# Markdown links not working without https://?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/markdown-links-not-working-without-https/384591
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** composer
**Created:** [October 3, 2025, 2:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/markdown-links-not-working-without-https/384591 "2025-10-03T02:26:49Z")
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### Author: ![mcwumbly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mcwumbly/32/103861_2.png) [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2025, 6:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/markdown-links-not-working-without-https/384591/11 "2025-10-20T18:39:54Z")

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Hmm… Not that it’s a huge deal, but I’ve also gotten used to using something like`[foo]()` for illustration purposes which renders as foo.

I feel like the problem here is the mismatch in expectations given the “linkify” site setting. Not sure how best to untangle this one, but I’ll share it with folks thinking about these edges cases in the composer to that it’s at least on their radar to consider.

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