diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index fe057de..0ea6e4d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 module github.com/writeas/web-core
 
 go 1.10
 
 require (
 	github.com/gofrs/uuid v3.3.0+incompatible
-	github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/kylemcc/twitter-text-go v0.0.0-20180726194232-7f582f6736ec
 	github.com/microcosm-cc/bluemonday v1.0.2
 	github.com/shurcooL/sanitized_anchor_name v1.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/writeas/impart v1.1.0
+	github.com/writeas/go-strip-markdown v2.0.1+incompatible
+	github.com/writeas/impart v1.1.1
 	github.com/writeas/openssl-go v1.0.0
-	github.com/writeas/saturday v1.6.0
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190131182504-b8fe1690c613
-	gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127 // indirect
+	github.com/writeas/saturday v1.7.1
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200109152110-61a87790db17
+	gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v1 v1.0.0-20140924161607-9f9df34309c0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4d2be2e..81be546 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,28 +1,35 @@
-github.com/gofrs/uuid v1.2.0 h1:coDhrjgyJaglxSjxuJdqQSSdUpG3w6p1OwN2od6frBU=
 github.com/gofrs/uuid v3.3.0+incompatible h1:8K4tyRfvU1CYPgJsveYFQMhpFd/wXNM7iK6rR7UHz84=
 github.com/gofrs/uuid v3.3.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:b2aQJv3Z4Fp6yNu3cdSllBxTCLRxnplIgP/c0N/04lM=
-github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0 h1:L/CwN0zerZDmRFUapSPitk6f+Q3+0za1rQkzVuMiMFI=
-github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0/go.mod h1:dAy3ld7l9f0ibDNOQOHHMYYIIbhfbHSm3C4ZsoJORNo=
+github.com/kr/pretty v0.2.1 h1:Fmg33tUaq4/8ym9TJN1x7sLJnHVwhP33CNkpYV/7rwI=
+github.com/kr/pretty v0.2.1/go.mod h1:ipq/a2n7PKx3OHsz4KJII5eveXtPO4qwEXGdVfWzfnI=
 github.com/kr/pty v1.1.1/go.mod h1:pFQYn66WHrOpPYNljwOMqo10TkYh1fy3cYio2l3bCsQ=
 github.com/kr/text v0.1.0 h1:45sCR5RtlFHMR4UwH9sdQ5TC8v0qDQCHnXt+kaKSTVE=
 github.com/kr/text v0.1.0/go.mod h1:4Jbv+DJW3UT/LiOwJeYQe1efqtUx/iVham/4vfdArNI=
 github.com/kylemcc/twitter-text-go v0.0.0-20180726194232-7f582f6736ec h1:ZXWuspqypleMuJy4bzYEqlMhJnGAYpLrWe5p7W3CdvI=
 github.com/kylemcc/twitter-text-go v0.0.0-20180726194232-7f582f6736ec/go.mod h1:voECJzdraJmolzPBgL9Z7ANwXf4oMXaTCsIkdiPpR/g=
 github.com/microcosm-cc/bluemonday v1.0.2 h1:5lPfLTTAvAbtS0VqT+94yOtFnGfUWYyx0+iToC3Os3s=
 github.com/microcosm-cc/bluemonday v1.0.2/go.mod h1:iVP4YcDBq+n/5fb23BhYFvIMq/leAFZyRl6bYmGDlGc=
 github.com/shurcooL/sanitized_anchor_name v1.0.0 h1:PdmoCO6wvbs+7yrJyMORt4/BmY5IYyJwS/kOiWx8mHo=
 github.com/shurcooL/sanitized_anchor_name v1.0.0/go.mod h1:1NzhyTcUVG4SuEtjjoZeVRXNmyL/1OwPU0+IJeTBvfc=
-github.com/writeas/impart v1.1.0 h1:nPnoO211VscNkp/gnzir5UwCDEvdHThL5uELU60NFSE=
-github.com/writeas/impart v1.1.0/go.mod h1:g0MpxdnTOHHrl+Ca/2oMXUHJ0PcRAEWtkCzYCJUXC9Y=
+github.com/writeas/go-strip-markdown v2.0.1+incompatible h1:IIqxTM5Jr7RzhigcL6FkrCNfXkvbR+Nbu1ls48pXYcw=
+github.com/writeas/go-strip-markdown v2.0.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:Rsyu10ZhbEK9pXdk8V6MVnZmTzRG0alMNLMwa0J01fE=
+github.com/writeas/impart v1.1.1 h1:RyA9+CqbdbDuz53k+nXCWUY+NlEkdyw6+nWanxSBl5o=
+github.com/writeas/impart v1.1.1/go.mod h1:g0MpxdnTOHHrl+Ca/2oMXUHJ0PcRAEWtkCzYCJUXC9Y=
 github.com/writeas/openssl-go v1.0.0 h1:YXM1tDXeYOlTyJjoMlYLQH1xOloUimSR1WMF8kjFc5o=
 github.com/writeas/openssl-go v1.0.0/go.mod h1:WsKeK5jYl0B5y8ggOmtVjbmb+3rEGqSD25TppjJnETA=
-github.com/writeas/saturday v1.6.0 h1:HNUtX8TVJJnSdxE8vaAgtHiAJVt+Of5AJYlm62pmVlI=
-github.com/writeas/saturday v1.6.0/go.mod h1:ETE1EK6ogxptJpAgUbcJD0prAtX48bSloie80+tvnzQ=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190131182504-b8fe1690c613 h1:MQ/ZZiDsUapFFiMS+vzwXkCTeEKaum+Do5rINYJDmxc=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190131182504-b8fe1690c613/go.mod h1:6SG95UA2DQfeDnfUPMdvaQW0Q7yPrPDi9nlGo2tz2b4=
+github.com/writeas/saturday v1.7.1 h1:lYo1EH6CYyrFObQoA9RNWHVlpZA5iYL5Opxo7PYAnZE=
+github.com/writeas/saturday v1.7.1/go.mod h1:ETE1EK6ogxptJpAgUbcJD0prAtX48bSloie80+tvnzQ=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200109152110-61a87790db17 h1:nVJ3guKA9qdkEQ3TUdXI9QSINo2CUPM/cySEvw2w8I0=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200109152110-61a87790db17/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPhUkYOs5KpL4U8rLKemX1yGLhDgUto=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20181220203305-927f97764cc3 h1:eH6Eip3UpmR+yM/qI9Ijluzb1bNv/cAU/n+6l8tRSis=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20181220203305-927f97764cc3/go.mod h1:mL1N/T3taQHkDXs73rZJwtUhF3w3ftmwwsq0BUmARs4=
-gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127 h1:qIbj1fsPNlZgppZ+VLlY7N33q108Sa+fhmuc+sWQYwY=
-gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190404232315-eb5bcb51f2a3 h1:0GoQqolDA55aaLxZyTzK/Y2ePZzZTUrRacwib7cNsYQ=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190404232315-eb5bcb51f2a3/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn7q6eTqICYqUVnKs3thJo3Qplg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190412213103-97732733099d/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c h1:Hei/4ADfdWqJk1ZMxUNpqntNwaWcugrBjAiHlqqRiVk=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c/go.mod h1:JHkPIbrfpd72SG/EVd6muEfDQjcINNoR0C8j2r3qZ4Q=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v1 v1.0.0-20140924161607-9f9df34309c0 h1:POO/ycCATvegFmVuPpQzZFJ+pGZeX22Ufu6fibxDVjU=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v1 v1.0.0-20140924161607-9f9df34309c0/go.mod h1:WDnlLJ4WF5VGsH/HVa3CI79GS0ol3YnhVnKP89i0kNg=
diff --git a/posts/parse.go b/posts/parse.go
index b082a05..168289f 100644
--- a/posts/parse.go
+++ b/posts/parse.go
@@ -1,21 +1,165 @@
 package posts
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
+	stripmd "github.com/writeas/go-strip-markdown"
+	"github.com/writeas/web-core/stringmanip"
+	"regexp"
 	"strings"
+	"unicode"
+	"unicode/utf8"
+)
+
+const (
+	maxTitleLen     = 80
+	assumedTitleLen = 80
+)
+
+var (
+	titleElementReg = regexp.MustCompile("</?p>")
+	urlReg          = regexp.MustCompile("https?://")
+	imgReg          = regexp.MustCompile(`!\[([^]]+)\]\([^)]+\)`)
 )
 
 // ExtractTitle takes the given raw post text and returns a title, if explicitly
 // provided, and a body.
 func ExtractTitle(content string) (title string, body string) {
 	if hashIndex := strings.Index(content, "# "); hashIndex == 0 {
 		eol := strings.IndexRune(content, '\n')
 		// First line should start with # and end with \n
 		if eol != -1 {
 			body = strings.TrimLeft(content[eol:], " \t\n\r")
 			title = content[len("# "):eol]
 			return
 		}
 	}
 	body = content
 	return
 }
+
+func FriendlyPostTitle(content, friendlyId string) string {
+	content = StripHTMLWithoutEscaping(content)
+
+	content = strings.TrimLeftFunc(stripmd.Strip(content), unicode.IsSpace)
+	eol := strings.IndexRune(content, '\n')
+	blankLine := strings.Index(content, "\n\n")
+	if blankLine != -1 && blankLine <= eol && blankLine <= assumedTitleLen {
+		return strings.TrimSpace(content[:blankLine])
+	} else if eol == -1 && utf8.RuneCountInString(content) <= maxTitleLen {
+		return content
+	}
+
+	title, truncd := TruncToWord(PostLede(content, true), maxTitleLen)
+	if truncd {
+		title += "..."
+	}
+	return title
+}
+
+// PostDescription generates a description based on the given post content,
+// title, and post ID. This doesn't consider a V2 post field, `title` when
+// choosing what to generate. In case a post has a title, this function will
+// fail, and logic should instead be implemented to skip this when there's no
+// title, like so:
+//    var desc string
+//    if title == "" {
+//        desc = PostDescription(content, title, friendlyId)
+//    } else {
+//        desc = ShortPostDescription(content)
+//    }
+func PostDescription(content, title, friendlyId string) string {
+	maxLen := 140
+
+	if content == "" {
+		content = "WriteFreely is a painless, simple, federated blogging platform."
+	} else {
+		fmtStr := "%s"
+		truncation := 0
+		if utf8.RuneCountInString(content) > maxLen {
+			// Post is longer than the max description, so let's show a better description
+			fmtStr = "%s..."
+			truncation = 3
+		}
+
+		if title == friendlyId {
+			// No specific title was found; simply truncate the post, starting at the beginning
+			content = fmt.Sprintf(fmtStr, strings.Replace(stringmanip.Substring(content, 0, maxLen-truncation), "\n", " ", -1))
+		} else {
+			// There was a title, so return a real description
+			blankLine := strings.Index(content, "\n\n")
+			if blankLine < 0 {
+				blankLine = 0
+			}
+			truncd := stringmanip.Substring(content, blankLine, blankLine+maxLen-truncation)
+			contentNoNL := strings.Replace(truncd, "\n", " ", -1)
+			content = strings.TrimSpace(fmt.Sprintf(fmtStr, contentNoNL))
+		}
+	}
+
+	return content
+}
+
+func ShortPostDescription(content string) string {
+	maxLen := 140
+	fmtStr := "%s"
+	truncation := 0
+	if utf8.RuneCountInString(content) > maxLen {
+		// Post is longer than the max description, so let's show a better description
+		fmtStr = "%s..."
+		truncation = 3
+	}
+	return strings.TrimSpace(fmt.Sprintf(fmtStr, strings.Replace(stringmanip.Substring(content, 0, maxLen-truncation), "\n", " ", -1)))
+}
+
+// TruncToWord truncates the given text to the provided limit.
+func TruncToWord(s string, l int) (string, bool) {
+	truncated := false
+	c := []rune(s)
+	if len(c) > l {
+		truncated = true
+		s = string(c[:l])
+		spaceIdx := strings.LastIndexByte(s, ' ')
+		if spaceIdx > -1 {
+			s = s[:spaceIdx]
+		}
+	}
+	return s, truncated
+}
+
+// PostLede attempts to extract the first thought of the given post, generally
+// contained within the first line or sentence of text.
+func PostLede(t string, includePunc bool) string {
+	// Adjust where we truncate if we want to include punctuation
+	iAdj := 0
+	if includePunc {
+		iAdj = 1
+	}
+
+	// Find lede within first line of text
+	nl := strings.IndexRune(t, '\n')
+	if nl > -1 {
+		t = t[:nl]
+	}
+
+	// Strip certain HTML tags
+	t = titleElementReg.ReplaceAllString(t, "")
+
+	// Strip URL protocols
+	t = urlReg.ReplaceAllString(t, "")
+
+	// Strip image URL, leaving only alt text
+	t = imgReg.ReplaceAllString(t, " $1 ")
+
+	// Find lede within first sentence
+	punc := strings.Index(t, ". ")
+	if punc > -1 {
+		t = t[:punc+iAdj]
+	}
+	punc = stringmanip.IndexRune(t, '。')
+	if punc > -1 {
+		c := []rune(t)
+		t = string(c[:punc+iAdj])
+	}
+
+	return t
+}
diff --git a/posts/render.go b/posts/render.go
index 157bed2..d0885d5 100644
--- a/posts/render.go
+++ b/posts/render.go
@@ -1,63 +1,70 @@
 package posts
 
 import (
 	"github.com/microcosm-cc/bluemonday"
 	"github.com/writeas/saturday"
+	"html"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 	"unicode"
 )
 
 var (
 	blockReg    = regexp.MustCompile("<(ul|ol|blockquote)>\n")
 	endBlockReg = regexp.MustCompile("</([a-z]+)>\n</(ul|ol|blockquote)>")
 
 	markeddownReg = regexp.MustCompile("<p>(.+)</p>")
 )
 
 func ApplyMarkdown(data []byte) string {
 	mdExtensions := 0 |
 		blackfriday.EXTENSION_TABLES |
 		blackfriday.EXTENSION_FENCED_CODE |
 		blackfriday.EXTENSION_AUTOLINK |
 		blackfriday.EXTENSION_STRIKETHROUGH |
 		blackfriday.EXTENSION_SPACE_HEADERS |
 		blackfriday.EXTENSION_HEADER_IDS
 	htmlFlags := 0 |
 		blackfriday.HTML_USE_SMARTYPANTS |
 		blackfriday.HTML_SMARTYPANTS_DASHES
 
 	// Generate Markdown
 	md := blackfriday.Markdown([]byte(data), blackfriday.HtmlRenderer(htmlFlags, "", ""), mdExtensions)
 	// Strip out bad HTML
 	policy := bluemonday.UGCPolicy()
 	policy.AllowAttrs("class", "id").Globally()
 	outHTML := string(policy.SanitizeBytes(md))
 	// Strip newlines on certain block elements that render with them
 	outHTML = blockReg.ReplaceAllString(outHTML, "<$1>")
 	outHTML = endBlockReg.ReplaceAllString(outHTML, "</$1></$2>")
 
 	return outHTML
 }
 
 func ApplyBasicMarkdown(data []byte) string {
 	mdExtensions := 0 |
 		blackfriday.EXTENSION_STRIKETHROUGH |
 		blackfriday.EXTENSION_SPACE_HEADERS |
 		blackfriday.EXTENSION_HEADER_IDS
 	htmlFlags := 0 |
 		blackfriday.HTML_SKIP_HTML |
 		blackfriday.HTML_USE_SMARTYPANTS |
 		blackfriday.HTML_SMARTYPANTS_DASHES
 
 	// Generate Markdown
 	md := blackfriday.Markdown([]byte(data), blackfriday.HtmlRenderer(htmlFlags, "", ""), mdExtensions)
 	// Strip out bad HTML
 	policy := bluemonday.UGCPolicy()
 	policy.AllowAttrs("class", "id").Globally()
 	outHTML := string(policy.SanitizeBytes(md))
 	outHTML = markeddownReg.ReplaceAllString(outHTML, "$1")
 	outHTML = strings.TrimRightFunc(outHTML, unicode.IsSpace)
 
 	return outHTML
 }
+
+// StripHTMLWithoutEscaping strips HTML tags with bluemonday's StrictPolicy, then unescapes the HTML
+// entities added in by sanitizing the content.
+func StripHTMLWithoutEscaping(content string) string {
+	return html.UnescapeString(bluemonday.StrictPolicy().Sanitize(content))
+}