diff --git a/material/plugins/blog/plugin.py b/material/plugins/blog/plugin.py
index 9bfb89685d3..e0a9fdb6e57 100644
--- a/material/plugins/blog/plugin.py
+++ b/material/plugins/blog/plugin.py
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 # FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS
 # IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import logging
 import os
 import posixpath
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@
 from tempfile import mkdtemp
 from yaml import SafeLoader
 
-from .author import Author, Authors
+from .author import Authors
 from .config import BlogConfig
 from .structure import Archive, Category, Excerpt, Post, View
 from .templates import url_filter
@@ -60,7 +62,7 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         self.is_serve = False
         self.is_dirty = False
 
-        # Initialize a temporary directory
+        # Initialize temporary directory
         self.temp_dir = mkdtemp()
 
     # Determine whether we're serving the site
@@ -87,12 +89,18 @@ def on_config(self, config):
             self.config.categories_toc = self.config.blog_toc
 
         # By default, drafts are rendered when the documentation is served,
-        # but not when it is built, for a better authoring experience
+        # but not when it is built, for a better user experience
         if self.is_serve and self.config.draft_on_serve:
             self.config.draft = True
 
-    # Remove posts before constructing navigation (run later) - allow other
-    # plugins to alter the list of files and navigation prior to this plugin
+    # Resolve and load posts and generate views (run later) - we want to allow
+    # other plugins to add generated posts or views, so we run this plugin as
+    # late as possible. We also need to remove the posts from the navigation
+    # before navigation is constructed, as the entrypoint should be considered
+    # to be the active page for each post. The URLs of posts are computed before
+    # Markdown processing, so that when linking to and from posts, behavior is
+    # exactly the same as with regular documentation pages. We create all pages
+    # related to posts as part of this plugin, so we control the entire process.
     @event_priority(-50)
     def on_files(self, files, *, config):
         if not self.config.enabled:
@@ -106,80 +114,108 @@ def on_files(self, files, *, config):
         path = self.config.post_dir.format(blog = root)
         path = posixpath.normpath(path)
 
-        # Temporarily remove posts and adjust destination paths for assets
-        for file in files:
+        # Adjust destination paths for media files
+        for file in files.media_files():
             if not file.src_uri.startswith(path):
                 continue
 
-            # We must exclude all files related to posts from here on, so MkDocs
-            # will not attach the posts to the navigation when auto-populating.
-            # We add them back in `on_nav`, so MkDocs processes them, unless
-            # excluded by being tagged as a draft or through other means.
-            if file.is_documentation_page():
-                file.inclusion = InclusionLevel.EXCLUDED
-
-            # We also need to adjust destination paths for assets to remove the
+            # We need to adjust destination paths for assets to remove the
             # purely functional posts directory prefix when building
-            if file.is_media_file():
-                file.dest_uri      = file.dest_uri.replace(path, root)
-                file.abs_dest_path = os.path.join(site, file.dest_path)
-                file.url           = file.url.replace(path, root)
-
-        # Generate entrypoint, if it does not exist yet
-        self._generate(config, files)
-
-    # Resolve and load posts and generate indexes (run later) - we resolve all
-    # posts after the navigation is constructed in order to allow other plugins
-    # to alter the navigation (e.g. awesome-pages) before we start to add pages
-    # generated by this plugin. Post URLs must be computed before any Markdown
-    # processing, so that when linking to and from posts, MkDocs behaves exactly
-    # the same as with regular documentation pages. We create all pages related
-    # to posts as part of this plugin, so we control the entire process.
-    @event_priority(-50)
-    def on_nav(self, nav, *, config, files):
-        if not self.config.enabled:
-            return
+            file.dest_uri      = file.dest_uri.replace(path, root)
+            file.abs_dest_path = os.path.join(site, file.dest_path)
+            file.url           = file.url.replace(path, root)
 
         # Resolve entrypoint and posts sorted by descending date - if the posts
         # directory or entrypoint do not exist, they are automatically created
-        self.blog = self._resolve(files, config, nav)
+        self.blog = self._resolve(files, config)
         self.blog.posts = sorted(
             self._resolve_posts(files, config),
             key = lambda post: post.config.date.created,
             reverse = True
         )
 
+        # Temporarily remove posts from navigation
+        for post in self.blog.posts:
+            post.file.inclusion = InclusionLevel.EXCLUDED
+
+        # Generate views for archive
+        if self.config.archive:
+            views = self._generate_archive(config, files)
+            self.blog.views.extend(views)
+
+        # Generate views for categories
+        if self.config.categories:
+            views = self._generate_categories(config, files)
+            self.blog.views.extend(views)
+
+        # Generate pages for views
+        if self.config.pagination:
+            for view in self._resolve_views(self.blog):
+                for page in self._generate_pages(view, config, files):
+                    page.file.inclusion = InclusionLevel.EXCLUDED
+                    view.pages.append(page)
+
+        # Ensure that entrypoint is always included in navigation
+        self.blog.file.inclusion = InclusionLevel.INCLUDED
+
+    # Attach posts and views to navigation (run later) - again, we allow other
+    # plugins to alter the navigation before we start to attach posts and views
+    # generated by this plugin at the correct locations in the navigation. Also,
+    # we make sure to correct links to the parent and siblings of each page.
+    @event_priority(-50)
+    def on_nav(self, nav, *, config, files):
+        if not self.config.enabled:
+            return
+
+        # Hack: since MkDocs will always create a page for the entrypoint even
+        # though we already created it in `on_files`, we must replace the page
+        # that MkDocs created with the entrypoint we already have on our hands.
+        # Hopefully, this hack can be removed soon - see https://t.ly/9nehI
+        page = self.blog.file.page
+        self._attach_at(page.parent, page, self.blog)
+
+        # Update entrypoint in navigation (also part of the hack above)
+        self.blog.file.page = self.blog
+        for items in [self._resolve_siblings(self.blog, nav), nav.pages]:
+            items[items.index(page)] = self.blog
+
         # Attach posts to entrypoint without adding them to the navigation, so
-        # that the entrypoint is considered to be the active page for each post.
-        # Hack: MkDocs has a bug where pages that are marked to be not in the
-        # navigation are auto-populated nonetheless - see https://t.ly/7aYnO
+        # that the entrypoint is considered to be the active page for each post
         self._attach(self.blog, [None, *reversed(self.blog.posts), None])
         for post in self.blog.posts:
             post.file.inclusion = InclusionLevel.NOT_IN_NAV
 
-        # Generate and attach views for archive
+        # Revert temporary exclusion of views from navigation
+        for view in self._resolve_views(self.blog):
+            for page in view.pages:
+                page.file.inclusion = InclusionLevel.INCLUDED
+
+        # Attach views for archive
         if self.config.archive:
-            views = [*self._generate_archive(config, files)]
-            self.blog.views.extend(views)
+            title = self._translate(self.config.archive_name, config)
+            views = [_ for _ in self.blog.views if isinstance(_, Archive)]
 
             # Attach and link views for archive
-            title = self._translate(self.config.archive_name, config)
             self._attach_to(self.blog, Section(title, views), nav)
 
-        # Generate and attach views for categories
+        # Attach views for categories
         if self.config.categories:
-            views = [*self._generate_categories(config, files)]
-            self.blog.views.extend(views)
-
-            # Attach and link views for categories
             title = self._translate(self.config.categories_name, config)
-            self._attach_to(self.blog, Section(title, views), nav)
+            views = [_ for _ in self.blog.views if isinstance(_, Category)]
 
-        # Paginate generated views, if enabled
+            # Attach and link views for categories, if any
+            if views:
+                self._attach_to(self.blog, Section(title, views), nav)
+
+        # Attach pages for views
         if self.config.pagination:
-            for view in [*self._resolve_views(self.blog)]:
-                for page in self._generate_pages(view, config, files):
-                    view.pages.append(page)
+            for view in self._resolve_views(self.blog):
+                for at in range(1, len(view.pages)):
+                    self._attach_at(view.pages[at - 1], view, view.pages[at])
+
+                    # Replace source file system path
+                    view.pages[at].file.src_uri      = view.file.src_uri
+                    view.pages[at].file.abs_src_path = view.file.abs_src_path
 
     # Prepare post for rendering (run later) - allow other plugins to alter
     # the contents or metadata of a post before it is rendered and make sure
@@ -199,9 +235,10 @@ def on_page_markdown(self, markdown, *, page, config, files):
             # We set the contents of the view to its title if pagination should
             # not keep the content of the original view on paginaged views
             if not self.config.pagination_keep_content:
-                if page in self._resolve_views(self.blog):
+                view = page.pages[0] if isinstance(page, View) else page
+                if view in self._resolve_views(self.blog):
                     assert isinstance(page, View)
-                    if 0 < page.pages.index(page):
+                    if page.pages.index(page):
                         main = page.parent
 
                         # We need to use the rendered title of the original view
@@ -282,7 +319,8 @@ def on_page_context(self, context, *, page, config, nav):
 
         # Skip if page is not a view managed by this instance - this plugin has
         # support for multiple instances, which is why this check is necessary
-        if page not in self._resolve_views(self.blog):
+        view = page.pages[0] if isinstance(page, View) else page
+        if view not in self._resolve_views(self.blog):
             return
 
         # Retrieve parent view or section
@@ -344,28 +382,24 @@ def _is_excluded(self, post: Post):
 
     # Resolve entrypoint - the entrypoint of the blog must have been created
     # if it did not exist before, and hosts all posts sorted by descending date
-    def _resolve(self, files: Files, config: MkDocsConfig, nav: Navigation):
+    def _resolve(self, files: Files, config: MkDocsConfig):
         path = os.path.join(self.config.blog_dir, "index.md")
         path = os.path.normpath(path)
 
-        # Obtain entrypoint page
-        file = files.get_file_from_path(path)
-        page = file.page
-
-        # Create entrypoint view and attach to parent
-        view = View(page.title, file, config)
-        self._attach(page.parent, [
-            page.previous_page,
-            view,
-            page.next_page
-        ])
+        # Create entrypoint, if it does not exist - note that the entrypoint is
+        # created in the docs directory, not in the temporary directory
+        docs = os.path.relpath(config.docs_dir)
+        name = os.path.join(docs, path)
+        if not os.path.isfile(name):
+            file = self._path_to_file(path, config, temp = False)
+            files.append(file)
 
-        # Update entrypoint in navigation
-        for items in [self._resolve_siblings(view, nav), nav.pages]:
-            items[items.index(page)] = view
+            # Create file in docs directory
+            self._save_to_file(file.abs_src_path, "# Blog\n\n")
 
-        # Return view
-        return view
+        # Create and return entrypoint
+        file = files.get_file_from_path(path)
+        return View(None, file, config)
 
     # Resolve post - the caller must make sure that the given file points to an
     # actual post (and not a page), or behavior might be unpredictable
@@ -397,10 +431,8 @@ def _resolve_posts(self, files: Files, config: MkDocsConfig):
         if not os.path.isdir(name):
             os.makedirs(name, exist_ok = True)
 
-        # Filter posts from pages - prior to calling this function, the caller
-        # should've excluded all posts, so they're not listed in the navigation
-        inclusion = InclusionLevel.is_excluded
-        for file in files.documentation_pages(inclusion = inclusion):
+        # Filter posts from pages
+        for file in files.documentation_pages():
             if not file.src_path.startswith(path):
                 continue
 
@@ -434,7 +466,7 @@ def _resolve_authors(self, config: MkDocsConfig):
                 config.load_dict(yaml.load(f, SafeLoader) or {})
 
             # The authors file could not be loaded because of a syntax error,
-            # which we display to the user with a nice error message
+            # which we display to the author with a nice error message
             except Exception as e:
                 raise PluginError(
                     f"Error reading authors file '{path}' in '{docs}':\n"
@@ -467,8 +499,7 @@ def _resolve_authors(self, config: MkDocsConfig):
         # Return authors
         return config.authors
 
-    # Resolve views and pages of the given view that were generated by this
-    # plugin when building the site and yield them in pre-order
+    # Resolve views of the given view in pre-order
     def _resolve_views(self, view: View):
         yield view
 
@@ -478,11 +509,6 @@ def _resolve_views(self, view: View):
                 assert isinstance(next, View)
                 yield next
 
-        # Resolve pages
-        for page in view.pages:
-            assert isinstance(page, View)
-            yield page
-
     # Resolve siblings of a navigation item
     def _resolve_siblings(self, item: StructureItem, nav: Navigation):
         if isinstance(item.parent, Section):
@@ -492,56 +518,6 @@ def _resolve_siblings(self, item: StructureItem, nav: Navigation):
 
     # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-    # Attach a list of pages to each other and to the given parent item without
-    # explicitly adding them to the navigation, which can be done by the caller
-    def _attach(self, parent: StructureItem, pages: list[Page]):
-        for tail, page, head in zip(pages, pages[1:], pages[2:]):
-
-            # Link page to parent and siblings
-            page.parent        = parent
-            page.previous_page = tail
-            page.next_page     = head
-
-    # Attach a section as a sibling to the given view, make sure it's pages are
-    # part of the navigation, and ensure all pages are linked correctly
-    def _attach_to(self, view: View, section: Section, nav: Navigation):
-        section.parent = view.parent
-
-        # Resolve siblings, which are the children of the parent section, or
-        # the top-level list of navigation items if the view is at the root of
-        # the project, and append the given section to it. It's currently not
-        # possible to chose the position of a section.
-        items = self._resolve_siblings(view, nav)
-        items.append(section)
-
-        # Find last sibling that is a page, skipping sections, as we need to
-        # append the given section after all other pages
-        tail = next(item for item in reversed(items) if isinstance(item, Page))
-        head = tail.next_page
-
-        # Attach section to navigation and pages to each other
-        nav.pages.extend(section.children)
-        self._attach(section, [tail, *section.children, head])
-
-    # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-    # Generate entrypoint - the entrypoint must always be present, and thus is
-    # created before the navigation is constructed if it does not exist yet
-    def _generate(self, config: MkDocsConfig, files: Files):
-        path = os.path.join(self.config.blog_dir, "index.md")
-        path = os.path.normpath(path)
-
-        # Create entrypoint, if it does not exist - note that the entrypoint is
-        # added to the docs directory, not to the temporary directory
-        docs = os.path.relpath(config.docs_dir)
-        file = os.path.join(docs, path)
-        if not os.path.isfile(file):
-            file = self._path_to_file(path, config, temp = False)
-            self._save_to_file(file.abs_src_path, "# Blog\n\n")
-
-            # Append entrypoint to files
-            files.append(file)
-
     # Generate views for archive - analyze posts and generate the necessary
     # views, taking the date format provided by the author into account
     def _generate_archive(self, config: MkDocsConfig, files: Files):
@@ -552,15 +528,19 @@ def _generate_archive(self, config: MkDocsConfig, files: Files):
             name = self._format_date_for_archive(date, config)
             path = self._format_path_for_archive(post, config)
 
-            # Create view for archive if it doesn't exist
+            # Create file for view, if it does not exist
             file = files.get_file_from_path(path)
-            if not file:
+            if not file or self.temp_dir not in file.abs_src_path:
                 file = self._path_to_file(path, config)
+                files.append(file)
+
+                # Create file in temporary directory
                 self._save_to_file(file.abs_src_path, f"# {name}")
 
-                # Create and yield archive view
-                yield Archive(name, file, config)
-                files.append(file)
+            # Create and yield view - we don't explicitly set the title of
+            # the view, so authors can override them in the page's content
+            if not isinstance(file.page, Archive):
+                yield Archive(None, file, config)
 
             # Assign post to archive
             assert isinstance(file.page, Archive)
@@ -583,15 +563,19 @@ def _generate_categories(self, config: MkDocsConfig, files: Files):
                         f"'{docs}': category '{name}' not in allow list"
                     )
 
-                # Create view for category if it doesn't exist
+                # Create file for view, if it does not exist
                 file = files.get_file_from_path(path)
-                if not file:
+                if not file or self.temp_dir not in file.abs_src_path:
                     file = self._path_to_file(path, config)
+                    files.append(file)
+
+                    # Create file in temporary directory
                     self._save_to_file(file.abs_src_path, f"# {name}")
 
-                    # Create and yield category view
-                    yield Category(name, file, config)
-                    files.append(file)
+                # Create and yield view - we don't explicitly set the title of
+                # the view, so authors can override them in the page's content
+                if not isinstance(file.page, Category):
+                    yield Category(None, file, config)
 
                 # Assign post to category and vice versa
                 assert isinstance(file.page, Category)
@@ -603,39 +587,70 @@ def _generate_categories(self, config: MkDocsConfig, files: Files):
     def _generate_pages(self, view: View, config: MkDocsConfig, files: Files):
         yield view
 
-        # Extract settings for pagination
-        step = self.config.pagination_per_page
-        prev = view
+        # Compute base path for pagination - if the given view is an index file,
+        # we need to pop the file name from the base so it's not part of the URL
+        base, _ = posixpath.splitext(view.file.src_uri)
+        if view.file.name == "index":
+            base = posixpath.dirname(base)
 
         # Compute pagination boundaries and create pages - pages are internally
         # handled as copies of a view, as they map to the same source location
+        step = self.config.pagination_per_page
         for at in range(step, len(view.posts), step):
-            base, _ = posixpath.splitext(view.file.src_uri)
-
-            # Compute path and create a file for pagination
             path = self._format_path_for_pagination(base, 1 + at // step)
-            file = self._path_to_file(path, config)
 
-            # Replace source file system path and append to files
-            file.src_uri      = view.file.src_uri
-            file.abs_src_path = view.file.abs_src_path
-            files.append(file)
+            # Create file for view, if it does not exist
+            file = files.get_file_from_path(path)
+            if not file or self.temp_dir not in file.abs_src_path:
+                file = self._path_to_file(path, config)
+                files.append(file)
 
             # Create view and attach to previous page
-            next = View(view.title, file, config)
-            self._attach(prev, [
-                view.previous_page,
-                next,
-                view.next_page
-            ])
+            if not isinstance(file.page, View):
+                yield View(None, file, config)
+
+            # Assign pages and posts to view
+            assert isinstance(file.page, View)
+            file.page.pages = view.pages
+            file.page.posts = view.posts
+
+    # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    # Attach a list of pages to each other and to the given parent item without
+    # explicitly adding them to the navigation, which can be done by the caller
+    def _attach(self, parent: StructureItem, pages: list[Page]):
+        for tail, page, head in zip(pages, pages[1:], pages[2:]):
+
+            # Link page to parent and siblings
+            page.parent        = parent
+            page.previous_page = tail
+            page.next_page     = head
+
+    # Attach a page to the given parent and link it to the previous and next
+    # page of the given host - this is exclusively used for paginated views
+    def _attach_at(self, parent: StructureItem, host: Page, page: Page):
+        self._attach(parent, [host.previous_page, page, host.next_page])
+
+    # Attach a section as a sibling to the given view, make sure it's pages are
+    # part of the navigation, and ensure all pages are linked correctly
+    def _attach_to(self, view: View, section: Section, nav: Navigation):
+        section.parent = view.parent
 
-            # Assign posts and pages to view
-            next.posts = view.posts
-            next.pages = view.pages
+        # Resolve siblings, which are the children of the parent section, or
+        # the top-level list of navigation items if the view is at the root of
+        # the project, and append the given section to it. It's currently not
+        # possible to chose the position of a section.
+        items = self._resolve_siblings(view, nav)
+        items.append(section)
 
-            # Continue with next page
-            prev = next
-            yield next
+        # Find last sibling that is a page, skipping sections, as we need to
+        # append the given section after all other pages
+        tail = next(item for item in reversed(items) if isinstance(item, Page))
+        head = tail.next_page
+
+        # Attach section to navigation and pages to each other
+        nav.pages.extend(section.children)
+        self._attach(section, [tail, *section.children, head])
 
     # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -814,7 +829,7 @@ def _path_to_file(self, path: str, config: MkDocsConfig, *, temp = True):
         # Return file
         return file
 
-    # Write the content to the file located at the given path
+    # Create a file with the given content on disk
     def _save_to_file(self, path: str, content: str):
         os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(path), exist_ok = True)
         with open(path, "w") as f:
diff --git a/src/plugins/blog/plugin.py b/src/plugins/blog/plugin.py
index 9bfb89685d3..e0a9fdb6e57 100644
--- a/src/plugins/blog/plugin.py
+++ b/src/plugins/blog/plugin.py
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 # FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS
 # IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import logging
 import os
 import posixpath
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@
 from tempfile import mkdtemp
 from yaml import SafeLoader
 
-from .author import Author, Authors
+from .author import Authors
 from .config import BlogConfig
 from .structure import Archive, Category, Excerpt, Post, View
 from .templates import url_filter
@@ -60,7 +62,7 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         self.is_serve = False
         self.is_dirty = False
 
-        # Initialize a temporary directory
+        # Initialize temporary directory
         self.temp_dir = mkdtemp()
 
     # Determine whether we're serving the site
@@ -87,12 +89,18 @@ def on_config(self, config):
             self.config.categories_toc = self.config.blog_toc
 
         # By default, drafts are rendered when the documentation is served,
-        # but not when it is built, for a better authoring experience
+        # but not when it is built, for a better user experience
         if self.is_serve and self.config.draft_on_serve:
             self.config.draft = True
 
-    # Remove posts before constructing navigation (run later) - allow other
-    # plugins to alter the list of files and navigation prior to this plugin
+    # Resolve and load posts and generate views (run later) - we want to allow
+    # other plugins to add generated posts or views, so we run this plugin as
+    # late as possible. We also need to remove the posts from the navigation
+    # before navigation is constructed, as the entrypoint should be considered
+    # to be the active page for each post. The URLs of posts are computed before
+    # Markdown processing, so that when linking to and from posts, behavior is
+    # exactly the same as with regular documentation pages. We create all pages
+    # related to posts as part of this plugin, so we control the entire process.
     @event_priority(-50)
     def on_files(self, files, *, config):
         if not self.config.enabled:
@@ -106,80 +114,108 @@ def on_files(self, files, *, config):
         path = self.config.post_dir.format(blog = root)
         path = posixpath.normpath(path)
 
-        # Temporarily remove posts and adjust destination paths for assets
-        for file in files:
+        # Adjust destination paths for media files
+        for file in files.media_files():
             if not file.src_uri.startswith(path):
                 continue
 
-            # We must exclude all files related to posts from here on, so MkDocs
-            # will not attach the posts to the navigation when auto-populating.
-            # We add them back in `on_nav`, so MkDocs processes them, unless
-            # excluded by being tagged as a draft or through other means.
-            if file.is_documentation_page():
-                file.inclusion = InclusionLevel.EXCLUDED
-
-            # We also need to adjust destination paths for assets to remove the
+            # We need to adjust destination paths for assets to remove the
             # purely functional posts directory prefix when building
-            if file.is_media_file():
-                file.dest_uri      = file.dest_uri.replace(path, root)
-                file.abs_dest_path = os.path.join(site, file.dest_path)
-                file.url           = file.url.replace(path, root)
-
-        # Generate entrypoint, if it does not exist yet
-        self._generate(config, files)
-
-    # Resolve and load posts and generate indexes (run later) - we resolve all
-    # posts after the navigation is constructed in order to allow other plugins
-    # to alter the navigation (e.g. awesome-pages) before we start to add pages
-    # generated by this plugin. Post URLs must be computed before any Markdown
-    # processing, so that when linking to and from posts, MkDocs behaves exactly
-    # the same as with regular documentation pages. We create all pages related
-    # to posts as part of this plugin, so we control the entire process.
-    @event_priority(-50)
-    def on_nav(self, nav, *, config, files):
-        if not self.config.enabled:
-            return
+            file.dest_uri      = file.dest_uri.replace(path, root)
+            file.abs_dest_path = os.path.join(site, file.dest_path)
+            file.url           = file.url.replace(path, root)
 
         # Resolve entrypoint and posts sorted by descending date - if the posts
         # directory or entrypoint do not exist, they are automatically created
-        self.blog = self._resolve(files, config, nav)
+        self.blog = self._resolve(files, config)
         self.blog.posts = sorted(
             self._resolve_posts(files, config),
             key = lambda post: post.config.date.created,
             reverse = True
         )
 
+        # Temporarily remove posts from navigation
+        for post in self.blog.posts:
+            post.file.inclusion = InclusionLevel.EXCLUDED
+
+        # Generate views for archive
+        if self.config.archive:
+            views = self._generate_archive(config, files)
+            self.blog.views.extend(views)
+
+        # Generate views for categories
+        if self.config.categories:
+            views = self._generate_categories(config, files)
+            self.blog.views.extend(views)
+
+        # Generate pages for views
+        if self.config.pagination:
+            for view in self._resolve_views(self.blog):
+                for page in self._generate_pages(view, config, files):
+                    page.file.inclusion = InclusionLevel.EXCLUDED
+                    view.pages.append(page)
+
+        # Ensure that entrypoint is always included in navigation
+        self.blog.file.inclusion = InclusionLevel.INCLUDED
+
+    # Attach posts and views to navigation (run later) - again, we allow other
+    # plugins to alter the navigation before we start to attach posts and views
+    # generated by this plugin at the correct locations in the navigation. Also,
+    # we make sure to correct links to the parent and siblings of each page.
+    @event_priority(-50)
+    def on_nav(self, nav, *, config, files):
+        if not self.config.enabled:
+            return
+
+        # Hack: since MkDocs will always create a page for the entrypoint even
+        # though we already created it in `on_files`, we must replace the page
+        # that MkDocs created with the entrypoint we already have on our hands.
+        # Hopefully, this hack can be removed soon - see https://t.ly/9nehI
+        page = self.blog.file.page
+        self._attach_at(page.parent, page, self.blog)
+
+        # Update entrypoint in navigation (also part of the hack above)
+        self.blog.file.page = self.blog
+        for items in [self._resolve_siblings(self.blog, nav), nav.pages]:
+            items[items.index(page)] = self.blog
+
         # Attach posts to entrypoint without adding them to the navigation, so
-        # that the entrypoint is considered to be the active page for each post.
-        # Hack: MkDocs has a bug where pages that are marked to be not in the
-        # navigation are auto-populated nonetheless - see https://t.ly/7aYnO
+        # that the entrypoint is considered to be the active page for each post
         self._attach(self.blog, [None, *reversed(self.blog.posts), None])
         for post in self.blog.posts:
             post.file.inclusion = InclusionLevel.NOT_IN_NAV
 
-        # Generate and attach views for archive
+        # Revert temporary exclusion of views from navigation
+        for view in self._resolve_views(self.blog):
+            for page in view.pages:
+                page.file.inclusion = InclusionLevel.INCLUDED
+
+        # Attach views for archive
         if self.config.archive:
-            views = [*self._generate_archive(config, files)]
-            self.blog.views.extend(views)
+            title = self._translate(self.config.archive_name, config)
+            views = [_ for _ in self.blog.views if isinstance(_, Archive)]
 
             # Attach and link views for archive
-            title = self._translate(self.config.archive_name, config)
             self._attach_to(self.blog, Section(title, views), nav)
 
-        # Generate and attach views for categories
+        # Attach views for categories
         if self.config.categories:
-            views = [*self._generate_categories(config, files)]
-            self.blog.views.extend(views)
-
-            # Attach and link views for categories
             title = self._translate(self.config.categories_name, config)
-            self._attach_to(self.blog, Section(title, views), nav)
+            views = [_ for _ in self.blog.views if isinstance(_, Category)]
 
-        # Paginate generated views, if enabled
+            # Attach and link views for categories, if any
+            if views:
+                self._attach_to(self.blog, Section(title, views), nav)
+
+        # Attach pages for views
         if self.config.pagination:
-            for view in [*self._resolve_views(self.blog)]:
-                for page in self._generate_pages(view, config, files):
-                    view.pages.append(page)
+            for view in self._resolve_views(self.blog):
+                for at in range(1, len(view.pages)):
+                    self._attach_at(view.pages[at - 1], view, view.pages[at])
+
+                    # Replace source file system path
+                    view.pages[at].file.src_uri      = view.file.src_uri
+                    view.pages[at].file.abs_src_path = view.file.abs_src_path
 
     # Prepare post for rendering (run later) - allow other plugins to alter
     # the contents or metadata of a post before it is rendered and make sure
@@ -199,9 +235,10 @@ def on_page_markdown(self, markdown, *, page, config, files):
             # We set the contents of the view to its title if pagination should
             # not keep the content of the original view on paginaged views
             if not self.config.pagination_keep_content:
-                if page in self._resolve_views(self.blog):
+                view = page.pages[0] if isinstance(page, View) else page
+                if view in self._resolve_views(self.blog):
                     assert isinstance(page, View)
-                    if 0 < page.pages.index(page):
+                    if page.pages.index(page):
                         main = page.parent
 
                         # We need to use the rendered title of the original view
@@ -282,7 +319,8 @@ def on_page_context(self, context, *, page, config, nav):
 
         # Skip if page is not a view managed by this instance - this plugin has
         # support for multiple instances, which is why this check is necessary
-        if page not in self._resolve_views(self.blog):
+        view = page.pages[0] if isinstance(page, View) else page
+        if view not in self._resolve_views(self.blog):
             return
 
         # Retrieve parent view or section
@@ -344,28 +382,24 @@ def _is_excluded(self, post: Post):
 
     # Resolve entrypoint - the entrypoint of the blog must have been created
     # if it did not exist before, and hosts all posts sorted by descending date
-    def _resolve(self, files: Files, config: MkDocsConfig, nav: Navigation):
+    def _resolve(self, files: Files, config: MkDocsConfig):
         path = os.path.join(self.config.blog_dir, "index.md")
         path = os.path.normpath(path)
 
-        # Obtain entrypoint page
-        file = files.get_file_from_path(path)
-        page = file.page
-
-        # Create entrypoint view and attach to parent
-        view = View(page.title, file, config)
-        self._attach(page.parent, [
-            page.previous_page,
-            view,
-            page.next_page
-        ])
+        # Create entrypoint, if it does not exist - note that the entrypoint is
+        # created in the docs directory, not in the temporary directory
+        docs = os.path.relpath(config.docs_dir)
+        name = os.path.join(docs, path)
+        if not os.path.isfile(name):
+            file = self._path_to_file(path, config, temp = False)
+            files.append(file)
 
-        # Update entrypoint in navigation
-        for items in [self._resolve_siblings(view, nav), nav.pages]:
-            items[items.index(page)] = view
+            # Create file in docs directory
+            self._save_to_file(file.abs_src_path, "# Blog\n\n")
 
-        # Return view
-        return view
+        # Create and return entrypoint
+        file = files.get_file_from_path(path)
+        return View(None, file, config)
 
     # Resolve post - the caller must make sure that the given file points to an
     # actual post (and not a page), or behavior might be unpredictable
@@ -397,10 +431,8 @@ def _resolve_posts(self, files: Files, config: MkDocsConfig):
         if not os.path.isdir(name):
             os.makedirs(name, exist_ok = True)
 
-        # Filter posts from pages - prior to calling this function, the caller
-        # should've excluded all posts, so they're not listed in the navigation
-        inclusion = InclusionLevel.is_excluded
-        for file in files.documentation_pages(inclusion = inclusion):
+        # Filter posts from pages
+        for file in files.documentation_pages():
             if not file.src_path.startswith(path):
                 continue
 
@@ -434,7 +466,7 @@ def _resolve_authors(self, config: MkDocsConfig):
                 config.load_dict(yaml.load(f, SafeLoader) or {})
 
             # The authors file could not be loaded because of a syntax error,
-            # which we display to the user with a nice error message
+            # which we display to the author with a nice error message
             except Exception as e:
                 raise PluginError(
                     f"Error reading authors file '{path}' in '{docs}':\n"
@@ -467,8 +499,7 @@ def _resolve_authors(self, config: MkDocsConfig):
         # Return authors
         return config.authors
 
-    # Resolve views and pages of the given view that were generated by this
-    # plugin when building the site and yield them in pre-order
+    # Resolve views of the given view in pre-order
     def _resolve_views(self, view: View):
         yield view
 
@@ -478,11 +509,6 @@ def _resolve_views(self, view: View):
                 assert isinstance(next, View)
                 yield next
 
-        # Resolve pages
-        for page in view.pages:
-            assert isinstance(page, View)
-            yield page
-
     # Resolve siblings of a navigation item
     def _resolve_siblings(self, item: StructureItem, nav: Navigation):
         if isinstance(item.parent, Section):
@@ -492,56 +518,6 @@ def _resolve_siblings(self, item: StructureItem, nav: Navigation):
 
     # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-    # Attach a list of pages to each other and to the given parent item without
-    # explicitly adding them to the navigation, which can be done by the caller
-    def _attach(self, parent: StructureItem, pages: list[Page]):
-        for tail, page, head in zip(pages, pages[1:], pages[2:]):
-
-            # Link page to parent and siblings
-            page.parent        = parent
-            page.previous_page = tail
-            page.next_page     = head
-
-    # Attach a section as a sibling to the given view, make sure it's pages are
-    # part of the navigation, and ensure all pages are linked correctly
-    def _attach_to(self, view: View, section: Section, nav: Navigation):
-        section.parent = view.parent
-
-        # Resolve siblings, which are the children of the parent section, or
-        # the top-level list of navigation items if the view is at the root of
-        # the project, and append the given section to it. It's currently not
-        # possible to chose the position of a section.
-        items = self._resolve_siblings(view, nav)
-        items.append(section)
-
-        # Find last sibling that is a page, skipping sections, as we need to
-        # append the given section after all other pages
-        tail = next(item for item in reversed(items) if isinstance(item, Page))
-        head = tail.next_page
-
-        # Attach section to navigation and pages to each other
-        nav.pages.extend(section.children)
-        self._attach(section, [tail, *section.children, head])
-
-    # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-    # Generate entrypoint - the entrypoint must always be present, and thus is
-    # created before the navigation is constructed if it does not exist yet
-    def _generate(self, config: MkDocsConfig, files: Files):
-        path = os.path.join(self.config.blog_dir, "index.md")
-        path = os.path.normpath(path)
-
-        # Create entrypoint, if it does not exist - note that the entrypoint is
-        # added to the docs directory, not to the temporary directory
-        docs = os.path.relpath(config.docs_dir)
-        file = os.path.join(docs, path)
-        if not os.path.isfile(file):
-            file = self._path_to_file(path, config, temp = False)
-            self._save_to_file(file.abs_src_path, "# Blog\n\n")
-
-            # Append entrypoint to files
-            files.append(file)
-
     # Generate views for archive - analyze posts and generate the necessary
     # views, taking the date format provided by the author into account
     def _generate_archive(self, config: MkDocsConfig, files: Files):
@@ -552,15 +528,19 @@ def _generate_archive(self, config: MkDocsConfig, files: Files):
             name = self._format_date_for_archive(date, config)
             path = self._format_path_for_archive(post, config)
 
-            # Create view for archive if it doesn't exist
+            # Create file for view, if it does not exist
             file = files.get_file_from_path(path)
-            if not file:
+            if not file or self.temp_dir not in file.abs_src_path:
                 file = self._path_to_file(path, config)
+                files.append(file)
+
+                # Create file in temporary directory
                 self._save_to_file(file.abs_src_path, f"# {name}")
 
-                # Create and yield archive view
-                yield Archive(name, file, config)
-                files.append(file)
+            # Create and yield view - we don't explicitly set the title of
+            # the view, so authors can override them in the page's content
+            if not isinstance(file.page, Archive):
+                yield Archive(None, file, config)
 
             # Assign post to archive
             assert isinstance(file.page, Archive)
@@ -583,15 +563,19 @@ def _generate_categories(self, config: MkDocsConfig, files: Files):
                         f"'{docs}': category '{name}' not in allow list"
                     )
 
-                # Create view for category if it doesn't exist
+                # Create file for view, if it does not exist
                 file = files.get_file_from_path(path)
-                if not file:
+                if not file or self.temp_dir not in file.abs_src_path:
                     file = self._path_to_file(path, config)
+                    files.append(file)
+
+                    # Create file in temporary directory
                     self._save_to_file(file.abs_src_path, f"# {name}")
 
-                    # Create and yield category view
-                    yield Category(name, file, config)
-                    files.append(file)
+                # Create and yield view - we don't explicitly set the title of
+                # the view, so authors can override them in the page's content
+                if not isinstance(file.page, Category):
+                    yield Category(None, file, config)
 
                 # Assign post to category and vice versa
                 assert isinstance(file.page, Category)
@@ -603,39 +587,70 @@ def _generate_categories(self, config: MkDocsConfig, files: Files):
     def _generate_pages(self, view: View, config: MkDocsConfig, files: Files):
         yield view
 
-        # Extract settings for pagination
-        step = self.config.pagination_per_page
-        prev = view
+        # Compute base path for pagination - if the given view is an index file,
+        # we need to pop the file name from the base so it's not part of the URL
+        base, _ = posixpath.splitext(view.file.src_uri)
+        if view.file.name == "index":
+            base = posixpath.dirname(base)
 
         # Compute pagination boundaries and create pages - pages are internally
         # handled as copies of a view, as they map to the same source location
+        step = self.config.pagination_per_page
         for at in range(step, len(view.posts), step):
-            base, _ = posixpath.splitext(view.file.src_uri)
-
-            # Compute path and create a file for pagination
             path = self._format_path_for_pagination(base, 1 + at // step)
-            file = self._path_to_file(path, config)
 
-            # Replace source file system path and append to files
-            file.src_uri      = view.file.src_uri
-            file.abs_src_path = view.file.abs_src_path
-            files.append(file)
+            # Create file for view, if it does not exist
+            file = files.get_file_from_path(path)
+            if not file or self.temp_dir not in file.abs_src_path:
+                file = self._path_to_file(path, config)
+                files.append(file)
 
             # Create view and attach to previous page
-            next = View(view.title, file, config)
-            self._attach(prev, [
-                view.previous_page,
-                next,
-                view.next_page
-            ])
+            if not isinstance(file.page, View):
+                yield View(None, file, config)
+
+            # Assign pages and posts to view
+            assert isinstance(file.page, View)
+            file.page.pages = view.pages
+            file.page.posts = view.posts
+
+    # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    # Attach a list of pages to each other and to the given parent item without
+    # explicitly adding them to the navigation, which can be done by the caller
+    def _attach(self, parent: StructureItem, pages: list[Page]):
+        for tail, page, head in zip(pages, pages[1:], pages[2:]):
+
+            # Link page to parent and siblings
+            page.parent        = parent
+            page.previous_page = tail
+            page.next_page     = head
+
+    # Attach a page to the given parent and link it to the previous and next
+    # page of the given host - this is exclusively used for paginated views
+    def _attach_at(self, parent: StructureItem, host: Page, page: Page):
+        self._attach(parent, [host.previous_page, page, host.next_page])
+
+    # Attach a section as a sibling to the given view, make sure it's pages are
+    # part of the navigation, and ensure all pages are linked correctly
+    def _attach_to(self, view: View, section: Section, nav: Navigation):
+        section.parent = view.parent
 
-            # Assign posts and pages to view
-            next.posts = view.posts
-            next.pages = view.pages
+        # Resolve siblings, which are the children of the parent section, or
+        # the top-level list of navigation items if the view is at the root of
+        # the project, and append the given section to it. It's currently not
+        # possible to chose the position of a section.
+        items = self._resolve_siblings(view, nav)
+        items.append(section)
 
-            # Continue with next page
-            prev = next
-            yield next
+        # Find last sibling that is a page, skipping sections, as we need to
+        # append the given section after all other pages
+        tail = next(item for item in reversed(items) if isinstance(item, Page))
+        head = tail.next_page
+
+        # Attach section to navigation and pages to each other
+        nav.pages.extend(section.children)
+        self._attach(section, [tail, *section.children, head])
 
     # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -814,7 +829,7 @@ def _path_to_file(self, path: str, config: MkDocsConfig, *, temp = True):
         # Return file
         return file
 
-    # Write the content to the file located at the given path
+    # Create a file with the given content on disk
     def _save_to_file(self, path: str, content: str):
         os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(path), exist_ok = True)
         with open(path, "w") as f: