diff --git a/include/bbcode.php b/include/bbcode.php
index d1cb1a911..267834403 100644
--- a/include/bbcode.php
+++ b/include/bbcode.php
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ function bb_rearrange_link($shared) {
 	return($newshare);
 }
 
-function bb_remove_share_information($Text) {
+function bb_remove_share_information($Text, $plaintext = false) {
+	if ($plaintext)
+		$Text = preg_replace("/\[bookmark\=([^\]]*)\](.*?)\[\/bookmark\]/ism","[bookmark=$1]$1[/bookmark]", $Text);
+
         $Text = preg_replace_callback("((.*?)\[class=(.*?)\](.*?)\[\/class\])ism","bb_cleanup_share",$Text);
         return($Text);
 }
@@ -1070,3 +1073,4 @@ function bbcode($Text,$preserve_nl = false, $tryoembed = true, $simplehtml = fal
 
 	return $Text;
 }
+?>
diff --git a/include/html2plain.php b/include/html2plain.php
index 54cc44794..0398ea79b 100644
--- a/include/html2plain.php
+++ b/include/html2plain.php
@@ -239,4 +239,4 @@ function html2plain($html, $wraplength = 75, $compact = false)
 
 	return(trim($message));
 }
-
+?>
diff --git a/include/plaintext.php b/include/plaintext.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..caba68d8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/plaintext.php
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+<?php
+function get_attached_data($body) {
+/*
+ - text:
+ - type: link, video, photo
+ - title:
+ - url:
+ - image:
+ - description:
+ - (thumbnail)
+*/
+	$post = array();
+
+	if (preg_match_all("(\[class=(.*?)\](.*?)\[\/class\])ism",$body, $attached,  PREG_SET_ORDER)) {
+		foreach ($attached AS $data) {
+			if (!in_array($data[1], array("type-link", "type-video", "type-photo")))
+				continue;
+
+			$post["type"] = substr($data[1], 5);
+
+			$post["text"] = trim(str_replace($data[0], "", $body));
+
+			$attacheddata = $data[2];
+
+			if (preg_match("/\[img\](.*?)\[\/img\]/ism", $attacheddata, $matches))
+				$post["image"] = $matches[1];
+
+			if (preg_match("/\[bookmark\=(.*?)\](.*?)\[\/bookmark\]/ism", $attacheddata, $matches)) {
+				$post["url"] = $matches[1];
+				$post["title"] = $matches[2];
+			}
+
+			// Search for description
+			if (preg_match("/\[quote\](.*?)\[\/quote\]/ism", $attacheddata, $matches))
+				$post["description"] = $matches[1];
+
+		}
+	}
+	return($post);
+}
+
+function plaintext($a, $b, $limit = 0, $includedlinks = false) {
+	require_once("include/bbcode.php");
+	require_once("include/html2plain.php");
+	require_once("mod/parse_url.php");
+	require_once("include/network.php");
+
+	// Simplify image codes
+	$body = preg_replace("/\[img\=([0-9]*)x([0-9]*)\](.*?)\[\/img\]/ism", '[img]$3[/img]', $b["body"]);
+
+	// At first look at data that is attached via "type-..." stuff
+	// This will hopefully replaced with a dedicated bbcode later
+	$post = get_attached_data($body);
+
+	// if nothing is found, it maybe having an image.
+	if (!isset($post["type"])) {
+		if (preg_match_all("(\[url=(.*?)\]\s*\[img\](.*?)\[\/img\]\s*\[\/url\])ism", $body, $pictures,  PREG_SET_ORDER)) {
+			if (count($pictures) == 1) {
+				// Checking, if the link goes to a picture
+				$data = parseurl_getsiteinfo($pictures[0][1], true);
+				if ($data["type"] == "photo") {
+					$post["type"] = "photo";
+					if (isset($data["images"][0]))
+						$post["image"] = $data["images"][0]["src"];
+					else
+						$post["image"] = $data["url"];
+
+					$post["preview"] = $pictures[0][2];
+					$post["text"] = str_replace($pictures[0][0], "", $body);
+				}
+			} elseif (count($pictures) > 1) {
+				$post["type"] = "link";
+				$post["url"] = $b["plink"];
+				$post["image"] = $pictures[0][2];
+				$post["text"] = $body;
+			}
+		} elseif (preg_match_all("(\[img\](.*?)\[\/img\])ism", $body, $pictures,  PREG_SET_ORDER)) {
+			if (count($pictures) == 1) {
+				$post["type"] = "photo";
+				$post["image"] = $pictures[0][1];
+				$post["text"] = str_replace($pictures[0][0], "", $body);
+			} elseif (count($pictures) > 1) {
+				$post["type"] = "link";
+				$post["url"] = $b["plink"];
+				$post["image"] = $pictures[0][1];
+				$post["text"] = $body;
+			}
+		} else {
+			$post["type"] = "text";
+			$post["text"] = trim($body);
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (($b["title"] != "") AND ($post["text"] != ""))
+		$post["text"] = trim($b["title"]."\n\n".$post["text"]);
+	elseif ($b["title"] != "")
+		$post["text"] = trim($b["title"]);
+
+	$html = bbcode($post["text"], false, false, 2);
+	$msg = html2plain($html, 0, true);
+	$msg = trim(html_entity_decode($msg,ENT_QUOTES,'UTF-8'));
+
+	$link = "";
+	if ($includedlinks) {
+		if ($post["type"] == "link")
+			$link = $post["url"];
+		elseif ($post["type"] == "video")
+			$link = $post["url"];
+		elseif ($post["type"] == "photo")
+			$link = $post["image"];
+
+		if (($msg == "") AND isset($post["title"]))
+			$msg = trim($post["title"]);
+
+		if (($msg == "") AND isset($post["description"]))
+			$msg = trim($post["description"]);
+
+		// If the link is already contained in the post, then it neeedn't to be added again
+		// But: if the link is beyond the limit, then it has to be added.
+		if (($link != "") AND strstr($msg, $link)) {
+			$pos = strpos($msg, $link);
+			if (($limit == 0) OR ($pos < $limit))
+				$link = "";
+		}
+	}
+
+	if ($limit > 0) {
+		// Reduce multiple spaces
+		// When posted to a network with limited space, we try to gain space where possible
+		while (strpos($msg, "  ") !== false)
+			$msg = str_replace("  ", " ", $msg);
+
+		// Twitter is using its own limiter, so we always assume that shortened links will have this length
+		if (strlen($link) > 0)
+			$limit = $limit - 23;
+
+		if (strlen($msg) > $limit) {
+
+			if (!isset($post["url"])) {
+				$limit = $limit - 23;
+				$post["url"] = $b["plink"];
+			}
+
+			$lines = explode("\n", $msg);
+			$msg = "";
+			$recycle = html_entity_decode("&#x2672; ", ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8');
+			foreach ($lines AS $row=>$line) {
+				if (strlen(trim($msg."\n".$line)) <= $limit)
+					$msg = trim($msg."\n".$line);
+				// Is the new message empty by now or is it a reshared message?
+				elseif (($msg == "") OR (($row == 1) AND (substr($msg, 0, 4) == $recycle)))
+					$msg = substr(substr(trim($msg."\n".$line), 0, $limit), 0, -3)."...";
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	$post["text"] = trim($msg);
+
+	return($post);
+}
+?>
diff --git a/mod/parse_url.php b/mod/parse_url.php
index a0608f636..135a4ccc6 100644
--- a/mod/parse_url.php
+++ b/mod/parse_url.php
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ function completeurl($url, $scheme) {
 }
 
 function parseurl_getsiteinfo($url, $no_guessing = false) {
+
 	$siteinfo = array();
 
 	$url = trim($url, "'");
@@ -172,7 +173,7 @@ function parseurl_getsiteinfo($url, $no_guessing = false) {
 					$siteinfo["image"] = $attr["content"];
 					break;
 				case "twitter:card":
-					if ($siteinfo["type"] == "")
+					if (($siteinfo["type"] == "") OR ($attr["content"] == "photo"))
 						$siteinfo["type"] = $attr["content"];
 					break;
 				case "twitter:description":
@@ -440,3 +441,4 @@ function parse_url_content(&$a) {
 
 	killme();
 }
+?>