diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9383e54d8..342805a26 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -379,6 +379,15 @@
     * Optimization: Initialize debugbar only after the configuration has been loaded
     * Optimization: Combine some early Grav processors into a single one
 
+# v1.6.26
+## mm/dd/2020
+
+1. [](#improved)
+    * Added new configuration option to control the supported attributes in markdown links [#2882](https://github.com/getgrav/grav/issues/2882)
+1. [](#bugfix)
+    * Fixed blueprint for `system.pages.hide_empty_folders` [#1925](https://github.com/getgrav/grav/issues/2925)
+
+
 # v1.6.25
 ## 05/14/2020
 
diff --git a/system/blueprints/config/system.yaml b/system/blueprints/config/system.yaml
index 66d362d59..41b04b962 100644
--- a/system/blueprints/config/system.yaml
+++ b/system/blueprints/config/system.yaml
@@ -546,6 +546,15 @@ form:
                 0: PLUGIN_ADMIN.NO
               validate:
                 type: bool
+            pages.markdown.valid_link_attributes:
+              type: selectize
+              size: large
+              label: PLUGIN_ADMIN.VALID_LINK_ATTRIBUTES
+              help: PLUGIN_ADMIN.VALID_LINK_ATTRIBUTES_HELP
+              placeholder: "rel, target, id, class, classes"
+              classes: fancy
+              validate:
+                type: commalist
 
         caching:
           type: tab
diff --git a/system/config/system.yaml b/system/config/system.yaml
index acd0595f7..2f081cfb7 100644
--- a/system/config/system.yaml
+++ b/system/config/system.yaml
@@ -61,6 +61,12 @@ pages:
     special_chars:                               # List of special characters to automatically convert to entities
       '>': 'gt'
       '<': 'lt'
+    valid_link_attributes:                       # Valid attributes to pass through via markdown links
+      - rel
+      - target
+      - id
+      - class
+      - classes
   types: [html,htm,xml,txt,json,rss,atom]        # list of valid page types
   append_url_extension: ''                       # Append page's extension in Page urls (e.g. '.html' results in /path/page.html)
   expires: 604800                                # Page expires time in seconds (604800 seconds = 7 days)
diff --git a/system/src/Grav/Common/Page/Markdown/Excerpts.php b/system/src/Grav/Common/Page/Markdown/Excerpts.php
index 7717d595c..f5dc274bf 100644
--- a/system/src/Grav/Common/Page/Markdown/Excerpts.php
+++ b/system/src/Grav/Common/Page/Markdown/Excerpts.php
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class Excerpts
             );
 
             // Valid attributes supported.
-            $valid_attributes = ['rel', 'target', 'id', 'class', 'classes'];
+            $valid_attributes = Grav::instance()['config']->get('system.pages.markdown.valid_link_attributes');
 
             // Unless told to not process, go through actions.
             if (array_key_exists('noprocess', $actions)) {
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ class Excerpts
         $url_parts = is_string($url) ? $this->parseUrl($url) : $url;
         $actions = [];
 
+
         // if there is a query, then parse it and build action calls
         if (isset($url_parts['query'])) {
             $actions = array_reduce(
diff --git a/system/src/Grav/Common/Page/Medium/ImageMedium.php b/system/src/Grav/Common/Page/Medium/ImageMedium.php
index 30c742bca..dd66bb199 100644
--- a/system/src/Grav/Common/Page/Medium/ImageMedium.php
+++ b/system/src/Grav/Common/Page/Medium/ImageMedium.php
@@ -510,6 +510,15 @@ class ImageMedium extends Medium
         return $this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Handle this commonly used variant
+     */
+    public function cropZoom()
+    {
+        $this->__call('zoomCrop', func_get_args());
+        return $this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Forward the call to the image processing method.
      *
@@ -519,10 +528,6 @@ class ImageMedium extends Medium
      */
     public function __call($method, $args)
     {
-        if ($method === 'cropZoom') {
-            $method = 'zoomCrop';
-        }
-
         if (!\in_array($method, self::$magic_actions, true)) {
             return parent::__call($method, $args);
         }