diff --git a/knip.config.ts b/knip.config.ts
index 3af15e860e8a..8e2fa7311ff8 100644
--- a/knip.config.ts
+++ b/knip.config.ts
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ const config: KnipConfig = ({
       ignoreDependencies: [/.*/],
     },
     'packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog': {
+      // Webpack loader, resolved with path.resolve(__dirname, ...)
+      entry: ['src/markdownLoader.ts!'],
       // Knip doesn't detect imports in "declare module" blocks
       ignoreDependencies: ['utility-types'],
     },
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/package.json b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/package.json
index f7a97f67ce1c..36d86af78955 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/package.json
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/package.json
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "types": "src/plugin-content-blog.d.ts",
   "exports": {
-    "./lib/*": "./lib/*",
-    "./src/*": "./src/*",
     "./client": {
       "type": "./lib/client/index.d.ts",
       "default": "./lib/client/index.js"
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/package.json b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/package.json
index e5e3a78413dc..4d49341517e6 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/package.json
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/package.json
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "sideEffects": false,
   "exports": {
-    "./lib/*": "./lib/*",
-    "./src/*": "./src/*",
     "./client": {
       "type": "./lib/client/index.d.ts",
       "default": "./lib/client/index.js"
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/client/docsUtils.tsx b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/client/docsUtils.tsx
index 474a58895ade..77453d820eca 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/client/docsUtils.tsx
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/client/docsUtils.tsx
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ export function findSidebarCategory(
  * Best effort to assign a link to a sidebar category. If the category doesn't
  * have a link itself, we link to the first sub item with a link.
  */
-export function findFirstSidebarItemCategoryLink(
+function findFirstSidebarItemCategoryLink(
   item: PropSidebarItemCategory,
 ): string | undefined {
   if (item.href && !item.linkUnlisted) {
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/plugin-content-docs.d.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/plugin-content-docs.d.ts
index 766a7469ab4a..ad15d762a99e 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/plugin-content-docs.d.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/plugin-content-docs.d.ts
@@ -246,6 +246,9 @@ declare module '@docusaurus/plugin-content-docs' {
     >
   >;
   export type SidebarsConfig = import('./sidebars/types').SidebarsConfig;
+  export type SidebarItemConfig = import('./sidebars/types').SidebarItemConfig;
+  export type SidebarItemCategoryConfig =
+    import('./sidebars/types').SidebarItemCategoryConfig;
 
   export type VersionMetadata = ContentPaths & {
     /** A name like `1.0.0`. Acquired from `versions.json`. */
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/routes.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/routes.ts
index 50fd6d056ca2..b5660d9f784b 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/routes.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/routes.ts
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ type BuildAllRoutesParam = Omit<CreateAllRoutesParam, 'actions'> & {
 
 // TODO we want this buildAllRoutes function to be easily testable
 // Ideally, we should avoid side effects here (ie not injecting actions)
-export async function buildAllRoutes(
+async function buildAllRoutes(
   param: BuildAllRoutesParam,
 ): Promise<RouteConfig[]> {
   const subRoutes = await Promise.all(
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/generator.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/generator.ts
index 7f1e3253fc78..3ab888317df4 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/generator.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/generator.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ function getLocalDocId(docId: string): string {
   return _.last(docId.split('/'))!;
 }
 
-export const CategoryMetadataFilenameBase = '_category_';
 export const CategoryMetadataFilenamePattern = '_category_.{json,yml,yaml}';
 
 type WithPosition<T> = T & {
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/index.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/index.ts
index 3dbf48414779..39d86c83c6d8 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/index.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/index.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import {postProcessSidebars} from './postProcessor';
 import type {PluginOptions} from '@docusaurus/plugin-content-docs';
 import type {SidebarsConfig, Sidebars, SidebarProcessorParams} from './types';
 
-export const DefaultSidebars: SidebarsConfig = {
+const DefaultSidebars: SidebarsConfig = {
   defaultSidebar: [
     {
       type: 'autogenerated',
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/normalization.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/normalization.ts
index dad0f7c86c1c..0da8927cb4cc 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/normalization.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/normalization.ts
@@ -34,9 +34,7 @@ function normalizeCategoriesShorthand(
  * Normalizes recursively item and all its children. Ensures that at the end
  * each item will be an object with the corresponding type.
  */
-export function normalizeItem(
-  item: SidebarItemConfig,
-): NormalizedSidebarItem[] {
+function normalizeItem(item: SidebarItemConfig): NormalizedSidebarItem[] {
   if (typeof item === 'string') {
     return [{type: 'doc', id: item}];
   }
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/types.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/types.ts
index 550243b90ea3..39957f34ebce 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/types.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/types.ts
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ type SidebarItemCategoryBase = SidebarItemBase & {
 
 export type SidebarItemCategoryLinkDoc = {type: 'doc'; id: string};
 
-export type SidebarItemCategoryLinkGeneratedIndexConfig = {
+type SidebarItemCategoryLinkGeneratedIndexConfig = {
   type: 'generated-index';
   slug?: string;
   title?: string;
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ export type SidebarItemCategory = Expand<
   }
 >;
 
-export type SidebarItemCategoryWithLink = Required<SidebarItemCategory, 'link'>;
+type SidebarItemCategoryWithLink = Required<SidebarItemCategory, 'link'>;
 
 export type SidebarItemCategoryWithGeneratedIndex =
   SidebarItemCategoryWithLink & {link: SidebarItemCategoryLinkGeneratedIndex};
@@ -182,7 +182,12 @@ export type Sidebars = {
   [sidebarId: string]: Sidebar;
 };
 
+// The Prop* types are public API: plugin-content-docs.d.ts re-exports them
+// with import() types in a "declare module" block, which Knip doesn't follow.
+// The @public tags prevent Knip from reporting them as unused exports.
+
 // Doc links have been resolved to URLs, ready to be passed to the theme
+/** @public */
 export type PropSidebarItemCategory = Expand<
   SidebarItemCategoryBase & {
     items: PropSidebarItem[];
@@ -196,22 +201,28 @@ export type PropSidebarItemCategory = Expand<
   }
 >;
 
+/** @public */
 export type PropSidebarItemLink = SidebarItemLink & {
   docId?: string;
   unlisted?: boolean;
 };
 
+/** @public */
 export type PropSidebarItemHtml = SidebarItemHtml;
 
+/** @public */
 export type PropSidebarItem =
   | PropSidebarItemLink
   | PropSidebarItemCategory
   | PropSidebarItemHtml;
+/** @public */
 export type PropSidebar = PropSidebarItem[];
+/** @public */
 export type PropSidebars = {
   [sidebarId: string]: PropSidebar;
 };
 
+/** @public */
 export type PropSidebarBreadcrumbsItem =
   | PropSidebarItemLink
   | PropSidebarItemCategory;
@@ -250,7 +261,7 @@ export type SidebarItemsGeneratorVersion = Pick<
   'versionName' | 'contentPath'
 >;
 
-export type SidebarItemsGeneratorArgs = {
+type SidebarItemsGeneratorArgs = {
   /** The sidebar item with type "autogenerated" to be transformed. */
   item: SidebarItemAutogenerated;
   /** Useful metadata for the version this sidebar belongs to. */
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/utils.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/utils.ts
index 3ed0e06099f8..3a45282aeea5 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/utils.ts
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ export function collectSidebarRefs(sidebar: Sidebar): SidebarItemDoc[] {
 }
 
 // /!\ docId order matters for navigation!
-export function collectSidebarDocIds(sidebar: Sidebar): string[] {
+function collectSidebarDocIds(sidebar: Sidebar): string[] {
   return flattenSidebarItems(sidebar).flatMap((item) => {
     if (item.type === 'category') {
       return item.link?.type === 'doc' ? [item.link.id] : [];
@@ -98,9 +98,7 @@ export function collectSidebarDocIds(sidebar: Sidebar): string[] {
   });
 }
 
-export function collectSidebarNavigation(
-  sidebar: Sidebar,
-): SidebarNavigationItem[] {
+function collectSidebarNavigation(sidebar: Sidebar): SidebarNavigationItem[] {
   return flattenSidebarItems(sidebar).flatMap((item) => {
     if (item.type === 'category' && item.link) {
       return [item as SidebarNavigationItem];
@@ -118,13 +116,13 @@ export function collectSidebarsDocIds(sidebars: Sidebars): {
   return _.mapValues(sidebars, collectSidebarDocIds);
 }
 
-export function collectSidebarsNavigations(sidebars: Sidebars): {
+function collectSidebarsNavigations(sidebars: Sidebars): {
   [sidebarId: string]: SidebarNavigationItem[];
 } {
   return _.mapValues(sidebars, collectSidebarNavigation);
 }
 
-export type SidebarNavigation = {
+type SidebarNavigation = {
   sidebarName: string | undefined;
   previous: SidebarNavigationItem | undefined;
   next: SidebarNavigationItem | undefined;
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/versions/version.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/versions/version.ts
index e06f50566ec9..4d5adcd3e2ad 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/versions/version.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/versions/version.ts
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ export function getVersionBadge({
   return options.versions[versionName]?.badge ?? defaultVersionBadge;
 }
 
-export function getVersionNoIndex({
+function getVersionNoIndex({
   versionName,
   options,
 }: VersionContext): VersionMetadata['noIndex'] {
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme-live-codeblock/package.json b/packages/docusaurus-theme-live-codeblock/package.json
index d101183db0fe..f2a3b27c2ccb 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-theme-live-codeblock/package.json
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme-live-codeblock/package.json
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
     "lib/theme/Playground/*"
   ],
   "exports": {
-    "./lib/*": "./lib/*",
-    "./src/*": "./src/*",
     "./client": {
       "type": "./lib/client/index.d.ts",
       "default": "./lib/client/index.js"
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme-live-codeblock/src/validateThemeConfig.ts b/packages/docusaurus-theme-live-codeblock/src/validateThemeConfig.ts
index d642214987de..264d607fe495 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-theme-live-codeblock/src/validateThemeConfig.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme-live-codeblock/src/validateThemeConfig.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export const DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
   playgroundPosition: 'bottom',
 };
 
-export const Schema = Joi.object<ThemeConfig>({
+const Schema = Joi.object<ThemeConfig>({
   liveCodeBlock: Joi.object({
     playgroundPosition: Joi.string()
       .equal('top', 'bottom')
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme-mermaid/package.json b/packages/docusaurus-theme-mermaid/package.json
index 8d4ed9081a4f..fbbbd2716467 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-theme-mermaid/package.json
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme-mermaid/package.json
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
   "types": "src/theme-mermaid.d.ts",
   "sideEffects": false,
   "exports": {
-    "./lib/*": "./lib/*",
-    "./src/*": "./src/*",
     "./client": {
       "type": "./lib/client/index.d.ts",
       "default": "./lib/client/index.js"
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme-mermaid/src/validateThemeConfig.ts b/packages/docusaurus-theme-mermaid/src/validateThemeConfig.ts
index ceaf3b9ce7cf..5b2f93e6574a 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-theme-mermaid/src/validateThemeConfig.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme-mermaid/src/validateThemeConfig.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export const DEFAULT_THEME_CONFIG: ThemeConfig = {
   },
 };
 
-export const Schema = Joi.object<ThemeConfig>({
+const Schema = Joi.object<ThemeConfig>({
   mermaid: Joi.object({
     theme: Joi.object({
       dark: Joi.string().default(DEFAULT_THEME_CONFIG.mermaid.theme.dark),
diff --git a/website/_dogfooding/docs-tests-sidebars.js b/website/_dogfooding/docs-tests-sidebars.js
index da20f4e6a9b7..bd4a738da042 100644
--- a/website/_dogfooding/docs-tests-sidebars.js
+++ b/website/_dogfooding/docs-tests-sidebars.js
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 
 /**
  * @typedef {import('@docusaurus/plugin-content-docs').SidebarsConfig} SidebarsConfig
- * @typedef {import('@docusaurus/plugin-content-docs/lib/sidebars/types').SidebarItemConfig} SidebarItemConfig
- * @typedef {import('@docusaurus/plugin-content-docs/lib/sidebars/types').SidebarItemCategoryConfig} SidebarItemCategoryConfig
+ * @typedef {import('@docusaurus/plugin-content-docs').SidebarItemConfig} SidebarItemConfig
+ * @typedef {import('@docusaurus/plugin-content-docs').SidebarItemCategoryConfig} SidebarItemCategoryConfig
  */
 
 /** @type {SidebarsConfig} */