diff --git a/djangocms_blog/templates/djangocms_blog/includes/blog_item.html b/djangocms_blog/templates/djangocms_blog/includes/blog_item.html
index 3a44085..71605a2 100644
--- a/djangocms_blog/templates/djangocms_blog/includes/blog_item.html
+++ b/djangocms_blog/templates/djangocms_blog/includes/blog_item.html
@@ -5,30 +5,7 @@
{% if image and post.main_image %}
diff --git a/djangocms_blog/templates/djangocms_blog/includes/blog_meta.html b/djangocms_blog/templates/djangocms_blog/includes/blog_meta.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8be90e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/djangocms_blog/templates/djangocms_blog/includes/blog_meta.html
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{% load i18n thumbnail cms_tags %}
+{% load url from future %}
+
+
+ {% if post.author %}
+ -
+ {% trans "by" %} {% if post.author.get_full_name %}{{ post.author.get_full_name }}{% else %}{{ post.author }}{% endif %}
+
+ {% endif %}
+ -
+ {{ post.date_published|date:"M d, Y" }}
+
+
+
+ {% if post.categories.exists %}
+ {% for category in post.categories.all %}
+ {% if category.slug %}
+ - {{ category.name }}{% if not forloop.last %}, {% endif %}
+ {% endif %}
+ {% endfor %}
+ {% endif %}
+ {% if post.tags.exists %}
+ {% for tag in post.tags.all %}
+ - {{ tag.name }}{% if not forloop.last %}, {% endif %}
+ {% endfor %}
+ {% endif %}
+
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/djangocms_blog/templates/djangocms_blog/post_detail.html b/djangocms_blog/templates/djangocms_blog/post_detail.html
index f619391..affa872 100644
--- a/djangocms_blog/templates/djangocms_blog/post_detail.html
+++ b/djangocms_blog/templates/djangocms_blog/post_detail.html
@@ -12,28 +12,7 @@
{% render_model post "title" %}
{% block blog_meta %}
-
- {% if post.author %}
- -
- {% trans "by" %} {{ post.author.get_full_name }}
-
- {% endif %}
- -
- {{ post.date_published|date:"M d, Y" }}
-
-
-
- {% if post.categories.exists %}
- {% for category in post.categories.all %}
- - {{ category.name }}{% if not forloop.last %}, {% endif %}
- {% endfor %}
- {% endif %}
- {% if post.tags.exists %}
- {% for tag in post.tags.all %}
- - {{ tag.name }}{% if not forloop.last %}, {% endif %}
- {% endfor %}
- {% endif %}
-
+ {% include "djangocms_blog/includes/blog_meta.html" %}
{% endblock %}
{% if post.main_image_id %}