diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f43e2cc1..badb68ac 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 ## Unreleased
 
+### Enhancements
+
 * Add default `theme` and `remote_theme` values to `_config.yml`.
 
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Replace `absolute_url` filter with `relative_url` where it makes sense (asset/nagivation related paths). [#1588](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/1588)
+
 ## [4.10.1](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/releases/tag/4.10.1)
 
 ### Enhancements
diff --git a/_includes/archive-single.html b/_includes/archive-single.html
index 769d9184..fa550252 100644
--- a/_includes/archive-single.html
+++ b/_includes/archive-single.html
@@ -18,16 +18,16 @@
           {% if teaser contains "://" %}
             "{{ teaser }}"
           {% else %}
-            "{{ teaser | absolute_url }}"
+            "{{ teaser | relative_url }}"
           {% endif %}
           alt="">
       </div>
     {% endif %}
     <h2 class="archive__item-title" itemprop="headline">
       {% if post.link %}
-        <a href="{{ post.link }}">{{ title }}</a> <a href="{{ post.url | absolute_url }}" rel="permalink"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true" title="permalink"></i><span class="sr-only">Permalink</span></a>
+        <a href="{{ post.link }}">{{ title }}</a> <a href="{{ post.url | relative_url }}" rel="permalink"><i class="fas fa-link" aria-hidden="true" title="permalink"></i><span class="sr-only">Permalink</span></a>
       {% else %}
-        <a href="{{ post.url | absolute_url }}" rel="permalink">{{ title }}</a>
+        <a href="{{ post.url | relative_url }}" rel="permalink">{{ title }}</a>
       {% endif %}
     </h2>
     {% if post.read_time %}
diff --git a/_includes/author-profile.html b/_includes/author-profile.html
index 612f3ca2..bd560f71 100644
--- a/_includes/author-profile.html
+++ b/_includes/author-profile.html
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@
       {% if author.avatar contains "://" %}
         {% assign author_src = author.avatar %}
       {% else %}
-        {% assign author_src = author.avatar | absolute_url %}
+        {% assign author_src = author.avatar | relative_url %}
       {% endif %}
 
       {% if author.home %}
         {% if author.home contains "://" %}
           {% assign author_link = author.home %}
         {% else %}
-          {% assign author_link = author.home | absolute_url %}
+          {% assign author_link = author.home | relative_url %}
         {% endif %}
         <a href="{{ author_link }}">
           <img src="{{ author_src }}" alt="{{ author.name }}" itemprop="image">
diff --git a/_includes/breadcrumbs.html b/_includes/breadcrumbs.html
index 6eec214b..82fe2cc4 100644
--- a/_includes/breadcrumbs.html
+++ b/_includes/breadcrumbs.html
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
       {% else %}
         {% assign i = i | plus: 1 %}
         <li itemprop="itemListElement" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ListItem">
-          <a href="{{ crumb | downcase | replace: '%20', '-' | prepend: path_type | prepend: crumb_path | absolute_url }}" itemprop="item"><span itemprop="name">{{ crumb | replace: '-', ' ' | replace: '%20', ' ' | capitalize }}</span></a>
+          <a href="{{ crumb | downcase | replace: '%20', '-' | prepend: path_type | prepend: crumb_path | relative_url }}" itemprop="item"><span itemprop="name">{{ crumb | replace: '-', ' ' | replace: '%20', ' ' | capitalize }}</span></a>
           <meta itemprop="position" content="{{ i }}" />
         </li>
         <span class="sep">{{ site.data.ui-text[site.locale].breadcrumb_separator | default: "/" }}</span>
diff --git a/_includes/category-list.html b/_includes/category-list.html
index 97408c9c..7cffdb76 100644
--- a/_includes/category-list.html
+++ b/_includes/category-list.html
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     {% for hash in category_hashes %}
       {% assign keyValue = hash | split: '#' %}
       {% capture category_word %}{{ keyValue[1] | strip_newlines }}{% endcapture %}
-      <a href="{{ category_word | slugify | prepend: path_type | prepend: site.category_archive.path | absolute_url }}" class="page__taxonomy-item" rel="tag">{{ category_word }}</a>{% unless forloop.last %}<span class="sep">, </span>{% endunless %}
+      <a href="{{ category_word | slugify | prepend: path_type | prepend: site.category_archive.path | relative_url }}" class="page__taxonomy-item" rel="tag">{{ category_word }}</a>{% unless forloop.last %}<span class="sep">, </span>{% endunless %}
     {% endfor %}
     </span>
   </p>
diff --git a/_includes/feature_row b/_includes/feature_row
index 1cfefff0..e953cd06 100644
--- a/_includes/feature_row
+++ b/_includes/feature_row
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     {% if f.url contains "://" %}
       {% capture f_url %}{{ f.url }}{% endcapture %}
     {% else %}
-      {% capture f_url %}{{ f.url | absolute_url }}{% endcapture %}
+      {% capture f_url %}{{ f.url | relative_url }}{% endcapture %}
     {% endif %}
 
     <div class="feature__item{% if include.type %}--{{ include.type }}{% endif %}">
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
               {% if f.image_path contains "://" %}
                 "{{ f.image_path }}"
               {% else %}
-                "{{ f.image_path | absolute_url }}"
+                "{{ f.image_path | relative_url }}"
               {% endif %}
             alt="{% if f.alt %}{{ f.alt }}{% endif %}">
           </div>
diff --git a/_includes/figure b/_includes/figure
index da829e48..3fb15c0f 100644
--- a/_includes/figure
+++ b/_includes/figure
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     {% if include.image_path contains "://" %}
       "{{ include.image_path }}"
     {% else %}
-      "{{ include.image_path | absolute_url }}"
+      "{{ include.image_path | relative_url }}"
     {% endif %}
     alt="{% if include.alt %}{{ include.alt }}{% endif %}">
   {% if include.caption %}
diff --git a/_includes/footer.html b/_includes/footer.html
index 5fb5f3f2..91378caf 100644
--- a/_includes/footer.html
+++ b/_includes/footer.html
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     {% if site.author.bitbucket %}
       <li><a href="https://bitbucket.org/{{ site.author.bitbucket }}"><i class="fab fa-fw fa-bitbucket" aria-hidden="true"></i> Bitbucket</a></li>
     {% endif %}
-    <li><a href="{% if site.atom_feed.path %}{{ site.atom_feed.path }}{% else %}{{ '/feed.xml' | absolute_url }}{% endif %}"><i class="fas fa-fw fa-rss-square" aria-hidden="true"></i> {{ site.data.ui-text[site.locale].feed_label | default: "Feed" }}</a></li>
+    <li><a href="{% if site.atom_feed.path %}{{ site.atom_feed.path }}{% else %}{{ '/feed.xml' | relative_url }}{% endif %}"><i class="fas fa-fw fa-rss-square" aria-hidden="true"></i> {{ site.data.ui-text[site.locale].feed_label | default: "Feed" }}</a></li>
   </ul>
 </div>
 
diff --git a/_includes/gallery b/_includes/gallery
index 3d4c0379..ab2fd618 100644
--- a/_includes/gallery
+++ b/_includes/gallery
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
         {% if img.url contains "://" %}
           "{{ img.url }}"
         {% else %}
-          "{{ img.url | absolute_url }}"
+          "{{ img.url | relative_url }}"
         {% endif %}
         {% if img.title %}title="{{ img.title }}"{% endif %}
       >
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
           {% if img.image_path contains "://" %}
             "{{ img.image_path }}"
           {% else %}
-            "{{ img.image_path | absolute_url }}"
+            "{{ img.image_path | relative_url }}"
           {% endif %}
           alt="{% if img.alt %}{{ img.alt }}{% endif %}">
       </a>
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
         {% if img.image_path contains "://" %}
           "{{ img.image_path }}"
         {% else %}
-          "{{ img.image_path | absolute_url }}"
+          "{{ img.image_path | relative_url }}"
         {% endif %}
         alt="{% if img.alt %}{{ img.alt }}{% endif %}">
     {% endif %}
diff --git a/_includes/head.html b/_includes/head.html
index 7e98d306..73f8c270 100644
--- a/_includes/head.html
+++ b/_includes/head.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 {% include seo.html %}
 
-<link href="{% if site.atom_feed.path %}{{ site.atom_feed.path }}{% else %}{{ '/feed.xml' | absolute_url }}{% endif %}" type="application/atom+xml" rel="alternate" title="{{ site.title }} Feed">
+<link href="{% if site.atom_feed.path %}{{ site.atom_feed.path }}{% else %}{{ '/feed.xml' | relative_url }}{% endif %}" type="application/atom+xml" rel="alternate" title="{{ site.title }} Feed">
 
 <!-- http://t.co/dKP3o1e -->
 <meta name="HandheldFriendly" content="True">
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 </script>
 
 <!-- For all browsers -->
-<link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ '/assets/css/main.css' | absolute_url }}">
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ '/assets/css/main.css' | relative_url }}">
 
 <!--[if lte IE 9]>
   <style>
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     {% if script contains "://" %}
       {% capture script_path %}{{ script }}{% endcapture %}
     {% else %}
-      {% capture script_path %}{{ script | absolute_url }}{% endcapture %}
+      {% capture script_path %}{{ script | relative_url }}{% endcapture %}
     {% endif %}
     <script src="{{ script_path }}"></script>
   {% endfor %}
diff --git a/_includes/masthead.html b/_includes/masthead.html
index f3d8092e..d3a180c0 100644
--- a/_includes/masthead.html
+++ b/_includes/masthead.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <div class="masthead__inner-wrap">
     <div class="masthead__menu">
       <nav id="site-nav" class="greedy-nav">
-        <a class="site-title" href="{{ '/' | absolute_url }}">{{ site.title }}</a>
+        <a class="site-title" href="{{ '/' | relative_url }}">{{ site.title }}</a>
         <ul class="visible-links">
           {% for link in site.data.navigation.main %}
             {% if link.url contains 'http' %}
diff --git a/_includes/page__hero.html b/_includes/page__hero.html
index b50ce76a..d32db519 100644
--- a/_includes/page__hero.html
+++ b/_includes/page__hero.html
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 {% if page.header.image contains "://" %}
   {% capture img_path %}{{ page.header.image }}{% endcapture %}
 {% else %}
-  {% capture img_path %}{{ page.header.image | absolute_url }}{% endcapture %}
+  {% capture img_path %}{{ page.header.image | relative_url }}{% endcapture %}
 {% endif %}
 
 {% if page.header.cta_url contains "://" %}
   {% capture cta_path %}{{ page.header.cta_url }}{% endcapture %}
 {% else %}
-  {% capture cta_path %}{{ page.header.cta_url | absolute_url }}{% endcapture %}
+  {% capture cta_path %}{{ page.header.cta_url | relative_url }}{% endcapture %}
 {% endif %}
 
 {% if page.header.overlay_image contains "://" %}
   {% capture overlay_img_path %}{{ page.header.overlay_image }}{% endcapture %}
 {% elsif page.header.overlay_image %}
-  {% capture overlay_img_path %}{{ page.header.overlay_image | absolute_url }}{% endcapture %}
+  {% capture overlay_img_path %}{{ page.header.overlay_image | relative_url }}{% endcapture %}
 {% endif %}
 
 {% if page.header.overlay_filter contains "rgba" %}
diff --git a/_includes/paginator.html b/_includes/paginator.html
index cf49ae8a..592a2cfc 100644
--- a/_includes/paginator.html
+++ b/_includes/paginator.html
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 {% if paginator.total_pages > 1 %}
 <nav class="pagination">
-  {% assign first_page_path = site.paginate_path | replace: 'page:num', '' | replace: '//', '/' | absolute_url %}
+  {% assign first_page_path = site.paginate_path | replace: 'page:num', '' | replace: '//', '/' | relative_url %}
   <ul>
     {% comment %} Link for previous page {% endcomment %}
     {% if paginator.previous_page %}
       {% if paginator.previous_page == 1 %}
         <li><a href="{{ first_page_path }}">{{ site.data.ui-text[site.locale].pagination_previous | default: "Previous" }}</a></li>
       {% else %}
-        <li><a href="{{ site.paginate_path | replace: ':num', paginator.previous_page | replace: '//', '/' | absolute_url }}">{{ site.data.ui-text[site.locale].pagination_previous | default: "Previous" }}</a></li>
+        <li><a href="{{ site.paginate_path | replace: ':num', paginator.previous_page | replace: '//', '/' | relative_url }}">{{ site.data.ui-text[site.locale].pagination_previous | default: "Previous" }}</a></li>
       {% endif %}
     {% else %}
     <li><a href="#" class="disabled"><span aria-hidden="true">{{ site.data.ui-text[site.locale].pagination_previous | default: "Previous" }}</span></a></li>
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
     {% for index in (page_start..page_end) %}
       {% if index == paginator.page %}
-        <li><a href="{{ site.paginate_path | replace: ':num', index | replace: '//', '/' | absolute_url }}" class="disabled current">{{ index }}</a></li>
+        <li><a href="{{ site.paginate_path | replace: ':num', index | replace: '//', '/' | relative_url }}" class="disabled current">{{ index }}</a></li>
       {% else %}
         {% comment %} Distance from current page and this link {% endcomment %}
         {% assign dist = paginator.page | minus: index %}
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
           {% comment %} Distance must be a positive value {% endcomment %}
           {% assign dist = 0 | minus: dist %}
         {% endif %}
-        <li><a href="{{ site.paginate_path | replace: ':num', index | absolute_url }}">{{ index }}</a></li>
+        <li><a href="{{ site.paginate_path | replace: ':num', index | relative_url }}">{{ index }}</a></li>
       {% endif %}
     {% endfor %}
 
@@ -55,12 +55,12 @@
     {% if paginator.page == paginator.total_pages %}
       <li><a href="#" class="disabled current">{{ paginator.page }}</a></li>
     {% else %}
-      <li><a href="{{ site.paginate_path | replace: ':num', paginator.total_pages | replace: '//', '/' | absolute_url }}">{{ paginator.total_pages }}</a></li>
+      <li><a href="{{ site.paginate_path | replace: ':num', paginator.total_pages | replace: '//', '/' | relative_url }}">{{ paginator.total_pages }}</a></li>
     {% endif %}
 
     {% comment %} Link next page {% endcomment %}
     {% if paginator.next_page %}
-      <li><a href="{{ site.paginate_path | replace: ':num', paginator.next_page | replace: '//', '/' | absolute_url }}">{{ site.data.ui-text[site.locale].pagination_next | default: "Next" }}</a></li>
+      <li><a href="{{ site.paginate_path | replace: ':num', paginator.next_page | replace: '//', '/' | relative_url }}">{{ site.data.ui-text[site.locale].pagination_next | default: "Next" }}</a></li>
     {% else %}
       <li><a href="#" class="disabled"><span aria-hidden="true">{{ site.data.ui-text[site.locale].pagination_next | default: "Next" }}</span></a></li>
     {% endif %}
diff --git a/_includes/post_pagination.html b/_includes/post_pagination.html
index 3b8b6168..a93c6279 100644
--- a/_includes/post_pagination.html
+++ b/_includes/post_pagination.html
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {% if page.previous or page.next %}
   <nav class="pagination">
     {% if page.previous %}
-      <a href="{{ page.previous.url | absolute_url }}" class="pagination--pager" title="{{ page.previous.title | markdownify | strip_html }}">{{ site.data.ui-text[site.locale].pagination_previous | default: "Previous" }}</a>
+      <a href="{{ page.previous.url | relative_url }}" class="pagination--pager" title="{{ page.previous.title | markdownify | strip_html }}">{{ site.data.ui-text[site.locale].pagination_previous | default: "Previous" }}</a>
     {% else %}
       <a href="#" class="pagination--pager disabled">{{ site.data.ui-text[site.locale].pagination_previous | default: "Previous" }}</a>
     {% endif %}
     {% if page.next %}
-      <a href="{{ page.next.url | absolute_url }}" class="pagination--pager" title="{{ page.next.title | markdownify | strip_html }}">{{ site.data.ui-text[site.locale].pagination_next | default: "Next" }}</a>
+      <a href="{{ page.next.url | relative_url }}" class="pagination--pager" title="{{ page.next.title | markdownify | strip_html }}">{{ site.data.ui-text[site.locale].pagination_next | default: "Next" }}</a>
     {% else %}
       <a href="#" class="pagination--pager disabled">{{ site.data.ui-text[site.locale].pagination_next | default: "Next" }}</a>
     {% endif %}
diff --git a/_includes/scripts.html b/_includes/scripts.html
index 503f1201..75bccfef 100644
--- a/_includes/scripts.html
+++ b/_includes/scripts.html
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
     {% if script contains "://" %}
       {% capture script_path %}{{ script }}{% endcapture %}
     {% else %}
-      {% capture script_path %}{{ script | absolute_url }}{% endcapture %}
+      {% capture script_path %}{{ script | relative_url }}{% endcapture %}
     {% endif %}
     <script src="{{ script_path }}"></script>
   {% endfor %}
 {% else %}
-  <script src="{{ '/assets/js/main.min.js' | absolute_url }}"></script>
+  <script src="{{ '/assets/js/main.min.js' | relative_url }}"></script>
   <script src="https://use.fontawesome.com/releases/v5.0.8/js/all.js"></script>
 {% endif %}
 
diff --git a/_includes/search/lunr-search-scripts.html b/_includes/search/lunr-search-scripts.html
index b8ffc231..574c3900 100644
--- a/_includes/search/lunr-search-scripts.html
+++ b/_includes/search/lunr-search-scripts.html
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
 {% else %}
   {% assign lang = "en" %}
 {% endcase %}
-<script src="{{ '/assets/js/lunr/lunr.min.js' | absolute_url }}"></script>
-<script src="{{ '/assets/js/lunr/lunr-store.js' | absolute_url }}"></script>
-<script src="{{ '/assets/js/lunr/lunr-' | append: lang | append: '.js' | absolute_url }}"></script>
\ No newline at end of file
+<script src="{{ '/assets/js/lunr/lunr.min.js' | relative_url }}"></script>
+<script src="{{ '/assets/js/lunr/lunr-store.js' | relative_url }}"></script>
+<script src="{{ '/assets/js/lunr/lunr-' | append: lang | append: '.js' | relative_url }}"></script>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/_includes/sidebar.html b/_includes/sidebar.html
index d2661c38..9dc6a3c3 100644
--- a/_includes/sidebar.html
+++ b/_includes/sidebar.html
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
         {% if s.image contains "://" %}
           "{{ s.image }}"
         {% else %}
-          "{{ s.image | absolute_url }}"
+          "{{ s.image | relative_url }}"
         {% endif %}
         alt="{% if s.image_alt %}{{ s.image_alt }}{% endif %}">
       {% endif %}
diff --git a/_includes/tag-list.html b/_includes/tag-list.html
index 4bd97d7c..73f86e28 100644
--- a/_includes/tag-list.html
+++ b/_includes/tag-list.html
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     {% for hash in tag_hashes %}
       {% assign keyValue = hash | split: '#' %}
       {% capture tag_word %}{{ keyValue[1] | strip_newlines }}{% endcapture %}
-      <a href="{{ tag_word | slugify | prepend: path_type | prepend: site.tag_archive.path | absolute_url }}" class="page__taxonomy-item" rel="tag">{{ tag_word }}</a>{% unless forloop.last %}<span class="sep">, </span>{% endunless %}
+      <a href="{{ tag_word | slugify | prepend: path_type | prepend: site.tag_archive.path | relative_url }}" class="page__taxonomy-item" rel="tag">{{ tag_word }}</a>{% unless forloop.last %}<span class="sep">, </span>{% endunless %}
     {% endfor %}
     </span>
   </p>
diff --git a/docs/_docs/18-history.md b/docs/_docs/18-history.md
index fe870cbe..64f13e0b 100644
--- a/docs/_docs/18-history.md
+++ b/docs/_docs/18-history.md
@@ -4,14 +4,20 @@ permalink: /docs/history/
 excerpt: "Change log of enhancements and bug fixes made to the theme."
 sidebar:
   nav: docs
-last_modified_at: 2018-03-14T12:54:07-04:00
+last_modified_at: 2018-03-20T11:35:28-04:00
 toc: true
 ---
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### Enhancements
+
 * Add default `theme` and `remote_theme` values to `_config.yml`.
 
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Replace `absolute_url` filter with `relative_url` where it makes sense (asset/nagivation related paths). [#1588](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/1588)
+
 ## [4.10.1](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/releases/tag/4.10.1)
 
 ### Enhancements