#obsidian notes

Velocity Theme

Advanced Tables

Animated Cursor

Auto Link Title

Calendar

Callout Manager

Clear Unused Images

Dataview

Dragger

Emoji Toolbar

Force Read Mode (for the home page)

Highlightr

Iconize

Orrery

Simple Banner

Smart Connections

Smart Typography

Style Settings

Canvas: Good for general planning and arranging scenes when writing

Daily notes: Useful if you want to use Obsidian as a planner. Now, I mostly use it for my game/mod dev to keep track of my progress/to-dos

Graph view: Always using this for my d&d planning vaults, helps me see how/where things are connected and where I could try connecting things more

Outgoing links: i love links :)

Search: yeah, this should be obvious why I like it

Templates: Very useful for planning and worldbuilding. I also used it in conjunction with the daily notes when I had a planner vault.

Community Plugins

Discord Rich Presence: I don't have this on all of my vaults but I like it as a way for my friends to see that I'm busy/what I'm working on. Sometimes they'll get curious and ask me about it too!!

Novel Word Count: This is SOOOO much better than the core word count plugin. Shows you the word count for each note and folder, with options for page count, reading time, % of writing goal and more.

Status Bar Pomodoro Timer: Pomodoro/Animedoro are my go-to way of forcing myself to lock in. I hate having to constantly tab in and out of Obsidian to fiddle with that stuff though so I like having it in the vault itself.

Style Settings: This is more cosmetic than functional for the most part and I didn't see much point in it at first. But depending on the theme you use, you can really make it fit your needs. I almost exclusively use ITS Theme now and I use style settings to change the colour scheme, alignment, workspace size and so much more.

Iconize: Lets you add icons to your folders and notes. I use this a lot in the homebrew settings for my tabletop games since it 1) helps me distinguish what kind of note something is at a glance and 2) looks nice :3

Keep the Rhythm: gives you a heatmap based on how much you've written. I like this to see how much I'm writing and how productive a particular week or month has been.

Task Progress Bar: I looooove using checkboxes to keep track of what needs to be done and having the visual bar of how much I've done/how much I have left to do helps me stay motivated to keep going.

Click Clack: makes little typewriter noises when you type. I like the audible feedback as I write.

Typewriter Scroll: Keeps the view centered in the editor. Also lets you dim the writing outside of your active paragraph for better focus.