Insert Multiple Attachments

Obsidian's built-in Insert attachment command opens a file picker that accepts exactly one file. Attaching six screenshots to a note therefore means running it six times, each with its own dialog.

This plugin adds a command that opens a multi-select picker instead: choose as many files as you like, and every one is saved as an attachment and embedded at the cursor in a single run.

More screenshots

Demo vault

The documentation is a demo vault. Every feature has a note that explains what it does and why you would want it, with sample files ready to insert.

Start reading here — it is plain markdown, so it works on GitHub with nothing installed.

A copy of the vault ships with every release. You can access it via any of the following:

1. Running the Insert Multiple Attachments: Open demo vault command.
2. Downloading insert-multiple-attachments-demo-vault.zip from the Releases. It unzips into a single insert-multiple-attachments-demo-vault-<version> folder.
3. Browsing its source in demo-vault/ in this repository.

What it does

• Insert many attachments at once, from the Command Palette, the ribbon paperclip, or the editor right-click menu — the last two switchable off if you do not want them. On mobile, Obsidian's own toolbar paperclip stays single-file: run the command, or add it as a mobile toolbar button. 01 Insert multiple attachments
• Control the text around the links — a prefix, a delimiter between them, and a suffix — so six embeds can come out as a list, a gallery row, or whatever your note needs. 02 Link formatting
• Every setting, by the key it is stored under. 03 Settings

Each file lands in your vault's own attachment folder, exactly as Obsidian's single-file command would put it there.

See also

My other Obsidian resources

Last searched for similar plugins on 2026-10-26.

Installation

The plugin is available in the official Community Plugins repository.

Beta versions

To install the latest beta release of this plugin (regardless if it is available in the official Community Plugins repository or not), follow these steps:

1. Ensure you have the BRAT plugin installed and enabled.
2. Click Install via BRAT.
3. An Obsidian pop-up window should appear. In the window, click the Add plugin button once and wait a few seconds for the plugin to install.

Debugging

By default, debug messages for this plugin (id: insert-multiple-attachments) are hidden.

If you need to enable them refer to the documentation.

Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in the CHANGELOG.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome — see CONTRIBUTING to get set up.

Support

Filing an issue (for AI agents and humans)

Open issues through the issue forms, not as blank issues.

To report a bug from inside Obsidian, run the Insert Multiple Attachments: Report a bug command. It opens the bug form with the plugin version, the Obsidian version and your operating system already filled in.

Filing from the CLI or the API (gh issue create --body, or an AI agent filing for you) skips the form, and gh issue create --template cannot load an issue form. In that case, open the matching form in .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/, copy every field as a ### <label> heading in the form's order, and fill in each one. Always state the plugin version, the Obsidian version and your operating system.

License

© Michael Naumov