diff --git a/counters.js b/counters.js
index b74688e680..f9701f0ea3 100644
--- a/counters.js
+++ b/counters.js
@@ -172,23 +172,30 @@ function counters() {
     fetch("https://golem.linux.it/wp/wp-json/wp/v2/posts?sticky=true")
     .then(response => response.json())
     .then(json => {
-        let article = document.getElementById("wp-featured-posts");
+        let ul = document.getElementById("wp-featured-posts");
 
         if (json.length == 0) {
             let text = document.createTextNode("Nessun articolo in evidenza");
-            article.appendChild(text);
+            ul.appendChild(text);
         } else {
-            let post = json[0];
-            let a = document.createElement("a");
-            a.href = post.link;
-            a.appendChild(document.createTextNode(post.title.rendered));
-            article.appendChild(a);
-            let text = post.excerpt.rendered.replace(/<.*?>/g, '');
-            text = text.substr(0, text.indexOf('.') + 1);
-            text += ' [...]';
-            let textNode = document.createTextNode(text);
-            article.appendChild(document.createElement('br'));
-            article.appendChild(textNode);
+            for (let i = 0; i < json.length && i < 2; ++i) {
+                let li = document.createElement("li");
+                let post = json[i];
+                let a = document.createElement("a");
+                a.href = post.link;
+                a.appendChild(document.createTextNode(post.title.rendered));
+                li.appendChild(a);
+                /* create a temporary element to exploit the HTML parser of the browser
+                    and then retrieve the HTML-tag-free purged text */
+                let elem = document.createElement("div");
+                elem.innerHTML = post.excerpt.rendered;
+                let text = elem.textContent || elem.innerText;
+                text = text.substr(0, text.indexOf('.') + 1);
+                let textNode = document.createTextNode(text);
+                li.appendChild(document.createElement('br'));
+                li.appendChild(textNode);
+                ul.appendChild(li);
+            }
         }
 
     })