# Copy Markdown link

> Copy a Markdown link. Available through the context menu or as a page action (the menu in the URL bar)

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/copy-markdown-link](https://chrome-stats.com/d/copy-markdown-link)

## Overview

- **ID:** `copy-markdown-link`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Ian Bicking
- **Category:** social-communication,other
- **Daily users:** 98
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (7 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.1.5080resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2018-07-27
- **Size:** 9.82 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/copy-markdown-link/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/ianb/copy-url-extension/issues/new](https://github.com/ianb/copy-url-extension/issues/new)

## Description

Copy Markdown Link is a handy Chrome extension that allows users to quickly copy a Markdown formatted link for the current page or selected content. Available through the context menu or as a convenient page action menu in the URL bar, this tool streamlines writing Markdown documentation and notes by eliminating manual formatting steps. Whether you are a developer, writer, or anyone who commonly works with Markdown, Copy Markdown Link simplifies your workflow.

## Rankings

- #11,686 — Overall
- #198 — broken links
- #200 — links

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `contextMenus`
- `clipboardWrite`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows reading and modifying clipboard content, which can be sensitive, posing a moderate privacy risk.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/copy-markdown-link)