Surface plugin solutions on feature request threadS

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When searching for a feature, users often find existing request threads, upvote, and move on — never knowing a plugin already solves their problem.

A simple “solved by plugin” tag or pinned reply linking to the relevant plugin would go a long way. Obsidian’s strength is its ecosystem; the forum should help people discover it.

My experience: I nearly submitted a duplicate blockquote-pasting request before stumbling on a passing mention of the Paste Mode plugin buried in one of several related threads. It solves the problem perfectly — but it was easy to miss

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The forum has decent search capability. Modern LLMs (love them or hate them) are also able to search and reference the forum. There is also a community plugin search.

The functionality you’re describing sounds like special plugins for this forum that I don’t see being worth worrying about.

If you’re unsure, you can also start a Help thread and ask, rather than go straight to making a new FR.

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I’m not sure that someone who operates this way is likely to notice a tag or pinned comment.

I do think there’s value in highlighting workarounds. I try to keep the Workarounds section updated in the feature requests that I’ve posted.

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