diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index 9d251312db1..3529f658206 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ This serves two purposes:
 ### Fixed
 - Fixed a bug where the sitemap and RSS feed generator commands did not work when the `_site/` directory was not present in https://github.com/hydephp/develop/pull/1654
 - Fixed extra newlines being written to console for failing build tasks in https://github.com/hydephp/develop/pull/1661
+- Markdown formatting will now be stripped when generating an automatic blog post description when none is set in https://github.com/hydephp/develop/pull/1662 (fixes https://github.com/hydephp/develop/issues/1634)
 - Realtime Compiler: Fixed responsive dashboard table issue in https://github.com/hydephp/develop/pull/1595
 
 ### Security
diff --git a/packages/framework/src/Framework/Factories/BlogPostDataFactory.php b/packages/framework/src/Framework/Factories/BlogPostDataFactory.php
index 8eb80a3d401..667800b0718 100644
--- a/packages/framework/src/Framework/Factories/BlogPostDataFactory.php
+++ b/packages/framework/src/Framework/Factories/BlogPostDataFactory.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 namespace Hyde\Framework\Factories;
 
 use Hyde\Framework\Factories\Concerns\CoreDataObject;
+use Hyde\Framework\Actions\ConvertsMarkdownToPlainText;
 use Hyde\Framework\Features\Blogging\Models\FeaturedImage;
 use Hyde\Framework\Features\Blogging\Models\PostAuthor;
 use Hyde\Markdown\Contracts\FrontMatter\BlogPostSchema;
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ public function toArray(): array
 
     protected function makeDescription(): string
     {
-        return $this->getMatter('description') ?? $this->getTruncatedMarkdown($this->markdown->body());
+        return $this->getMatter('description') ?? $this->makeDescriptionFromMarkdownBody();
     }
 
     protected function makeCategory(): ?string
@@ -107,6 +108,11 @@ protected function makeImage(): ?FeaturedImage
         return null;
     }
 
+    private function makeDescriptionFromMarkdownBody(): string
+    {
+        return $this->getTruncatedMarkdown($this->stripMarkdownFromBody($this->markdown->body()));
+    }
+
     private function getTruncatedMarkdown(string $markdown): string
     {
         if (strlen($markdown) >= 128) {
@@ -116,6 +122,11 @@ private function getTruncatedMarkdown(string $markdown): string
         return $markdown;
     }
 
+    private function stripMarkdownFromBody(string $body): string
+    {
+        return (new ConvertsMarkdownToPlainText($body))->execute();
+    }
+
     protected function getMatter(string $key): string|null|array
     {
         return $this->matter->get($key);
diff --git a/packages/framework/tests/Unit/Pages/MarkdownPostHelpersTest.php b/packages/framework/tests/Unit/Pages/MarkdownPostHelpersTest.php
index 7e93b577afa..721c575eb86 100644
--- a/packages/framework/tests/Unit/Pages/MarkdownPostHelpersTest.php
+++ b/packages/framework/tests/Unit/Pages/MarkdownPostHelpersTest.php
@@ -49,4 +49,10 @@ public function testDynamicDescriptionIsTruncatedWhenLongerThan128Characters()
         $post = MarkdownPost::make('foo-bar', [], str_repeat('a', 128));
         $this->assertEquals(str_repeat('a', 125).'...', $post->description);
     }
+
+    public function testDynamicDescriptionStripsMarkdown()
+    {
+        $post = MarkdownPost::make('foo-bar', [], '## This is a **bold** description with [a link](https://example.com) and <code>more</code>');
+        $this->assertEquals('This is a bold description with a link and more', $post->description);
+    }
 }