Viewing details of plugin updates

Is there any simple method of viewing what has changed in a plugin’s update? The Obsidian UI will show, for example, “Found 9 plugins to update”, and I can scroll through the list in the UI, click on the plugin, then click on the Repository link to dig through any release notes, etc. Is that the recommended method, or am I missing something?

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Try this plugin. It is for viewing plugins changelogs.

Looks good – I’ll check it out. Thank you.

Hi, I just wanted to add this information as well. In github, where most of the community plugins appear to be coming from, it’s relatively easy to view code changes as well. The URL format is like this:

https://github.com/<user>/<repo>/compare/<tag1>...<tag2>

… then click on the “Files changed” tab

So for example, imagine you have the Database Folder community plugin installed at version (tagged) 2.8.1 and you can upgrade to version (tagged) 2.8.4. Then you can go to this URL and then “Files changed” tab to see the exact changes in the code that you will be installing:

These days, this is the plugin to use: GitHub - swar8080/obsidian-plugin-update-tracker: Know when installed obsidian plugins have updates and evaluate the risk of upgrading
You can see changes and pick out which plugins you want to update.

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