Is it possible to have reference style links in a confluence page?

[Matt Sampson]

The use case is that I would like to link to one page in multiple places throughout a document, but I don't want to have to make sure each is changed if I want to change the link down the line. This is accomplished in markdown/html through reference style links (https://www.markdownguide.org/basic-syntax/#reference-style-links). Is this available in confluence in any way?

[Alex Koxaras _Relational_]

Hi @mattsampson7185 and welcome to the community,

If you place a link (external link) on a confluence page and that link changes at some point, then you have to go and edit that reference. Editing in one place, will not edit all other places. Is this what you want to accomplish?

[Matt Sampson]

Hi @Alex Koxaras _Relational_ that is the problem I am trying to solve. I'm speaking specifically of an external link that has multiple uses within the same page. I want to be able to change all the references at once on the same page, without needing to update each one.

[Alex Koxaras _Relational_]

Hmm... I'm not sure you can do that :/

[Matt Sampson]

Okay thanks, is there any way to request this feature?

[Alex Koxaras _Relational_]

Yup! You can create a suggestion here https://jira.atlassian.com/issues/?filter=98690 or here https://jira.atlassian.com/secure/CreateIssue!default.jspa and choose "suggestion"

[Jan]

Related: https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Is-there-a-Wikipedia-stlye-Reference-template/qaq-p/2319355