diff --git a/examples/nuxt-app/components/global/VsbaMapPopupContent.vue b/examples/nuxt-app/components/global/VsbaMapPopupContent.vue
index 627cb0faf0..295734c5a4 100644
--- a/examples/nuxt-app/components/global/VsbaMapPopupContent.vue
+++ b/examples/nuxt-app/components/global/VsbaMapPopupContent.vue
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     </RplContent>
 
     <p class="rpl-type-p-small rpl-u-margin-t-3">
-      <RplTextLink :url="formatUrl(feature.url[0])">
+      <RplTextLink :url="stripSiteId(feature.url[0])">
         View {{ feature.title[0] }}
       </RplTextLink>
     </p>
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@
 </template>
 
 <script setup lang="ts">
+import { stripSiteId } from '@dpc-sdp/ripple-tide-api'
+
 interface Props {
   feature: any
 }
 const props = withDefaults(defineProps<Props>(), {})
-
-const formatUrl = (str) => str.replace(/\/site-(\d+)/, '')
 </script>
 
 <style>
diff --git a/packages/nuxt-ripple/utils/breadcrumbs.ts b/packages/nuxt-ripple/utils/breadcrumbs.ts
index 0c5bacd0a1..aade47e545 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt-ripple/utils/breadcrumbs.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt-ripple/utils/breadcrumbs.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
+import { stripSiteId } from '@dpc-sdp/ripple-tide-api'
+
 // Private helpers
-const siteMatch = /\/site-(\d+)/
 function getActivePath(branch, path) {
   for (let i = 0; i < branch.length; i++) {
     const item = branch[i]
     // ignore site id prefix when matching active path
-    if (item.url.replace(siteMatch, '') === path.replace(siteMatch, '')) {
+    if (stripSiteId(item.url) === stripSiteId(path)) {
       return [
         {
           text: item.text,
diff --git a/packages/ripple-tide-api/src/index.ts b/packages/ripple-tide-api/src/index.ts
index 338b2739bb..4dccd3e154 100644
--- a/packages/ripple-tide-api/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/ripple-tide-api/src/index.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ export { default as TidePageApi } from './services/tide-page.js'
 export { default as TideSiteApi } from './services/tide-site.js'
 export { default as logger } from './logger/logger.js'
 export * from './utils/createHandler.js'
+export { stripSiteId } from './utils/stripSiteId.js'
 
 export {
   addAnchorLinksToHTML,
diff --git a/packages/ripple-tide-api/src/utils/stripSiteId.test.ts b/packages/ripple-tide-api/src/utils/stripSiteId.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a00863f4d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ripple-tide-api/src/utils/stripSiteId.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import { expect, describe, it } from '@jest/globals'
+
+import { stripSiteId } from './stripSiteId.js'
+
+describe('stripSiteId(url, replace)', () => {
+  it(`returns url without site prefix`, () => {
+    expect(stripSiteId('/site-8888/demo')).toEqual('/demo')
+  })
+
+  it(`returns undefined if param is null / undefined`, () => {
+    expect(stripSiteId(null)).toEqual(undefined)
+    expect(stripSiteId(undefined)).toEqual(undefined)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/ripple-tide-api/src/utils/stripSiteId.ts b/packages/ripple-tide-api/src/utils/stripSiteId.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5245c4048b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ripple-tide-api/src/utils/stripSiteId.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+export function stripSiteId(url, replace = '') {
+  return url?.replace(/\/site-(\d+)/, replace)
+}
+
+export default stripSiteId
diff --git a/packages/ripple-tide-landing-page/components/global/TideLandingPage/ContentCollection.vue b/packages/ripple-tide-landing-page/components/global/TideLandingPage/ContentCollection.vue
index 7bdd593ef6..fc21bc9100 100644
--- a/packages/ripple-tide-landing-page/components/global/TideLandingPage/ContentCollection.vue
+++ b/packages/ripple-tide-landing-page/components/global/TideLandingPage/ContentCollection.vue
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ import {
   IContentCollectionSort
 } from '../../../mapping/components/content-collection/content-collection-mapping'
 import type { IRplFeatureFlags } from '@dpc-sdp/ripple-tide-api/types'
+import { stripSiteId } from '@dpc-sdp/ripple-tide-api'
 
 const { public: config } = useRuntimeConfig()
 
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ const searchResultsMappingFn = (item): any => {
     props: {
       el: 'li',
       title: item.title?.raw?.[0],
-      url: item.url?.raw?.[0].replace(/\/site-(\d+)/, $app_origin || ''),
+      url: stripSiteId(item.url?.raw?.[0], $app_origin || ''),
       image:
         props.display.style === 'thumbnail' && rawImage
           ? { src: rawImage }
diff --git a/packages/ripple-tide-search/components/TideSearchPage.vue b/packages/ripple-tide-search/components/TideSearchPage.vue
index 286ef80afa..b9cac297c1 100644
--- a/packages/ripple-tide-search/components/TideSearchPage.vue
+++ b/packages/ripple-tide-search/components/TideSearchPage.vue
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { FormKit } from '@formkit/vue'
 import { SearchDriverOptions } from '@elastic/search-ui'
 import { useRippleEvent } from '@dpc-sdp/ripple-ui-core'
 import type { rplEventPayload } from '@dpc-sdp/ripple-ui-core'
+import { stripSiteId } from '@dpc-sdp/ripple-tide-api'
 
 interface Props {
   id: string
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ const props = withDefaults(defineProps<Props>(), {
       component: 'TideAppSearchResult',
       props: {
         title: item.title?.raw?.[0],
-        url: item.url?.raw?.[0].replace(/\/site-(\d+)/, ''),
+        url: stripSiteId(item.url?.raw?.[0]),
         updated: item.changed?.raw?.[0]
       }
     }
diff --git a/packages/ripple-tide-search/composables/useSearchResult.ts b/packages/ripple-tide-search/composables/useSearchResult.ts
index 273851d0d7..7be2444aad 100644
--- a/packages/ripple-tide-search/composables/useSearchResult.ts
+++ b/packages/ripple-tide-search/composables/useSearchResult.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { computed } from 'vue'
 import { getSearchResultValue, truncateText } from '#imports'
+import { stripSiteId } from '@dpc-sdp/ripple-tide-api'
 
 interface ResultOptions {
   summaryMaxLength: number | null
@@ -15,10 +16,7 @@ export default (result, options: ResultOptions = { summaryMaxLength: 150 }) => {
       return externalURL
     }
 
-    return getSearchResultValue(result, 'url').replace(
-      /\/site-(\d+)/,
-      $app_origin || ''
-    )
+    return stripSiteId(getSearchResultValue(result, 'url'), $app_origin || '')
   })
   const updated = computed(() => {
     const rawDate = getSearchResultValue(result, 'changed')
diff --git a/packages/ripple-tide-search/pages/search.vue b/packages/ripple-tide-search/pages/search.vue
index dbbdfa6140..7fe6856494 100644
--- a/packages/ripple-tide-search/pages/search.vue
+++ b/packages/ripple-tide-search/pages/search.vue
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
+import { stripSiteId } from '@dpc-sdp/ripple-tide-api'
 import { AppSearchFilterConfigItem, MappedSearchResult } from '../types'
 import { formatDate, useRuntimeConfig, useAppConfig } from '#imports'
 
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ const searchResultsMappingFn = (item): MappedSearchResult<any> => {
     component: 'TideAppSearchResult',
     props: {
       title: item.title?.raw?.[0],
-      url: item.url?.raw?.[0].replace(/\/site-(\d+)/, $app_origin || ''),
+      url: stripSiteId(item.url?.raw?.[0], $app_origin || ''),
       content: summaryField,
       updated: rawUpdated ? formatDate(rawUpdated) : ''
     }