diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e82ff19..46513b7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ MANIFEST
 # PyInstaller
 #  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
 #  before PyInstaller builds the exe, so as to inject date/other infos into it.
-*.manifest
 *.spec
 
 # Installer logs
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index 2330344..a3d5a0a 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@ plugins:
     merge_docs_dir: false
     ignore_folders: [build, dist, tests]
     include_extensions: [LICENSE]
-    semiliterate:
-      - pattern: '(\.md)$'
+    report_docs_build: true
+    extract_standard_markdown:
         replace: [['^(.*)<!-- repo: -->.*<!-- site:(.*?) -->(.*\s*)$', '\1\2\3']]
+    semiliterate:
       - pattern: '(\.py)$'
         start: '"""\smd'
         stop: '"""'
diff --git a/mkdocs_semiliterate/plugin.py b/mkdocs_semiliterate/plugin.py
index f1079d0..9eb0d4a 100644
--- a/mkdocs_semiliterate/plugin.py
+++ b/mkdocs_semiliterate/plugin.py
@@ -127,28 +127,54 @@ default values in parentheses at the beginning of each entry.
   start: '[*]SimplePlugin.config_scheme'
   terminate: '^\s*\)'
   replace:
-  - ['\(.(.*)., config_options.Type\(.*, default=(.*)\)\)', '\1\n:  (\2)']
+  - ["\\('(.*)',\\s*$", '\1\n']
+  - ['config_options.Type.*?default=([^\)]*)', ':  (\1)']
   - '^\s*#(.*\s*)$'
 !}
-
-extract_standard_markdown
-:   (true) To be implemented and documented
     """
 
     config_scheme = (
+        # Note documentation of each new parameter **follows** the parameter.
         *SimplePlugin.config_scheme,
-        ('copy_standard_markdown', config_options.Type(bool, default=False))
+        ('copy_standard_markdown',
+         config_options.Type(bool, default=False)),
         # Whether to add MkDocs' list of standard Markdown extensions to the
         #    `include_extensions` parameter so that Markdown files will be
         #    directly copied to the docsite. Note that the `simple` behavior
         #    corresponds to a _true_ value for `copy_standard_markdown`, but
         #    `semiliterate` still incorporates all standard Markdown files
-        #    because of the `extract_standard_markdown` default.
+        #    because of the following `extract_standard_markdown` parameter.
+        ('extract_standard_markdown',
+         config_options.Type(dict, default={})),
+        # If the `enable` key of this dict parameter is true
+        #    (which it defaults to),
+        #    it adds a semiliterate block causing extraction (and hence
+        #    include-directive processing) from all standard Markdown files
+        #    (as defined by MkDocs). The remaining keys of this parameter are
+        #    included as parameters of that semiliterate block. Thus, the
+        #    default value of the parameter arranges for Markdown file to be
+        #    copied "as-is", except possibly for embedded inclusions.
+        #    On the other hand, setting it to `{enable: false}` will prevent
+        #    automatic extraction from standard Markdown files.
+        ('report_docs_build',
+         config_options.Type(bool, default=False))
+        # If true, the name of the temporary directory to which generated docs
+        #    files are copied/extracted will be written to standard output
+        #    (even if the `-v` verbose option to mkdocs is not specified).
     )
 
     def build_docs(self):
+        if self.config['report_docs_build']:
+            utils.log.info(
+                f"semiliterate: generating docs in {self.build_docs_dir}")
         if not self.config['copy_standard_markdown']:
             self.include_extensions = self.config['include_extensions']
+        if self.config['extract_standard_markdown'].get('enable', True):
+            ext_pat = '|'.join(re.escape(s) for s in utils.markdown_extensions)
+            self.semiliterate.append(dict(
+                pattern=re.compile(f"^(.*(?:{ext_pat}))$"),
+                destination=r'\1',
+                **self.config['extract_standard_markdown']))
         return super().build_docs()
 
     # FIXME: This method is copied from simple, just to insert a control
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 665b8c7..c9da074 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = mkdocs-semiliterate
-version = 0.0.7
+version = 0.0.8
 
 [options]
 packages = mkdocs_semiliterate
diff --git a/tests/bootstrap.manifest b/tests/bootstrap.manifest
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..77da37a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/bootstrap.manifest
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+site
+site/404.html
+site/css
+site/css/theme.css
+site/css/theme_extra.css
+site/drone_develop
+site/drone_develop/index.html
+site/drone_install
+site/drone_install/index.html
+site/index.html
+site/LICENSE
+site/mkdocs_semiliterate
+site/mkdocs_semiliterate/plugin
+site/mkdocs_semiliterate/plugin/index.html
+site/search
+site/search.html
+site/sitemap.xml
+site/sitemap.xml.gz