Thanks Simon! Yes that is along the lines of what I am trying to do.
Being able to display any post within the topic (instead of just the first) would also be super cool and helpful.
Thank you for the helpful reply.
So just to be clear, I cannot use this shortcode yet? I tried adding [discourse_topic topic_id=1259 excerpt_length=45] to one of my wordpress posts but nothing was displayed.
I am assuming that what I am pointing to below is the topic ID?
