diff --git a/src/web/cache.ts b/src/web/cache.ts
index 7c66cbe6e..015188ccc 100644
--- a/src/web/cache.ts
+++ b/src/web/cache.ts
@@ -234,7 +234,12 @@ export class DocumentCache implements IDocumentCache {
     this.$processed[id] = data;
     const { oxa } = data.frontmatter ?? {};
     if (oxa && typeof oxa === 'string') {
-      this.$links[oxa] = `/${id}`;
+      this.$links[oxa] = {
+        url: `/${id}`,
+        title: data.frontmatter.title || undefined,
+        description: data.frontmatter.description || undefined,
+        thumbnail: undefined,
+      };
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/web/transforms/links.ts b/src/web/transforms/links.ts
index bc3e8bf29..a51622807 100644
--- a/src/web/transforms/links.ts
+++ b/src/web/transforms/links.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,17 @@ import { oxaLink, oxaLinkToId } from '@curvenote/blocks';
 import { GenericNode, selectAll } from 'mystjs';
 import { Root } from './types';
 
-export type LinkLookup = Record<string, string>;
+type LinkInfo = {
+  url: string;
+  title?: string;
+  description?: string;
+  thumbnail?: string;
+};
+
+export type LinkLookup = Record<string, LinkInfo>;
 
 export function transformLinks(mdast: Root, lookup: LinkLookup): boolean {
-  const links = selectAll('link', mdast) as GenericNode[];
+  const links = selectAll('link,linkBlock', mdast) as GenericNode[];
   if (links.length === 0) return false;
   let changed = 0;
   links.forEach((link) => {
@@ -13,12 +20,18 @@ export function transformLinks(mdast: Root, lookup: LinkLookup): boolean {
     if (!oxa) return;
     link.oxa = oxa;
     const key = oxaLink(oxa, false) as string;
-    const url = lookup[key];
+    const url = lookup[key].url;
     if (url && url !== link.url) {
       changed += 1;
       // the `internal` flag is picked up in the link renderer (prefetch!)
       link.internal = true;
       link.url = url;
+      if (link.type === 'linkBlock') {
+        // Any values already present on the block override link info
+        link.title = link.title || lookup[key].title;
+        link.children = link.children || [{ type: 'text', value: lookup[key].description }];
+        link.thumbnail = link.thumbnail || lookup[key].thumbnail;
+      }
     }
   });
   return changed > 0;