diff --git a/server/src/html/forum/ingest.rs b/server/src/html/forum/ingest.rs
index 168106e495cf1a81f62f6a49e35c64beea287924..308358abc6cd6811079d9ec41b114093c0294d02 100644
--- a/server/src/html/forum/ingest.rs
+++ b/server/src/html/forum/ingest.rs
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ fn post_header_meta(
     principal: &str,
     ts: i64,
     now: i64,
+    delete_post_id: Option<&str>,
 ) -> Markup {
     let post_href = nav.post_url(tag, post_idx);
     let profile = profile_href(principal);
@@ -52,11 +53,19 @@ fn post_header_meta(
     let ago = timeago::timeago(now, ts);
     html! {
         div class="ingest-meta muted" title=(hover) {
-            a href=(post_href) class="post-num" { "#" (post_idx) }
-            " "
-            a href=(profile) class="post-author" { "@" (principal) }
-            " · "
-            (ago)
+            span class="ingest-meta-primary" {
+                a href=(post_href) class="post-num" { "#" (post_idx) }
+                " "
+                a href=(profile) class="post-author" { "@" (principal) }
+                " · "
+                (ago)
+            }
+            @if let Some(pid) = delete_post_id {
+                form class="post-delete-form" method="POST" action="/ui" {
+                    input type="hidden" name=(UI_RPC_FIELD) value=(template_json_compact(&HtmlUiAction::RedactPost { post_id: pid.to_string() }).unwrap());
+                    button type="submit" class="post-delete-btn" { "delete" }
+                }
+            }
         }
     }
 }
@@ -70,18 +79,12 @@ pub(super) fn post_header_row(
     now: i64,
     show_delete: bool,
 ) -> Markup {
-    let meta = post_header_meta(nav, tag, post_idx, &ing.principal, ing.ts, now);
-    html! {
-        div class="ingest-header-row" {
-            (meta)
-            @if show_delete {
-                form class="post-delete-form" method="POST" action="/ui" {
-                    input type="hidden" name=(UI_RPC_FIELD) value=(template_json_compact(&HtmlUiAction::RedactPost { post_id: ing.id.clone() }).unwrap());
-                    button type="submit" class="post-delete-btn" { "delete" }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
+    let delete_post_id = if show_delete {
+        Some(ing.id.as_str())
+    } else {
+        None
+    };
+    post_header_meta(nav, tag, post_idx, &ing.principal, ing.ts, now, delete_post_id)
 }
 
 pub(super) fn redacted_header_row(
@@ -92,7 +95,7 @@ pub(super) fn redacted_header_row(
     now: i64,
     expanded: bool,
 ) -> Markup {
-    let meta = post_header_meta(nav, tag, post_idx, &ing.principal, ing.ts, now);
+    let meta = post_header_meta(nav, tag, post_idx, &ing.principal, ing.ts, now, None);
     let rpc_expand = template_json_compact(&json!({
         "action": "expand_redacted_post",
         "room": nav.room_wire,
diff --git a/server/static/theme_default.css b/server/static/theme_default.css
index 560881c1eec62f12d1e66875287be3c2f39198fc..83b49d079e6bf3e47c27fbd443a0ae75b1a03051 100644
--- a/server/static/theme_default.css
+++ b/server/static/theme_default.css
@@ -552,12 +552,21 @@ pre a.pre-link {
 }
 
 div.ingest-meta {
+  align-items: center;
   background: var(--g3);
   border-bottom: 2px solid var(--lo);
   color: var(--meta);
+  display: flex;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
   font-size: 12px;
+  gap: 6px 10px;
+  justify-content: space-between;
   padding: 3px 10px;
 }
+span.ingest-meta-primary {
+  flex: 1 1 auto;
+  min-width: 0;
+}
 a.post-num { color: var(--meta); font-size: 12px; }
 a.post-num:hover { color: var(--signal); }
 a.post-author { color: var(--meta); font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; }
@@ -579,7 +588,12 @@ div.ingest-header-row div.ingest-meta {
   flex: 1 1 auto;
   padding: 0;
 }
-form.post-delete-form { display: inline; margin: 0; }
+form.post-delete-form {
+  display: block;
+  flex-shrink: 0;
+  margin: 0;
+  margin-left: auto;
+}
 button.post-delete-btn {
   background: var(--g4);
   border: var(--bv) solid;
diff --git a/server/static/theme_retro_craft.css b/server/static/theme_retro_craft.css
index eb022a8c84c1d0cff36410541872d68a11195e31..7181c7f8547940a402ae0211220fd6ee93ee1364 100644
--- a/server/static/theme_retro_craft.css
+++ b/server/static/theme_retro_craft.css
@@ -132,8 +132,22 @@ p.post-truncation-action {
   margin: 0;
 }
 div.ingest-meta {
+  align-items: center;
   border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
-  padding: 0.35rem 0.65rem;
+  display: flex;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+  justify-content: space-between;
+  padding-left: 0.35rem;
+}
+span.ingest-meta-primary {
+  flex: 1 1 auto;
+  min-width: 0;
+}
+form.post-delete-form {
+  display: block;
+  flex-shrink: 0;
+  margin: 0;
+  margin-left: auto;
 }
 a.post-num {
   color: var(--ink-dim);