I am very glad that so many community plugins have been released recently. However, it is becoming more difficult to find plugins that have the features I want or that are actively being updated. I would like developers to add features to make it easier to find plugins.
Proposed solution
Some ideas:
Sort community plugins by update date
We would like to be able to sort the plugin list by update date in order to find plugins that are still actively being updated.
Tagging
I donāt know if developer tagging or user tagging would be better, but tags for plugin attributes such as ādaily notesā, āhotkeysā, ātablesā, etc. would make it easier to find plugins. Maybe a tag like āMost downloaded in June 2022ā would be nice.
Community Plugin category in the forum
This is not about Obsidian program itself. Currently, threads about specific plugins in the official forum are mainly in the Share & showcase category, but they are also distributed among Feature Requests and Plugin Ideas. It would be easier to consolidate information if we create āCommunity Pluginā category and have one thread per plugin (or multiple threads for complex plugins) there.
I donāt personally need to sort by update date ā normally there are only a few candidates for whatever need Iām trying to fill ā but Iād like to see the update date in the plugin listings.
Iām not sure tags would add much over the existing descriptions. Most plugins Iāve seen include a long description, and the plugin search reads those descriptions.
I would like to see the Community Plugin category, but definitely not with one thread per plugin ā that makes it hard to scan for info (already a problem in Share & Showcase). Maybe Community Plugins should be Community Plugins & Themes, as Iāve seen some very long threads about themes in Share & Showcase.
@CawlinTeffid
Yes, even without the sorting function, just showing the update date would be helpful. Community Plugins & Themes might be more appropriate, as some plugins are closely related to CSS themes.
@Denna
Thank you for telling me excellent site! I still think it would be beneficial to add such features to Obsidian, but that site would be a great help to me in my search for plugins.
I agree, I was also just looking for a ārecently updatedā option in Obsidian itself. This website is nice, but donāt see why we shouldnāt have it in Obsidian itself either
There are now 600+ community plugins, and we may know that weāll never use some of them for some reason:
no more maintained by author
a newer plugin does a better job
too specific for our usage
So I think it would improve QoL if we could exclude the community plugins we donāt want to see anymore in the list.
It may be a core feature, but a plugin could probably do the job.
What do you think?
The number of plugins available is increasing, which is a good thing. However, the number of downloads does not always reflect a plugin's utility or quality in practice.
Proposed solution
To address this, I propose implementing a system of 5-star ratings to better reflect a plugin's quality. Additionally, categories could also be implemented to further organize plugins, but this would require more thought and consideration.
