# Discourse 2.8 Released! | Blog

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-2-8-released-blog/216210>\
**Category:** Blog\
**Created:** [January 27, 2022, 3:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-2-8-released-blog/216210 "2022-01-27T15:29:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-2-8-released-blog/216210/2 "2022-01-27T17:40:25Z")

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Another neat little thing that went out in this release, a quick shortcut for adding hyperlinks to a post. Here’s how:

1. Copy any URL to your clipboard, say `https://example.com`
2. Select some text in the editor.
3. Press the paste key.

Doing this will turn the selected text into a link, → [like so](https://example.com) ← .. thanks @gwwar for this cool outside contribution! 👋

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