# Modify TopicExcerpt template?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/modify-topicexcerpt-template/352136>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [February 13, 2025, 7:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/modify-topicexcerpt-template/352136 "2025-02-13T19:12:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 7:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/modify-topicexcerpt-template/352136/7 "2025-02-13T19:46:54Z")

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> [@merefield](#):
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> replace the excerpts cell

The excerpt is not a cell. It’s used inside the [topic-cell](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/321a220b4905990874b4c36797cbe53056a5e02a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/topic-list/item/topic-cell.gjs#L134) and in the [mobile item](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/321a220b4905990874b4c36797cbe53056a5e02a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/topic-list/item.gjs#L334)

> <https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/321a220b4905990874b4c36797cbe53056a5e02a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/topic-list/item/topic-cell.gjs#L134>

You can also see there that the nearby `topic-list-main-link-bottom` plugin-outlet only passes the @topic, but not @expandPinned.

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