Plain Text Linker

Opens plain text URLs when you double-click on them.

What is Plain Text Linker?

'Plain Text Linker' is a convenient Chrome extension that simplifies your web browsing. By double-clicking on a plain text, this tool identifies if it's a URL and automatically opens it. Although further maintenance has been discontinued, it remains available for download and usage. Its original source is freely accessible for potential improvements or modifications by other developers.

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By: Marnes

View on Chrome Web Store

Users: 3,000+

Rating: 3.96 (27)

Version: 2.5.3 (Last updated: 2023-06-26)

Creation date: 2019-03-10

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

storage
notifications
<all_urls>

Size: 118.78K

Email: le*****@mailbox.org

Ranking

# 17758 ▼ 61

Other rankings

#12147 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 5 #134 in firefox keyword 22 ▲ 1

Other platforms

Plain Text Linker (v2.5.3)

3.64

(11) 226

Not available on Edge

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Extension summary

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This extension won't be maintained further. I'm shelving this project due to lack of interest/utility and too much burden. The addon will remain available for download as long as the store allows, and the source on gitlab (https://gitlab.com/Marnes-group/webextensions) will also remain available to fork. I do have a greasyfork account (https://greasyfork.org/en/users/18593-marnes) and may publish works there in the future. I have mild intentions to reimplement the core functionality of CSL, IBCP, and DID as public userscripts.

Also available for Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/plain-text-linker/

When you double-click on a piece of plain text, Plain Text Linker tries to determine if what you clicked could be a URL and tries to open it.

Please check the linked homepage for more complete information. Issues can be filed on the linked support site.

User reviews

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Pros

Works well for converting plain text links into clickable links.
Very useful for accessing links from sites like GitHub in raw view.
The only text to link extension that works on all sites for multiple users.

Cons

Does not work on links in Instagram post descriptions.
Issues with incorrectly interpreting single words as URLs.
Does not function properly with certain punctuation like parentheses or periods.
Some users experience issues with it not working at all.

Most mentioned

Works well for converting plain text links.
Issues with links in Instagram.
Difficulties with double-click functionality.

Recent reviews

GREAT!! Work exactly like I wanted.

FIQKY FADZAN, 2024-03-30

Sadly it won't work on links in instagram post descriptions.

Bruce Bates, 2023-04-09

I love it. It's very nice for when accessing a list of links from sites like GitHub in raw view, where it's a flat text document. I wish that it would somehow alter the page to underline all links so they stand out more, and if there was a way to single-click the link rather than double-clicking it.