# "Rich" links feature?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/rich-links-feature/414977>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [October 18, 2026, 7:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rich-links-feature/414977 "2026-10-18T19:24:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2026, 8:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rich-links-feature/414977/2 "2026-10-18T20:00:45Z")

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Yes, something _very_ similar to this did exist, but maintenance was not funded, so it broke.

I very much doubt this still works.

Angus and I both worked on it for a good while:

> [@Mentionables](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mentionables/192948/1):
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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 This is just perfect for sets of Affiliate links. You can use Amazon or any other provider for that matter. Administration View Example Source Currently google sheets is the only supported data source, however …

with the right will it is almost certainly salvageable.

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