# Automatically link stock symbols in posts

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-link-stock-symbols-in-posts/63595>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [30 مايو 2017، 5:14ص UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-link-stock-symbols-in-posts/63595 "2017-05-30T05:14:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)\
**Post date:** [30 مايو 2017، 8:49ص UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-link-stock-symbols-in-posts/63595/2 "2017-05-30T08:49:19Z")

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You would need to write a plugin that would scan the post content for `/\$(\w+)\b/` and replace it with a link to the corresponding stock.

_Note: if you are hosted with us, we only allow custom plugin on the enterprise data plan._

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