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/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index caf20fb..2a2e6b4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ allowedUntypedLibraries = ["frontmatter", "pygments", "pymdownx", "l2m4m"]
 [tool.ruff]
 line-length = 70
 indent-width = 4
-target-version = "py311"
+target-version = "py312"
 
 [tool.ruff.lint]
 fixable = ["ALL"]
diff --git a/src/zona/builder.py b/src/zona/builder.py
index 12b5458..446f07d 100644
--- a/src/zona/builder.py
+++ b/src/zona/builder.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class ZonaBuilder:
                 ):
                     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
                     ):
diff --git a/src/zona/cli.py b/src/zona/cli.py
index a7e2dd5..4b48d3a 100644
--- a/src/zona/cli.py
+++ b/src/zona/cli.py
@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@ def build(
     """
     if draft:
         print("Option override: including drafts.")
-    builder = ZonaBuilder(cli_root=root, cli_output=output, draft=draft)
+    builder = ZonaBuilder(
+        cli_root=root, cli_output=output, draft=draft
+    )
     builder.build()
 
 
@@ -73,7 +75,9 @@ def serve(
     ] = None,
     host: Annotated[
         str,
-        typer.Option("--host", help="Hostname for live preview server."),
+        typer.Option(
+            "--host", help="Hostname for live preview server."
+        ),
     ] = "localhost",
     port: Annotated[
         int,
diff --git a/src/zona/config.py b/src/zona/config.py
index cc56ec2..2a50fd4 100644
--- a/src/zona/config.py
+++ b/src/zona/config.py
@@ -76,7 +76,9 @@ IGNORELIST = [".marksman.toml"]
 class ZonaConfig:
     base_url: str = "/"
     # dictionary where key is name, value is url
-    sitemap: SitemapConfig = field(default_factory=lambda: {"Home": "/"})
+    sitemap: SitemapConfig = field(
+        default_factory=lambda: {"Home": "/"}
+    )
     # list of globs relative to content that should be ignored
     ignore: list[str] = field(default_factory=lambda: IGNORELIST)
     markdown: MarkdownConfig = field(default_factory=MarkdownConfig)
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
 
 
diff --git a/src/zona/server.py b/src/zona/server.py
index 23c4c0b..82e6381 100644
--- a/src/zona/server.py
+++ b/src/zona/server.py
@@ -238,7 +238,9 @@ def serve(
             event_handler, path=str(root / "content"), recursive=True
         )
         observer.schedule(
-            event_handler, path=str(root / "templates"), recursive=True
+            event_handler,
+            path=str(root / "templates"),
+            recursive=True,
         )
         observer.start()
 
diff --git a/src/zona/util.py b/src/zona/util.py
index 2d5c514..9ccc2c6 100644
--- a/src/zona/util.py
+++ b/src/zona/util.py
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ def get_resource(path: str) -> ZonaResource:
     if file.is_file():
         return ZonaResource(name=path, contents=file.read_text())
     else:
-        raise FileNotFoundError(f"{path} is not a valid Zona resource!")
+        raise FileNotFoundError(
+            f"{path} is not a valid Zona resource!"
+        )
 
 
 def get_resources(subdir: str) -> list[ZonaResource]:
@@ -75,10 +77,13 @@ def normalize_url(url: str) -> str:
     return url
 
 
-def should_ignore(path: Path, patterns: list[str], base: Path) -> bool:
+def should_ignore(
+    path: Path, patterns: list[str], base: Path
+) -> bool:
     rel_path = path.relative_to(base)
     return any(
-        fnmatch.fnmatch(str(rel_path), pattern) for pattern in patterns
+        fnmatch.fnmatch(str(rel_path), pattern)
+        for pattern in patterns
     )