1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/helpers/content.go b/helpers/content.go
index be5090c21..3892647bb 100644
--- a/helpers/content.go
+++ b/helpers/content.go
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ import (
 // SummaryDivider denotes where content summarization should end. The default is "<!--more-->".
 var SummaryDivider = []byte("<!--more-->")
 
+var (
+	openingPTag        = []byte("<p>")
+	closingPTag        = []byte("</p>")
+	paragraphIndicator = []byte("<p")
+)
+
 // ContentSpec provides functionality to render markdown content.
 type ContentSpec struct {
 	BlackFriday                *BlackFriday
@@ -580,6 +586,21 @@ func (c *ContentSpec) TruncateWordsToWholeSentence(s string) (string, bool) {
 	return strings.TrimSpace(s[:endIndex]), endIndex < len(s)
 }
 
+// TrimShortHTML removes the <p>/</p> tags from HTML input in the situation
+// where said tags are the only <p> tags in the input and enclose the content
+// of the input (whitespace excluded).
+func (c *ContentSpec) TrimShortHTML(input []byte) []byte {
+	first := bytes.Index(input, paragraphIndicator)
+	last := bytes.LastIndex(input, paragraphIndicator)
+	if first == last {
+		input = bytes.TrimSpace(input)
+		input = bytes.TrimPrefix(input, openingPTag)
+		input = bytes.TrimSuffix(input, closingPTag)
+		input = bytes.TrimSpace(input)
+	}
+	return input
+}
+
 func isEndOfSentence(r rune) bool {
 	return r == '.' || r == '?' || r == '!' || r == '"' || r == '\n'
 }