# 'Always include topic excerpt' setting

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/always-include-topic-excerpt-setting/394416
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 27, 2026, 9:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/always-include-topic-excerpt-setting/394416 "2026-01-27T09:18:25Z")
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### Author: ![awesomerobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/awesomerobot/32/142900_2.png) [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2026, 2:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/always-include-topic-excerpt-setting/394416/3 "2026-01-27T14:34:06Z")

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Yes this is related to [Horizon: High Context Topic Cards](https://meta.discourse.org/t/horizon-high-context-topic-cards/393470), the original thought was that we need to expose this setting so people can turn on excerpts in those Horizon topic cards without console access… but it’s a little bit of a dangerous setting to expose because if you enable it you add a lot of data to the topic list even if excerpts aren’t being shown in the current theme.

The follow-up is to instead enable the hidden site setting when the Horizon theme has `topic card high context` enabled… that way the setting is constrained to a situation where it will be used.

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