Obsidian plugins with #file-exclusion#

The Advanced Exclude plugin extends the built in excluded files setting with gitignore style matching and a clearer way to hide parts of a vault. It can read rules from .obsidianignore, import patterns from .gitignore, reuse the native excluded files setting and optionally hide folders whose contents are fully excluded. That makes the file pane, backlinks and related views behave more like those files do not exist, which is much broader than a visual filter.

The EzIndex plugin turns a folder and its nested contents into a single index note, with Markdown headings reflecting subfolder depth and links to every included file. You can exclude files or folders by name and filter out file extensions. The index filename supports a folder name placeholder, while the output can go inside the target folder, at the vault root or in a custom folder. A settings preview shows the exact output path and whether generation will create, overwrite or skip the note. Generation is available through settings, a modal or a folder's context menu. Existing indexes can be left untouched to preserve manual edits, and generated links can show or hide Markdown extensions. Processing stays local with no network requests or telemetry.