Changelog

Every MetaEdit release, newest first, with its date and minimum Obsidian version. Full commit-level notes live on the GitHub releases page.

Version	Date	Minimum Obsidian
1.9.0	2026-07-01	1.12.7
1.8.4	2026-01-22	1.4.1
1.8.3	2026-01-22	1.4.1
1.8.2	2023-07-30	1.4.1
1.8.1	2023-07-30	1.4.1
1.8.0	2023-03-02	0.12.0

1.9.0 (2026-07-01)

The biggest release in years. Property editing now runs on Obsidian’s own property widgets, new properties are created in one type-aware modal, and whole folders can be edited in one pass. See what’s new in 1.9.0 for the guided tour, or the full authored notes on GitHub.

Features

• Native property editing. Picking a property opens the exact widget Obsidian’s Properties view would use: a date picker for dates, a checkbox for booleans, chips for lists, a number field for numbers. Types are respected end to end. See edit properties with native widgets.
• Fluid, type-aware creation. “New YAML property” opens a single-row modal: the key autocompletes from every property name in the vault, the value widget follows the key’s known type automatically, a one-click “Change to Date” or “Change to Number” switch appears when a value looks mistyped, ⌘/Ctrl+Y opens the type menu, and ⌘/Ctrl+↵ adds the property. See create new properties.
• Bulk edit metadata. Right-click a folder or a multi-selection in the file explorer, name a property and value, and choose a conflict policy: “Skip notes that already have it”, “Merge into a list”, or “Overwrite existing values” behind an explicit confirmation. See bulk edit.
• Auto Properties upgrades. Multi-select values written as YAML lists, optional descriptions shown in the value prompt, learn-as-you-go values you can save right from the prompt, and paste-a-list splitting in settings. See Auto Properties.
• Tag editing rebuilt. Rename a body #tag occurrence in place, edit frontmatter tags as a real list, stray # prefixes stripped, and the key removed when the last tag is cleared. See edit tags.

Improvements

• Text prompts autocomplete from your vault, with values ranked by how often you already use them; tag prompts suggest existing tags; date and datetime properties get a native picker.
• Property rows in the picker carry tooltipped “Delete property” and “Transform to YAML ⇄ Dataview” actions.
• “Hide file tags” and per-name property hiding under the “Edit Meta menu” settings section.
• Nested YAML appears as individual child rows instead of one uneditable blob.

Breaking changes

• Requires Obsidian 1.12.7 or newer (raised from 1.4.1) because native widget editing builds on Obsidian’s modern properties engine.
• Body-tag delete and transform actions were removed - they could not target the right text safely. Rename and last-segment editing remain; frontmatter tags editing is unaffected.
• Tag rename replaces the whole tag. The legacy flow appended your input as a child segment, turning #book plus fantasy into #book/fantasy; since 1.9.0, type the full nested name to nest. See edit tags.
• Picker row actions now use Obsidian’s native icons and tooltips - same actions, new presentation.

API additions

New on the public API: getYamlPath / updateYamlPath / addOrUpdateYamlPath for nested paths with a.b[0].c syntax, appendDataviewField with insert-location options, getPropertiesInFile, getAutoProperties / setAutoProperties (see the Auto Properties API), and the onMetadataChange subscription.

Reliability roundup

Fence-aware inline-field writes (a key:: value inside a code block is left alone), [[wikilink]] preservation in multi-value edits, native YAML list editing instead of string-flattening, tolerance for malformed frontmatter, task counting that treats only [x] and [X] as complete, rejection of __proto__/constructor/prototype keys on every write path, serialized settings and bulk write queues, and Kanban guards that sync only a card’s leading link and never write to ambiguous same-named notes. See how MetaEdit writes to your notes.

1.8.4 (2026-01-22)

Internal tooling fix only (test infrastructure). No functional changes - the shipped plugin is byte-identical to 1.8.3.

1.8.3 (2026-01-22)

Kanban Board Helper link-resolution fixes: links to notes inside folders no longer fall back to the wrong basename match, and cards without headings are handled instead of erroring.

1.8.2 (2023-07-30)

Community-contributed fixes: updating a linked value no longer duplicates square brackets (thanks @jaerri), links inside task headings work with Kanban boards (thanks @Bevaz), and the Kanban helper only locates files that actually match the link name (thanks @hepabolu).

1.8.1 (2023-07-30)

Restored frontmatter editing on Obsidian 1.4.1, which had broken it.

1.8.0 (2023-03-02)

MetaEdit accepts every Dataview inline field format, including [key::value], and can update bold or italicized fields (both thanks @theofbonin).

Older releases

• 1.7.x (2021-2022): Obsidian API updates, a fix for a conflict with Excalidraw’s auto-save, and error notifications on failed updates.
• 1.6.x (2021): the original run of releases that built out MetaEdit’s core feature set.

Details for every release are on the GitHub releases page.

How older Obsidian versions are served

Each release ships three assets - main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css - and the repository’s versions.json maps every plugin version to the minimum Obsidian version it needs. Obsidian’s community plugin updater reads that map and installs the newest release your app can run: on Obsidian 1.12.7 or newer you get 1.9.0, while older installs keep receiving 1.8.4 until you update Obsidian. Nothing breaks on update day; you just stay on the last compatible release.