Any Autolinker solution for Discourse?

[denharsh (Harsh Agrawal)]

Hey Guys
Do you know any solution for Discourse forum Auto linker.
For example:
If in the backend I assign that when ever ShoutMeLoud is mentioned, it should auto link to https://ShoutMeLoud.com

Is there any solution out there??
Thanks in anticipation!

[pfaffman (Jay Pfaffman)]

It would take a fairly simple plugin.

[elijah (Eli the Bearded)]

Almost seems like it should be part of the new automatic actions thing:

Automatic Actions based on post content (Watched Words)

New for 1.9 is the ability to take some actions based on watched words found in a post. Block the post at the time it is submitted. User sees a message saying they’ve used a word that’s not allowed. Flag the post as inappropriate, but allow it to be submitted. Censor the words, which replaces the censored_words site setting being removed by this feature. Require Approval of the post, hiding it until staff reviews it. add a Link to a word Replace words in posts with other words Tag the post aut…

(But it is not, at least yet.)

[denharsh (Harsh Agrawal)]

Do you know anyone who can code this?

[tophee (Christoph)]

I am not a developer but it seems to me that even I might be able to do this by building on existing plugins that do some sort of replacement, like the doi-resolver plugin, the two abbreviations plugins or the amazon affiliate plugin. (Before you ask: no, I won’t to it)

[pfaffman (Jay Pfaffman)]

You can ask for help in marketplace

[jtbayly]

I was looking for the same thing, found this post first, and then found the solution elsewhere. Thought I should link it here for others:

Linkify Words

Summary Linkify Words allows you to automatically hyperlink certain words or patterns in your post with desired destination URL. Repository Link https://github.com/discourse/discourse-linkify-words New to Discourse Themes? Beginner’s guide to using Discourse Themes Install this theme component NOTE BEFORE INSTALLING Discourse has a built in feature called Watched Words which can replicate most of the features of this theme compon…

[pfaffman (Jay Pfaffman)]

This topic might also be related: Other websites in the Official Discourse Affiliate plugin.