diff --git a/core/modules/widgets/link.js b/core/modules/widgets/link.js
index 278600518..15a99ce2c 100755
--- a/core/modules/widgets/link.js
+++ b/core/modules/widgets/link.js
@@ -80,14 +80,26 @@ LinkWidget.prototype.renderLink = function(parent,nextSibling) {
 	}
 	domNode.setAttribute("class",classes.join(" "));
 	// Set an href
-	var wikiLinkTemplateMacro = this.getVariable("tv-wikilink-template"),
-		wikiLinkTemplate = wikiLinkTemplateMacro ? wikiLinkTemplateMacro.trim() : "#$uri_encoded$",
+	var wikilinkTransformFilter = this.getVariable("tv-filter-export-link"),
+		wikiLinkText;
+	if(wikilinkTransformFilter) {
+		// Use the filter to construct the href
+		wikiLinkText = this.wiki.filterTiddlers(wikilinkTransformFilter,this,function(iterator) {
+			iterator(self.wiki.getTiddler(self.to),self.to)
+		})[0];
+	} else {
+		// Expand the tv-wikilink-template variable to construct the href
+		var wikiLinkTemplateMacro = this.getVariable("tv-wikilink-template"),
+			wikiLinkTemplate = wikiLinkTemplateMacro ? wikiLinkTemplateMacro.trim() : "#$uri_encoded$";
 		wikiLinkText = $tw.utils.replaceString(wikiLinkTemplate,"$uri_encoded$",encodeURIComponent(this.to));
-	wikiLinkText = $tw.utils.replaceString(wikiLinkText,"$uri_doubleencoded$",encodeURIComponent(encodeURIComponent(this.to)));
+		wikiLinkText = $tw.utils.replaceString(wikiLinkText,"$uri_doubleencoded$",encodeURIComponent(encodeURIComponent(this.to)));
+	}
+	// Override with the value of tv-get-export-link if defined
 	wikiLinkText = this.getVariable("tv-get-export-link",{params: [{name: "to",value: this.to}],defaultValue: wikiLinkText});
 	if(tag === "a") {
 		domNode.setAttribute("href",wikiLinkText);
 	}
+	// Set the tabindex
 	if(this.tabIndex) {
 		domNode.setAttribute("tabindex",this.tabIndex);
 	}
diff --git a/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/tv-filter-export-link Variable.tid b/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/tv-filter-export-link Variable.tid
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..63d0c39f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/tv-filter-export-link Variable.tid	
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+caption: tv-filter-export-link
+created: 20170828095135984
+modified: 20170828095757620
+tags: Variables [[Core Variables]] [[Configuration Variables]]
+title: tv-filter-export-link Variable
+type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki
+
+The <<.def tv-filter-export-link>> [[variable|Variables]] controls the value of the `href` attribute on the HTML `a` element generated by the <<.wlink LinkWidget>> widget. If defined, it takes precedence over the [[tv-wikilink-template Variable]].
+
+<<.this-is-static-link-variable>>
+
+The variable is treated as a filter that is given the target tiddler title as input. The filter is evaluated and the first result is used as the `href` attribute.
+
+For example:
+
+```
+\define tv-filter-export-link() [encodeuricomponent[]encodeuricomponent[]addsuffix[.html]]
+```
+
+See also the <<.vlink tv-get-export-link>> variable, which dominates over this one.
diff --git a/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/variables/tv-wikilink-template.tid b/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/variables/tv-wikilink-template.tid
index 5a6ab8182..6fdac1410 100644
--- a/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/variables/tv-wikilink-template.tid
+++ b/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/variables/tv-wikilink-template.tid
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-created: 20150228105954000
-modified: 20150228131300000
-title: tv-wikilink-template Variable
-tags: Variables [[Core Variables]] [[Configuration Variables]]
-type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki
 caption: tv-wikilink-template
+created: 20150228105954000
+modified: 20170828095603911
+tags: Variables [[Core Variables]] [[Configuration Variables]]
+title: tv-wikilink-template Variable
+type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki
 
-The <<.def tv-wikilink-template>> [[variable|Variables]] controls the value of the `href` attribute on the HTML `a` element generated by the <<.wlink LinkWidget>> widget.
+The <<.def tv-wikilink-template>> [[variable|Variables]] controls the value of the `href` attribute on the HTML `a` element generated by the <<.wlink LinkWidget>> widget. The <<.vlink tv-filter-export-link>>, if defined, it takes precedence over the <<.vlink tv-wikilink-template>> variable.
 
 <<.this-is-static-link-variable>>
 
diff --git a/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/widgets/LinkWidget.tid b/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/widgets/LinkWidget.tid
index 0b5dc0c66..770ab0f1b 100644
--- a/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/widgets/LinkWidget.tid
+++ b/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/widgets/LinkWidget.tid
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 caption: link
 created: 20131024141900000
-modified: 20170328172846359
+modified: 20170828100455842
 tags: Widgets
 title: LinkWidget
 type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki
@@ -60,9 +60,20 @@ This causes the tooltip to be the ''tooltip'' field of the target tiddler. If th
 * `tc-tiddlylink-missing` - applied to tiddler links where the target tiddler doesn't exist
 * `tc-tiddlylink-resolves` - applied to tiddler links when the target tiddler does exist
 
+! `href` generation
+
+The following process is used to generate the `href` attribute of the generated HTML `<a>` element:
+
+# If <<.vlink tv-get-export-link>> is defined it is invoked to convert the target tiddler title to the `href` value
+#* In practice, only a [[JavaScript macro|Macros]] can be used
+# If <<.vlink tv-filter-export-link>> is defined it is interpreted as a filter that converts the target tiddler title to the `href` value
+# If <<.vlink tv-wikilink-template>> is defined it is treated as a specialised macro body that can perform limited conversion of the target tiddler title to the `href` value
+# Otherwise, the target tiddler title is URI encoded to create the `href`
+
 ! Configuration variables
 
 * <<.vlink tv-wikilinks>>
+* <<.vlink tv-filter-export-link>>
 * <<.vlink tv-wikilink-template>>
 * <<.vlink tv-wikilink-tooltip>>
 * <<.vlink tv-get-export-link>>