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Blog Post List Excerpt+Image Layout

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Website License: AGPL-3

This module extends the functionality of blogs to support having a more attractive layout that automatically displays an excerpt of each post, a "Read more" button and the chosen social share image (which will default to the 1st one in the post content if there's no cover).

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auto_awesome What this module does

AI-generated from the code · Odoo 12.0

Gives blog post lists a more attractive layout with an excerpt, a thumbnail image and a "Read more" button, and automatically picks the first image in a post as its social share image when no cover is set.

This module changes how blog posts are shown in lists on your website. Each post now displays a short excerpt of its text next to a thumbnail image, followed by a "Read more" button that links to the full post.

The image shown is the post's social share image (the one used when the post is shared on Facebook, Twitter or similar). If you have not chosen a cover image for the post, the module automatically takes the first image found inside the post content and uses it as the social share image. This means posts always have a picture to show, without extra work.

The same automatic image is also used as the background of the "Latest Posts" website snippet, so that block looks consistent with the blog list.

The layout changes are applied through website templates, so they affect the blog post list page and the latest posts snippet. The "Read more" button and the floating thumbnail can be shown or hidden per website using the standard website customization options.

No new menus or database models are added; the module only extends the existing blog post behaviour and its website appearance.

Depends on

website_bloghtml_image_url_extractor

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Availability by version

Reviewed: 2026-11-03
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Confirmation status: 1 confirmed, 8 with no information of 9 versions.

terminal Installation and usage

OCA documentation · Odoo 12.0

Installation

Source · Odoo 12.0

To install this module, you need to:

  • Install OCA/server-tools.

Usage

Source · Odoo 12.0

To use this module, you need to:

  • Go to your blog.
  • Disable the cover image from Customize > Blog Posts > Cover image to avoid having too many images, and possibly repeated ones.
  • Enable the template from Customize > Blog Posts > Floating social share image if it is not enabled by default.
  • Your posts will now display a thumbnail of the chosen social share image.

This module also will autoselect the 1st image in the blog content as the social share image, if there's no post cover and the publisher didn't choose a different one manually, from the Promote > Optimize SEO wizard.

See it in action:

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