Hey folks! When you pin a post, a summary is displayed under it when on the Latest section. Unfortunately, the first line of my post displays the link and then the text of the post. This distorts the reading of the summary for the reader. In case it matters, I’m using official Discourse integratio…

Ah! That clarifies things. I don’t believe there is any way to change the topic excerpt via a setting. However, you can try this to specify the topic excerpt in the topic list: [image] Ability to custom define topic "preview text" you could explicitly mark begin and end excerpts in the first pos…

It does still happen in safe mode . Also, the line is not the link itself, but the text of the link, the link preview.

I’m sorry, but could you elaborate on this? Does the link above the preview go to the WP site’s post or the Discourse forum topic? Thanks.

I think an example will make this clearer. This is what I’m seeing on /latest: [image] This is a pinned topic on the forum’s /latest page. Notice that the preview begins with: “Full article at: Lorem Ipsum Dolor Sit Amet Consectetur Adipiscing Elit?” …and then continues with the body previe…

I can’t seem to repro this on another instance. When I pin the topic globally, I immediately see the 1st line of the post content. Even with Embed Discourse comments on another website via Javascript , I don’t see that small text.

Hey Nate — appreciate you taking the time to respond. I think we may be missing each other slightly, so I want to clarify. I’m not embedding or oneboxing anything. This is a regular Discourse topic on the Discourse forum. Inside the topic itself, the structure is: First line: a small contextual…

Winner winner chicken dinner! Thanks Nate, that did the trick!

Pinned topic summary is using first-line link text instead of body text

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NateDhaliwal (Nate Dhaliwal) January 25, 2026, 11:02pm 2

Does this happen in safe mode? Does the link go to the WP post or the Discourse topic?

Thanks.

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