variables" enabled="true">
+        <collectionProp name="Arguments.arguments">
+          <elementProp name="url" elementType="Argument">
+            <stringProp name="Argument.name">url</stringProp>
+            <stringProp name="Argument.value">[=url]</stringProp>
+            <stringProp name="Argument.metadata">=</stringProp>
+          </elementProp>
+          <elementProp name="contentType" elementType="Argument">
+            <stringProp name="Argument.name">contentType</stringProp>
+            <stringProp name="Argument.value">[=contentType]</stringProp>
+            <stringProp name="Argument.metadata">=</stringProp>
+          </elementProp>
+          <elementProp name="method" elementType="Argument">
+            <stringProp name="Argument.name">method</stringProp>
+            <stringProp name="Argument.value">[=method]</stringProp>
+            <stringProp name="Argument.metadata">=</stringProp>
+          </elementProp>
+          <elementProp name="body" elementType="Argument">
+            <stringProp name="Argument.name">body</stringProp>
+            <stringProp name="Argument.value">[=body]</stringProp>
+            <stringProp name="Argument.metadata">=</stringProp>
+          </elementProp>
+        </collectionProp>
+      </Arguments>
+      <hashTree/>
+      <ResultCollector guiclass="ViewResultsFullVisualizer" testclass="ResultCollector" testname="View Results Tree" enabled="true">
+        <boolProp name="ResultCollector.error_logging">false</boolProp>
+        <objProp>
+          <name>saveConfig</name>
+          <value class="SampleSaveConfiguration">
+            <time>true</time>
+            <latency>true</latency>
+            <timestamp>true</timestamp>
+            <success>true</success>
+            <label>true</label>
+            <code>true</code>
+            <message>true</message>
+            <threadName>true</threadName>
+            <dataType>true</dataType>
+            <encoding>false</encoding>
+            <assertions>true</assertions>
+            <subresults>true</subresults>
+            <responseData>false</responseData>
+            <samplerData>false</samplerData>
+            <xml>true</xml>
+            <fieldNames>true</fieldNames>
+            <responseHeaders>false</responseHeaders>
+            <requestHeaders>false</requestHeaders>
+            <responseDataOnError>false</responseDataOnError>
+            <saveAssertionResultsFailureMessage>true</saveAssertionResultsFailureMessage>
+            <assertionsResultsToSave>0</assertionsResultsToSave>
+            <bytes>true</bytes>
+            <sentBytes>true</sentBytes>
+            <url>true</url>
+            <threadCounts>true</threadCounts>
+            <idleTime>true</idleTime>
+            <connectTime>true</connectTime>
+          </value>
+        </objProp>
+        <stringProp name="filename"></stringProp>
+      </ResultCollector>
+      <hashTree/>
+      <ThreadGroup guiclass="ThreadGroupGui" testclass="ThreadGroup" testname="Thread Group" enabled="true">
+        <stringProp name="ThreadGroup.on_sample_error">continue</stringProp>
+        <elementProp name="ThreadGroup.main_controller" elementType="LoopController" guiclass="LoopControlPanel" testclass="LoopController" testname="Loop Controller" enabled="true">
+          <boolProp name="LoopController.continue_forever">false</boolProp>
+          <stringProp name="LoopController.loops">1</stringProp>
+        </elementProp>
+        <stringProp name="ThreadGroup.num_threads">1</stringProp>
+        <stringProp name="ThreadGroup.ramp_time">1</stringProp>
+        <boolProp name="ThreadGroup.scheduler">false</boolProp>
+        <stringProp name="ThreadGroup.duration"></stringProp>
+        <stringProp name="ThreadGroup.delay"></stringProp>
+        <boolProp name="ThreadGroup.same_user_on_next_iteration">true</boolProp>
+      </ThreadGroup>
+      <hashTree>
+        <HTTPSamplerProxy guiclass="HttpTestSampleGui" testclass="HTTPSamplerProxy" testname="HTTP Request" enabled="true">
+          <boolProp name="HTTPSampler.postBodyRaw">true</boolProp>
+          <elementProp name="HTTPsampler.Arguments" elementType="Arguments">
+            <collectionProp name="Arguments.arguments">
+              <elementProp name="" elementType="HTTPArgument">
+                <boolProp name="HTTPArgument.always_encode">false</boolProp>
+                <stringProp name="Argument.value">${body}</stringProp>
+                <stringProp name="Argument.metadata">=</stringProp>
+              </elementProp>
+            </collectionProp>
+          </elementProp>
+          <stringProp name="HTTPSampler.domain"></stringProp>
+          <stringProp name="HTTPSampler.port"></stringProp>
+          <stringProp name="HTTPSampler.protocol"></stringProp>
+          <stringProp name="HTTPSampler.contentEncoding"></stringProp>
+          <stringProp name="HTTPSampler.path">${url}</stringProp>
+          <stringProp name="HTTPSampler.method">${method}</stringProp>
+          <boolProp name="HTTPSampler.follow_redirects">true</boolProp>
+          <boolProp name="HTTPSampler.auto_redirects">false</boolProp>
+          <boolProp name="HTTPSampler.use_keepalive">true</boolProp>
+          <boolProp name="HTTPSampler.DO_MULTIPART_POST">false</boolProp>
+          <stringProp name="HTTPSampler.embedded_url_re"></stringProp>
+          <stringProp name="HTTPSampler.connect_timeout"></stringProp>
+          <stringProp name="HTTPSampler.response_timeout"></stringProp>
+        </HTTPSamplerProxy>
+        <hashTree>
+          <HeaderManager guiclass="HeaderPanel" testclass="HeaderManager" testname="HTTP Header Manager" enabled="true">
+            <collectionProp name="HeaderManager.headers">
+              <elementProp name="" elementType="Header">
+                <stringProp name="Header.name">User-Agent</stringProp>
+                <stringProp name="Header.value">ApacheJMeter</stringProp>
+              </elementProp>
+              <elementProp name="" elementType="Header">
+                <stringProp name="Header.name">Content-Type</stringProp>
+                <stringProp name="Header.value">${contentType}</stringProp>
+              </elementProp>
+            </collectionProp>
+          </HeaderManager>
+          <hashTree/>
+        </hashTree>
+      </hashTree>
+    </hashTree>
+  </hashTree>
+</jmeterTestPlan>
diff --git a/bin/templates/templates.xml b/bin/templates/templates.xml
index 6266d8ef57a..3880dad2100 100644
--- a/bin/templates/templates.xml
+++ b/bin/templates/templates.xml
@@ -251,4 +251,26 @@
             </ul>
         ]]></description>
     </template>
+    <template isTestPlan="true">
+        <name>Simple HTTP request</name>
+        <fileName>/bin/templates/simple-http-request-test-plan.jmx</fileName>
+        <description><![CDATA[
+        <h1>Template for simple HTTP request</h1>
+        <h2>JMeter Configuration</h2>
+        <p>Configure your HTTP request, set:
+            <ul>
+                <li>Full URL</li>
+                <li>Content Type</li>
+				<li>HTTP method</li>
+				<li>Body data</li>
+            </ul>
+        </p>
+        ]]></description>
+        <parameters>
+            <parameter defaultValue="https://example.invalid/" key="url"/>
+            <parameter defaultValue="application/json" key="contentType"/>
+            <parameter defaultValue="POST" key="method"/>
+            <parameter defaultValue="" key="body"/>
+        </parameters>
+    </template>
 </templates>