# Link existing forum topic to new WordPress post

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-existing-forum-topic-to-new-wordpress-post/24268>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** wordpress\
**Created:** [21 يناير 2015، 12:37م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-existing-forum-topic-to-new-wordpress-post/24268 "2015-01-21T12:37:25Z")\
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**Post date:** [2 أبريل 2018، 6:54م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-existing-forum-topic-to-new-wordpress-post/24268/26 "2018-04-02T18:54:27Z")

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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?

 ![topic%20id](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/6/9/69b5508461dc68d002939dc641c9bc611b396735.jpg)

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