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Post list preview: trim trailing newline in generated excerpt #25349

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Fix post preview to trim leading/trailing newlines
cl-22 Mar 5, 2026
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test: assert explicit preview content for newline trim case
Mar 7, 2026
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Merge branch 'testing-25349' into fix-12673-trim-preview-newlines
jkmassel Apr 8, 2026
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9 changes: 7 additions & 2 deletions Sources/WordPressData/Swift/Post.swift
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Expand Up @@ -219,14 +219,14 @@ public class Post: AbstractPost {
if let preview = PostPreviewCache.shared.excerpt[excerpt] {
return preview
}
let preview = excerpt.makePlainText().withCollapsedNewlines()
let preview = excerpt.makePlainText().withCollapsedNewlines().trimmedForPreview()
PostPreviewCache.shared.excerpt[excerpt] = preview
return preview
} else if let content {
if let preview = PostPreviewCache.shared.content[content] {
return preview
}
let preview = GutenbergExcerptGenerator.firstParagraph(from: content, maxLength: 200).withCollapsedNewlines()
let preview = GutenbergExcerptGenerator.firstParagraph(from: content, maxLength: 200).withCollapsedNewlines().trimmedForPreview()
PostPreviewCache.shared.content[content] = preview
return preview
} else {
Expand All @@ -253,6 +253,11 @@ private extension String {
func withCollapsedNewlines() -> String {
replacingOccurrences(of: "[\n]{2,}", with: "\n", options: .regularExpression)
}

// Remove leading/trailing line breaks to avoid rendering blank trailing lines in preview labels.
func trimmedForPreview() -> String {
trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
}
}

private final class PostPreviewCache {
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