# Help requested for Excerpts

**URL:** <https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/help-requested-for-excerpts/5953>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [April 27, 2021, 9:23am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/help-requested-for-excerpts/5953 "2021-04-27T09:23:09Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 8:13pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/help-requested-for-excerpts/5953/6 "2021-04-27T20:13:22Z")

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> [@warbe-maker](#):
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> I use the minima theme

In the Minima theme, the [display of excepts is controlled by the `site.show_excerpts` variable](https://github.com/jekyll/minima#enabling-excerpts-on-the-home-page), so the first step is to define it in `_config.yml`:

```auto
show_excerpts: true

```

After that change, the home page will display each post’s default excerpt (the first paragraph of the post). If the first paragraph is not enough, you can use the `excerpt_separator` to include more/less in the excerpt.

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