diff --git a/js/forum/dist/app.js b/js/forum/dist/app.js
index 47b003f73..b2aa69779 100644
--- a/js/forum/dist/app.js
+++ b/js/forum/dist/app.js
@@ -31481,11 +31481,13 @@ System.register('flarum/utils/string', [], function (_export, _context) {
       _export('slug', slug);
 
       function getPlainContent(string) {
-        var dom = $('<div/>').html(string.replace(/(<\/p>|<br>)/g, '$1 &nbsp;'));
+        var html = string.replace(/(<\/p>|<br>)/g, '$1 &nbsp;').replace(/<img\b[^>]*>/ig, ' ');
+
+        var dom = $('<div/>').html(html);
 
         dom.find(getPlainContent.removeSelectors.join(',')).remove();
 
-        return dom.text();
+        return dom.text().replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim();
       }
 
       /**
diff --git a/js/lib/utils/string.js b/js/lib/utils/string.js
index d8d11d257..92ad98ae7 100644
--- a/js/lib/utils/string.js
+++ b/js/lib/utils/string.js
@@ -34,11 +34,15 @@ export function slug(string) {
  * @return {String}
  */
 export function getPlainContent(string) {
-  const dom = $('<div/>').html(string.replace(/(<\/p>|<br>)/g, '$1 &nbsp;'));
+  const html = string
+    .replace(/(<\/p>|<br>)/g, '$1 &nbsp;')
+    .replace(/<img\b[^>]*>/ig, ' ');
+
+  const dom = $('<div/>').html(html);
 
   dom.find(getPlainContent.removeSelectors.join(',')).remove();
 
-  return dom.text();
+  return dom.text().replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim();
 }
 
 /**