Plugins

Unofficial

Both Official Unofficial

Both Own Inherited

Manager for community plugins, handling installation, enabling, and lifecycle.

Import:

import type { Plugins } from '@obsidian-typings/obsidian-public-latest';

Signature:

export interface Plugins extends Events

Extends: Events

Constructor

new Plugins(app: App)

Constructor.

To get the constructor instance, use getPluginsConstructor from obsidian-typings/implementations.

Properties

	Property	Type	Description
	_	Record<string, EventsEntry[]>	Internal storage of registered event handlers by event name. (Inherited from Events)
	app	App	Reference to the obsidian#App.
	autoCheckForUpdates	boolean	Whether automatic update checking is enabled.
	didChange	Debouncer<[], void>	Debounced callback that fires a changed event when the plugin set changes.
	enabledPlugins	Set<string>	Set of enabled plugin IDs.
	lastUpdateCheck	number	Timestamp of the last update check.
	loadingPluginId	null | string	obsidian#Plugin ID that is currently being enabled.
	manifests	PluginsManifestsRecord	Manifests of all the plugins that are installed.
	plugins	PluginsPluginsRecord	Mapping of plugin ID to active plugin instance.
	requestSaveConfig	Debouncer<[], Promise<void>>	Debounced function to save the plugin configuration.
	updates	Map<string, PluginUpdateManifest>	Mapping of plugin ID to available updates.

Methods

	Method	Returns	Description
	checkForDeprecations()	Promise<void>	Check online list for deprecated plugins to automatically disable.
	checkForUpdates(showNotice?)	Promise<void>	Check for plugin updates.
	clearEnabledPlugins()	Promise<void>	Clears the set of enabled plugins and persists the change.
	disablePlugin(id)	Promise<void>	Unload a plugin by ID.
	disablePluginAndSave(id)	Promise<void>	Unload a plugin by ID and save config for persistence.
	enablePlugin(id)	Promise<void>	Enable a plugin by ID.
	enablePluginAndSave(id)	Promise<void>	Enable a plugin by ID and save config for persistence.
	getPlugin(id)	null | Plugin	Get a plugin by ID.
	getPluginFolder()	string	Get the folder where plugins are stored.
	initialize()	Promise<void>	Load plugin manifests and enable plugins from config.
	installPlugin(repo, version, manifest)	Promise<void>	Install a plugin from a given URL.
	isDeprecated(id)	boolean	Check whether a plugin is deprecated.
	isEnabled()	boolean	Check whether community plugins are enabled.
	loadManifest(path)	Promise<void>	Load a specific plugin's manifest by its folder path.
	loadManifests()	Promise<void>	Load all plugin manifests from plugin folder.
	loadPlugin(id, isUserEnabled?)	Promise<Plugin>	Load a plugin by its ID.
	off(name, callback)	void	Remove an event listener. (Inherited from Events)
	offref(ref)	void	Remove an event listener by reference. (Inherited from Events)
	on(name, callback, ctx?)	EventRef	Add an event listener. (Inherited from Events)
	onRaw(e)	void	Handle raw file system change events for plugin config files.
	saveConfig()	Promise<void>	Save current plugin configs.
	setAutomaticUpdateCheck(enabled)	void	Set whether automatic update checking is enabled.
	setEnable(enabled)	Promise<void>	Toggle whether community plugins are enabled.
	trigger(name, data?)	void	Trigger an event, executing all the listeners in order even if some of them throw an error. (Inherited from Events)
	tryTrigger(evt, args)	void	Try to trigger an event, executing all the listeners in order even if some of them throw an error. (Inherited from Events)
	uninstallPlugin(id)	Promise<void>	Uninstall a plugin by ID.
	unloadPlugin(id, isUserDisabled?)	Promise<void>	Unload a plugin by ID.

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Links to this page:

• App
• getPluginsConstructor