diff --git a/components/site/tests/common.rs b/components/site/tests/common.rs
index f5caaf182..267bdf801 100644
--- a/components/site/tests/common.rs
+++ b/components/site/tests/common.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ macro_rules! file_exists {
 
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! file_contains {
-    ($root: expr, $path: expr, $text: expr) => {{
+    (@impl $root: expr, $path: expr) => {{
         use std::io::prelude::*;
         let mut path = $root.clone();
         for component in $path.split('/') {
@@ -31,11 +31,24 @@ macro_rules! file_contains {
         let mut file = std::fs::File::open(&path).expect(&format!("Failed to open {:?}", $path));
         let mut s = String::new();
         file.read_to_string(&mut s).unwrap();
-        println!("{}", s);
+        println!("{path:?} {s}");
+        s
+    }};
+    ($root: expr, $path: expr, $text: expr) => {{
+        let s = file_contains!(@impl $root, $path);
         s.contains($text)
     }};
 }
 
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! file_contains_regex {
+    ($root: expr, $path: expr, $pat: expr) => {{
+        let s = file_contains!(@impl $root, $path);
+        let re = libs::regex::Regex::new($pat).unwrap();
+        re.is_match(&s)
+    }};
+}
+
 /// We return the tmpdir otherwise it would get out of scope and be deleted
 /// The tests can ignore it if they dont need it by prefixing it with a `_`
 pub fn build_site(name: &str) -> (Site, TempDir, PathBuf) {
diff --git a/components/site/tests/site.rs b/components/site/tests/site.rs
index bf0811e15..a5b5446ce 100644
--- a/components/site/tests/site.rs
+++ b/components/site/tests/site.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ fn can_parse_site() {
     let library = site.library.read().unwrap();
 
     // Correct number of pages (sections do not count as pages, draft are ignored)
-    assert_eq!(library.pages.len(), 36);
+    assert_eq!(library.pages.len(), 37);
     let posts_path = path.join("content").join("posts");
 
     // Make sure the page with a url doesn't have any sections
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ fn can_parse_site() {
 
     let posts_section = library.sections.get(&posts_path.join("_index.md")).unwrap();
     assert_eq!(posts_section.subsections.len(), 2);
-    assert_eq!(posts_section.pages.len(), 10); // 11 with 1 draft == 10
+    assert_eq!(posts_section.pages.len(), 12); // 13 with 1 draft == 12
     assert_eq!(posts_section.ancestors, vec![index_section.file.relative.clone()]);
 
     // Make sure we remove all the pwd + content from the sections
@@ -155,6 +155,47 @@ fn can_build_site_without_live_reload() {
         "posts/tutorials/devops/nix.md"
     ));
 
+    assert!(file_exists!(public, "posts/access-render/index.html"));
+
+    // render = false pages can still be accessed directly
+    assert!(file_contains!(
+        public,
+        "posts/access-render/index.html",
+        "Path of unrendered page: /posts/render/"
+    ));
+    // render = false pages can still be accessed through sections
+    assert!(file_contains_regex!(
+        public,
+        "posts/access-render/index.html",
+        r#"Pages in section with unrendered page: <ul>(<li>[^>]+</li>)*<li>/posts/render/</li>"#
+    ));
+    // render = false sections can still be accessed directly
+    assert!(file_contains!(
+        public,
+        "posts/access-render/index.html",
+        "Pages in unrendered section: <ul><li>"
+    ));
+    // render = false pages don't show up in taxonomies
+    assert!(!file_contains!(
+        public,
+        "podcast-authors/some-person/atom.xml",
+        "/posts/render/"
+    ));
+    assert!(!file_contains!(
+        public,
+        "categories/a-category/atom.xml",
+        "/posts/render/"
+    ));
+    // render = false pages don't even add terms to taxonomies
+    assert!(!file_exists!(
+        public,
+        "podcast-authors/other-person/atom.xml"
+    ));
+    assert!(!file_exists!(
+        public,
+        "categories/b-category/atom.xml"
+    ));
+
     // aliases work
     assert!(file_exists!(public, "an-old-url/old-page/index.html"));
     assert!(file_contains!(public, "an-old-url/old-page/index.html", "something-else"));
@@ -216,6 +257,8 @@ fn can_build_site_without_live_reload() {
     assert!(!file_contains!(public, "sitemap.xml", "draft"));
     // render: false sections are not in the sitemap either
     assert!(!file_contains!(public, "sitemap.xml", "posts/2018/</loc>"));
+    // render: false pages are not in the sitemap either
+    assert!(!file_contains!(public, "sitemap.xml", "posts/render/</loc>"));
 
     // robots.txt has been rendered from the template
     assert!(file_contains!(public, "robots.txt", "User-agent: zola"));
@@ -417,7 +460,7 @@ fn can_build_site_with_pagination_for_section() {
         "posts/page/1/index.html",
         "http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0; url=https://replace-this-with-your-url.com/posts/\""
     ));
-    assert!(file_contains!(public, "posts/index.html", "Num pagers: 5"));
+    assert!(file_contains!(public, "posts/index.html", "Num pagers: 6"));
     assert!(file_contains!(public, "posts/index.html", "Page size: 2"));
     assert!(file_contains!(public, "posts/index.html", "Current index: 1"));
     assert!(!file_contains!(public, "posts/index.html", "has_prev"));
@@ -430,12 +473,12 @@ fn can_build_site_with_pagination_for_section() {
     assert!(file_contains!(
         public,
         "posts/index.html",
-        "Last: https://replace-this-with-your-url.com/posts/page/5/"
+        "Last: https://replace-this-with-your-url.com/posts/page/6/"
     ));
     assert!(!file_contains!(public, "posts/index.html", "has_prev"));
 
     assert!(file_exists!(public, "posts/page/2/index.html"));
-    assert!(file_contains!(public, "posts/page/2/index.html", "Num pagers: 5"));
+    assert!(file_contains!(public, "posts/page/2/index.html", "Num pagers: 6"));
     assert!(file_contains!(public, "posts/page/2/index.html", "Page size: 2"));
     assert!(file_contains!(public, "posts/page/2/index.html", "Current index: 2"));
     assert!(file_contains!(public, "posts/page/2/index.html", "has_prev"));
@@ -448,11 +491,11 @@ fn can_build_site_with_pagination_for_section() {
     assert!(file_contains!(
         public,
         "posts/page/2/index.html",
-        "Last: https://replace-this-with-your-url.com/posts/page/5/"
+        "Last: https://replace-this-with-your-url.com/posts/page/6/"
     ));
 
     assert!(file_exists!(public, "posts/page/3/index.html"));
-    assert!(file_contains!(public, "posts/page/3/index.html", "Num pagers: 5"));
+    assert!(file_contains!(public, "posts/page/3/index.html", "Num pagers: 6"));
     assert!(file_contains!(public, "posts/page/3/index.html", "Page size: 2"));
     assert!(file_contains!(public, "posts/page/3/index.html", "Current index: 3"));
     assert!(file_contains!(public, "posts/page/3/index.html", "has_prev"));
@@ -465,11 +508,11 @@ fn can_build_site_with_pagination_for_section() {
     assert!(file_contains!(
         public,
         "posts/page/3/index.html",
-        "Last: https://replace-this-with-your-url.com/posts/page/5/"
+        "Last: https://replace-this-with-your-url.com/posts/page/6/"
     ));
 
     assert!(file_exists!(public, "posts/page/4/index.html"));
-    assert!(file_contains!(public, "posts/page/4/index.html", "Num pagers: 5"));
+    assert!(file_contains!(public, "posts/page/4/index.html", "Num pagers: 6"));
     assert!(file_contains!(public, "posts/page/4/index.html", "Page size: 2"));
     assert!(file_contains!(public, "posts/page/4/index.html", "Current index: 4"));
     assert!(file_contains!(public, "posts/page/4/index.html", "has_prev"));
@@ -482,7 +525,7 @@ fn can_build_site_with_pagination_for_section() {
     assert!(file_contains!(
         public,
         "posts/page/4/index.html",
-        "Last: https://replace-this-with-your-url.com/posts/page/5/"
+        "Last: https://replace-this-with-your-url.com/posts/page/6/"
     ));
 
     // sitemap contains the pager pages
diff --git a/test_site/content/posts/access-render.md b/test_site/content/posts/access-render.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..580b327f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_site/content/posts/access-render.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
++++
+title = 'render = false tests'
+slug = 'access-render'
+template = 'access_render.html'
+date = 2000-01-01
++++
+
+This post exists to test that unrendered sections and pages are still accessible
+via templates.
diff --git a/test_site/content/posts/render.md b/test_site/content/posts/render.md
index 63af6b756..178b783ee 100644
--- a/test_site/content/posts/render.md
+++ b/test_site/content/posts/render.md
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ title = "Page with content but without generated folder"
 description = ""
 date = 2017-04-01
 render = false
+
+[taxonomies]
+categories = ["a-category", "b-category"]
+podcast_authors = ["Some Person", "Other Person"]
 +++
 
 Don't generate a folder for this page
diff --git a/test_site/templates/access_render.html b/test_site/templates/access_render.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e311637aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_site/templates/access_render.html
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{% extends "index.html" %}
+
+{% block content %}
+    {% set unrendered_page = get_page(path='posts/render.md') %}
+    {% set section_with_unrendered = get_section(path='posts/_index.md') %}
+    {% set unrendered_section = get_section(path='posts/2018/_index.md') %}
+    Path of unrendered page: {{ unrendered_page.path | safe }}
+    Pages in section with unrendered page: <ul>{% for page in section_with_unrendered.pages -%}
+        <li>{{ page.path | safe }}</li>
+    {%- endfor %}</ul>
+    Pages in unrendered section: <ul>{% for page in unrendered_section.pages -%}
+        <li>{{ page.path | safe }}</li>
+    {%- endfor %}</ul>
+{% endblock content %}
+