diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 89450bd..12388f4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -56,6 +56,23 @@ You can use custom fzf options by defining `@fzf-url-fzf-options`.
 set -g @fzf-url-fzf-options '-w 50% -h 50% --multi -0 --no-preview --no-border'
 ```
 
+You can control how URLs are sorted by setting `@fzf-url-sort-by`:
+
+```tmux
+# Sort URLs alphabetically (default)
+set -g @fzf-url-sort-by 'alphabetical'
+
+# Sort URLs by recency - most recent URLs closest to search bar
+set -g @fzf-url-sort-by 'recency'
+```
+
+**Smart Layout Detection**: When using recency sorting, the plugin automatically detects your fzf layout and adjusts the sort order to keep the most recent URLs closest to the search bar:
+
+- **Default layout** (search at bottom): Recent URLs appear first (top of list)
+- **Reverse layout** (with `--reverse` option): Recent URLs appear last (bottom of list)
+
+This ensures optimal accessibility regardless of your preferred fzf layout.
+
 By default, `tmux-fzf-url` will use `xdg-open`, `open`, or the `BROWSER`
 environment variable to open the url, respectively. If you want to use a
 different command, you can set `@fzf-url-open` to the command you want to use.
diff --git a/fzf-url.sh b/fzf-url.sh
index b43090d..0933633 100755
--- a/fzf-url.sh
+++ b/fzf-url.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ fzf_filter() {
 }
 
 custom_open=$3
+sort_by=$4
 open_url() {
     if [[ -n $custom_open ]]; then 
         $custom_open "$@"
@@ -37,21 +38,44 @@ else
     content="$(tmux capture-pane -J -p -e -S -"$limit" |sed -r 's/\x1B\[[0-9;]*[mK]//g'))"
 fi
 
-urls=$(echo "$content" |grep -oE '(https?|ftp|file):/?//[-A-Za-z0-9+&@#/%?=~_|!:,.;]*[-A-Za-z0-9+&@#/%=~_|]')
-wwws=$(echo "$content" |grep -oE '(http?s://)?www\.[a-zA-Z](-?[a-zA-Z0-9])+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,}(/\S+)*' | grep -vE '^https?://' |sed 's/^\(.*\)$/http:\/\/\1/')
-ips=$(echo "$content" |grep -oE '[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}(:[0-9]{1,5})?(/\S+)*' |sed 's/^\(.*\)$/http:\/\/\1/')
-gits=$(echo "$content" |grep -oE '(ssh://)?git@\S*' | sed 's/:/\//g' | sed 's/^\(ssh\/\/\/\)\{0,1\}git@\(.*\)$/https:\/\/\2/')
-gh=$(echo "$content" |grep -oE "['\"]([_A-Za-z0-9-]*/[_.A-Za-z0-9-]*)['\"]" | sed "s/['\"]//g" | sed 's#.#https://github.com/&#')
+# Extract URLs with line numbers to preserve position
+urls=$(echo "$content" | grep -noE '(https?|ftp|file):/?//[-A-Za-z0-9+&@#/%?=~_|!:,.;]*[-A-Za-z0-9+&@#/%=~_|]')
+wwws=$(echo "$content" | grep -noE '(http?s://)?www\.[a-zA-Z](-?[a-zA-Z0-9])+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,}(/\S+)*' | grep -vE ':[0-9]*:https?://' | sed 's/^\([0-9]*\):\(.*\)$/\1:http:\/\/\2/')
+ips=$(echo "$content" | grep -noE '[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}(:[0-9]{1,5})?(/\S+)*' | sed 's/^\([0-9]*\):\(.*\)$/\1:http:\/\/\2/')
+gits=$(echo "$content" | grep -noE '(ssh://)?git@\S*' | sed 's/:/\//g' | sed 's/^\([0-9]*\)\/\/\(ssh\/\/\/\)\{0,1\}git@\(.*\)$/\1:https:\/\/\3/')
+gh=$(echo "$content" | grep -noE "['\"]([_A-Za-z0-9-]*/[_.A-Za-z0-9-]*)['\"]" | sed "s/['\"]//g" | sed 's/^\([0-9]*\):\(.*\)$/\1:https:\/\/github.com\/\2/')
 
 if [[ $# -ge 1 && "$1" != '' ]]; then
-    extras=$(echo "$content" |eval "$1")
+    extras=$(echo "$content" | nl -nln | eval "$1" | sed 's/^\([0-9]*\)\t\(.*\)$/\1:\2/')
 fi
 
-items=$(printf '%s\n' "${urls[@]}" "${wwws[@]}" "${gh[@]}" "${ips[@]}" "${gits[@]}" "${extras[@]}" |
-    grep -v '^$' |
-    sort -u |
-    nl -w3 -s '  '
-)
+# Combine all URLs with their line numbers
+all_urls=$(printf '%s\n' "${urls[@]}" "${wwws[@]}" "${gh[@]}" "${ips[@]}" "${gits[@]}" "${extras[@]}" | grep -v '^$')
+
+# Sort and deduplicate based on sort_by option
+if [[ "$sort_by" == "recency" ]]; then
+    # Recency behavior: adjust sort order based on fzf layout
+    fzf_options="$(get_fzf_options)"
+    if [[ "$fzf_options" == *"--reverse"* ]]; then
+        # Reverse layout (search at top): oldest URLs first so recent ones are closest to search
+        sort_order="-n"
+    else
+        # Default layout (search at bottom): newest URLs first so recent ones are closest to search
+        sort_order="-nr"
+    fi
+    
+    items=$(echo "$all_urls" | awk -F: '
+        {
+            url = substr($0, index($0, ":") + 1)
+            if (!seen[url]) {
+                seen[url] = 1
+                print $1 ":" url
+            }
+        }' | sort $sort_order | cut -d: -f2- | nl -w3 -s '  ')
+else
+    # Default alphabetical behavior: sort alphabetically and remove duplicates
+    items=$(echo "$all_urls" | cut -d: -f2- | sort -u | nl -w3 -s '  ')
+fi
 [ -z "$items" ] && tmux display 'tmux-fzf-url: no URLs found' && exit
 
 fzf_filter <<< "$items" | awk '{print $2}' | \
diff --git a/fzf-url.tmux b/fzf-url.tmux
index 370af9a..9b13a26 100755
--- a/fzf-url.tmux
+++ b/fzf-url.tmux
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ key="$(tmux_get '@fzf-url-bind' 'u')"
 history_limit="$(tmux_get '@fzf-url-history-limit' 'screen')"
 extra_filter="$(tmux_get '@fzf-url-extra-filter' '')"
 custom_open="$(tmux_get '@fzf-url-open' '')"
+sort_by="$(tmux_get '@fzf-url-sort-by' 'alphabetical')"
 echo "$extra_filter" > /tmp/filter
 
-tmux bind-key "$key" run -b "$SCRIPT_DIR/fzf-url.sh '$extra_filter' $history_limit '$custom_open'";
+tmux bind-key "$key" run -b "$SCRIPT_DIR/fzf-url.sh '$extra_filter' $history_limit '$custom_open' '$sort_by'";