diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index f7869ab12..f2520fe3b 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ markdown_extensions:
 
 plugins:
   - blog:
+      categories: false
+      post_excerpt: required
       post_excerpt_max_authors: 5
   - markdownextradata:
   - redirects: