diff --git a/build/index.js b/build/index.js
index 4dddc20..313bfb1 100644
--- a/build/index.js
+++ b/build/index.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const loadPostFiles = require('./posts');
 const Cache = require('./cache');
 const Promise = require('bluebird');
 const fs = require('fs-extra');
+const { sortBy } = require('lodash');
 
 const primeTweets = require('./page-tweets');
 const pageWriter = require('./page-writer');
@@ -36,9 +37,10 @@ exports.everything = function (prod = false) {
 
 
     // prime tweet data for all pages
-    const pages = await primeTweets(PublicFiles.pages);
-    const posts = await primeTweets(PostFiles.pages);
+    const pages = await primeTweets(PublicFiles.pages.filter((p) => !p.meta.ignore));
 
+    let posts = await primeTweets(PostFiles.pages.filter((p) => !p.meta.ignore));
+    posts = sortBy(posts, 'date');
     posts.reverse();
 
     // compile all tasks to be completed
diff --git a/build/page.js b/build/page.js
index 25e72bc..5e66041 100644
--- a/build/page.js
+++ b/build/page.js
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ module.exports = exports = class Page extends File {
   _parse (PublicFiles) {
     const { titlecard, webready } = PublicFiles.for(this.dir);
 
+    this.ignore = this.meta.ignore;
     this.images = webready;
     this.titlecard = titlecard;
     this.tweets = (this.meta.tweets || []).map(parseTweetId);