diff --git a/pelican/__init__.py b/pelican/__init__.py
index 942f07ed2..94012e702 100644
--- a/pelican/__init__.py
+++ b/pelican/__init__.py
@@ -170,6 +170,10 @@ def run(self):
             if hasattr(p, 'generate_context'):
                 p.generate_context()
 
+        for p in generators:
+            if hasattr(p, 'refresh_metadata_intersite_links'):
+                p.refresh_metadata_intersite_links()
+
         signals.all_generators_finalized.send(generators)
 
         writer = self.get_writer()
diff --git a/pelican/contents.py b/pelican/contents.py
index e84c8296b..03ce0a431 100644
--- a/pelican/contents.py
+++ b/pelican/contents.py
@@ -140,9 +140,8 @@ def __init__(self, content, metadata=None, settings=None,
         if not hasattr(self, 'status'):
             self.status = getattr(self, 'default_status', None)
 
-        # store the summary metadata if it is set
-        if 'summary' in metadata:
-            self._summary = metadata['summary']
+        if len(self._context.get('filenames', [])) > 0:
+            self.refresh_metadata_intersite_links()
 
         signals.content_object_init.send(self)
 
@@ -356,8 +355,8 @@ def get_summary(self, siteurl):
         This is based on the summary metadata if set, otherwise truncate the
         content.
         """
-        if hasattr(self, '_summary'):
-            return self._update_content(self._summary, siteurl)
+        if 'summary' in self.metadata:
+            return self.metadata['summary']
 
         if self.settings['SUMMARY_MAX_LENGTH'] is None:
             return self.content
@@ -432,6 +431,16 @@ def relative_dir(self):
                     os.path.abspath(self.source_path),
                     os.path.abspath(self.settings['PATH']))))
 
+    def refresh_metadata_intersite_links(self):
+        for key in self.settings['FORMATTED_FIELDS']:
+            if key in self.metadata:
+                value = self._update_content(
+                    self.metadata[key],
+                    self.get_siteurl()
+                )
+                self.metadata[key] = value
+                setattr(self, key.lower(), value)
+
 
 class Page(Content):
     mandatory_properties = ('title',)
diff --git a/pelican/generators.py b/pelican/generators.py
index b9e402431..65eb05193 100644
--- a/pelican/generators.py
+++ b/pelican/generators.py
@@ -588,6 +588,14 @@ def generate_output(self, writer):
         self.generate_pages(writer)
         signals.article_writer_finalized.send(self, writer=writer)
 
+    def refresh_metadata_intersite_links(self):
+        for e in chain(self.articles,
+                       self.translations,
+                       self.drafts,
+                       self.drafts_translations):
+            if hasattr(e, 'refresh_metadata_intersite_links'):
+                e.refresh_metadata_intersite_links()
+
 
 class PagesGenerator(CachingGenerator):
     """Generate pages"""
@@ -656,6 +664,13 @@ def generate_output(self, writer):
                 override_output=hasattr(page, 'override_save_as'))
         signals.page_writer_finalized.send(self, writer=writer)
 
+    def refresh_metadata_intersite_links(self):
+        for e in chain(self.pages,
+                       self.hidden_pages,
+                       self.hidden_translations):
+            if hasattr(e, 'refresh_metadata_intersite_links'):
+                e.refresh_metadata_intersite_links()
+
 
 class StaticGenerator(Generator):
     """copy static paths (what you want to copy, like images, medias etc.
diff --git a/pelican/tests/test_contents.py b/pelican/tests/test_contents.py
index 04c82f612..8ab605538 100644
--- a/pelican/tests/test_contents.py
+++ b/pelican/tests/test_contents.py
@@ -319,17 +319,21 @@ def test_intrasite_link(self):
         )
 
         # also test for summary in metadata
-        args['metadata']['summary'] = (
+        parsed = (
             'A simple summary test, with a '
             '<a href="|filename|article.rst">link</a>'
         )
-        args['context']['localsiteurl'] = 'http://notmyidea.org'
-        p = Page(**args)
-        self.assertEqual(
-            p.summary,
+        linked = (
             'A simple summary test, with a '
             '<a href="http://notmyidea.org/article.html">link</a>'
         )
+        args['settings']['FORMATTED_FIELDS'] = ['summary', 'custom']
+        args['metadata']['summary'] = parsed
+        args['metadata']['custom'] = parsed
+        args['context']['localsiteurl'] = 'http://notmyidea.org'
+        p = Page(**args)
+        self.assertEqual(p.summary, linked)
+        self.assertEqual(p.custom, linked)
 
     def test_intrasite_link_more(self):
         # type does not take unicode in PY2 and bytes in PY3, which in