diff --git a/framework/core/js/src/forum/components/PostMeta.js b/framework/core/js/src/forum/components/PostMeta.js
index 78573db5bf..4757541f18 100644
--- a/framework/core/js/src/forum/components/PostMeta.js
+++ b/framework/core/js/src/forum/components/PostMeta.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import app from '../../forum/app';
 import Component from '../../common/Component';
 import humanTime from '../../common/helpers/humanTime';
 import fullTime from '../../common/helpers/fullTime';
+import ItemList from '../../common/utils/ItemList';
 
 /**
  * The `PostMeta` component displays the time of a post, and when clicked, shows
@@ -14,38 +15,7 @@ import fullTime from '../../common/helpers/fullTime';
  */
 export default class PostMeta extends Component {
   view() {
-    const post = this.attrs.post;
-    const time = post.createdAt();
-    const permalink = this.getPermalink(post);
-    const touch = 'ontouchstart' in document.documentElement;
-
-    // When the dropdown menu is shown, select the contents of the permalink
-    // input so that the user can quickly copy the URL.
-    const selectPermalink = function (e) {
-      setTimeout(() => $(this).parent().find('.PostMeta-permalink').select());
-
-      e.redraw = false;
-    };
-
-    return (
-      <div className="Dropdown PostMeta">
-        <a className="Dropdown-toggle" onclick={selectPermalink} data-toggle="dropdown">
-          {humanTime(time)}
-        </a>
-
-        <div className="Dropdown-menu dropdown-menu">
-          <span className="PostMeta-number">{app.translator.trans('core.forum.post.number_tooltip', { number: post.number() })}</span>{' '}
-          <span className="PostMeta-time">{fullTime(time)}</span> <span className="PostMeta-ip">{post.data.attributes.ipAddress}</span>
-          {touch ? (
-            <a className="Button PostMeta-permalink" href={permalink}>
-              {permalink}
-            </a>
-          ) : (
-            <input className="FormControl PostMeta-permalink" value={permalink} onclick={(e) => e.stopPropagation()} />
-          )}
-        </div>
-      </div>
-    );
+    return <div className="Dropdown PostMeta">{this.viewItems().toArray()}</div>;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -57,4 +27,71 @@ export default class PostMeta extends Component {
   getPermalink(post) {
     return app.forum.attribute('baseOrigin') + app.route.post(post);
   }
+
+  /**
+   * When the dropdown menu is shown, select the contents of the permalink
+   * input so that the user can quickly copy the URL.
+   * @param {Event} e
+   */
+  selectPermalink(e) {
+    setTimeout(() => $(this.element).parent().find('.PostMeta-permalink').select());
+
+    e.redraw = false;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @returns {ItemList}
+   */
+  viewItems() {
+    const items = new ItemList();
+    const post = this.attrs.post;
+    const time = post.createdAt();
+
+    items.add(
+      'time',
+      <a className="Dropdown-toggle" onclick={(e) => this.selectPermalink(e)} data-toggle="dropdown">
+        {humanTime(time)}
+      </a>,
+      100
+    );
+
+    items.add('meta-dropdown', <div className="Dropdown-menu dropdown-menu">{this.metaItems().toArray()}</div>, 90);
+
+    return items;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @returns {ItemList}
+   */
+  metaItems() {
+    const items = new ItemList();
+    const post = this.attrs.post;
+    const touch = 'ontouchstart' in document.documentElement;
+    const permalink = this.getPermalink(post);
+    const time = post.createdAt();
+
+    items.add(
+      'post-number',
+      <span className="PostMeta-number">{app.translator.trans('core.forum.post.number_tooltip', { number: post.number() })} </span>,
+      100
+    );
+
+    items.add('post-time', <span className="PostMeta-time">{fullTime(time)}</span>, 90);
+
+    items.add('post-ip', <span className="PostMeta-ip">{post.data.attributes.ipAddress}</span>);
+
+    items.add(
+      'permalink',
+      touch ? (
+        <a className="Button PostMeta-permalink" href={permalink}>
+          {permalink}
+        </a>
+      ) : (
+        <input className="FormControl PostMeta-permalink" value={permalink} onclick={(e) => e.stopPropagation()} />
+      ),
+      0
+    );
+
+    return items;
+  }
 }