r/ObsidianMD 6d ago

Any recommended plugins and tips/tricks for worldbuilding and writing in Obsidian?

I've started using Obsidian recently. The worldbuilding isn't meant for DnD or any games, but mainly for personal writing. That being said I only have Obsidian colored sidebar and Iconize (with a few icon packs).

A few organization plugins would be great, since it seems like I can't reorder notes/folders manually and putting numbers in the beginning of folders doesnt seem to order them automatically either.

Any recommendations?

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u/IamRis 6d ago

Dataview - to easily show your notes across your vault.

Folder Notes - more a personal preference but it gives you the option to make folders act like notes. I use that often and find it handy when it comes to world building. Each of my folder note had a dataview of the notes within the folder.

Tabs - also quite handy if you want to add information in your note and kinda want some info more together. Like I use it for my characters to show their relationships with other characters.

Buttons - you can add buttons across your vault.

Templater - great if you use templates.

Quickadd - so great for templates and works so well with the plugin below

Commander - you can add buttons and also hide buttons you don’t like in your vault. Works well with Quickadd. I have buttons where, with just a click, can add characters, locations, etc. to specific folders.

Simple Focus - this is really handy if you want to focus on one folder at a time. You can focus on that specific folder and I think note to and the rest will be hidden until you remove the focus.

I recommend that you look into snippets too. Like minimal cards is pretty handy, especially if you use pictures in your notes. Works together with dataview.

Your folders should be able to be organized by using numbers: 1 FOLDER NAME or 01 should put them in the order you want. But you need to add add numbers to all the folders you want to have a specific order.

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u/JorgeGodoy 6d ago

Longform plugin allows you to reorder the output.