Get Jekyll Configuration Inside Plugin

Question

I\'d like to make changes to the Jekyll Only First Paragraph plugin to make the generation of a \'read more \' link a configurable option.

To do this I\'d need to be abl

Answer 1

If you are working with Generators (which are also plugins), it is possible to get the configuration like this:

class MyPlugin < Jekyll::Generator
  def generate(site)
    puts site.config["max_posts"] # max_posts as defined in _config.yml

You'll get the site as an argument, and the .config is accessible as an hash.