Posts tagged #plugins

Obsidian ships with a custom URI protocol that lets scripts, browsers, and phone shortcuts read and write your vault without you touching the app. Here's how the core actions work and where the Advanced URI plugin picks up the slack.

Bases handles most vault dashboards now, and Dataview's query language covers the rest. DataviewJS is what you reach for when neither can express the thing you actually want.

Most people patch around a missing Obsidian feature with a Templater script and a CSS snippet. The plugin API is often the shorter path, and the surface area you actually need is tiny.

Obsidian's 2026 Community directory added automated scans and safety scorecards for every plugin version. Here's what that changes, and how to actually audit the plugins already sitting in your vault.

QuickAdd turns Obsidian into a keyboard-driven capture machine. Here is how its Captures, Templates, and Macros actually work, with copy-paste examples.

Bases is Obsidian's built-in core plugin for turning notes and their properties into live tables and cards. Here's how the syntax works and when to reach for it instead of Dataview.

Obsidian is plain-text markdown all the way down, which means the same tools you use on code work on your notes. Here's how to version your vault with Git, get real syntax highlighting, and run JavaScript inside your notes.

The Templater plugin turns Obsidian's static template system into a real automation engine — dynamic dates, user prompts, folder triggers, and optional JavaScript make note creation genuinely effortless.

A practical guide to the Excalidraw Community plugin for Obsidian — how to embed visual diagrams in your vault, link drawings to notes, and build a visual thinking workflow that actually integrates with your PKM.