# Obsidian Community Plugins SOP %% parent:: [[Obsidian SOP]] parent:: [[05.03 Obsidian Community Plugins|Obsidian Community Plugins]] %% **Last Updated:** [[2023-05-06]], but incomplete update --- One of the strengths of Obsidian is how adaptable it is to individual workflows… and how incredibly robust community development is. If you’re looking for something, there’s a good chance someone has started to work on it, or it’s already in the Community plugin settings in Obsidian. If not… swing by the [Discord](https://discord.gg/veuWUTm), or [share your idea on the forum](https://forum.obsidian.md). If I could only have three plugins active in my vault, it would probably be [[Obsidian Community Plugins SOP#Templater|Templater]], [[Obsidian Community Plugins SOP#Dataview|Dataview]], and [[Obsidian Community Plugins SOP#Calendar|Calendar]]. But why could I have only three? What a terrible idea. | Plugin | Status | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | [[Admonition]] | Essential | Despite callouts now being core to Obsidian, I still love Admonitions to be able to easily tailor and manage custom callouts. | | [[Advanced URI]] | Essential | Used with [[Shortcuts]] and [[Bunch]]. | | Advanced Tables | Essential | Markdown tables are the worst. This makes them better. | | [[Breadcrumbs]] | Appreciated | I use a tiny fraction of what this plugin can do, but like it for hierarchy navigation. | | [[Calendar]] | Essential | Beloved. (Also beta testing!) | | [[Calendarium]] | Evaluating | Possible replacement for [[Calendar]]; definite replacement for [[Fantasy Calendar]]. | | Citations | Evaluating | My whole [[Zotero]] workflow is being re-evaluated. | | Collapse All | Essential | Major quality of life improvement to quickly collapse my file explorer when working. | | CookLang Editor | Retired | I tried Cooklang and found it added too much friction. Sticking with Paprika, Google, and books. | | Cooklang Importer | Retired | I tried Cooklang and found it added too much friction. Sticking with Paprika, Google, and books. | | Contextual Typography | Minimal Theme | It does what it does to make the Minimal Theme work so yay. | | Custom Frames | Evaluating | | | [[Dataview]] | Essential | I use a fraction of the power of this plugin. And even then, it's still incredibly powerful. | | DEVONlink | Retired | I never really got this one working for my workflow, despiite working with [[DEVONthink]]. | | [[Dice Roller]] | Appreciated | Helpful not only as digital math rocks, but to randomize tables as prompts. | | Discord Rich Presence | Re-evaluating | I like this one for sake of learning in public, but if it doesn't get updated soon, I'll discontinue use. | | Excalibrain | Retired | Wasn't for me. | | Excalidraw | Evaluating | Testing for use on iPad. | | Fantasy Calendar | Appreciated | Now I just need a D&D campaign where I can truly map out the days… | | Footnote Shortcut | Appreciated | Quality of life improvement to quickly add a footnote. | | Hider | Minimal Theme | Allows further customizing of the UI. | | Highlight Public Notes | Retired | Replaced with a CSS Snippet | | Hotkey Helper | Appreciated | I live and breathe hotkeys. This helps. | | Kanban | Essential | Highly functional, and helpfuly for seeing overviews of my [[OmniFocus]] projects. | | LanguageTool Integration | Appreciated | I gave up on Grammarly. So this is nice. | | Link Favicons | Retired | May review again one day, but found it added too much visual noise for my setup. | | [[Linked Data Helper]] | Appreciated | Required for [[Linked Data Vocabularies]]. | | [[Linked Data Vocabularies]] | Appreciated | This plugin is back from the grave. 💜 to @koala for creating. | | Map View | Evaluating | | | Metadataframe | Appreciated | Exports all of your `key:: value` pairings. Great for maintenance. | | MetaEdit | Essential | Right-click and edit the metadata from a link. | | Minimal Theme Settings | Minimal Theme | Literally needed for [[Minimal]] theme. | | Natural Language Dates | Appreciated | Quality of life adjustment for dates! | | Note Refactor | Appreciated | Still using, despite core changes. | | Obsidian Charts | Appreciated | | | Obsidian 42 - BRAT | Appreciated | Simplifies beta testing new plugins. | | [[Periodic Notes]] | Essential | Staple for my daily/weekly/monthly/annual notes. Also on the beta. | | Publish and GitHub URL | Appreciated | Quickly access my Obsidian Publish URL from my note. Great for sharing. | | QuickAdd | Appreciated | | | Readwise Official | Appreciated | Easily interfaces with Readwise. Does what it says, right out of the box. | | Recent Files | Appreciated | Really handy quality of life pane. | | Second Window | Appreciated | Is there anything javalent *can't* do? | | Settings Search | Appreciated | Quality of life improvement for searching within Community Plugins. | | Show Whitespace | Retired | Helpful when I need it. | | Shortcut Launcher | Retired | Appreciated, but I just don't launch Shortcuts *from* Obsidian. | | Sliding Panes (Andy's Mode) | Essential | Love this feature. It's almost core. | | Smart Typography | Re-evaluating | Only have it on for guillemets at this point. May depreciate. | | Sortable | Minimal Theme | | | Style Settings | Minimal Theme | Improves the level of control I have on my UI. | | [[Supercharged Links]] | Essential | It highlights my [[Tags SOP\|tagged files]]. Quality of life improvement. | | Tag Wrangler | Essential | …why isn't this core? | | [[Templater]] | Essential | The core Template plugin on steroids. | | Tidy Footnotes | Essential | Renumbers footnotes. Big quality of life upgrade if you use Footnotes. | | Toggl Track | Appreciated | Used *not* to interact with Toggl timers, but for reviewing data in weekly notes. | | TTRPG Statblocks | Appreciated | …and one day, I'll even make good use of this. | | Timeline | Evaluating | I prefer the single-note approach over the multi-note approach. | | Timelines | Retired | Timelines out of atomic notes. Created too much friction for my workflow. | | Tracker | Evaluating | | | Vault Statistics | Appreciated | Just a little bit of extra data about my vault. | | WordPress | Retired | I never really got this one working for my workflow. | | Zotero Integration | Evaluating | Re-evaluating my whole Zotero workflow. |