Obsidian Title Serial Number Plugin

A powerful Obsidian plugin that automatically adds customizable serial numbers to your markdown headings.

Features

• Multiple Number Styles: Support for 7 different numbering styles

  • Arabic numerals (1, 2, 3...)
  • Chinese lowercase (一, 二, 三...)
  • Chinese uppercase (壹, 贰, 叁...)
  • Roman uppercase (I, II, III...)
  • Roman lowercase (i, ii, iii...)
  • Alphabetic uppercase (A, B, C...)
  • Alphabetic lowercase (a, b, c...)

• Flexible Level Configuration: Choose which heading levels (H1-H6) to apply numbering

• Per-Level Style Customization: Set different number styles for each heading level

• Custom Separator: Configure the separator between numbers (e.g., ., -, /)

• Live Preview: See how your serial numbers will look in real-time while configuring

Commands

Command	Description
Set Serial Number	Add serial numbers to all headings in the current document
Clear Serial Number	Remove all serial numbers from headings in the current document

Configuration

Access the plugin settings through Settings → Community Plugins → Title Serial Number Plugin.

Settings Options

Option	Description
Start Heading Level	Which heading level to start adding serial numbers (H1-H6)
End Heading Level	Which heading level to stop adding serial numbers (H1-H6)
Number Separator	Separator between level numbers (default: .)
H1-H6 Number Style	Choose the numbering style for each heading level

Example

Input

# Introduction

## Background

### History

### Current State

## Methods

### Approach A

### Approach B

# Conclusion

Output (with default settings: Arabic, separator .)

# 1 Introduction

## 1.1 Background

### 1.1.1 History

### 1.1.2 Current State

## 1.2 Methods

### 1.2.1 Approach A

### 1.2.2 Approach B

# 2 Conclusion

Output (with mixed styles: H1=Roman, H2=Arabic, H3=Alpha lowercase)

# I Introduction

## I.1 Background

### I.1.a History

### I.1.b Current State

## I.2 Methods

### I.2.a Approach A

### I.2.b Approach B

# II Conclusion

Installation

From Obsidian Community Plugins

1. Open Obsidian Settings
2. Go to Community Plugins and disable Safe Mode
3. Click Browse and search for "Title Serial Number"
4. Install and enable the plugin

Manual Installation

1. Download the latest release from GitHub Releases
2. Extract the files to your vault's .obsidian/plugins/obsidian-title-serial-number-plugin/ folder
3. Reload Obsidian and enable the plugin in Community Plugins settings

License

MIT License - see LICENSE for details.