diff --git a/layouts/download-current.hbs b/layouts/download-current.hbs
index 0c3b1386f427c..a5e286d881b6d 100644
--- a/layouts/download-current.hbs
+++ b/layouts/download-current.hbs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
         <div class="download-header">
           <h1>{{downloads.headline}}</h1>
         </div>
-
+        {{{contents}}}
         {{> primary-download-matrix version=project.latestVersions.current versionTypeCurrent="true"}}
         {{> secondary-download-matrix version=project.latestVersions.current versionTypeCurrent="true"}}
 
diff --git a/layouts/download.hbs b/layouts/download.hbs
index e8e62eecc10a2..ebd831fd268a1 100644
--- a/layouts/download.hbs
+++ b/layouts/download.hbs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
         <div class="download-header">
           <h1>{{downloads.headline}}</h1>
         </div>
-
+        {{{contents}}}
         {{> primary-download-matrix version=project.latestVersions.lts versionTypeLts="true"}}
         {{> secondary-download-matrix version=project.latestVersions.lts versionTypeLts="true"}}
 
diff --git a/layouts/partials/footer.hbs b/layouts/partials/footer.hbs
index d1142113caced..6b7e62120ed5e 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/footer.hbs
+++ b/layouts/partials/footer.hbs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
           <img src="/static/images/openjs_foundation-logo.svg" alt="OpenJS Foundation" width="120" height="38">
         </a>
         <ul class="list-divider-pipe issue-link">
+          <li><a id="editOnGitHubLink" href="#">{{site.editOnGithub}}</a></li>
           <li><a href="https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues">{{site.reportNodeIssue}}</a></li>
           <li><a href="https://github.com/nodejs/nodejs.org/issues">{{site.reportWebsiteIssue}}</a></li>
           <li><a href="https://github.com/nodejs/help/issues">{{site.getHelpIssue}}</a></li>
diff --git a/locale/en/site.json b/locale/en/site.json
index ae78837037d80..a14f0e55b881e 100644
--- a/locale/en/site.json
+++ b/locale/en/site.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "title": "Node.js",
+  "editOnGithub":"Edit On GitHub",
   "author": "Node.js",
   "url": "https://nodejs.org/en/",
   "locale": "en",
diff --git a/scripts/plugins/githubLinks.js b/scripts/plugins/githubLinks.js
index 06aa4a6e23bc7..f6cdf9230456f 100644
--- a/scripts/plugins/githubLinks.js
+++ b/scripts/plugins/githubLinks.js
@@ -1,24 +1,25 @@
 'use strict'
 
+const sep = require('path').sep
+// add suffix (".html" or sep for windows test) to each part of regex
+// to ignore possible occurrences in titles (e.g. blog posts)
+const isEditable = `(security|index).html|(about|download|docs|foundation|get-involved|knowledge)\\${sep}`
+const isEditableReg = new RegExp(isEditable)
+
 // This middleware adds "Edit on GitHub" links to every editable page
 function githubLinks (options) {
   return (files, m, next) => {
-    // add suffix (".html" or "/") to each part of regex
-    // to ignore possible occurrences in titles (e.g. blog posts)
-    const isEditable = /security\.html|about\/|docs\/|foundation\/|get-involved\/|knowledge\//
-
     Object.keys(files).forEach((path) => {
-      if (!isEditable.test(path)) {
+      if (!isEditableReg.test(path)) {
         return
       }
 
       const file = files[path]
-      const url = `https://github.com/nodejs/nodejs.org/edit/master/locale/${options.locale}/${path.replace('.html', '.md')}`
-      const editText = options.site.editOnGithub || 'Edit on GitHub'
+      path = path.replace('.html', '.md').replace(/\\/g, '/')
+      const url = `https://github.com/nodejs/nodejs.org/edit/master/locale/${options.locale}/${path}`
 
-      const contents = file.contents.toString().replace(/<h1(.*?)>(.*?)<\/h1>/, (match, $1, $2) => {
-        return `<a class="edit-link" href="${url}">${editText}</a> <h1${$1}>${$2}</h1>`
-      })
+      const contents = file.contents.toString() +
+      ` <input type = "hidden" id = "editOnGitHubUrl" value="${url}"/> `
 
       file.contents = Buffer.from(contents)
     })
diff --git a/static/js/main.js b/static/js/main.js
index 49a5413aec27b..3c8af327d699a 100644
--- a/static/js/main.js
+++ b/static/js/main.js
@@ -246,3 +246,17 @@
     winText.textContent = winText.textContent.replace(/x(86|64)/, arch)
   }
 })()
+
+;(function () {
+  // This function is used to replace the anchor
+  // link of Edit on GitHub
+
+  var editOnGitHubElement = document.getElementById('editOnGitHubLink')
+  var editOnGitHubUrlElement = document.getElementById('editOnGitHubUrl')
+
+  if (editOnGitHubUrlElement) {
+    editOnGitHubElement.setAttribute('href', editOnGitHubUrlElement.value)
+  } else {
+    editOnGitHubElement.parentNode.parentNode.removeChild(editOnGitHubElement.parentNode)
+  }
+})()