Which Trello plan supports clickable link cards and color-coded lists?

[Jessica H]

I'm trying to use Trello as a single user to organize home school website resources. My needs are very simple:

1. I want to create cards that display a clickable website link directly on the front of the card, so I can open the resource with a single click from the board view.
2. I want color-coded columns/lists to visually organize categories of resources.

During the Premium trial, I was able to create what appeared to be link cards, where the link was directly clickable from the board. After the trial ended, those links became plain text, and I haven't been able to recreate them.

I'm trying to determine whether upgrading from the Free plan to a paid plan would restore this functionality, and if so, which plan level is required.

I don't need AI features, advanced automation, checklists, or team collaboration tools. The only features I care about are:

• Clickable links directly from the board/cards
• Color-coded columns/lists

Can anyone clarify:

• Is it possible to have clickable link cards on the Free plan?
• If not, which paid plan includes this?
• Is there a simpler way to achieve these two goals in Trello that I may be overlooking?

Thank you!

[Liam Do - DevSamurai]

Hi @Jessica H , Welcome to the Community,

Just an addition to @Radwan Almsora response above, you can learn more about the Link cards features here:

• Link cards

Hope it helps 🙌
Liam

[Jessica H]

Hi Liam, thank you. :)

From what I am understanding on that page, regular websites can't be linked? I'm not needing to connect to things like Dropbox and OneDrive or the other things listed in that table, but directly to curriculum and other supportive pages.  (For example mysteryscience dot com. ) 

I was initially able to set this up during the trial period, with all links active and working flawlessly, which is what is making this so confusing. 

(I found Trello as an option when searching for a way to simply organize my bookmarks for homeschooling, in an easy to use, visually-pleasing, logical, ADHD-friendly, preferably free way.  It seemed to check all of the boxes, but maybe it doesn't. Open to suggestions for alternatives!)

[Liam Do - DevSamurai]

Things like Dropbox and OneDrive are the supported services whose links also work in Trello link cards.

Other links like the one in your example should work fine too. I have tried to add your link to a card on my personal board, and it'll look like the one below: 

No setup is required for this feature; just paste the URL to the card's title.

Hope it helps 🙌
Liam

[Radwan Almsora]

Upgrading to the Trello Standard plan (or higher) is required to use List Colors, as this feature is gated behind paid plans. However, clickable link cards can actually be created directly on the Free plan by pasting a URL directly into the card title.

I belive this was answered here: 

Which Trello plan is best for me? - Atlassian Support‏

[Jessica H]

Thank you! I can't find it on that linked page, but did read somewhere on the site about the steps for pasting in the links... but it didn't add anything to the card that could be clicked to open the corresponding webpage. I couldn't tell with certainty that the feature is available in all versions, so thank you for clarifying! I'm generally fairly web savvy, but new to Trello, and can't quite figure out what I'm missing with making links work.