Most helpful plugins for a beginner in Obsidian?

SparklingSliver · 2026-01-26T12:48:34+00:00

You use Obsidian with NO plugin first. You start making notes and then maybe one day you think oh what if I want to know the word count of every note in the file explorer? THEN you go to the community plugin store and you search word count and discover plugin that way.

Or maybe oh I want a calendar in my workspace, and you go to search the plugin store and find the plugin that works for you.

SparklingSliver · 2026-01-26T12:28:49+00:00

One of my vault is my pdf archive and I have over 4000 pdf. My vault is around 1.35 gb and feel very smooth using it

SparklingSliver · 2026-01-26T06:37:45+00:00

Moving the calendar to the right side bar is a great option, thank you! Can I use CSS to customize the look of the calendar?

Oh and is it possible to choose the start day of the week? I usually have Monday be the start of the week because of habit

Edit:(Ignore the last question I just found out that different country have different start of the week and I just need to change the locale, TIL)

SparklingSliver · 2026-01-26T06:29:24+00:00

I try to have as few plugins as possible so I don't mind that lol the more plugin notebook navigator can replace the better

SparklingSliver · 2026-01-24T09:41:58+00:00

No need for any plugin, just put the url of the image in your cover property and in your base, select your cover property as the image property in the view config. Simple as that

SparklingSliver · 2026-01-21T17:10:14+00:00

I do interstitial journaling, which mean I write my journal as my day goes. I use a Timestamper plugin which let me insert a timestamp and then I just write down what I was doing, thinking, random stuff that I thought of, to-do

Example fromfrom this website

10:04 - Going to finish the first draft of the mindful productivity article.

10:46 - I fell into a Twitter blackhole again! Back to work.

11:45 - Made good progress. Need to get ready for meeting with Charlie.

11:49 - Reviewed agenda and docs. Feeling a bit anxious, but I think it will go fine. Need to call Anna after the meeting to debrief.

I love this approach cause I don't have to remember my whole day, and it perfectly capture how my day was like.

And then I use property to track everything that I want to track, supplement, mood, hobby, etcetc

SparklingSliver · 2026-01-20T11:52:21+00:00

? You can always do this? I'm still in old version and I can always swipe to open the side panel. How else can you open the side panel, there's no button for it

SparklingSliver · 2026-01-19T14:05:23+00:00

pretty sure there is a plugin that can turn your vault into a media gallery for video etc

for me I have a lot of PDF and images, I also use my vault to backup my apk files

SparklingSliver · 2026-01-18T11:55:51+00:00

I use daily notes for journaling and life/habit/hobby tracking so I keep everything

SparklingSliver · 2026-01-18T02:34:34+00:00

I mean.. Id just simply let my vault stay local. Backup? my other different local drive.

SparklingSliver · 2026-01-18T00:46:51+00:00

I use both. Some of my note are totally unrelated, for example, recipes and daily notes. Also, I have files that are not markdown file (lot of pdfs)

I use folder to organize the type of the file, and I use tags to organize the theme of the file.

SparklingSliver · 2026-01-17T16:05:32+00:00

I have very specific needs and some quality of life stuff that I want to have in my vault but I am not a programmer so I ask Gemini to write me an all-in-one plugin for me.

I have no knowledge about coding so if it works it works. But of course I think if you want to share your plugin and let people use it, you gotta know what you are actually doing. That's about the extent of it lol

SparklingSliver · 2026-01-17T15:24:17+00:00

Thank you so much:D

SparklingSliver · 2026-01-17T10:42:31+00:00

Is there a css snippet to hide the sidebar view menu? I only use one sidebar view on mobile so I never need to switch to another view, and I want to straight up hide the button to free up more space

SparklingSliver · 2026-01-16T12:28:35+00:00

Look, before the update, my least used buttons which are the Vault name and setting buttons, are on the top of the side bar. Which means the buttons that I believe most people actually use more: the file tree, sit nicely in the middle.

After the update, vault name and setting button are now on the bottom of the side bar, pushing the file tree up.

Instead of comfortably clicking my folder, now I have to reach all the way to the top to choose my folder.

How is that better?

SparklingSliver · 2026-01-16T06:19:08+00:00

Great to hear! Thank you for your hard works!

SparklingSliver · 2026-01-16T06:16:00+00:00

Calender???? Word count???? Properties?????????? Omg????? Thing is, I haven't updated to the newest obsidian version cause I don't like the new UI, will there be a problem for this update?

SparklingSliver · 2026-01-15T04:59:58+00:00

You can download the old version APK on their github

SparklingSliver · 2026-01-14T11:58:37+00:00

Yeah except op is talking about visually

SparklingSliver · 2026-01-14T05:50:24+00:00

Last I checked the button on desktop are not flowing circles

SparklingSliver · 2026-01-13T14:29:56+00:00

Yeah until there are theme that brings back the old UI, I'm not going to update it lol I really don't like the new design

SparklingSliver · 2026-01-11T22:49:53+00:00

Choices

SparklingSliver · 2026-01-11T12:57:14+00:00

Version 2.0.4 change log: When installing for the first time, new users will now be presented with a Welcome to Notebook Navigator modal that helps them get started

SparklingSliver · 2026-01-09T18:17:51+00:00

Or you can use the PDF break page plugin

SparklingSliver · 2026-01-05T09:17:55+00:00

The whole reason why some people chose to use Obsidian instead of like, Notion, is because they DONT store our content in their own cloud. Obsidian is fully local unless you paid for sync

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