The problem
Every designer has hit this wall. You need to add something to a component — a new icon state, an optional label, a status indicator. But you don't want it showing up in the hundreds or thousands of existing instances already placed across your files.
The usual workaround: create a new component. Now you have two near-identical components and your system is messier than before.
What I built
A Figma plugin that solves this with a single click. Add your new layer to the component, run the plugin, and it hides the layer from all existing instances. New instances get it visible by default. Existing work stays untouched.
Why it matters
Small tools that remove daily friction are worth more than they look. This addresses something Figma's component model doesn't handle natively. One of those "why doesn't this exist already" solutions.