diff --git a/examples/docSidebar.js b/examples/docSidebar.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9c96494a00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/docSidebar.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+module.exports = {
+  docs: {
+    Docusaurus: ["doc1"],
+    "First Category": ["doc2"],
+    "Second Category": ["doc3"]
+  },
+  "docs-other": {
+    "First Category": ["doc4", "doc5"]
+  }
+};
diff --git a/lib/core/DocsSidebar.js b/lib/core/DocsSidebar.js
index 3a58f01b37..1402ee9bb9 100644
--- a/lib/core/DocsSidebar.js
+++ b/lib/core/DocsSidebar.js
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ const siteConfig = require(process.cwd() + "/siteConfig.js");
 
 class DocsSidebar extends React.Component {
   render() {
-    let layout = this.props.metadata.layout;
-    let docsCategories = require("./" + layout + "Categories.js");
+    let sidebar = this.props.metadata.sidebar;
+    let docsCategories = require("./" + sidebar + "Categories.js");
     return (
       <Container className="docsNavContainer" id="docsNav" wrapper={false}>
         <SideNav
diff --git a/lib/gen-doc-sidebar.js b/lib/gen-doc-sidebar.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0490322c5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/gen-doc-sidebar.js
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+/* script to generate docSidebar.js file for users who are using 
+   doc front mattters with category, layout, previous, and next fields */
+const glob = require("glob");
+const fs = require("fs");
+const path = require("path");
+const prettier = require("prettier");
+
+function splitHeader(content) {
+  const lines = content.split("\n");
+  let i = 1;
+  for (; i < lines.length - 1; ++i) {
+    if (lines[i] === "---") {
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+  return {
+    header: lines.slice(1, i + 1).join("\n"),
+    content: lines.slice(i + 1).join("\n")
+  };
+}
+
+// Extract markdown metadata header
+function extractMetadata(content) {
+  const metadata = {};
+  const both = splitHeader(content);
+  const lines = both.header.split("\n");
+  for (let i = 0; i < lines.length - 1; ++i) {
+    const keyvalue = lines[i].split(":");
+    const key = keyvalue[0].trim();
+    let value = keyvalue.slice(1).join(":").trim();
+    // Handle the case where you have "Community #10"
+    try {
+      value = JSON.parse(value);
+    } catch (e) {}
+    metadata[key] = value;
+  }
+  return { metadata, rawContent: both.content };
+}
+
+const docs = {};
+const sidebar = {};
+
+const files = glob.sync(process.cwd() + "/../docs/**");
+files.forEach(file => {
+  const extension = path.extname(file);
+  if (extension === ".md" || extension === ".markdown") {
+    const metadata = extractMetadata(fs.readFileSync(file, "utf8")).metadata;
+    if (!metadata.id) {
+      return;
+    }
+    const data = {};
+    data["category"] = metadata.category;
+    data["sidebar"] = metadata.layout;
+    if (metadata.next) {
+      data["next"] = metadata.next;
+    }
+    if (metadata.previous) {
+      data["previous"] = metadata.previous;
+    }
+    docs[metadata.id] = data;
+  }
+});
+
+Object.keys(docs).forEach(id => {
+  if (!docs[id].previous) {
+    sidebar[docs[id].sidebar] = {};
+    sidebar[docs[id].sidebar][docs[id].category] = [];
+    sidebar[docs[id].sidebar][docs[id].category].push(id);
+  }
+});
+
+Object.keys(sidebar).forEach(sb => {
+  const categories = sidebar[sb];
+  Object.keys(categories).forEach(category => {
+    const docIds = categories[category];
+    next = docIds[0];
+    while (next) {
+      id = next;
+      next = docs[id].next;
+      if (!next) {
+        return;
+      }
+      if (docs[next].category === category) {
+        docIds.push(next);
+      } else {
+        categories[docs[next].category] = [];
+        categories[docs[next].category].push(next);
+      }
+    }
+  });
+});
+
+const str = prettier.format("module.exports = " + JSON.stringify(sidebar));
+fs.writeFileSync(process.cwd() + "/docSidebar.js", str, "utf8");
diff --git a/lib/server/generate.js b/lib/server/generate.js
index f91ac75ae3..43517cfc09 100644
--- a/lib/server/generate.js
+++ b/lib/server/generate.js
@@ -87,12 +87,12 @@ function execute() {
   }
 
   const readCategories = require("./readCategories.js");
-  let layouts = {};
+  let sidebars = {};
   for (let i = 0; i < Metadata.length; i++) {
-    let layout = Metadata[i].layout;
-    if (layouts[layout] !== true) {
-      layouts[layout] = true;
-      readCategories(layout);
+    let sidebar = Metadata[i].sidebar;
+    if (sidebars[sidebar] !== true) {
+      sidebars[sidebar] = true;
+      readCategories(sidebar);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/server/readCategories.js b/lib/server/readCategories.js
index bc56da7518..23a5427ee2 100644
--- a/lib/server/readCategories.js
+++ b/lib/server/readCategories.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ if (fs.existsSync(CWD + "/languages.js")) {
     }
   ];
 }
-function readCategories(layout) {
+function readCategories(sidebar) {
   const enabledLanguages = [];
   languages.filter(lang => lang.enabled).map(lang => {
     enabledLanguages.push(lang.tag);
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ function readCategories(layout) {
     const language = enabledLanguages[k];
 
     const metadatas = Metadata.filter(metadata => {
-      return metadata.layout === layout && metadata.language === language;
+      return metadata.sidebar === sidebar && metadata.language === language;
     });
 
     // Build a hashmap of article_id -> metadata
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ function readCategories(layout) {
   }
 
   fs.writeFileSync(
-    __dirname + "/../core/" + layout + "Categories.js",
+    __dirname + "/../core/" + sidebar + "Categories.js",
     "/**\n" +
       " * @generated\n" +
       " */\n" +
diff --git a/lib/server/readMetadata.js b/lib/server/readMetadata.js
index 521f267624..9398f40609 100644
--- a/lib/server/readMetadata.js
+++ b/lib/server/readMetadata.js
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ const CWD = process.cwd();
 const path = require("path");
 const fs = require("fs");
 const os = require("os");
+const sidebar = require(CWD + "/docSidebar.js");
+const glob = require("glob");
 let languages;
 if (fs.existsSync(CWD + "/languages.js")) {
   languages = require(CWD + "/languages.js");
@@ -24,7 +26,37 @@ if (fs.existsSync(CWD + "/languages.js")) {
     }
   ];
 }
-const glob = require("glob");
+
+function readSidebar(allSidebars) {
+  const order = {};
+
+  Object.keys(allSidebars).forEach(sidebar => {
+    const categories = allSidebars[sidebar];
+
+    let ids = [];
+    let categoryOrder = [];
+    Object.keys(categories).forEach(category => {
+      ids = ids.concat(categories[category]);
+      for (let i = 0; i < categories[category].length; i++) {
+        categoryOrder.push(category);
+      }
+    });
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < ids.length; i++) {
+      const id = ids[i];
+      let previous, next;
+      if (i > 0) previous = ids[i - 1];
+      if (i < ids.length - 1) next = ids[i + 1];
+      order[id] = {
+        previous: previous,
+        next: next,
+        sidebar: sidebar,
+        category: categoryOrder[i]
+      };
+    }
+  });
+  return order;
+}
 
 function splitHeader(content) {
   const lines = content.split(os.EOL);
@@ -84,20 +116,29 @@ function processMetadata(file) {
   // change ids previous, next
   metadata.localized_id = metadata.id;
   metadata.id = language + "-" + metadata.id;
-  if (metadata.previous) {
-    metadata.previous_id = metadata.previous;
-    metadata.previous = language + "-" + metadata.previous;
-  }
-  if (metadata.next) {
-    metadata.next_id = metadata.next;
-    metadata.next = language + "-" + metadata.next;
-  }
   metadata.language = language;
 
+  const order = readSidebar(sidebar);
+  const id = metadata.localized_id;
+
+  metadata.sidebar = order[id].sidebar;
+  metadata.category = order[id].category;
+
+  if (order[id].next) {
+    metadata.next_id = order[id].next;
+    metadata.next = language + "-" + order[id].next;
+  }
+  if (order[id].previous) {
+    metadata.previous_id = order[id].previous;
+    metadata.previous = language + "-" + order[id].previous;
+  }
+
   return { metadata, rawContent: rawContent };
 }
 
 function generateDocsMetadata() {
+  const order = readSidebar(sidebar);
+
   const regexSubFolder = /docs\/(.*)\/.*/;
 
   const enabledLanguages = [];
@@ -126,7 +167,7 @@ function generateDocsMetadata() {
       if (!res) {
         return;
       }
-      const metadata = res.metadata;
+      let metadata = res.metadata;
       metadatas.push(metadata);
     }
   });
@@ -181,7 +222,9 @@ function generateBlogMetadata() {
   );
 }
 
-module.exports.extractMetadata = extractMetadata;
-module.exports.processMetadata = processMetadata;
-module.exports.generateDocsMetadata = generateDocsMetadata;
-module.exports.generateBlogMetadata = generateBlogMetadata;
+module.exports = {
+  extractMetadata,
+  processMetadata,
+  generateDocsMetadata,
+  generateBlogMetadata
+};
diff --git a/lib/server/server.js b/lib/server/server.js
index 510e8cbc3d..c3974af4fc 100644
--- a/lib/server/server.js
+++ b/lib/server/server.js
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ function execute(port) {
   const fs = require("fs-extra");
   const os = require("os");
   const path = require("path");
-  const readMetadata = require("./readMetadata.js");
   const toSlug = require("../core/toSlug.js");
   const mkdirp = require("mkdirp");
   const glob = require("glob");
@@ -70,22 +69,25 @@ function execute(port) {
 
   /****************************************************************************/
 
+  let readMetadata;
   let Metadata;
   let readCategories;
 
   function reloadMetadataCategories() {
+    purgeCache("./readMetadata.js");
+    readMetadata = require("./readMetadata.js");
     readMetadata.generateDocsMetadata();
     purgeCache("../core/metadata.js");
     Metadata = require("../core/metadata.js");
     purgeCache("./readCategories.js");
     readCategories = require("./readCategories.js");
 
-    let layouts = {};
+    let sidebars = {};
     for (let i = 0; i < Metadata.length; i++) {
-      let layout = Metadata[i].layout;
-      if (layouts[layout] !== true) {
-        layouts[layout] = true;
-        readCategories(layout);
+      let sidebar = Metadata[i].sidebar;
+      if (sidebars[sidebar] !== true) {
+        sidebars[sidebar] = true;
+        readCategories(sidebar);
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/lib/write-translations.js b/lib/write-translations.js
index 4bd7e711a1..610850e557 100644
--- a/lib/write-translations.js
+++ b/lib/write-translations.js
@@ -41,11 +41,13 @@ function execute() {
   files.forEach(file => {
     const extension = path.extname(file);
     if (extension === ".md" || extension === ".markdown") {
-      const metadata = readMetadata.extractMetadata(
-        fs.readFileSync(file, "utf8")
-      ).metadata;
+      const res = readMetadata.processMetadata(file);
+      if (!res) {
+        return
+      }
+      const metadata = res.metadata;
 
-      translations["localized-strings"][metadata.id] = metadata.title;
+      translations["localized-strings"][metadata.localized_id] = metadata.title;
       translations["localized-strings"][metadata.category] = metadata.category;
 
       if (metadata.sidebar_title) {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 79b0bcbb04..aa921b5db8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     "express": "^4.15.3",
     "fs-extra": "^3.0.1",
     "glob": "^7.1.2",
+    "prettier": "^1.5.3",
     "react": "^15.5.4",
     "react-dom": "^15.5.4",
     "request": "^2.81.0",
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@
     "docusaurus-build": "./lib/build-files.js",
     "docusaurus-publish": "./lib/publish-gh-pages.js",
     "docusaurus-examples": "./lib/copy-examples.js",
-    "docusaurus-write-translations": "./lib/write-translations.js"
+    "docusaurus-write-translations": "./lib/write-translations.js",
+    "docusaurus-gen-doc-sidebar": "./lib/gen-doc-sidebar.js"
   }
 }