Link to Zettelkasten-like ID instead of note title

[dylanjr]

@electronsonmars

I would love it if there was an option to assign each note an ID (like is possible in Zettlr) and then be able to link to the ID alone instead of requiring that the link matches the filename.

@ashish

I wonder if someone found a way to achieve this…

Good news! I made a plugin that does just that. It’s called Link by ID, and you can find the GitHub repository here.

It enables you to link notes using unique IDs by altering Obsidian’s internal linking behavior to function as link-as-search.

For example, you could link to a note with the filename 202603220853 Note title using its unique ID [[202603220853]], and the link will still work.

I know this is an older thread, but it seems like there’s still some interest for a feature like this.

You can read the post I made describing the plugin here or view the README file for the repository on GitHub here to learn more.

I still have to go through the steps to submit this plugin to be reviewed as an official community plugin. For now, you’ll have to install the plugin manually if you want to try it out, which I describe how to do in the post I made here.

I hope others also find this useful!