Obsidian Tips and Tricks

We'll put settings, recommended plugins, and other information here.

See Obsidian Git for push and pull commands.

Recommended Core Plugins

• Backlinks
• Command Palette
• File explorer
• Graph view
• Note composer
• Outline
• Search
• Starred
• Tag pane
• Word count

Recommended Community Plugins

Remember to Enable a plugin after installing it.

• Collapse All - simple, useful button for the file navigator
• Find unlinked files - a little funky how it works, but super useful as you're building an information space
• Page Heading From Links - automatically creates the header line in pages created by clicking on an incipient link
• Obsidian Git - if you're participating in a Massive Wiki that uses Git for sync and versioning

Suggested Settings to Check

Editor

• Default editing mode = Live Preview
• Readable line length = off
• Strict line breaks = off
• Show frontmatter = (on for advanced, off for simple)

Files & Links

• Default location for new attachments = In the folder specified below
• Attachment folder path = _attachments

Appearance

• Base theme = (set to your preference, Light, Dark, or Adapt to system)

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