diff --git a/content/en/blog/2025/_index.md b/content/en/blog/2025/_index.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6a48570332c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/content/en/blog/2025/_index.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: 2025
+weight: -2025
+outputs: [HTML, RSS]
+---
diff --git a/content/en/blog/_index.md b/content/en/blog/_index.md
index 4b8d78607c2c..b2fbc50f697f 100644
--- a/content/en/blog/_index.md
+++ b/content/en/blog/_index.md
@@ -3,13 +3,15 @@ title: Blog
 menu: { main: { weight: 50 } }
 redirects:
   # Every January, update the year number in the paths below
-  - { from: '', to: '2024/ 302!' }
+  - { from: '', to: '2025/ 302!' }
   # Workaround to https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/issues/4440:
-  - { from: 'index.xml', to: '2024/index.xml 302!' }
+  - { from: 'index.xml', to: '2025/index.xml 302!' }
 outputs: [HTML, RSS]
 htmltest:
-  # 2024-11-07 DO NOT COPY the following IgnoreDirs to non-en pages because handles all locales.
+  # 2024-11-07 DO NOT COPY the following IgnoreDirs to non-en pages because it handles all locales.
   IgnoreDirs:
     # Ignore blog index pages for all locales and in all blog sections (top-level and years)
     - ^(../)?blog/(\d+/)?page/\d+
+    # Ignore old blog posts
+    - ^(../)?blog/20(19|21|22|23)/
 ---