diff --git a/hyde/ext/plugins/urls.py b/hyde/ext/plugins/urls.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+Contains classes and utilities related to hyde urls.
+"""
+import re
+
+from hyde.fs import File, Folder
+from hyde.model import Expando
+from hyde.plugin import Plugin
+from hyde.site import Site, Node, Resource
+
+from functools import wraps
+
+class UrlCleanerPlugin(Plugin):
+    """
+    Url Cleaner plugin for hyde. Adds to hyde the ability to generate clean
+    urls.
+
+    Configuration example
+    ---------------------
+    #yaml
+    urlcleaner:
+        index_file_names:
+            # Identifies the files that represents a directory listing.
+            # These file names are automatically stripped away when
+            # the content_url function is called.
+            - index.html
+        strip_extensions:
+            # The following extensions are automatically removed when
+            # generating the urls using content_url function.
+            - html
+        # This option will append a slash to the end of directory paths
+        append_slash: true
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, site):
+        super(UrlCleanerPlugin, self).__init__(site)
+
+    def begin_site(self):
+        """
+        Replace the content_url method in the site object with a custom method
+        that cleans urls based on the given configuration.
+        """
+        config = self.site.config
+
+        if not hasattr(config, 'urlcleaner'):
+            return
+
+        if (hasattr(Site, '___url_cleaner_patched___')):
+            return
+
+        settings = config.urlcleaner
+
+        print settings.to_dict()
+
+        def clean_url(urlgetter):
+            @wraps(urlgetter)
+            def wrapper(site, path):
+                url = urlgetter(site, path)
+                index_file_names = getattr(settings,
+                                        'index_file_names',
+                                        ['index.html'])
+                rep = File(url)
+                if rep.name in index_file_names:
+                    url = rep.parent.path.rstrip('/')
+                    if hasattr(settings, 'append_slash') and \
+                        settings.append_slash:
+                        url += '/'
+                elif hasattr(settings, 'strip_extensions'):
+                    if rep.kind in settings.strip_extensions:
+                        url = rep.parent.child(rep.name_without_extension)
+                return url or '/'
+            return wrapper
+
+        Site.___url_cleaner_patched___ = True
+        Site.content_url = clean_url(Site.content_url)
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diff --git a/hyde/tests/ext/test_urlcleaner.py b/hyde/tests/ext/test_urlcleaner.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+Use nose
+`$ pip install nose`
+`$ nosetests`
+"""
+from hyde.fs import File, Folder
+from hyde.generator import Generator
+from hyde.site import Site
+
+import yaml
+
+from hyde.model import Config
+
+TEST_SITE = File(__file__).parent.parent.child_folder('_test')
+
+
+class TestUrlCleaner(object):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        TEST_SITE.make()
+        TEST_SITE.parent.child_folder(
+                    'sites/test_jinja').copy_contents_to(TEST_SITE)
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        TEST_SITE.delete()
+
+    def test_url_cleaner(self):
+           s = Site(TEST_SITE)
+           cfg = """
+           plugins:
+                - hyde.ext.plugins.urls.UrlCleanerPlugin
+           urlcleaner:
+                index_file_names:
+                    - about.html
+                strip_extensions:
+                    - html
+                append_slash: true
+           """
+           s.config = Config(TEST_SITE, config_dict=yaml.load(cfg))
+           text = """
+   {% extends "base.html" %}
+
+   {% block main %}
+   <a id="index" href="{{ content_url('about.html') }}"></a>
+   <a id="blog" href="{{ content_url('blog/2010/december/merry-christmas.html') }}"></a>
+   {% endblock %}
+   """
+
+           about2 = File(TEST_SITE.child('content/test.html'))
+           about2.write(text)
+           gen = Generator(s)
+           gen.generate_all()
+
+           from pyquery import PyQuery
+           target = File(Folder(s.config.deploy_root_path).child('test.html'))
+           text = target.read_all()
+           q = PyQuery(text)
+           assert q('a#index').attr("href") == '/'
+           assert q('a#blog').attr("href") == '/blog/2010/december/merry-christmas'
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