diff --git a/manifest.json b/manifest.json
index 1106f3c..0cccb40 100644
--- a/manifest.json
+++ b/manifest.json
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 {
 	"id": "obsidian-plaintext",
 	"name": "Plaintext",
-	"version": "0.3.0",
+	"version": "0.4.0",
 	"minAppVersion": "0.15.9",
-	"description": "Open any file as if it was plaintext directly in Obsidian.",
+	"description": "[Deprecated] Open any file as if it was plaintext directly in Obsidian.",
 	"author": "dbarenholz",
 	"authorUrl": "https://github.com/dbarenholz/dbarenholz",
 	"isDesktopOnly": false
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 38d9d6a..34ab8fe 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "obsidian-plaintext",
-  "version": "0.3.0",
-  "description": "Open any file as if it was plaintext directly in Obsidian.",
+  "version": "0.4.0",
+  "description": "[Deprecated] Open any file as if it was plaintext directly in Obsidian.",
   "main": "main.js",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "node esbuild.config.mjs",
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 482542c..a0ef0f9 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
 	TFolder,
 	TAbstractFile,
 	normalizePath,
+	Notice,
 } from "obsidian";
 import {
 	removeObsidianExtensions,
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ export default class PlaintextPlugin extends Plugin {
 			id: "new-plaintext-file",
 			name: "Create new plaintext file",
 			callback: () => {
+				this.showDeprecationMessage();
 				this.createNewFile(app.vault.getRoot());
 			},
 		});
@@ -63,13 +65,34 @@ export default class PlaintextPlugin extends Plugin {
 				menu.addItem((item) => {
 					item.setTitle("New plaintext file")
 						.setIcon("file-plus")
-						.onClick(async () => this.createNewFile(file));
+						.onClick(async () => {
+							this.showDeprecationMessage();
+							this.createNewFile(file);
+						});
 				});
 			})
 		);
 
 		// 4. Other initialization
 		this.registerViewsForExtensions(this.settings.extensions);
+
+		// Show the deprecation message.
+		this.showDeprecationMessage();
+
+	}
+
+	deprecationFragment() {
+		// Use a DocumentFragmet to put a link in a notice.
+		const documentFragment = new DocumentFragment();
+		documentFragment.createEl("span", { text: "Plaintext will soon be deprecated and removed from the community store." })
+		documentFragment.createEl("span", { text: " Please use " })
+		documentFragment.createEl("a", { text: "Obsidian VSCode Editor", href: "obsidian://show-plugin?id=vscode-editor" })
+		documentFragment.createEl("span", { text: " instead!" })
+		return documentFragment;
+	}
+
+	showDeprecationMessage() {
+		new Notice(this.deprecationFragment(), 0);
 	}
 
 	onunload(): void {
diff --git a/src/settings.ts b/src/settings.ts
index 916a8e8..d5f3ce5 100644
--- a/src/settings.ts
+++ b/src/settings.ts
@@ -125,6 +125,11 @@ export class PlaintextSettingTab extends PluginSettingTab {
 		// Write the title of the settings page.
 		containerEl.createEl("h2", { text: "Plaintext" });
 
+		// Add deprecation message here too
+		new Setting(containerEl)
+			.setName("Notice")
+			.setDesc(this.plugin.deprecationFragment());
+
 		// Add extension setting
 		new Setting(containerEl)
 			.setName("Extensions")
diff --git a/versions.json b/versions.json
index a4988f0..9870cbd 100644
--- a/versions.json
+++ b/versions.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+	"0.4.0": "0.15.9",
 	"0.3.0": "0.15.9",
 	"0.2.0": "0.15.9",
 	"0.1.0": "0.13.14",