# [[Top 10 core plugins for Obsidian]] <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Lq33gNpeDkE" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> ## Pre-production ### Thumbnail ![[Top 10 core Obsidian plugins_v2.png]] ![[Top 10 core Obsidian plugins.png]] ### Title 1. Top 10 core Obsidian plugins ### Hook When I first used Obsidian over two years ago, I didn't know about plugins, and I was underwhelmed by the lack of options. Now, a few years later, and I think it's gone the opposite way: community plugins are everywhere-- so much so that it's *overwhelming*. If you're new to Obsidian in particular, you might be driven off it for the opposite reason that I stopped using it initially: now there's *too much* to learn. Well, Obsidian has come a long way in two years, and now I think the base options that it comes with are underappreciated. In this video, I'm sharing a few disadvantages of community plugins everyone should be aware of, as well as my top 10 *core* plugins for daily use of Obsidian. ### Structure - The problem with community plugins - Security - Community plugins are made by third-party developers-- they're not affiliated with Obsidian in any way. - The Obsidian team vets plugins, but bad actors can still release malicious code *after* it's been accepted as a community plugin. - Lack of futureproofness - Part of why I switched to Obsidian is the appeal of having my notes stored in standard Markdown, stored locally. - Some plugins add a lot of functionality, but at the expense of locking you in to Obsidian and to the plugin--which makes the workflow more vulnerable to being disrupted when either the plugin or Obsidian stop working the way you want it to. - For example, I was working on a Tracker video ([[Testing Obsidian Tracker]]) until I had a look at what I needed to put into a note for it to work, and realised this won't work anywhere else. - Even plugins that I love, like [[Dataview]], won't work in any other tool. - We need community plugins that tread as lightly as possible on our notes and don't encourage us to make them incomprehensible by any other tool. - Clutter - Community plugins are made by different developers, most of whom aren't working on it full-time. As a result, they're inconsistent with each other, sometimes wholly untested, and can be unreliable. Introducing community plugins into your workflow makes it more fragile. - By contrast, core plugins are here to stay, supported by the Obsidian team, and address some of the issues I've just discussed. But they don't skimp on functionality. Here are ten that you might not even have known come with Obsidian: - 10. Daily notes - 9. Canvas - 8. Note composer - 7. ❌ Workspaces - 6. ❌ Slides - 5. Outline - 4. Command palette - 3. Quick Switcher - 2. Backlinks - 1. Templates ### Outro Now, does this mean I'm uninstalling all my community plugins? Definitely not. There are so many that I love and use every day, and that's not changing. But they don't make me any more productive. What *does* make me more productive isn't learning new plugins and rearranging my existing notes over and over again and messing with frontmatter. It's the basics: writing stuff down, thinking about where they fit in with other ideas, and coming up with ways to put them into practice. If you'd like to learn more about learning to actually be *functional* with Obsidian without having to be updated on the latest and greatest plugins, I made a course called Obsidian for Everyone where I go through every single core plugin and demonstrate how to use it in practice. Thanks for watching, and *feliz ano novo!* ### Related videos and resources ### Pinned comment ``` ``` ### Timestamps 00:00 Intro 00:50 Disadvantages of community plugins 04:55 #10 Daily Notes 05:42 #9 Canvas 06:46 #8 Note Composer 07:24 #7 Workspaces 08:15 #6 Slides 09:35 #5 Outline 10:38 #4 Command Palette 11:38 #3 Quick Switcher 12:36 #2 Backlinks 13:48 #1 Templates ## Post-production - [x] Create captions using Rev, then edit them. - [x] Take a thumbnail photo and create one for YouTube (1280 x 720). - [x] Add description. - [x] Include the title and any keywords in the first few sentences, but in a natural way. - [x] Add related videos and resources as links. - [ ] Add end screen. - [x] Add cards if necessary. - [x] Add chapters/timestamps for YouTube if longer than 5 minutes. - [x] Add mid-roll ads/check monetization settings. - [x] Add pinned comment. - [ ] Post video preview on Patreon. - [ ] Schedule on YouTube. - [ ] Add video to relevant playlist(s), or create a playlist if necessary. - [ ] Promote on Twitter/LinkedIn as appropriate. - [ ] Create a blog post on [site](https://nicolevanderhoeven.com). - [ ] Add to video-database. - [ ] Add to other notes in my vault as appropriate.