Obsidian Plugins Review - Jan 3rd, 2025
Obsidian is constantly evolving, and so is its plugin ecosystem. From productivity boosters to creative tools, the latest plugins are redefining how we use Obsidian for note-taking and organization. In this article, we spotlight some of the most exciting new plugins to elevate your workflow and unlock new possibilities.
- Link Preview
- Insta TOC
- Password Audit
- Discord Timestamps
- Snippetsaurus
- Todoist Context Bridge
- Simple Todo
- Lexicanter Glass
- Weekly Goal Tracker
- Friday
- Chronos Timeline
- Clear Todos
Link Preview⌗
The Link Preview plugin displays previews of external links when you hover over them, enhancing your note-taking experience.
Key Features:
- Instant Previews: Hover over any external link in your notes to see a preview of the webpage without leaving Obsidian.
- Customizable Window Size: Adjust the preview window’s height and width to suit your preferences.
- Configurable Hover Delay: Set how long to wait before showing the preview, measured in milliseconds.
- Seamless Integration: The interface matches Obsidian’s theme, providing a clean and native look.
Insta TOC⌗
The Insta TOC plugin dynamically generates and maintains a table of contents (ToC) in real-time as you type, enhancing note organization and navigation.
Key Features:
- Seamless Integration and Dynamic Generation: Simply insert the
insta-toccode block into your note, and the plugin will automatically create and update the ToC as you write, eliminating the need for manual commands. - Omit Specific Headings: Exclude any heading from the ToC by adding
<!-- omit -->at the end of the heading or by specifying headings in the local settings, providing control over the ToC content. - Support for HTML and Special Symbols: The plugin gracefully handles headings containing HTML or special symbols, ensuring accurate representation in the ToC.
- Flexible Heading Hierarchy Handling: Accommodates any heading structure without requiring a specific hierarchy, offering flexibility in note formatting.
- Compatibility with Markdown Links & Wiki-Links: Processes multiple markdown links and wiki-links within headings, maintaining the integrity of your note’s structure.
Password Audit⌗
The Password Audit plugin enhances your security by analyzing password strength, checking for breaches, and generating secure passwords.
Key Features:
- Password Strength Analysis: Evaluate the robustness of your passwords to ensure they meet security standards.
- Breached Password Check: Determine if your passwords have been compromised in known data breaches using the “Have I Been Pwned” service.
- Secure Password Generation: Create strong, customizable passwords directly within Obsidian.
- Clipboard Support: Easily copy generated passwords to your clipboard for immediate use.
Discord Timestamps⌗
The Discord Timestamps plugin renders Discord-style timestamps (e.g., <t:1734818400:D>) in reading mode, displaying them as they would appear in Discord.
Key Features:
- Accurate Rendering: Displays timestamps in reading mode, mirroring Discord’s appearance for consistency.
- Optional Code Block Conversion: Choose whether to convert timestamps within code blocks via the plugin settings.
- Timestamp Insertion: Insert new timestamps using a command in the command palette or the editor context menu.
- Time Zone Support: Specify a time zone for inserted timestamps; all displayed timestamps adjust to your local time.
- Timestamp History: Access a history of recently used timestamps for quick reuse.
Snippetsaurus⌗
The Snippetsaurus plugin enables users to create, manage, and insert text or code snippets directly into their notes, enhancing efficiency and organization.
Key Features:
- Snippet Creation and Editing: Utilize a user-friendly modal to create and edit text or code snippets, specifying programming languages for code as needed.
- Direct Insertion: Insert snippets into your notes seamlessly, streamlining the writing process.
- Snippet Management: Organize and manage your collection of snippets through an intuitive interface, ensuring easy access and retrieval.
- Automatic Insertion: Enable automatic insertion of snippets based on the last word typed, accelerating content creation.
Todoist Context Bridge⌗
The Todoist Context Bridge plugin connects your notes with Todoist tasks, preserving rich context to enhance workflow efficiency.
Key Features:
- Selective Task Highlighting: Choose which tasks to sync with Todoist, ensuring focus on essential items without overwhelming your task manager.
- Rich Context Preservation: Maintain bidirectional links between Obsidian notes and Todoist tasks, allowing easy access to original content and context.
- Integration with Dataview and Tasks Plugins: Seamlessly work alongside popular Obsidian plugins to enhance task management and data visualization.
- One-Way Sync for Reliability: Employ a deliberate Obsidian-to-Todoist workflow to prevent sync conflicts and maintain data integrity.
- Smart Duplicate Detection: Automatically identify and manage duplicate tasks to keep your system organized and efficient.
This plugin is particularly useful for users seeking to integrate their note-taking and task management systems, ensuring that important tasks are highlighted and tracked without losing the context provided by detailed notes.
Simple Todo⌗
The Simple Todo plugin is a minimalist, text-based task manager designed to enhance productivity by integrating task management directly into your notes.
Key Features:
- Markdown Compatibility: Utilizes pure text-based formatting, ensuring full compatibility with Markdown syntax for seamless integration into your existing notes.
- Efficient Task Management: Enables quick creation, editing, and completion of tasks, streamlining your workflow within Obsidian.
- Date-Based Organization: Organizes tasks by date, facilitating chronological tracking and planning.
- Task Status Toggle: Allows easy toggling between task statuses — Todo, In Progress, and Done — enhancing clarity and progress tracking.
- Completed Task Archiving: Archives completed tasks by month, maintaining a clean workspace while preserving records for future reference.
This plugin is particularly beneficial for users seeking an integrated, text-based solution for task management within Obsidian, promoting efficiency without the need for external tools.
Lexicanter Glass⌗
The Lexicanter Glass plugin integrates the Lexicanter app with Obsidian, allowing users to view .lexc files directly within their vaults. Lexicanter is a free lexicon management tool designed for constructed languages (conlangs).
Weekly Goal Tracker⌗
The Weekly Goal Tracker plugin for Obsidian helps you monitor and update your weekly objectives directly within the app.
Key Features:
- Status Bar Integration: Adds interactive buttons to Obsidian’s status bar, displaying your current progress alongside your weekly goals.
- Easy Updates: Click the buttons to adjust your progress, making it simple to keep your goals current.
- Frontmatter Storage: Saves goal data in the frontmatter of your Monday note or weekly note, ensuring your information stays organized within your existing note structure.
This plugin is particularly useful for users who want to seamlessly incorporate goal tracking into their Obsidian workflow, promoting consistent progress monitoring without leaving the application.
Friday⌗
The Friday plugin enables users to transform their Markdown notes into professional websites quickly and effortlessly.
Key Features:
- Extensive Theme Selection: Access over 500 free themes to customize your site’s appearance, ensuring it aligns with your personal or professional style.
- Multilingual Support: Create websites in multiple languages, broadening your content’s accessibility to a global audience.
- Shortcode Integration: Enhance your pages with powerful shortcodes, adding dynamic content and functionality without complex coding.
- Custom Domain Deployment: Publish your site under a custom domain with minimal configuration, establishing a unique online presence.
- Seamless Workflow: Convert notes to websites directly within Obsidian, streamlining the publishing process without the need for external tools.
This plugin is particularly beneficial for users seeking to share their notes, documentation, or blogs online efficiently, leveraging Obsidian’s environment to manage and publish content seamlessly.
Chronos Timeline⌗
The Chronos Timeline plugin allows users to render interactive timelines directly within their notes using simple Markdown syntax.
Key Features:
- Interactive Timelines: Create dynamic timelines that enhance the visualization of historical events, project milestones, or personal schedules.
- AI-Powered Generation: Utilize AI to generate timelines from highlighted text, streamlining the creation process.
- Note Linking: Link timeline events to other notes within your vault, facilitating seamless navigation and context integration.
- Grouping and Color Coding: Organize events into groups and assign colors for improved clarity and categorization.
- Flexible Date Handling: Support for various date formats, including BCE dates and time-specific events, accommodating a wide range of timeline requirements.
This plugin is particularly useful for users seeking to incorporate chronological data into their Obsidian notes, providing a visual representation that enhances understanding and engagement.
Clear Todos⌗
The Clear Todos plugin streamlines your note-taking by removing completed tasks from your documents.
Key Features:
- Command Integration: Adds a command to Obsidian that clears all completed todos in the current selection or the entire document if no text is selected.
- Enhanced Note Management: Helps maintain clean and organized notes by eliminating clutter from finished tasks.
This plugin is particularly useful for users who manage tasks within their notes and seek an efficient way to declutter completed items.
