diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-types/src/index.d.ts b/packages/docusaurus-types/src/index.d.ts
index 5612d4522548..28e0906a127e 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-types/src/index.d.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-types/src/index.d.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 // ESLint doesn't understand types dependencies in d.ts
 // eslint-disable-next-line import/no-extraneous-dependencies
-import {Loader, Configuration} from 'webpack';
+import {Loader, Configuration, Stats} from 'webpack';
 import {Command} from 'commander';
 import {ParsedUrlQueryInput} from 'querystring';
 import {MergeStrategy} from 'webpack-merge';
@@ -178,6 +178,13 @@ export interface Props extends LoadContext, InjectedHtmlTags {
   plugins: Plugin<any, unknown>[];
 }
 
+/**
+ * Same as `Props` but also has webpack stats appended.
+ */
+export interface PropsPostBuild extends Props {
+  stats: Stats.ToJsonOutput;
+}
+
 export interface PluginContentLoadedActions {
   addRoute(config: RouteConfig): void;
   createData(name: string, data: any): Promise<string>;
@@ -206,7 +213,7 @@ export interface Plugin<T, U = unknown> {
     actions: PluginContentLoadedActions;
   }): void;
   routesLoaded?(routes: RouteConfig[]): void; // TODO remove soon, deprecated (alpha-60)
-  postBuild?(props: Props): void;
+  postBuild?(props: PropsPostBuild): void;
   postStart?(props: Props): void;
   configureWebpack?(
     config: Configuration,
@@ -224,6 +231,7 @@ export interface Plugin<T, U = unknown> {
     postBodyTags?: HtmlTags;
   };
   getSwizzleComponentList?(): string[];
+  // TODO before/afterDevServer implementation
 
   // translations
   getTranslationFiles?(): Promise<TranslationFiles>;
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/build.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/build.ts
index d4edea5f8b8a..34b1557535c6 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/build.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/build.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
-import chalk = require('chalk');
+import chalk from 'chalk';
 import CopyWebpackPlugin from 'copy-webpack-plugin';
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import path from 'path';
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ async function buildLocale({
   }
 
   // Run webpack to build JS bundle (client) and static html files (server).
-  await compile([clientConfig, serverConfig]);
+  const finalCompileResult = await compile([clientConfig, serverConfig]);
 
   // Remove server.bundle.js because it is not needed.
   if (
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ async function buildLocale({
       if (!plugin.postBuild) {
         return;
       }
-      await plugin.postBuild(props);
+      await plugin.postBuild({...props, stats: finalCompileResult});
     }),
   );
 
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/webpack/utils.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/webpack/utils.ts
index d55a3084be48..0cf2730a4a73 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/webpack/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/webpack/utils.ts
@@ -198,22 +198,24 @@ function filterWarnings(
   return warnings.filter((warning) => !isWarningFiltered(warning));
 }
 
-export function compile(config: Configuration[]): Promise<void> {
+export function compile(config: Configuration[]): Promise<Stats.ToJsonOutput> {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     const compiler = webpack(config);
     compiler.run((err, stats) => {
       if (err) {
         reject(new Error(err.toString()));
       }
+      // let plugins consume all the stats
+      const allStats = stats?.toJson('errors-warnings');
       if (stats?.hasErrors()) {
-        stats.toJson('errors-only').errors.forEach((e) => {
+        allStats.errors.forEach((e) => {
           console.error(e);
         });
         reject(new Error('Failed to compile with errors.'));
       }
       if (stats?.hasWarnings()) {
         // Custom filtering warnings (see https://github.com/webpack/webpack/issues/7841).
-        let {warnings} = stats.toJson('errors-warnings');
+        let warnings = [...allStats.warnings];
 
         const warningsFilter = ((config[0].stats as Stats.ToJsonOptionsObject)
           ?.warningsFilter || []) as WarningFilter[];
@@ -226,7 +228,7 @@ export function compile(config: Configuration[]): Promise<void> {
           console.warn(warning);
         });
       }
-      resolve();
+      resolve(allStats);
     });
   });
 }
diff --git a/website/docs/lifecycle-apis.md b/website/docs/lifecycle-apis.md
index a97d1cc09359..9b6caec277f9 100644
--- a/website/docs/lifecycle-apis.md
+++ b/website/docs/lifecycle-apis.md
@@ -362,20 +362,23 @@ type Props = {
   postBodyTags: string;
   routesPaths: string[];
   plugins: Plugin<any>[];
+  stats: Stats.ToJsonOutput;
 };
 ```
 
 Example:
 
-```js {4-9} title="docusaurus-plugin/src/index.js"
+```js {4-11} title="docusaurus-plugin/src/index.js"
 module.exports = function (context, options) {
   return {
     name: 'docusaurus-plugin',
-    async postBuild({siteConfig = {}, routesPaths = [], outDir}) {
+    async postBuild({siteConfig = {}, routesPaths = [], outDir, stats}) {
       // Print out to console all the rendered routes.
       routesPaths.map((route) => {
         console.log(route);
       });
+      // Print out to console all the webpack stats.
+      console.log(stats);
     },
   };
 };