diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dcccab2..d46a69b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -317,6 +317,7 @@ available:
 | `template`   | `str \| none` = `none`            | Template to use for this page. Relative to `templates/`, `.html` extension optional.                   |
 | `post`       | `bool \| none` = `none`           | Whether this page is a **post**. `true`/`false` is _absolute_. Leave it unset for automatic detection. |
 | `draft`      | `bool` = `false`                  | Whether this page is a draft. See [drafts](#drafts) for more.                                          |
+| `ignore`     | `bool` = `false`                  | Whether this page should be ignored in _both_ `final` and `draft` contexts.                            |
 | `math`       | `bool` = `true`                   | Whether the LaTeX extension should be enabled for this page.                                           |
 
 **Note**: you can specify the date in any format that can be parsed by
diff --git a/src/zona/builder.py b/src/zona/builder.py
index a04b2eb..446f07d 100644
--- a/src/zona/builder.py
+++ b/src/zona/builder.py
@@ -48,14 +48,12 @@ class ZonaBuilder:
                     destination=destination,
                     url=str(destination.relative_to(layout.output)),
                 )
-                if path.name.endswith(
-                    ".md"
-                ) and not path.is_relative_to(
+                if path.name.endswith(".md") and not path.is_relative_to(
                     layout.root / "content" / "static"
                 ):
                     logger.debug(f"Parsing {path.name}.")
                     item.metadata, item.content = parse_metadata(path)
-                    if (
+                    if item.metadata.ignore or (
                         item.metadata.draft
                         and not self.config.build.include_drafts
                     ):
@@ -71,13 +69,11 @@ class ZonaBuilder:
                     item.copy = False
                     name = destination.stem
                     if name == "index":
-                        item.destination = (
-                            item.destination.with_suffix(".html")
+                        item.destination = item.destination.with_suffix(
+                            ".html"
                         )
                     else:
-                        relative = path.relative_to(base).with_suffix(
-                            ""
-                        )
+                        relative = path.relative_to(base).with_suffix("")
                         name = relative.stem
                         item.destination = (
                             layout.output
@@ -89,9 +85,7 @@ class ZonaBuilder:
                         layout.output
                     )
                     item.url = (
-                        ""
-                        if rel_url == Path(".")
-                        else rel_url.as_posix()
+                        "" if rel_url == Path(".") else rel_url.as_posix()
                     )
                 items.append(item)
         self.items = items
@@ -117,9 +111,7 @@ class ZonaBuilder:
         # write code highlighting stylesheet
         if self.config.markdown.syntax_highlighting.enabled:
             pygments_style = zmd.get_style_defs(self.config)
-            pygments_path = (
-                self.layout.output / "static" / "pygments.css"
-            )
+            pygments_path = self.layout.output / "static" / "pygments.css"
             util.ensure_parents(pygments_path)
             pygments_path.write_text(pygments_style)
         for item in self.item_map.values():
diff --git a/src/zona/metadata.py b/src/zona/metadata.py
index b079266..0cd6a8c 100644
--- a/src/zona/metadata.py
+++ b/src/zona/metadata.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ class Metadata:
     template: str | None = None
     post: bool | None = None
     draft: bool = False
+    ignore: bool = False
     math: bool = True