diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/src/OdooEditor.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/src/OdooEditor.js
index 75aefe5935c..2abf87ef69c 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/src/OdooEditor.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/src/OdooEditor.js
@@ -3244,12 +3244,16 @@ export class OdooEditor extends EventTarget {
                     if (lastWordMatch) {
                         const matches = getUrlsInfosInString(textSliced);
                         const match = matches[matches.length - 1];
-                        this._createLinkWithUrlInTextNode(
-                            selection.anchorNode,
-                            match.url,
-                            match.index,
-                            match.length,
-                        );
+                        const cloneRange = selection.getRangeAt(0).cloneRange();
+                        const range = this.document.createRange();
+                        range.setStart(selection.anchorNode, match.index);
+                        range.setEnd(selection.anchorNode, match.index + match.length);
+                        const link = this._createLink(range.extractContents().textContent, match.url);
+                        range.insertNode(link);
+                        // Inserting an element into a range clears the selection in Safari
+                        // Hence, use the cloned range to reselect it.
+                        selection.removeAllRanges();
+                        selection.addRange(cloneRange);
                     }
                     selection.collapseToEnd();
                 }
@@ -4237,33 +4241,18 @@ export class OdooEditor extends EventTarget {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Create a Link in the node text based on the given data
-     *
-     * @param {Node} textNode
+     * @param {String} label
      * @param {String} url
-     * @param {int} index
-     * @param {int} length
      */
-    _createLinkWithUrlInTextNode(textNode, url, index, length) {
-        const selection = this.document.getSelection();
-        const cloneRange = selection.getRangeAt(0).cloneRange();
-
+    _createLink(label, url) {
         const link = this.document.createElement('a');
         link.setAttribute('href', url);
         for (const [param, value] of Object.entries(this.options.defaultLinkAttributes)) {
             link.setAttribute(param, `${value}`);
         }
-        const range = this.document.createRange();
-        range.setStart(textNode, index);
-        range.setEnd(textNode, index + length);
-        link.appendChild(range.extractContents());
-        range.insertNode(link);
-        // Inserting an element into a range clears the selection in Safari
-        // Hence, use the cloned range to reselect it.
-        selection.removeAllRanges();
-        selection.addRange(cloneRange);
+        link.innerText = label;
+        return link;
     }
-
     /**
      * Add images inside the editable at the current selection.
      *
@@ -4313,10 +4302,8 @@ export class OdooEditor extends EventTarget {
             this.execCommand('insert', this._prepareClipboardData(clipboardHtml));
         } else {
             const text = ev.clipboardData.getData('text/plain');
-            let splitAroundUrl = [text];
-            const linkAttributes = this.options.defaultLinkAttributes || {};
             const selectionIsInsideALink = !!closestElement(sel.anchorNode, 'a');
-
+            let splitAroundUrl = [text];
             // Avoid transforming dynamic placeholder pattern to url.
             if(!text.match(/\${.*}/gi)) {
                 splitAroundUrl = text.split(URL_REGEX);
@@ -4340,20 +4327,7 @@ export class OdooEditor extends EventTarget {
                             fontawesome: 'fa-link',
                             callback: () => {
                                 this.historyUndo();
-                                const link = document.createElement('A');
-                                link.setAttribute('href', url);
-                                for (const attribute in linkAttributes) {
-                                    link.setAttribute(attribute, linkAttributes[attribute]);
-                                }
-                                link.innerText = splitAroundUrl[i];
-                                const sel = this.document.getSelection();
-                                if (!sel.isCollapsed) {
-                                    this.deleteRange(sel);
-                                }
-                                if (sel.rangeCount) {
-                                    sel.getRangeAt(0).insertNode(link);
-                                    sel.collapseToEnd();
-                                }
+                                this._applyRawCommand('insert', this._createLink(splitAroundUrl[i], url));
                             },
                         },
                         {
@@ -4447,26 +4421,13 @@ export class OdooEditor extends EventTarget {
                             ...baseEmbedCommand,
                         ]);
                     } else {
-                        const link = document.createElement('A');
-                        link.setAttribute('href', url);
-                        for (const attribute in linkAttributes) {
-                            link.setAttribute(attribute, linkAttributes[attribute]);
-                        }
-                        link.innerText = splitAroundUrl[i];
-                        const sel = this.document.getSelection();
-                        if (!sel.isCollapsed) {
-                            this.deleteRange(sel);
-                        }
-                        if (sel.rangeCount) {
-                            sel.getRangeAt(0).insertNode(link);
-                            sel.collapseToEnd();
-                        }
+                        this._applyCommand('insert', this._createLink(splitAroundUrl[i], url));
                     }
                 } else if (splitAroundUrl[i] !== '') {
                     const textFragments = splitAroundUrl[i].split(/\r?\n/);
                     let textIndex = 1;
                     for (const textFragment of textFragments) {
-                        this.execCommand('insert', textFragment);
+                        this._applyCommand('insert', textFragment);
                         if (textIndex < textFragments.length) {
                             this._applyCommand('oShiftEnter');
                         }