# Setting to default linked posts to "expand"?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-to-default-linked-posts-to-expand/404036
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 28, 2026, 8:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-to-default-linked-posts-to-expand/404036 "2026-05-28T20:03:48Z")
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### Author:  [@haydenjames](https://meta.discourse.org/u/haydenjames)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2026, 8:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-to-default-linked-posts-to-expand/404036/1 "2026-05-28T20:03:48Z")
Is there an admin setting that I can toggle to default links to other posts/topics to expanded state instead of collapsed by default?:
I searched and found this old topic:
> [@Is there a way to expand collapsed text by default?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-expand-collapsed-text-by-default/101972/3):
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> The only way I know of would be through JavaScript, you could probably run an event that looks for a details tag and adds the attribute ‘open’ to it. Something like this: $('details').attr('open','') Figuring out the right event to fire that on, is a different question.
**Edit** - So default would be:
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### Author:  [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2026, 4:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-to-default-linked-posts-to-expand/404036/2 "2026-05-29T04:45:33Z")
> [@haydenjames](#):
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> I searched and found this old topic:
that topic is about the hide details feature, not oneboxed local links.
i’m not sure it’s really possible to do what you are wanting. there is no setting and i am certain any component will require a rebake of any existing posts. i tried a bit of a hack at this with an initializer but it loses the formatting and kind of breaks the oneboxed text from the link. and it required me to adjust the `Post onebox maxlength` site setting to something really high like 100000.
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### Author:  [@haydenjames](https://meta.discourse.org/u/haydenjames)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2026, 10:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-to-default-linked-posts-to-expand/404036/3 "2026-05-29T10:10:59Z")
Thanks Yes realized it was different, should have been clear about that. Similar, but could not find existing post so linked to the closest thing I could find.
I’ve found that often when collapsed the formatting is very jumbled and squeezed to the point of not being very useful. So would have preferred to just have it default to expanded with the option to collapse for those times when maybe it’s an extremely long post.
Maybe in the future, discourse can make that that a setting based on character or word limit.
In any case thanks for the confirmation. I understand the challenge.
I’m not submitting a feature request, because that process is flawed: it judges requests by popularity rather than merit. A feature might be genuinely valuable, but if it only improves the experience for a smaller group, it gets ignored in favor of something that affects more people, even when the less popular request carries equal or greater inherent value. Popularity and value aren’t the same thing, and treating them as if they are means good ideas get overlooked.
So even browsing through the features requested, I’ve seen a lot of good ones there with 0 votes or otherwise left to die.
Like this one:
> [@Disable notifications for XYZ "accepted your invitation"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-notifications-for-xyz-accepted-your-invitation/150633):
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> Hi, For my forum, I am inviting thousands of people a year to join the Discourse community with the bulk invite tool. Therefore, it would be convenient to disable notifications when someone accepts these invitations. Hence the feature request! As always, thank you for your consideration.