# Truncate Digest

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/truncate-digest/402690
**Category:** Plugin
**Tags:** email
**Created:** [May 11, 2026, 7:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/truncate-digest/402690 "2026-05-11T19:03:32Z")
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### Author: ![cjlightnsound](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/cjlightnsound/32/554172_2.png) [@cjlightnsound](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cjlightnsound)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2026, 7:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/truncate-digest/402690/1 "2026-05-11T19:03:32Z")

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| ℹ | **Summary** | truncates post excerpts in digest emails to a configurable maximum length. |
| 🛠 | **Repository Link** | [GitHub - cjlightnsound/truncate-digest: This discourse plugin allows you to truncate the post length in the digest email. · GitHub](https://github.com/cjlightnsound/truncate-digest) |
| 📖 | **Install Guide** | [How to install plugins in Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-plugins-in-discourse/19157) |

  

### Features

By default, Discourse digest emails include full post excerpts which can make digest emails very long. This plugin adds a hard character limit to post excerpts in the **Popular Posts** section of the digest email.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/e/c/7/ec793ea74e4e3830260f623541a977d1a3d9c55c.png)

### Configuration

Once installed, go to **Admin → Site Settings** and search for:

### Settings

| Setting | Default | Description |
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| `digest_post_truncation_length` | 300 | Maximum number of characters to show in digest email post excerpts |

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