Pretty URLs
daun30 downloadsImprove display of URLs in reading view by removing https:// and www. prefixes.
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A plugin for Obsidian to improve display of URLs
Remove common prefixes like https:// and www. from links in
reading view. Useful if you can't be bothered to use markdown links and still want your notes to look
clean. The plugin only affects the display of links – the actual note content remains
unchanged.
Example
Before
Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C1Gnxhfok0
and read https://m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corsica
After
Watch youtube.com/watch?v=3C1Gnxhfok0
and read wikipedia.org/wiki/Corsica
Features
- Strip protocol: Remove
http://orhttps:// - Strip www subdomain: Remove
www. - Strip mobile subdomain: Remove
m.andmobile. - Strip amp subdomain: Remove
amp. - Custom labels: Transform visible text using regex rules
Installation
- Open Settings → Community plugins in Obsidian.
- Select Browse and search for Pretty URLs.
- Select Install, then Enable.
Usage
Open Settings → Pretty URLs to configure the plugin:
- Hide protocol —
https:is always stripped. - Hide subdomains — Toggle stripping of
www.,mobile., etc. - Format links in note properties — Apply formatting in the properties panel.
- Custom labels — Define regex rules to replace a URL with a custom label.
Custom labels
You can define regex rules to rewrite URL-only links with a custom label.
Each rule has a pattern (a regular expression) and a replacement (a string that
may contain $1, $2, … to reference capture groups). Rules are evaluated in order;
the first match wins.
The plugin ships with three example rules that are disabled by default.
How matching works
- Patterns are matched against the final pretty URL, e.g.
github.com/user/repo. - Patterns are not implicitly anchored — use
^and$yourself if needed. - Matching is always case-insensitive.