diff --git a/docusaurus.config.ts b/docusaurus.config.ts
index c14ef214..c6d41909 100644
--- a/docusaurus.config.ts
+++ b/docusaurus.config.ts
@@ -136,10 +136,23 @@ const config = (async (): Promise<Config> => {
             createSitemapItems: async (params) => {
               const { defaultCreateSitemapItems, ...rest } = params;
               const items = await defaultCreateSitemapItems(rest);
-              return items.map((item) => {
+              const COMMUNITY_YEAR_RE = /^\/community\/(\d{4})[-/]/;
+              return items.flatMap((item) => {
                 // Use pathname so priorities work on deploy previews too
                 const path = new URL(item.url).pathname;
 
+                // Community meeting/transcript dated content:
+                //   2026 → priority 0.9 (current cadence we want indexed)
+                //   pre-2026 → noindex (handled in CommunityPostPage swizzle); drop from sitemap
+                const communityYearMatch = path.match(COMMUNITY_YEAR_RE);
+                if (communityYearMatch) {
+                  const year = Number(communityYearMatch[1]);
+                  if (year >= 2026) {
+                    return [{ ...item, priority: 0.9, changefreq: 'monthly' }];
+                  }
+                  return [];
+                }
+
                 // Homepage — highest priority
                 if (path === '/') {
                   return { ...item, priority: 1.0, changefreq: 'daily' };
@@ -147,10 +160,15 @@ const config = (async (): Promise<Config> => {
 
                 // v2 docs (current, no version prefix) — high priority
                 if (path.startsWith('/docs/') && !path.startsWith('/docs/v1/') && !path.startsWith('/docs/0.82/')) {
+                  // Docs landing — top priority alongside homepage
+                  if (path === '/docs/') {
+                    return { ...item, priority: 1.0, changefreq: 'weekly' };
+                  }
+                  // SEO-critical: component model, kubernetes, quickstart, overview
                   if (
-                    path === '/docs/' ||
                     path.startsWith('/docs/quickstart/') ||
-                    path.startsWith('/docs/overview/')
+                    path.startsWith('/docs/overview/') ||
+                    path.startsWith('/docs/kubernetes-operator/')
                   ) {
                     return { ...item, priority: 0.9, changefreq: 'weekly' };
                   }
@@ -168,17 +186,22 @@ const config = (async (): Promise<Config> => {
                   return { ...item, priority: 0.7, changefreq: 'monthly' };
                 }
 
-                // Community meeting notes
+                // Community meeting notes & transcripts
                 if (path.startsWith('/community/') || path === '/community/') {
                   if (path === '/community/' || path === '/community') {
-                    return { ...item, priority: 0.7, changefreq: 'weekly' };
+                    return { ...item, priority: 0.7, changefreq: 'monthly' };
+                  }
+                  // Pagination/tag archives — low priority
+                  if (path.startsWith('/community/page/') || path.startsWith('/community/tags/')) {
+                    return { ...item, priority: 0.3, changefreq: 'weekly' };
                   }
-                  return { ...item, priority: 0.5, changefreq: 'weekly' };
+                  // Individual meeting notes & transcripts
+                  return { ...item, priority: 0.5, changefreq: 'monthly' };
                 }
 
-                // v1 docs — deprioritized
+                // v1 docs — archived
                 if (path.startsWith('/docs/v1/')) {
-                  return { ...item, priority: 0.3, changefreq: 'monthly' };
+                  return { ...item, priority: 0.3, changefreq: 'yearly' };
                 }
 
                 // 0.82 docs — already disallowed in robots.txt, minimal priority
diff --git a/src/theme/wasmcloud/community/post-page/index.tsx b/src/theme/wasmcloud/community/post-page/index.tsx
index 59961dd5..fd228e41 100644
--- a/src/theme/wasmcloud/community/post-page/index.tsx
+++ b/src/theme/wasmcloud/community/post-page/index.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import React, { type ReactNode } from 'react';
 import clsx from 'clsx';
+import Head from '@docusaurus/Head';
 import { HtmlClassNameProvider, ThemeClassNames } from '@docusaurus/theme-common';
 import { BlogPostProvider, useBlogPost } from '@docusaurus/plugin-content-blog/client';
 import BlogPostPageMetadata from '@theme/BlogPostPage/Metadata';
@@ -13,6 +14,21 @@ import CommunityPostItem from '../post-item';
 import Link from '@docusaurus/Link';
 import VideoSEO from '../video-seo';
 
+// Community meetings & transcripts older than 2026 are no longer current. Tell
+// search engines not to index them, but keep `follow` so they still pass link
+// equity to current pages they reference. Sitemap config (docusaurus.config.ts)
+// drops these URLs from sitemap.xml in parallel.
+function NoindexIfArchived(): JSX.Element | null {
+  const { metadata } = useBlogPost();
+  const year = new Date(metadata.date).getUTCFullYear();
+  if (year >= 2026) return null;
+  return (
+    <Head>
+      <meta name="robots" content="noindex, follow" />
+    </Head>
+  );
+}
+
 function CommunityPostPageContent({ children }: { children: ReactNode }): JSX.Element {
   const { metadata, toc } = useBlogPost();
   const { frontMatter, unlisted } = metadata;
@@ -68,6 +84,7 @@ export default function CommunityPostPage(props: Props): JSX.Element {
       >
         <BlogPostPageMetadata />
         <BlogPostPageStructuredData />
+        <NoindexIfArchived />
         <CommunityPostPageSEO />
         <CommunityPostPageContent>
           <CommunityPostContent />