Plugins¶

The third layer handles syntax and files from community Obsidian plugins and other tools. Each plugin support module lives in its own package under plugins/, is found through an entry point and runs inside the plugins step of the core steps.

Built-in plugins¶

Name	Obsidian plugin	What it does	Priority
`folder_notes`	Folder Notes	`Folder/Folder.md` is the text of its folder. More	5
`dataview`	Dataview	Runs DQL queries (`TABLE`, `LIST`, `TASK`, `CALENDAR`), inline queries, inline fields and DataviewJS. More	10
`excalidraw`	Excalidraw	Turns drawing embeds into images. More	15
`meta_bind`	Meta Bind	Fills `VIEW[...]` fields from the frontmatter, removes inputs and buttons. More	20
`block_link_plus`	Block Link Plus	Resolves `![[Note#^id-id]]` range embeds. More	30
`drawio`	draw.io SVG exports	Turns HTML labels into SVG text. More	40
`citations`	Citations, Zotero integrations	Renders `[@key]` citations and a reference list with pandoc citeproc. More	50

ope list-plugins

shows the same list at runtime, including third-party plugins you installed.

Turn a plugin off¶

ope export ./Vault --disable-plugin dataview --disable-plugin meta_bind

Pass options¶

ope export ./Vault -O dataview.js-timeout=30

-O key=value reaches every plugin hook as context.options. Plugin options use the name of the plugin as prefix: <plugin>.<key>.

Third-party plugins¶

Any Python package can register a plugin under the obsidian_pdf_exporter.obsidian_plugins entry point. After pip install (or uv tool install obsidian-pdf-exporter --with <package>) it is used without any change to ope. See Write a plugin.