Tagescape

An Obsidian plugin that suppresses inline tag recognition in body text. Only tags defined in frontmatter properties are kept.

What it does

By default, Obsidian treats any #word in your note body as a tag. This plugin disables that behavior:

• Inline tags (#example in body text) are treated as plain text — no tag styling, no click behavior, and they are excluded from the tag pane and tag search.
• Frontmatter tags (defined in YAML properties) continue to work normally.

Why

If you use tags exclusively in frontmatter properties for organization, inline # symbols (e.g. in headings references, issue numbers, or casual notes) can pollute your tag list. Tagescape keeps your tag namespace clean.

Installation

From Obsidian Community Plugins

1. Open Settings → Community plugins → Browse
2. Search for Tagescape
3. Click Install, then Enable

Manual

1. Download main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css from the latest release
2. Create a folder tagescape in your vault's .obsidian/plugins/ directory
3. Place the downloaded files into that folder
4. Enable the plugin in Settings → Community plugins