🏆️ TOP 10 BEST Obsidian Plugins 🔌️

Summary

The video script discusses the top 10 Obsidian plugins that the speaker finds most useful for their workflow. The first two, Templater and Data View, are highlighted for their ability to automate and process notes with custom syntax. The Update Time on Edit plugin is praised for maintaining crucial temporal metadata, especially after command line operations. The Zotero integration plugin streamlines research paper organization, while the DB Folder plugin offers a fine-grained search tool based on Data View query outputs. The Project plugin aids in managing YouTube video scripts, and the Commander plugin, though underutilized by the speaker, is noted for its potential to automate multiple actions. Daily notes and the Calendar plugin are essential for journaling and tracking progress, with the Periodic Notes plugin facilitating the creation of weekly, monthly, and yearly notes. Lastly, the Supercharged Links and Editor Note Count plugins enhance visual accessibility and organization within the vault. The speaker invites viewers to share their top plugin choices and reasons in the comments.

Takeaways

• 📚 **Templater and Data View**: The first two plugins mentioned are essential for note automation, processing, and viewing, with their own custom APIs and syntaxes for advanced functionality.
• 📅 **Update Time on Edit**: This plugin is crucial for maintaining temporal metadata, especially when using command line operations that may reset file metadata.
• 🔗 **Obsidian Zotero Integration**: A single template can organize all research paper content, including highlights and graphics, making it a must-have for academic work.
• 📁 **DB Folder**: This plugin provides a fine-grained search tool through a data view query output, with clickable buttons for managing large content.
• 🎬 **Project Plugin**: Useful for organizing YouTube video scripts and other projects within Obsidian, offering templates, fields, and various views for organization.
• 💡 **Commander**: Offers the potential to automate several actions into a single command, though the user has not extensively explored its capabilities.
• 📒 **Daily Notes**: A fundamental plugin for journaling and cataloging daily activities, with a template that shows the same day from previous years.
• 🗓 **Calendar and Periodic Notes**: Helps in tracking daily notes and creating weekly notes, with Periodic Notes facilitating access to templates for different time frames.
• 🔍 **Supercharged Links**: Enhances visual accessibility by applying CSS styling based on YAML metadata attributes such as 'type' and 'status'.
• 📂 **Editor Note Count**: A simple plugin that adds a count of notes within folders, providing an overview of the total notes for better organization.
• 🌟 **Top 10 Plugins**: The user recommends these 10 plugins (with some being part of bundles) for their functionality and personal use case, inviting others to share their top choices.

Q & A

What are the two plugins mentioned at the beginning of the script that are essential for automating and processing notes in Obsidian?

The two essential plugins mentioned are Templater and Data View. They provide a lot of functionality for automating tasks and processing notes with their custom APIs and syntaxes.

How does the Templater plugin help in managing YouTube metadata?

The Templater plugin can scrape YouTube metadata and create a block with all the metadata around the YouTube videos, making it accessible by Data View queries.

What is the purpose of the 'Update Time on Edit' plugin?

The 'Update Time on Edit' plugin ensures that the created and updated timestamps (ctime and mtime) are preserved and accessible within the note, even when files are modified through command line operations that might reset metadata.

How does the Zotero integration plugin in Obsidian simplify the workflow for research papers?

The Zotero integration plugin allows all content from a research paper, including highlights organized by colors, to be automatically imported into Obsidian with a single template, streamlining the workflow.

What does the DB Folder plugin offer in terms of managing and filtering notes based on metadata?

The DB Folder plugin provides a granular, fine-grain search tool through a Data View query output, with clickable buttons for easy filtering and management of a large number of notes.

How does the Projects plugin help in organizing and managing different projects within Obsidian?

The Projects plugin allows users to manage multiple projects with different fields and templates within the same interface, offering different views like table, combine, and calendar view for organization.

What is the Commander plugin and how can it be used in Obsidian?

The Commander plugin in Obsidian allows users to automate several actions into a single command, which can be assigned an icon and placed in various locations within the Obsidian application for quick access.

Why is the Daily Notes plugin important for personal knowledge management?

The Daily Notes plugin is important for personal knowledge management as it provides a structured way to journal thoughts, highlights, and events of the day, making it easier to keep a record of one's daily experiences and insights.

What is the role of the Calendar plugin in managing daily notes?

The Calendar plugin helps users keep track of the daily notes they have made and assists in creating weekly notes, providing a visual and organized method to navigate through notes based on dates.

How does the Supercharged Links plugin enhance the visual aspect of links in Obsidian?

The Supercharged Links plugin allows users to apply CSS styles to links based on specific attributes like 'type' and 'status', which can be defined in the user's theme, enhancing the visual aspect and making it easier to understand the content at a glance.

What is the Editor Note Count plugin and how does it assist in managing the number of notes in folders?

The Editor Note Count plugin is a simple tool that adds a count of the notes within folders and a total count at the top, helping users to quickly see the number of notes in a folder and manage their content more effectively.

Outlines

00:00

🔌 Top 10 Obsidian Plugins

The video introduces the top 10 Obsidian plugins that the speaker finds most useful. The first two plugins mentioned are Templater and Data View, which are essential for automating tasks and providing a good view into notes and content. The speaker also discusses the Update Time on Edit plugin, which is crucial for maintaining metadata, and the Obsidian Zotero integration plugin for organizing research papers. The DB Folder plugin is highlighted for its ability to filter and manage large amounts of content, while the Project plugin is praised for its organizational capabilities. The Commander plugin is noted for its potential to automate several actions into a single command, and the Daily Notes and Calendar plugins are essential for journaling and tracking notes over time. The video concludes with the Periodic Notes plugin and the Supercharged Links and Editor Note Count plugins for visual flair and organization.

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10:03

📅 Organizational and Visual Plugins

The speaker details the use of the DB Folder plugin for filtering and managing content based on a data view query. The Project plugin is highlighted for its ability to organize and manage multiple projects within Obsidian. The Commander plugin is briefly mentioned for its potential to automate actions but noted as an area the speaker has not fully explored. The Daily Notes plugin is essential for journaling, and the Calendar plugin helps in tracking daily notes. The Periodic Notes plugin is praised for its ability to work with templates for weekly, monthly, and yearly notes. Finally, the Supercharged Links plugin is discussed for adding visual flair to links based on file attributes, and the Editor Note Count plugin is appreciated for its simplicity and utility in counting notes within folders.

15:05

🤔 Inviting Audience Engagement

The speaker invites the audience to share their top 10 Obsidian plugins and the reasons behind their choices in the comments section. There is an emphasis on understanding differing preferences and discovering new plugins that may enhance the user's experience with Obsidian.

Keywords

💡Obsidian plugins

Obsidian plugins are add-on functionalities that extend the capabilities of the Obsidian note-taking application. They allow users to customize their experience and automate various tasks. In the video, the creator discusses his top 10 favorite plugins, emphasizing how they enhance his workflow and content management within Obsidian.

💡Templater

Templater is a plugin for Obsidian that enables users to create templates which can be filled out to create new notes. It is pivotal for automating and structuring note creation. The video mentions that Templater can scrape YouTube metadata and create accessible blocks of information, showcasing its utility in content processing.

💡Data View

Data View is an Obsidian plugin that allows users to query and display information from their notes in a structured format. It is highlighted for its ability to create an overview of the creator's notes with metadata, such as date finished and type, grouped by year, which is crucial for managing a large volume of content.

💡Update Time on Edit

This plugin ensures that the creation and modification timestamps of notes are preserved and accurately reflected, even when changes are made through the command line. It is essential for the video creator's workflow, as it maintains the temporal metadata crucial for organizing and querying notes within Obsidian.

💡Zotero Integration

The Obsidian Zotero integration plugin is used to streamline the process of incorporating research materials into Obsidian notes. The video demonstrates how it simplifies the workflow by automatically organizing research paper highlights and content, making it an indispensable tool for academic and research-oriented note-taking.

💡DB Folder

DB Folder is a plugin that provides a granular search tool through clickable buttons generated from a Data View query output. It is beloved by the video creator for its ability to filter and manage a large number of notes, particularly input notes, offering a higher-level interface for content organization.

💡Projects

The Projects plugin in Obsidian is used for organizing and managing different projects within the application. It allows for the use of templates, fields, and organization systems to keep track of various aspects of a project. The video creator appreciates its ability to switch between different project interfaces and views, enhancing organizational efficiency.

💡Commander

Commander is a powerful plugin that enables users to create custom commands and bind them to keyboard shortcuts or icons within Obsidian. Although the video creator has not extensively used it, they acknowledge its potential for automating multiple actions into a single command, which can significantly boost productivity.

💡Daily Notes

Daily Notes is a core feature of Obsidian that allows users to maintain a journal or log of their daily activities, thoughts, and highlights. The video creator uses a template for daily notes, which automatically fills out metadata and pulls in relevant information, making it an integral part of their personal knowledge management system.

💡Calendar

The Calendar plugin in Obsidian helps users keep track of their daily notes and assists in creating weekly notes. It provides a visual representation of time, aiding in the organization and navigation of notes based on dates. The video emphasizes its usefulness in maintaining a consistent journaling practice.

💡Supercharged Links

Supercharged Links is a plugin that enhances the visual aspect of links within Obsidian notes by applying CSS styles based on file attributes such as 'type' and 'status'. It adds flair to the notes, making them more accessible and understandable. The video creator uses it to add visual cues to their notes, improving the overall aesthetic and navigability of their vault.

💡Editor Note Count

The Editor Note Count plugin is a simple yet useful tool that adds a numerical count of notes within folders, providing an overview of the total notes at a glance. This helps the video creator keep track of the organization and quantity of notes, especially when they are in the process of refactoring or reorganizing their notes.

Highlights

Obsidian now has over a thousand plugins available.

The top 10 recommended plugins are Templater, Data View, Update Time on Edit, Zotero Integration, DB Folder, Project, Commander, Daily Notes, Calendar, Periodic Notes, and Supercharged Links & Editor Note Count.

Templater and Data View are essential for automating, processing, and getting a good view into your notes and content.

The Update Time on Edit plugin provides created and updated timestamps, which are crucial for data view queries.

Zotero Integration allows importing all content from a research paper into Obsidian with a single template.

DB Folder is a granular search tool that works with data view query output and provides clickable filters.

Project plugin helps manage different projects within Obsidian, with templates, organization, and different views.

Commander plugin allows automating several actions into a single command and generating an icon for it.

Daily Notes plugin uses a template to create a daily journal, showing previous notes for the same day and related information.

Calendar plugin helps keep track of daily notes and create weekly notes, with a visual calendar interface.

Periodic Notes allows working with templates for weekly, monthly, and yearly notes, launching them from a single interface.

Supercharged Links enhances the appearance of links in notes based on file attributes like type and status.

Editor Note Count adds a simple note counter showing the total number of notes within each folder.

The presenter recommends checking out their video on Zotero Integration for a detailed workflow example.

The presenter has been using Obsidian for almost three complete years for daily notes.

The presenter is currently refactoring their fitness notes and using the note count feature to track progress.

The top 10 plugins are a mix of visual enhancements, automation, organization, and note management tools.

The presenter invites viewers to share their own top 10 plugins and reasons in the comments.

Transcripts

obsidian has over a thousand plugins now

that's a lot so out of all of those

plugins what are my top 10 some of them

I'm sure you could guess some of them

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so what are my top 10 plugins now the

first two you're probably going to guess

right off the bat you'll probably get it

but the first two are of course

templater and data view templ just like

data View has its own custom API it has

its own way of uh executing arbitrary

JavaScript code inserting template

variables there's a whole syntax and you

can really get in the weeds with what

you can do with templater just like data

View and with these two plugins the

amount of Firepower you can get when it

comes to automating excuse me automating

and processing and getting a good view

into your notes and your content it's

just

insane it is absolutely essential to

have these two plugins to learn the

syntaxes and really leverage these for

your Vault because it really unlocks a

lot of potential so this particular

templator template here of mine actually

scrapes YouTube metadata and creates a

whole like all all of the metadata

around my YouTube videos that I will

process puts it into a block so it's

already accessible by data view queries

and it's just bam done just by handing

it a YouTube url

phenomenal then data view comes in with

like look at how little syntax this is

and a lot of this is just the standard

keywords and really just a couple

different things and what I get from

this whole data view query is a grouped

list of all of my obsidian inputs all of

my input notes with all of their uh

different metadata the the date I

finished it the type it is and just some

additional plugins that I'll talk about

later grouped by Year and that little

amount of syntax gives me this awesome

overview into the entire timeline of the

inputs that I processed in

obsidian that's awesome and it doesn't

even take a lot to get to this now the

third plugin you might not guess right

off the top of your head now these

aren't in any particular order but it

does come after data view because it

works with data View and the plugin I'm

talking about is the update time on edit

which gives me the Crea and updated

timestamps here which are incredibly

handy for again more data view

Shenanigans now in data view you might

already know this but you get the baked

in variables file. ctime file. M time

which is created and modified basically

the same things that I'm talking about

this plug-in giving you so why do I have

these because my specific use case

literally caused me an issue with this

that these this plugin is essential for

me for I like to do a lot of things on

the command line because I'm very nerdy

and sometimes it's just more efficient

to do things on the command line and get

it done and what that does sometimes is

that when I process a bunch of files in

my Vault like's say I want to remove a

piece of text from a thousand files I

can do it in a single line command on

the command line it's done in two

seconds but then the way that a lot of

these commands work it resets the

metadata on the files it it says

basically all all these files are now

created now not when they were

originally created so the metadata is

basically lost so what update time on

edit plug-in does for me is it actually

hardcodes the values of those pieces of

metadata that are so crucial the

temporal metadata is usually an

incredibly crucial data point to always

capture and this gives it to me inside

the note always accessible always usable

and that way I don't have to deal with

that issue ever again and because it's

the plugin that's off always going if I

actually update this note it will

actually update the value in this field

automatically I don't have to do it

that's an awesome plugin and it's

incredibly useful for my particular use

case now the next one you'll probably

guess based on the video that I did

about it Link Card somewhere up there

the obsidian zoto integration plugin

with one single template all of my

content from aoto research paper all the

highlights organized with colors

everything iteratively is just plopped

right in there it's the simplest myoto

workflow has ever been ever and it was

just it's just amazing I I highly

recommend you check out my video on it

and do do check it out if you work with

research papers the obsidian zoto

integration plugin is Chef's yes it is

one of the best I mean just look at this

beautiful output I mean ignore the 300

something lines of metadata there but

all of the highlights from my research

paper just all of that Graphics too

everything ordered

organized the zoto integration plugin

yeah that one is a for sure major winner

now you've likely seen this one before

but the DB folder plugin I adore this

plugin because all of this is running

based off of a single data view query

the data view query just plops a bunch

of data right into this plugin and now

here it all is what do we do with it

well I can add fields from those files

that it picks up from the query and

they're all over there because it's

super zoomed in so yall can rate it um

yeah we'll just zoom out really quick

but all these pieces of metadata are in

each of these files based on the data

view query and I can just change add

more of those whatever but then the most

important part is that I have all of

these filters and their Progressive

filters so here's all the data from data

View and it's basically just all of my

inputs everything same as the timeline

view except this is a much easier way

for me to say oh I want to see all of

the video notes that I haven't processed

yet here we go all of those I haven't

processed yet because it has the red

square status so I haven't finished

processing ing it and so what the DB

folder plugin does is it gives you a

granular fine grain Search tool through

a data view query output but with just

clickable buttons and it's just like

working with just a higher level

interface to manage a large swath of

content I.E in this case input notes I I

Adore this plugin I really adore this

plugin now the next one is one I've

actually been using fairly recently I'm

not really flexing a lot in it I'm I'm

not really doing too much here but for

keeping myself organized it's actually

really nice and I really like it cuz I

already write my YouTube video scripts

in obsidian well now with the project

plug-in I can actually manage these vide

script files with templates with

organization with different fields I can

keep track of a bunch of stuff all

within this plugin now I'm not going to

show you this video script IDE is there

because no spoilers I see you trying to

look but I highly love this plugin

because you can also have several

different projects all within the same

interface you just switch to a different

project interface and there's all the

fields all the organization you can

switch it to table view combine view

calendar view all these different things

and it's all fairly simple out of the

box and really intuitive to set up it's

awesome projects plugin now the next one

is not quite so visual it's going to be

the commander plugin now I don't do a

large amount of things with commander in

fact I only have I think one command

that I've really defined and it was for

video notes but I recognize that this

plugin is powerful and it can do a lot

and I just have not gotten around to

playing with this yet and really

figuring things out and making it work

for me more I'm going to believe me but

this plugin is definitely worth checking

out and spending some time looking at

because you can automate several actions

into a single command and then you can

even generate an icon for that and put

it into somewhere in your obsidian

application on one of the general ribbon

tab bar status bar you can put it in

different places and so like my little

macro here is this icon and I could put

that somewhere add a delay add a command

auto run on Startup there's a lot of

possibility there like let's say if you

uh are starting on a particular day and

you want to have it on Startup

automatically create any missing notes

your weekly your monthly not or

something I'm sure that's possible it's

just an idea I just literally thought of

on the spot Commander lot of potential

here I have just haven't explored it

quite enough but you might find some

really cool use cases for it and if you

have please let me know them because I

might like them let me know in the

comments if you found any any cool uses

for Commander now the next one is daily

notes because of course you got to have

a daily note now my daily notes run off

of a single template and I've shown this

before it's fairly basic it also shows

me the same day in every other year that

I've had a note for this particular day

and it shows me any notes created on

this particular day for this note and

it's just my Daily Journal I just list

my thoughts I list the highlights for

the day like I mentioned in my last

video and it's just a great way of

keeping a record of your day and it

works well obviously with templater and

data view because I got templ stuff for

filling out the metadata when I open up

a new daily Note data view automatically

pulls in relevant information for me

that I might want to see on this daily

note and it's just you got to have a

daily note it's it's useful just for

journaling or just for cataloging your

actual journey through knowledge

curation and personal Knowledge

Management and to tie in with the daily

note is the calendar plugin I've been

using Cal calendar I think since it came

out and it's obviously still just as

useful I it helps me keep track of the

daily notes I have and haven't made it

helps me make the weekly note it's just

nice to see it here and this also um

this isn't one but I'm going to just

tack this on periodic notes because with

periodic notes I can actually work with

my templates for weekly monthly and

yearly notes and launch those all from

here so I can automatically use periodic

notes to jump to any of my template

notes for any of these time frames and

now I also just click on here to run my

weekly note but for the monthly in the

annual notes periodic notes is where

it's at and it's a super small plugin

just has that very small use case it

gets the job done so I'm bundling

periodic notes with calendar so the

final and 10th plugin that I

recommend is again another two pack but

it's going to be supercharged links so

supercharged links I have some CSS

defined in my particular theme but

that's where you can actually put it

that works with so if I go to

supercharged links there is two

attributes to Target for styling now

type and status if you if your file has

these two attributes it's going to look

for the value of those attributes and

apply some styling so there's some other

options here looks like I have

everything enabled but basically it's

going to look for type and and status

and determine what type of input note

and what status of processing it's in so

this is an article that I have finished

reading and that is how all these pieces

of visual flare are added to these links

or my notes um because these emojis are

added via CSS because those pieces of

yaml metadata are targeted by

supercharged links and in the same note

of just adding flare for the sake of

making things more accessible and

understand understandable is the uh

editor note count plugin super simple

plugin but it basically just adds

numbers counting the notes within

folders and ultimately the wrap up or

roll up at the top so you can see I've

got

almost almost

1,400 notes within my journal folder

which is including annual monthly weekly

and daily notes so you can see I've been

doing daily notes for almost three

complete years now um a while but this

lets you see at a glance all of the

totals of notes within folders and I

really like this because sometimes I

like to see when something is in a

folder because it shouldn't be or I need

to know how much left I have to go like

I'm converting a lot of these files in

these folders for my fitness notes fault

and I'm putting them into this

refactored one until I can finish all of

this refactoring and then put it into a

final resting zedel costen uh rout

directory and that's where everything's

going to live pretty much like my main

Vault so until I get that like I Le to

see these folders to see okay I got 27

more to process here 78 there 106 there

and that helps me keep track of things

and I rather like that so those are my

10 top 10 plugins that I recommend yeah

there were some bundles there but top 10

but I want to know where are your top 10

and why I want to know in the comments

tell me what are your top 10 plugins and

why do you recommend them the most most

especially if they differ from mine if

you have a different one I want to know

why you like it so much all right I'll

catch you all in the next

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