..  _post-display:

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Display of Posts
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The following settings are available in both the :ref:`plugin-post` plugin and
the :ref:`plugin-wall` plugin and control how the individual posts are
displayed.

The behavior described here refers to the default templates that are shipped
with this extension.

``Post Display`` > ``Truncate description``
    **Default:** True

    If this setting is selected, the text of the post is truncated to a certain
    number of characters and then cut off with "…".

``Post Display`` > ``Truncate description to …``
    **Default:** 200

    This setting is only available if the ``Truncate description`` option is
    true. The number of characters after which the text of the post should be
    cut off.

``Post Display`` > ``Compact display``
    **Default:** False

    If this setting is selected, the text is shown over the image by means of a
    hover effect.

``Post Display`` > ``Show image``
    **Default:** True

    If this setting is selected, an image of the post, if present, is displayed.

``Post Display`` > ``Show image in 1:1 format``
    **Default:** False

    This setting is only available if the ``Show image`` option is true. If this
    setting is selected, an image, if present, is shown in 1:1 format.