diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/__tests__/blogUtils.test.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/__tests__/blogUtils.test.ts
index fb38885eba..4a8874dfb8 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/__tests__/blogUtils.test.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/__tests__/blogUtils.test.ts
@@ -108,4 +108,26 @@ describe('parseBlogFileName', () => {
       slug: '/2021/05/12/announcing-docusaurus-two-beta/subfolder/subfile',
     });
   });
+
+  test('parse date in the middle of path', () => {
+    expect(
+      parseBlogFileName('team-a/2021/05/12/announcing-docusaurus-two-beta.md'),
+    ).toEqual({
+      date: new Date('2021-05-12Z'),
+      text: 'announcing-docusaurus-two-beta',
+      slug: '/2021/05/12/team-a/announcing-docusaurus-two-beta',
+    });
+  });
+
+  test('parse date in the middle of a folder name', () => {
+    expect(
+      parseBlogFileName(
+        'team-a-2021-05-12-hey/announcing-docusaurus-two-beta.md',
+      ),
+    ).toEqual({
+      date: new Date('2021-05-12Z'),
+      text: 'hey/announcing-docusaurus-two-beta',
+      slug: '/2021/05/12/team-a-hey/announcing-docusaurus-two-beta',
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/blogUtils.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/blogUtils.ts
index 60306e5f6e..ddda9dc016 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/blogUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/blogUtils.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ export function getBlogTags(blogPosts: BlogPost[]): BlogTags {
 }
 
 const DATE_FILENAME_REGEX =
-  /^(?<date>\d{4}[-/]\d{1,2}[-/]\d{1,2})[-/]?(?<text>.*?)(\/index)?.mdx?$/;
+  /^(?<folder>.*)(?<date>\d{4}[-/]\d{1,2}[-/]\d{1,2})[-/]?(?<text>.*?)(\/index)?.mdx?$/;
 
 type ParsedBlogFileName = {
   date: Date | undefined;
@@ -76,12 +76,11 @@ export function parseBlogFileName(
 ): ParsedBlogFileName {
   const dateFilenameMatch = blogSourceRelative.match(DATE_FILENAME_REGEX);
   if (dateFilenameMatch) {
-    const dateString = dateFilenameMatch.groups!.date!;
-    const text = dateFilenameMatch.groups!.text!;
+    const {folder, text, date: dateString} = dateFilenameMatch.groups!;
     // Always treat dates as UTC by adding the `Z`
     const date = new Date(`${dateString}Z`);
     const slugDate = dateString.replace(/-/g, '/');
-    const slug = `/${slugDate}/${text}`;
+    const slug = `/${slugDate}/${folder}${text}`;
     return {date, text, slug};
   } else {
     const text = blogSourceRelative.replace(/(\/index)?\.mdx?$/, '');
diff --git a/website/_dogfooding/_blog tests/2021-08-22-no-author.md b/website/_dogfooding/_blog tests/2021-08-22-no-author.md
index 4be979f1f1..497129fed0 100644
--- a/website/_dogfooding/_blog tests/2021-08-22-no-author.md	
+++ b/website/_dogfooding/_blog tests/2021-08-22-no-author.md	
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
 # Hmmm!
 
 This is a blog post from an anonymous author!
+
+```mdx-code-block
+import Partial from "./_partial.mdx"
+
+<Partial />
+```
diff --git a/website/_dogfooding/_blog tests/2020-08-03-second-blog-intro.md b/website/_dogfooding/_blog tests/demo/2020-08-03-second-blog-intro.md
similarity index 79%
rename from website/_dogfooding/_blog tests/2020-08-03-second-blog-intro.md
rename to website/_dogfooding/_blog tests/demo/2020-08-03-second-blog-intro.md
index 25f84187c0..391c91f496 100644
--- a/website/_dogfooding/_blog tests/2020-08-03-second-blog-intro.md	
+++ b/website/_dogfooding/_blog tests/demo/2020-08-03-second-blog-intro.md	
@@ -13,9 +13,3 @@ Did you know you can use multiple instances of the same plugin?
 Using twice the blog plugin permits you to create more than one blog on the same Docusaurus website!
 
 :::
-
-```mdx-code-block
-import Partial from "./_partial.mdx"
-
-<Partial />
-```
diff --git a/website/_dogfooding/dogfooding.config.js b/website/_dogfooding/dogfooding.config.js
index 84832cbfc9..25635f1a8f 100644
--- a/website/_dogfooding/dogfooding.config.js
+++ b/website/_dogfooding/dogfooding.config.js
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ const dogfoodingPluginInstances = [
         frontMatter.hide_reading_time
           ? undefined
           : defaultReadingTime({content, options: {wordsPerMinute: 5}}),
+      sortPosts: 'ascending',
     }),
   ],
 
diff --git a/website/docs/blog.mdx b/website/docs/blog.mdx
index f8cd8b7bdf..6f40c70902 100644
--- a/website/docs/blog.mdx
+++ b/website/docs/blog.mdx
@@ -78,14 +78,18 @@ This naming convention is optional, and you can provide the date as front matter
 <details>
 <summary>Example supported patterns</summary>
 
-- `2021-05-28-my-blog-post-title.md`
-- `2021-05-28-my-blog-post-title.mdx`
-- `2021-05-28-my-blog-post-title/index.md`
-- `2021-05-28/my-blog-post-title.md`
-- `2021/05/28/my-blog-post-title.md`
-- `2021/05-28-my-blog-post-title.md`
-- `2021/05/28/my-blog-post-title/index.md`
-- ...
+| Pattern | Example |
+| --- | --- |
+| Single file | `2021-05-28-my-blog-post-title.md` |
+| MDX file | `2021-05-28-my-blog-post-title.mdx` |
+| Single folder + `index.md` | `2021-05-28-my-blog-post-title/index.md` |
+| Folder named by date | `2021-05-28/my-blog-post-title.md` |
+| Nested folders by date | `2021/05/28/my-blog-post-title.md` |
+| Partially nested folders by date | `2021/05-28-my-blog-post-title.md` |
+| Nested folders + `index.md` | `2021/05/28/my-blog-post-title/index.md` |
+| Date in the middle of path | `category/2021/05-28-my-blog-post-title.md` |
+
+The date will be excised from the path and appended to the beginning of the URL slug.
 
 </details>