diff --git a/client/src/components/RichTextEditor.jsx b/client/src/components/RichTextEditor.jsx
index e9289f4..0f81773 100644
--- a/client/src/components/RichTextEditor.jsx
+++ b/client/src/components/RichTextEditor.jsx
@@ -25,7 +25,13 @@ function escapeHtml(s) {
   return String(s).replace(/[&<>"]/g, (c) => ({ '&': '&amp;', '<': '&lt;', '>': '&gt;', '"': '&quot;' })[c])
 }
 
-export default function RichTextEditor({ value, onChange, pages = [] }) {
+// Toolbar variants:
+//   'full'    — every control, incl. the internal wiki-page link picker (wiki use).
+//   'post'    — full minus the wiki-page picker (no page-list context in posts).
+//   'minimal' — image upload only; text formatting stripped (Screenshots captions).
+export default function RichTextEditor({ value, onChange, pages = [], variant = 'full' }) {
+  const showText = variant !== 'minimal' // bold/italic/strike, headings, lists, quotes, links
+  const showWikiLink = variant === 'full' && pages.length > 0
   const fileRef = useRef(null)
   const [uploading, setUploading] = useState(false)
   const [linkMenu, setLinkMenu] = useState(false)
@@ -90,45 +96,51 @@ export default function RichTextEditor({ value, onChange, pages = [] }) {
   return (
     <div className="rte">
       <div className="rte-toolbar">
-        <Btn title="Bold" active={editor.isActive('bold')} onClick={() => editor.chain().focus().toggleBold().run()}>
-          <b>B</b>
-        </Btn>
-        <Btn title="Italic" active={editor.isActive('italic')} onClick={() => editor.chain().focus().toggleItalic().run()}>
-          <i>I</i>
-        </Btn>
-        <Btn title="Strikethrough" active={editor.isActive('strike')} onClick={() => editor.chain().focus().toggleStrike().run()}>
-          <s>S</s>
-        </Btn>
-        <span className="rte-sep" />
-        <Btn title="Heading 2 (table of contents)" active={editor.isActive('heading', { level: 2 })} onClick={() => editor.chain().focus().toggleHeading({ level: 2 }).run()}>
-          H2
-        </Btn>
-        <Btn title="Heading 3" active={editor.isActive('heading', { level: 3 })} onClick={() => editor.chain().focus().toggleHeading({ level: 3 }).run()}>
-          H3
-        </Btn>
-        <span className="rte-sep" />
-        <Btn title="Bullet list" active={editor.isActive('bulletList')} onClick={() => editor.chain().focus().toggleBulletList().run()}>
-          • List
-        </Btn>
-        <Btn title="Numbered list" active={editor.isActive('orderedList')} onClick={() => editor.chain().focus().toggleOrderedList().run()}>
-          1. List
-        </Btn>
-        <Btn title="Quote" active={editor.isActive('blockquote')} onClick={() => editor.chain().focus().toggleBlockquote().run()}>
-          ❝
-        </Btn>
-        <Btn title="Code block" active={editor.isActive('codeBlock')} onClick={() => editor.chain().focus().toggleCodeBlock().run()}>
-          {'</>'}
-        </Btn>
-        <Btn title="Divider" onClick={() => editor.chain().focus().setHorizontalRule().run()}>
-          —
-        </Btn>
-        <span className="rte-sep" />
-        <Btn title="Link" active={editor.isActive('link')} onClick={setLink}>
-          🔗
-        </Btn>
-        <Btn title="Link to another wiki page" disabled={pages.length === 0} onClick={() => setLinkMenu((v) => !v)}>
-          📄
-        </Btn>
+        {showText && (
+          <>
+            <Btn title="Bold" active={editor.isActive('bold')} onClick={() => editor.chain().focus().toggleBold().run()}>
+              <b>B</b>
+            </Btn>
+            <Btn title="Italic" active={editor.isActive('italic')} onClick={() => editor.chain().focus().toggleItalic().run()}>
+              <i>I</i>
+            </Btn>
+            <Btn title="Strikethrough" active={editor.isActive('strike')} onClick={() => editor.chain().focus().toggleStrike().run()}>
+              <s>S</s>
+            </Btn>
+            <span className="rte-sep" />
+            <Btn title="Heading 2 (table of contents)" active={editor.isActive('heading', { level: 2 })} onClick={() => editor.chain().focus().toggleHeading({ level: 2 }).run()}>
+              H2
+            </Btn>
+            <Btn title="Heading 3" active={editor.isActive('heading', { level: 3 })} onClick={() => editor.chain().focus().toggleHeading({ level: 3 }).run()}>
+              H3
+            </Btn>
+            <span className="rte-sep" />
+            <Btn title="Bullet list" active={editor.isActive('bulletList')} onClick={() => editor.chain().focus().toggleBulletList().run()}>
+              • List
+            </Btn>
+            <Btn title="Numbered list" active={editor.isActive('orderedList')} onClick={() => editor.chain().focus().toggleOrderedList().run()}>
+              1. List
+            </Btn>
+            <Btn title="Quote" active={editor.isActive('blockquote')} onClick={() => editor.chain().focus().toggleBlockquote().run()}>
+              ❝
+            </Btn>
+            <Btn title="Code block" active={editor.isActive('codeBlock')} onClick={() => editor.chain().focus().toggleCodeBlock().run()}>
+              {'</>'}
+            </Btn>
+            <Btn title="Divider" onClick={() => editor.chain().focus().setHorizontalRule().run()}>
+              —
+            </Btn>
+            <span className="rte-sep" />
+            <Btn title="Link" active={editor.isActive('link')} onClick={setLink}>
+              🔗
+            </Btn>
+            {showWikiLink && (
+              <Btn title="Link to another wiki page" onClick={() => setLinkMenu((v) => !v)}>
+                📄
+              </Btn>
+            )}
+          </>
+        )}
         <Btn title="Insert image" disabled={uploading} onClick={() => fileRef.current?.click()}>
           {uploading ? '…' : '🖼'}
         </Btn>
diff --git a/client/src/routes/admin/views/PostEditor.jsx b/client/src/routes/admin/views/PostEditor.jsx
index 5d1df24..5747b45 100644
--- a/client/src/routes/admin/views/PostEditor.jsx
+++ b/client/src/routes/admin/views/PostEditor.jsx
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-import { useState } from 'react'
+import { lazy, Suspense, useState } from 'react'
 import Modal from '../../../components/Modal.jsx'
 import { api } from '../../../api/client.js'
 
+const RichTextEditor = lazy(() => import('../../../components/RichTextEditor.jsx'))
+
 const CATEGORIES = [
   { v: 'news', l: 'News' },
   { v: 'five-on-friday', l: 'Five on Friday' },
@@ -146,10 +148,16 @@ export default function PostEditor({ post, onClose, onSaved }) {
           )}
         </label>
 
-        <label>
-          <span className="field-label">Body (HTML or text)</span>
-          <textarea value={form.body} onChange={set('body')} className="textarea" />
-        </label>
+        <div>
+          <span className="field-label">Body</span>
+          <Suspense fallback={<span className="spin" />}>
+            <RichTextEditor
+              value={form.body}
+              onChange={(html) => setForm((f) => ({ ...f, body: html }))}
+              variant={isScreenshot ? 'minimal' : 'post'}
+            />
+          </Suspense>
+        </div>
       </div>
     </Modal>
   )
diff --git a/client/src/routes/public/FiveOnFriday.jsx b/client/src/routes/public/FiveOnFriday.jsx
index 9b99bf7..f176e2a 100644
--- a/client/src/routes/public/FiveOnFriday.jsx
+++ b/client/src/routes/public/FiveOnFriday.jsx
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import DOMPurify from 'dompurify'
 import PublicLayout from '../../components/PublicLayout.jsx'
 import PageHeader from '../../components/PageHeader.jsx'
 import { Loading, ErrorState, EmptyState } from '../../components/PageState.jsx'
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ export default function FiveOnFriday() {
                 {it.title}
               </h2>
               {it.body ? (
-                <div className="prose" dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: it.body }} />
+                <div className="prose" dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: DOMPurify.sanitize(it.body) }} />
               ) : (
                 it.excerpt && <p style={{ margin: 0, color: 'var(--text)' }}>{it.excerpt}</p>
               )}
diff --git a/client/src/routes/public/NewsletterIssue.jsx b/client/src/routes/public/NewsletterIssue.jsx
index 36fe976..116169d 100644
--- a/client/src/routes/public/NewsletterIssue.jsx
+++ b/client/src/routes/public/NewsletterIssue.jsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { Link, useParams } from 'react-router-dom'
+import DOMPurify from 'dompurify'
 import PublicLayout from '../../components/PublicLayout.jsx'
 import { Loading, ErrorState } from '../../components/PageState.jsx'
 import { useAsync } from '../../lib/useAsync.js'
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ function Issue({ issue }) {
       {issue.excerpt && <p style={{ margin: '14px 0 0', color: 'var(--muted)', fontSize: '1.1rem' }}>{issue.excerpt}</p>}
       <div style={{ height: 1, background: 'var(--line)', margin: '28px 0' }} />
       {issue.body ? (
-        <div className="prose" dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: issue.body }} />
+        <div className="prose" dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: DOMPurify.sanitize(issue.body) }} />
       ) : (
         <p className="muted">This issue has no content yet.</p>
       )}
diff --git a/server/src/model/posts/posts.model.js b/server/src/model/posts/posts.model.js
index 77bcb0a..fb1e323 100644
--- a/server/src/model/posts/posts.model.js
+++ b/server/src/model/posts/posts.model.js
@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
 const postsDb = require('./posts.db')
+const { cleanBody, deriveExcerpt } = require('../../utils/sanitizeHtml')
+
+// Sanitize body HTML and treat an empty editor (TipTap emits `<p></p>`) as null
+// so we never store a meaningless empty paragraph.
+function normalizeBody(body) {
+  const clean = cleanBody(body)
+  if (clean == null) return null
+  return String(clean).trim() === '<p></p>' ? null : clean
+}
 
 // URL category (kebab) <-> DB enum value.
 const CATEGORY_MAP = {
@@ -40,12 +49,22 @@ async function getById(id) {
 }
 
 async function create(post) {
-  const id = await postsDb.insert(post)
+  const body = normalizeBody(post.body)
+  // Auto-fill the excerpt from the first of the body when left blank.
+  const excerpt = post.excerpt && String(post.excerpt).trim() ? post.excerpt : deriveExcerpt(body)
+  const id = await postsDb.insert({ ...post, body, excerpt: excerpt || null })
   return postsDb.findById(id)
 }
 
 async function update(id, fields) {
-  await postsDb.update(id, fields)
+  const next = { ...fields }
+  if ('body' in next) next.body = normalizeBody(next.body)
+  // If the body is being updated and no non-empty excerpt was supplied,
+  // derive one from the new body.
+  if ('body' in next && !(next.excerpt && String(next.excerpt).trim())) {
+    next.excerpt = deriveExcerpt(next.body) || null
+  }
+  await postsDb.update(id, next)
   return postsDb.findById(id)
 }
 
diff --git a/server/src/utils/sanitizeHtml.js b/server/src/utils/sanitizeHtml.js
index 7044e79..15d57ee 100644
--- a/server/src/utils/sanitizeHtml.js
+++ b/server/src/utils/sanitizeHtml.js
@@ -42,4 +42,22 @@ function cleanBody(html) {
   return sanitizeHtml(String(html), OPTIONS)
 }
 
-module.exports = { cleanBody, OPTIONS }
+/**
+ * Derive a plain-text excerpt from body HTML. Strips tags, collapses
+ * whitespace, and truncates to `max` chars (with an ellipsis). Used as the
+ * excerpt fallback when an author leaves the excerpt field blank.
+ * @param {string|null|undefined} html
+ * @param {number} [max=280]
+ * @returns {string|null}
+ */
+function deriveExcerpt(html, max = 280) {
+  if (html == null) return null
+  const text = String(html)
+    .replace(/<[^>]+>/g, ' ')
+    .replace(/\s+/g, ' ')
+    .trim()
+  if (!text) return null
+  return text.length > max ? `${text.slice(0, max - 3)}...` : text
+}
+
+module.exports = { cleanBody, deriveExcerpt, OPTIONS }