From af9abf236870c77dc799298d192dbdb161bdbff3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: svemagie <869694+svemagie@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2026 07:56:52 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Skip empty titles in homepage Recent Posts cards

---
 _includes/components/sections/recent-posts.njk       | 8 ++++----
 theme/_includes/components/sections/recent-posts.njk | 8 ++++----
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/_includes/components/sections/recent-posts.njk b/_includes/components/sections/recent-posts.njk
index 5e9f2ed..9f33f1d 100644
--- a/_includes/components/sections/recent-posts.njk
+++ b/_includes/components/sections/recent-posts.njk
@@ -84,9 +84,9 @@
               {{ post.date | dateDisplay }}
             </time>
           </div>
-          {% if post.data.title %}
+          {% if post.data.title and (post.data.title | trim) %}
           <h3 class="p-name font-semibold text-surface-900 dark:text-surface-100 mt-1">
-            <a class="hover:text-accent-600 dark:hover:text-accent-400" href="{{ post.url }}">{{ post.data.title }}</a>
+            <a class="hover:text-accent-600 dark:hover:text-accent-400" href="{{ post.url }}">{{ post.data.title | trim }}</a>
           </h3>
           {% endif %}
           {{ bookmarkedUrl | unfurlCard | safe }}
@@ -194,11 +194,11 @@
         </div>
       </div>
 
-      {% elif post.data.title %}
+      {% elif post.data.title and (post.data.title | trim) %}
       {# ── Article card ── #}
       <h3 class="p-name font-semibold text-surface-900 dark:text-surface-100 mb-1">
         <a href="{{ post.url }}" class="u-url hover:text-accent-600 dark:hover:text-accent-400">
-          {{ post.data.title }}
+          {{ post.data.title | trim }}
         </a>
       </h3>
       {% if showSummary and post.templateContent %}
diff --git a/theme/_includes/components/sections/recent-posts.njk b/theme/_includes/components/sections/recent-posts.njk
index 6c89b14..e7b459b 100644
--- a/theme/_includes/components/sections/recent-posts.njk
+++ b/theme/_includes/components/sections/recent-posts.njk
@@ -84,9 +84,9 @@
               {{ post.date | dateDisplay }}
             </time>
           </div>
-          {% if post.data.title %}
+          {% if post.data.title and (post.data.title | trim) %}
           <h3 class="p-name font-semibold text-surface-900 dark:text-surface-100 mt-1">
-            <a class="hover:text-accent-600 dark:hover:text-accent-400" href="{{ post.url }}">{{ post.data.title }}</a>
+            <a class="hover:text-accent-600 dark:hover:text-accent-400" href="{{ post.url }}">{{ post.data.title | trim }}</a>
           </h3>
           {% endif %}
           {{ bookmarkedUrl | unfurlCard | safe }}
@@ -194,11 +194,11 @@
         </div>
       </div>
 
-      {% elif post.data.title %}
+      {% elif post.data.title and (post.data.title | trim) %}
       {# ── Article card ── #}
       <h3 class="p-name font-semibold text-surface-900 dark:text-surface-100 mb-1">
         <a href="{{ post.url }}" class="u-url hover:text-accent-600 dark:hover:text-accent-400">
-          {{ post.data.title }}
+          {{ post.data.title | trim }}
         </a>
       </h3>
       {% if showSummary and post.templateContent %}