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 d96f1228c897..fff1adb3955e 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/__tests__/blogUtils.test.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/__tests__/blogUtils.test.ts
@@ -14,10 +14,11 @@ import {
   linkify,
   getSourceToPermalink,
   paginateBlogPosts,
+  applyProcessBlogPosts,
   type LinkifyParams,
 } from '../blogUtils';
 import type {BlogBrokenMarkdownLink, BlogContentPaths} from '../types';
-import type {BlogPost} from '@docusaurus/plugin-content-blog';
+import type {BlogPost, BlogPostMetadata} from '@docusaurus/plugin-content-blog';
 
 describe('truncate', () => {
   it('truncates texts', () => {
@@ -237,6 +238,7 @@ describe('linkify', () => {
         frontMatter: {},
         authors: [],
         formattedDate: '',
+        unlisted: false,
       },
       content: '',
     },
@@ -295,3 +297,49 @@ describe('linkify', () => {
     } as BlogBrokenMarkdownLink);
   });
 });
+
+const defaultValuesForOtherKeys: Omit<BlogPostMetadata, 'date'> = {
+  source: '',
+  title: '',
+  formattedDate: '',
+  permalink: '',
+  description: '',
+  hasTruncateMarker: false,
+  authors: [],
+  frontMatter: {},
+  tags: [],
+  unlisted: false,
+};
+const createBlogPost = (args: Partial<BlogPost>): BlogPost => ({
+  id: '',
+  metadata: {
+    date: new Date(),
+    ...defaultValuesForOtherKeys,
+    ...args.metadata,
+  },
+  content: args.content || '',
+});
+
+describe('processBlogPosts', () => {
+  const blogPost2022 = createBlogPost({
+    metadata: {date: new Date('2022-01-01'), ...defaultValuesForOtherKeys},
+  });
+  const blogPost2023 = createBlogPost({
+    metadata: {date: new Date('2023-01-01'), ...defaultValuesForOtherKeys},
+  });
+  const blogPost2024 = createBlogPost({
+    metadata: {date: new Date('2024-01-01'), ...defaultValuesForOtherKeys},
+  });
+
+  it('filter blogs', async () => {
+    const processedBlogPosts = applyProcessBlogPosts({
+      blogPosts: [blogPost2022, blogPost2023, blogPost2024],
+      processBlogPosts: ({blogPosts}: {blogPosts: BlogPost[]}) =>
+        blogPosts.filter(
+          (blogPost) => blogPost.metadata.date.getFullYear() === 2024,
+        ),
+    });
+
+    expect(processedBlogPosts).toEqual([blogPost2024]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/blogUtils.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/blogUtils.ts
index 194971e985c0..4d9911c15ef5 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/blogUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/blogUtils.ts
@@ -447,17 +447,18 @@ export function linkify({
   return newContent;
 }
 
-export async function applyProcessBlogPosts(
-  contentPaths: BlogContentPaths,
-  context: LoadContext,
-  options: PluginOptions,
-): Promise<BlogPost[]> {
-  const blogPosts = await generateBlogPosts(contentPaths, context, options);
-  const {processBlogPosts} = options;
+export async function applyProcessBlogPosts({
+  blogPosts,
+  processBlogPosts,
+}: {
+  blogPosts: BlogPost[];
+  processBlogPosts: PluginOptions['processBlogPosts'];
+}): Promise<BlogPost[]> {
   const processedBlogPosts = processBlogPosts({blogPosts});
 
   if (Array.isArray(processedBlogPosts)) {
     return processedBlogPosts;
   }
+
   return blogPosts;
 }
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/index.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/index.ts
index 20981fb1aebd..eba91487779c 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/index.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import {
   paginateBlogPosts,
   shouldBeListed,
   applyProcessBlogPosts,
+  generateBlogPosts,
 } from './blogUtils';
 import footnoteIDFixer from './remark/footnoteIDFixer';
 import {translateContent, getTranslationFiles} from './translations';
@@ -113,11 +114,11 @@ export default async function pluginContentBlog(
 
       const baseBlogUrl = normalizeUrl([baseUrl, routeBasePath]);
       const blogTagsListPath = normalizeUrl([baseBlogUrl, tagsBasePath]);
-      const blogPosts = await applyProcessBlogPosts(
-        contentPaths,
-        context,
-        options,
-      );
+      let blogPosts = await generateBlogPosts(contentPaths, context, options);
+      blogPosts = await applyProcessBlogPosts({
+        blogPosts,
+        processBlogPosts: options.processBlogPosts,
+      });
       const listedBlogPosts = blogPosts.filter(shouldBeListed);
 
       if (!blogPosts.length) {
diff --git a/website/docs/api/plugins/plugin-content-blog.mdx b/website/docs/api/plugins/plugin-content-blog.mdx
index 7821f6f418e9..bb47401f6a76 100644
--- a/website/docs/api/plugins/plugin-content-blog.mdx
+++ b/website/docs/api/plugins/plugin-content-blog.mdx
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ type CreateFeedItemsFn = (params: {
 ```ts
 type ProcessBlogPostsFn = (params: {
   blogPosts: BlogPost[];
-}) => void | BlogPost[];
+}) => Promise<void | BlogPost[]>;
 ```
 
 ### Example configuration {#ex-config}