Smart Rename

This is a plugin for Obsidian that adds the command Smart Rename which performs the following steps after renaming the note:

1. Adds the previous title as an alias to the renamed note
2. Preserves the backlinks to the renamed note that were using previous title as a display text.

Detailed explanation

1. You have

OldName.md:

This is a note `OldName.md` that is going to be renamed to `NewName.md`.

OtherNote.md:

This note references

1. Wikilink [[OldName]]
2. Wikilink with the same display text [[OldName|OldName]]
3. Wikilink with a custom display text [[OldName|Custom display text]]
4. Markdown link [OldName](OldName.md)
5. Markdown link with a custom display text [Custom display text](OldName.md)

2. You invoke current plugin providing NewName as a new title

3. Now you have

NewName.md:

---
aliases:
  - OldName
---

This is a note `OldName.md` that is going to be renamed to `NewName.md`.

OtherNote.md:

This note references

1. Wikilink [[NewName|OldName]]
2. Wikilink with the same display text [[NewName|OldName]]
3. Wikilink with a custom display text [[NewName|Custom display text]]
4. Markdown link [OldName](NewName.md)
5. Markdown link with a custom display text [Custom display text](NewName.md)

Current plugin's aim is to preserve OldName display text in links 1, 2, 4

Installation

• Smart Rename is available on the official Community Plugins repository now.
• Beta releases can be installed through BRAT

License

© Michael Naumov