# Mentionables

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/mentionables/192948>\
**Category:** Plugin\
**Tags:** pavilion\
**Created:** [June 7, 2021, 6:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mentionables/192948 "2021-06-07T06:00:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![angus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/angus/32/341715_2.png) [@angus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/angus)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2021, 6:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mentionables/192948/1 "2021-06-07T06:00:11Z")

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The Mentionables plugin lets you establish a custom mention dataset. Custom mentions work the same as @users or #categories, but use data external to discourse, including linking to external urls.

#### Composer & Final Post view

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/7/f/0/7f03d57263d737cf57c4b5eb2f1c1bc2f3b3e5a8.png)

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/6/6/9/669882c3249690ec3ddc001be0085048031b2304.png)

This is just perfect for sets of Affiliate links. You can use Amazon or any other provider for that matter.

#### Administration View

 ![Screen Shot 2021-06-07 at 3.36.19 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/2/1/215a9424e7b592ed130702189173f0f3396170b2.png)

#### Example Source

> **[Mentionables Plugin Test Data](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hg1zPmZjlUWPB4vdGTIMHr4a9jlZzYLnVgmCKBIatQY/edit)**
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> This Sheet is private

Currently google sheets is the only supported data source, however the plugin is designed to support any source. If you’d like to add a new source, please [contact us](mailto:contact@thepavilion.io).

🖥 [**Get the code**](https://github.com/paviliondev/discourse-mentionables)

📄 [**Read the documentation**](https://coop.pavilion.tech/docs?ascending=false&category=120&solved=false)

🐛 [**Report a bug**](https://coop.pavilion.tech/w/bug-report/)

Not sure how to install a plugin? [Follow the steps here](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-plugins-in-discourse/19157).

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