Plugin Fancy Link

Introduced in Tiki 29.1

Use this wiki plugin to display rich, interactive previews for external URLs and internal Tiki content.
Instead of plain text links, the plugin renders preview cards or popover previews showing a title, description, image, and site information extracted from the target URL.

The plugin supports:

External websites (using OpenGraph, Twitter Cards, or standard meta tags)

Internal Tiki links such as wiki pages, tracker items, and spreadsheets

Parameter

Display a rich preview of an external URL
Introduced in Tiki 29. Required parameters are in bold.
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Preferences required: wikiplugin_fancylink

Parameters	Accepted Values	Description	Default
`url`	url	URL to preview
`preview`	y n	Display rich preview instead of a simple link	y
`showdesc`	y n	Display the URL description	y
`showimage`	y n	Display the URL image	y

Preferences required: wikiplugin_fancylink

Examples

Display a full preview card for an external website:

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{FANCYLINK(url="https://www.wikipedia.org")}{FANCYLINK}

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Renders as:

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia, created and edited by volunteers around the world and hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation.

www.wikipedia.org

Use an internal wiki page URL:

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{FANCYLINK(url="tiki-index_raw.php?page=HomePage")}{FANCYLINK}

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Renders:

HomePage

Documentation for Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware

Use a tracker item URL:

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{FANCYLINK(url="tiki-view_tracker_item.php?itemId=1")}{FANCYLINK}

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Displays on this site:

Tracker Item #1

Documentation for Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Tracker Item #1

Documentation for Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware