diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 8256fb5..c73e8d9 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
 	"name": "obsidian-sample-plugin",
-	"version": "1.0.27",
+	"version": "1.0.28",
 	"lockfileVersion": 2,
 	"requires": true,
 	"packages": {
 		"": {
 			"name": "obsidian-sample-plugin",
-			"version": "1.0.27",
+			"version": "1.0.28",
 			"license": "MIT",
 			"devDependencies": {
 				"@types/node": "16.11.6",
diff --git a/src/models/PluginSettingsTab.ts b/src/models/PluginSettingsTab.ts
index 886360b..897e574 100644
--- a/src/models/PluginSettingsTab.ts
+++ b/src/models/PluginSettingsTab.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ export interface PluginSetting {
 	renderFolderItalic: boolean;
 	useBulletPoints: boolean;
 	excludeFolders: string[];
+	excludePatterns: string[];
 	recursionLimit: number;
 	headlineLimit: number;
 	indexFileUserSpecified: boolean;
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ export const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: PluginSetting = {
 	renderFolderItalic: false,
 	useBulletPoints: false,
 	excludeFolders: [],
+	excludePatterns: [],
 	recursionLimit: -1,
 	headlineLimit: 6,
 	indexFileUserSpecified: false,
@@ -137,6 +139,20 @@ export class PluginSettingsTab extends PluginSettingTab {
 				component.inputEl.cols = 50
 			})
 
+		new Setting(containerEl)
+			.setName("Excluded Patterns")
+			.setDesc("Files and folders matching these patterns will be excluded from the content renderer. Use * as wildcard. One pattern per line.")
+			.addTextArea(component => {
+				component.setPlaceholder("Assets\n*img*\n*.pdf")
+					.setValue(this.plugin.settings.excludePatterns.join("\n"))
+					.onChange(async (value) => {
+						this.plugin.settings.excludePatterns = value.split("\n")
+						await this.plugin.saveSettings()
+					})
+				component.inputEl.rows = 8
+				component.inputEl.cols = 50
+			})
+
 		new Setting(containerEl)
 			.setName("Automatically generate IndexFile")
 			.setDesc("This will automatically create an IndexFile when you create a new folder")
diff --git a/src/types/Utilities.ts b/src/types/Utilities.ts
index 05ebc70..40f2349 100644
--- a/src/types/Utilities.ts
+++ b/src/types/Utilities.ts
@@ -22,11 +22,22 @@ export function isIndexFile(path: string) {
 }
 
 export function isExcludedPath(path: string) {
+	// Check exact folder matches first
 	for (const excludedFolder of FolderIndexPlugin.PLUGIN.settings.excludeFolders) {
 		if (excludedFolder == "")
 			continue
 		if (RegExp(`^${excludedFolder}$`).test(path))
 			return true;
 	}
+
+	// Then check pattern matches
+	for (const pattern of FolderIndexPlugin.PLUGIN.settings.excludePatterns) {
+		if (pattern == "")
+			continue
+		// Escape special characters in the pattern except * which we'll use as wildcard
+		const escapedPattern = pattern.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&').replace(/\\\*/g, '.*');
+		if (new RegExp(escapedPattern, 'i').test(path))
+			return true;
+	}
 	return false
 }