Paste wiki link into highlighted text -> link with alias

[Octopus]

Hi there,
Say I just copied an internal wikilink.
I want to be able to highlight a word in a note, and press a hotkey that inserts the copied link, with the highlighted word as the link’s display text.
Are there any existing plugins that are capable of this? I have already used the link with alias and Paste into Selection plugins, and neither are exactly what I’m looking for. Paste into Selection does basically what I want, but with markdown links.

[ashish]

Did you find a way?

[peeragetalkers]

I want this too! I even requested this for a few plugins that do this exact thing but for URLs:

1. FR: Wikilink support · Issue #11 · jose-elias-alvarez/obsidian-paste-link · GitHub
2. FR: Wikilink support · Issue #134 · zolrath/obsidian-auto-link-title · GitHub
3. Feature Request: Wiki Link into Selection · Issue #31 · denolehov/obsidian-url-into-selection · GitHub

[peeragetalkers]

This Templater script works for me:

Script

<%*
/**
 * Template Name: Paste Wikilink with Selection as Alias
 * Description: pastes wikilink and puts selection into link display text.
 * Version: 1.0
 * Author: Created via Claude
 * Source: https://forum.obsidian.md/t/paste-wiki-link-into-highlighted-text-link-with-alias/83118/4
 * Last Updated: 2025-01-10
 */
const selection = tp.file.selection();
if (!selection) {
    new Notice("No text selected");
    return;
}

const selections = app.workspace.activeEditor.editor.listSelections();
if (selections.length > 1) {
    new Notice("Multiple selections or cursors aren't supported");
    return;
}

const clip = await tp.system.clipboard();
if (!/^\[{2}.*?\]{2}$/.test(clip) && !/^!\[{2}.*?\]{2}$/.test(clip)) {
    new Notice("Wikilink in clipboard not found");
    return;
}

const linkContent = clip.replace(/^!?/, '').slice(2, -2);
const linkText = linkContent.split("|")[0];
tR = `[[${linkText}|${selection}]]`;
%>