diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6edc4b5..6614b18 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,18 +17,33 @@ Add the following shortcode for a list of at most 5 commits to that project that
 Add the following shortcode for a list of at most 3 commits followed by a link to the latest release:
 
 ```
-[gitlab-show-project url="https://tk-sls.de/gitlab" project_id=42 max=3 release="latest"]
+[gitlab-show-project url="https://tk-sls.de/gitlab" project_id=42 max=3 releases="latest"]
+```
+
+Add the following shortcode to just link to the Gitlab project, without a list of commits or releases:
+
+```
+[gitlab-show-project url="https://tk-sls.de/gitlab" project_id=42 commit="none" releases="none"]
 ```
 
 ### Attributes
 
-* `url="STRING"`: Mandatory (example: `https://tk-sls.de/gitlab`).
-* `project_id=NUM`: Mandatory; `NUM`: Positive Integer, valid project ID in Gitlab specified by `url` (example: `42`).
+The following attributes are mandatory:
+
+* `url="STRING"`: Base URL of Gitlab instance (example: `https://tk-sls.de/gitlab`).
+* `project_id=NUM`: ; `NUM`: Positive Integer, valid project ID in Gitlab specified by `url` (example: `42`).
+
+The following optional attributes enable or disable additional project information:
+
+* `commits="STRING"`: Optional; if set, `STRING` can be either `all` (show a list of recent commits, the default) or `none` (do not show a list of recent commits).
+* `releases=STRING`: Optional; if set, `STRING` can be either `all` (show a list of all releases of this project, if any) or `latest` (show a link to the latest release of this project, if any) or `none` (do not show releases of this project, the default).
+
+The following optional attributes modify the behavior of the list of commits:
+
 * `since="NUM UNIT"`: Optional; `NUM`: Positive integer; `UNIT`: `days`, `months`, `years`; exclude commits older than specified time interval (example: `3 months`).
 * `max=NUM`: Optional; `NUM`: Positive integer; list not more than `NUM` commits (example: `5`).
 * `ref_name=STRING`: Optional: list only commit from branch or reference name `STRING` (examples: `main`, `v1.1`).
 * `default_branch`: Optional; if set, list only commits from the project's default branch.
-* `release=STRING`: Optional; if set, `STRING` can be either `all` (show a list of all releases of this project) or `latest` (show a link to the latest release of this project, if any).
 
 ## Author and License
 
diff --git a/lang/linuxfoo-gitlab-de_DE.po b/lang/linuxfoo-gitlab-de_DE.po
index 524b928..200b3a2 100644
--- a/lang/linuxfoo-gitlab-de_DE.po
+++ b/lang/linuxfoo-gitlab-de_DE.po
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ msgstr "Jahren"
 msgid "since %d %s ago"
 msgstr "seit %d %s"
 
+#: linuxfoo-gitlab.php:57
+msgid "Invalid value for parameter \"commits\"."
+msgstr "Unzulässiger Wert für Parameter \"commits\"."
+
 #: linuxfoo-gitlab.php:59
 msgid "Required parameter missing."
 msgstr "Notwendiger Parameter fehlt"
diff --git a/lang/linuxfoo-gitlab.pot b/lang/linuxfoo-gitlab.pot
index 13f8001..810ea64 100644
--- a/lang/linuxfoo-gitlab.pot
+++ b/lang/linuxfoo-gitlab.pot
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ msgstr ""
 "MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
 "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
 "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2021-11-27T16:45:29+01:00\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2021-11-27T19:40:19+01:00\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "X-Generator: WP-CLI 2.5.0\n"
 "X-Domain: linuxfoo-gitlab\n"
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ msgid "http://tk-sls.de/ref/gitlab-list-commits"
 msgstr ""
 
 #. Description of the plugin
-msgid "Summary: Embed list of most recent commits to a Gitlab project from a Gitlab instance's public REST API. Example: Add [gitlab-list-commits url=https://tk-sls.de/gitlab project_id=42 since=\"3 month\" max=5] for a list of at most 5 commits to that project that were made since at most 3 months ago."
+msgid "Summary: Embed list of most recent commits to a Gitlab project from a Gitlab instance's public REST API. Example: Add [gitlab-list-commits url=https://tk-sls.de/gitlab project_id=42 commits=\"all\" since=\"3 month\" max=5 releases=\"latest\"] for a list of at most 5 commits to that project that were made since at most 3 months ago, followed by alink to the latest release of the project (if any). To disable the list of commits, set commits=\"none\". To generate a list of all releases, set releases=\"all\". To disable the list of releases, omit the \"releases\" attribute or set releases=\"none\"."
 msgstr ""
 
 #. Author of the plugin
@@ -34,90 +34,94 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "https://tk-sls.de"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: linuxfoo-gitlab.php:39
+#: linuxfoo-gitlab.php:37
 msgid "days"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: linuxfoo-gitlab.php:42
+#: linuxfoo-gitlab.php:40
 msgid "months"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: linuxfoo-gitlab.php:45
+#: linuxfoo-gitlab.php:43
 msgid "years"
 msgstr ""
 
 #. translators: %d: count, %s unit of time interval
-#: linuxfoo-gitlab.php:49
+#: linuxfoo-gitlab.php:47
 msgid "since %d %s ago"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: linuxfoo-gitlab.php:63
-msgid "Required parameter missing."
+#: linuxfoo-gitlab.php:57
+msgid "Invalid value for parameter \"commits\"."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: linuxfoo-gitlab.php:66
-#: linuxfoo-gitlab.php:72
-msgid "Invalid value for parameter \"project_id\"."
-msgstr ""
-
-#: linuxfoo-gitlab.php:69
-msgid "Invalid value for parameter \"url\"."
-msgstr ""
-
-#: linuxfoo-gitlab.php:79
-msgid "Project URL not reachable."
-msgstr ""
-
-#: linuxfoo-gitlab.php:90
-msgid "Gitlab project"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: linuxfoo-gitlab.php:97
+#: linuxfoo-gitlab.php:61
 msgid "Invalid value for parameter \"since\"."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: linuxfoo-gitlab.php:119
+#: linuxfoo-gitlab.php:91
 msgid "Commits URL not reachable."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: linuxfoo-gitlab.php:125
+#: linuxfoo-gitlab.php:97
 msgid "Commits information not readable."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: linuxfoo-gitlab.php:136
+#: linuxfoo-gitlab.php:108
 msgid "No commits"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: linuxfoo-gitlab.php:137
-#: linuxfoo-gitlab.php:151
+#: linuxfoo-gitlab.php:109
+#: linuxfoo-gitlab.php:118
 msgid "in branch"
 msgstr ""
 
 #. translators: %d: maximum number of commits displayed
-#: linuxfoo-gitlab.php:150
+#: linuxfoo-gitlab.php:117
 msgid "Last %d commits"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: linuxfoo-gitlab.php:172
+#: linuxfoo-gitlab.php:150
 msgid "Invalid value for parameter \"releases\"."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: linuxfoo-gitlab.php:179
+#: linuxfoo-gitlab.php:157
 msgid "Releases URL not reachable."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: linuxfoo-gitlab.php:185
+#: linuxfoo-gitlab.php:163
 msgid "Releases information not readable."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: linuxfoo-gitlab.php:189
+#: linuxfoo-gitlab.php:169
 msgid "This project has currently no releases."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: linuxfoo-gitlab.php:194
+#: linuxfoo-gitlab.php:175
 msgid "Latest release"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: linuxfoo-gitlab.php:201
+#: linuxfoo-gitlab.php:182
 msgid "Releases"
 msgstr ""
+
+#: linuxfoo-gitlab.php:215
+msgid "Required parameter missing."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: linuxfoo-gitlab.php:218
+#: linuxfoo-gitlab.php:224
+msgid "Invalid value for parameter \"project_id\"."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: linuxfoo-gitlab.php:221
+msgid "Invalid value for parameter \"url\"."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: linuxfoo-gitlab.php:231
+msgid "Project URL not reachable."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: linuxfoo-gitlab.php:242
+msgid "Gitlab project"
+msgstr ""
diff --git a/linuxfoo-gitlab.php b/linuxfoo-gitlab.php
index 0e6f1b9..db9beee 100644
--- a/linuxfoo-gitlab.php
+++ b/linuxfoo-gitlab.php
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 /*
 Plugin Name: Gitlab REST API Shortcodes
 Plugin URI: http://tk-sls.de/ref/gitlab-list-commits
-Description: Summary: Embed list of most recent commits to a Gitlab project from a Gitlab instance's public REST API. Example: Add [gitlab-list-commits url=https://tk-sls.de/gitlab project_id=42 since="3 month" max=5] for a list of at most 5 commits to that project that were made since at most 3 months ago.
+Description: Summary: Embed list of most recent commits to a Gitlab project from a Gitlab instance's public REST API. Example: Add [gitlab-list-commits url=https://tk-sls.de/gitlab project_id=42 commits="all" since="3 month" max=5 releases="latest"] for a list of at most 5 commits to that project that were made since at most 3 months ago, followed by alink to the latest release of the project (if any). To disable the list of commits, set commits="none". To generate a list of all releases, set releases="all". To disable the list of releases, omit the "releases" attribute or set releases="none".
 Author: Tilman Kranz
-Version: 1.2
+Version: 1.4
 Author URI: https://tk-sls.de
 */
 
@@ -18,16 +18,14 @@ class LinuxfooGitlab {
     }
 
     static function css() {
-	    wp_enqueue_style('linuxfoo_gitlab_css', plugins_url('styles.css', __FILE__ ), '', '1.2' );
+	    wp_enqueue_style('linuxfoo_gitlab_css', plugins_url('styles.css', __FILE__ ), '', '1.4' );
     }
 
 	static function error ( $msg ) {
         return
-            '<div class="linuxfoo_gitlab">'.
-                '<span class="error">'.
-                    $msg.
-                '</span>'.
-            '</div>';
+            '<span class="error">'.
+                $msg.
+            '</span>';
     }
 
     static function format_since($since) {
@@ -49,55 +47,29 @@ class LinuxfooGitlab {
         return sprintf(__('since %d %s ago', 'linuxfoo-gitlab'), $num, $unit);
     }
 
-	static function list_commits($atts, $content, $tag) {
-        return self::show_project($atts, $content, $tag);
-    }
+	static function commits_list($atts, $project_url) {
+        $since = null;
 
-	static function show_project($atts, $content, $tag) {
-		global $post;
-
-        if(
-            is_null($atts['url']) ||
-            is_null($atts['project_id'])
-        ) {
-            return self::error(__('Required parameter missing.', 'linuxfoo-gitlab'));
+        if($atts['commits']=='none') {
+            return '';
         }
-        elseif(!preg_match('/^[1-9][0-9]*$/', $atts['project_id'])) {
-            return self::error(__('Invalid value for parameter "project_id".', 'linuxfoo-gitlab'));
+        elseif(!is_null($atts['commits']) && $atts['commits']!='all') {
+            return self::error(__('Invalid value for parameter "commits".', 'linuxfoo-gitlab'));
         }
-        elseif(!filter_var($atts['url'], FILTER_VALIDATE_URL)) {
-            return self::error(__('Invalid value for parameter "url".', 'linuxfoo-gitlab'));
-        }
-        elseif(!preg_match('/^[1-9][0-9]*$/', $atts['project_id'])) {
-            return self::error(__('Invalid value for parameter "project_id".', 'linuxfoo-gitlab'));
-        }
-
-        $project_url = $atts['url'].'/api/v4/projects/'.$atts['project_id'];
-        $project_json = file_get_contents($project_url);
-
-        if(is_null($project_json)) {
-            return self::error(__('Project URL not reachable.', 'linuxfoo-gitlab'));
-        }
-
-        $project = json_decode($project_json);
-
-        if(is_null($project)) {
-            return self::error('Project information not readable.');
-        }
-
-        $project_header =
-            '<span class="project_header">'.
-                __('Gitlab project', 'linuxfoo-gitlab').' <a href="'.$project->web_url.'">'.$project->name.'</a>'.
-            '</span>';
-
-        $commits_url = $project_url.'/repository/commits?';
-
-        if(!is_null($atts['since'])) {
+        elseif(!is_null($atts['since'])) {
             if(!preg_match('/^[1-9][0-9]*\s+(days|months|years)$/', $atts['since'])) {
                 return self::error(__('Invalid value for parameter "since".', 'linuxfoo-gitlab'));
             }
+            else {
+                $since = date(DATE_ISO8601, strtotime('-'.$atts['since']));
+            }
+        }
 
-            $since = date(DATE_ISO8601, strtotime('-'.$atts['since']));
+        $out = '';
+
+        $commits_url = $project_url.'/repository/commits?';
+
+        if(!is_null($since)) {
             $commits_url .= '&since='.$since;
         }
 
@@ -116,100 +88,164 @@ class LinuxfooGitlab {
         $commits_json = file_get_contents($commits_url);
 
         if(is_null($commits_json)) {
-            return self::error(__('Commits URL not reachable.', 'linuxfoo-gitlab'));
+            $out .= self::error(__('Commits URL not reachable.', 'linuxfoo-gitlab'));
         }
+        else {
+            $commits = json_decode($commits_json);
 
-        $commits = json_decode($commits_json);
-
-        if(is_null($commits)) {
-            return self::error(__('Commits information not readable.', 'linuxfoo-gitlab'));
-        }
-
-        $commits_count = count($commits); 
-        $commits_count = is_null($atts['max']) ? $commits_count : min($commits_count, $atts['max']);
-
-        if($commits_count==0) {
-            return 
-                '<div class="linuxfoo_gitlab">'.
-                    $project_header.
-                    '<span class="stats">'.
-                        __('No commits', 'linuxfoo-gitlab').
-                        (is_null($branch) ? '' : ' '.__('in branch', 'linuxfoo-gitlab').' "'.$branch.'"').
-                        (is_null($atts['since']) ? '' : ' '.('since '.$atts['since'].' ago')).'.'.
-                    '</span>'.
-                '</div>';
-        }
-
-        $commits = array_slice($commits, 0, $commits_count);
-
-        $out =
-            '<div class="linuxfoo_gitlab">'.
-                $project_header.
-                    '<span class="stats">'.
-                        /* translators: %d: maximum number of commits displayed */
-                        sprintf(__('Last %d commits', 'linuxfoo-gitlab'), $commits_count).
-                        (is_null($branch) ? '' : ' '.__('in branch', 'linuxfoo-gitlab').' "'.$branch.'"').
-                        (is_null($atts['since']) ? '' : ' '.self::format_since($atts['since'])).':'.
-                    '</span>'.
-                '<ul class="commits">';
-
-        foreach($commits as $commit) {
-            preg_match('/^....-..-../', $commit->committed_date, $m);
-            $date = $m[0];
-
-            $title = htmlspecialchars($commit->title, ENT_NOQUOTES|ENT_HTML5|ENT_SUBSTITUTE, 'UTF-8', FALSE);
-
-            $out .=
-                '<li>'.
-                    $date.': <a href="'.$commit->web_url.'">'.$commit->short_id.'</a> '.$title.
-                '</li>';
-        }
-
-        $out .= '</ul>';
-
-        if(!is_null($atts['releases'])) {
-            if(!preg_match('/^(all|latest)$/', $atts['releases'])) {
-                return self::error(__('Invalid value for parameter "releases".', 'linuxfoo-gitlab'));
+            if(is_null($commits)) {
+                $out .= self::error(__('Commits information not readable.', 'linuxfoo-gitlab'));
             }
+            else {
+                $commits_count = count($commits); 
+                $commits_count = is_null($atts['max']) ? $commits_count : min($commits_count, $atts['max']);
 
+                $commits = array_slice($commits, 0, $commits_count);
+
+                if($commits_count==0) {
+                    $out .=
+                        '<span class="stats">'.
+                            __('No commits', 'linuxfoo-gitlab').
+                            (is_null($branch) ? '' : ' '.__('in branch', 'linuxfoo-gitlab').' "'.$branch.'"').
+                            (is_null($atts['since']) ? '' : ' '.('since '.$atts['since'].' ago')).'.'.
+                        '</span>';
+                }
+                else {
+                    $out .=
+                        '<span class="stats">'.
+                            /* translators: %d: maximum number of commits displayed */
+                            sprintf(__('Last %d commits', 'linuxfoo-gitlab'), $commits_count).
+                            (is_null($branch) ? '' : ' '.__('in branch', 'linuxfoo-gitlab').' "'.$branch.'"').
+                            (is_null($atts['since']) ? '' : ' '.self::format_since($atts['since'])).':'.
+                        '</span>'.
+                        '<ul class="commits">';
+
+                    foreach($commits as $commit) {
+                        preg_match('/^....-..-../', $commit->committed_date, $m);
+                        $date = $m[0];
+
+                        $title = htmlspecialchars($commit->title, ENT_NOQUOTES|ENT_HTML5|ENT_SUBSTITUTE, 'UTF-8', FALSE);
+
+                        $out .=
+                            '<li>'.
+                                $date.': <a href="'.$commit->web_url.'">'.$commit->short_id.'</a> '.$title.
+                            '</li>';
+                    }
+
+                    $out .= '</ul>';
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $out;
+    }
+
+	static function releases_list($atts, $project_url) {
+        $out = '';
+
+        if(is_null($atts['releases']) || $atts['releases']=='none') {
+            $out .= '';
+        }
+        elseif(!preg_match('/^(all|latest)$/', $atts['releases'])) {
+            $out .= self::error(__('Invalid value for parameter "releases".', 'linuxfoo-gitlab'));
+        }
+        else {
             $releases_url = $project_url.'/releases?';
             $releases_json = file_get_contents($releases_url);
 
             if(is_null($releases_json)) {
-                return self::error(__('Releases URL not reachable.', 'linuxfoo-gitlab'));
+                $out .= self::error(__('Releases URL not reachable.', 'linuxfoo-gitlab'));
             }
+            else {
+                $releases = json_decode($releases_json);
 
-            $releases = json_decode($releases_json);
-
-            if(is_null($releases)) {
-                return self::error(__('Releases information not readable.', 'linuxfoo-gitlab'));
-            }
-
-            if(count($releases)==0) {
-                $out .= '<p class="releases">'.__('This project has currently no releases.', 'linuxfoo-gitlab').'</p>';
-            }
-            elseif($atts['releases']=='latest') {
-                $out .=
-                    '<p class="releases">'.
-                        __('Latest release', 'linuxfoo-gitlab').': '.
-                       '<a href="'.$releases[0]->_links->self.'">'.$releases[0]->name.'</a>'.
-                    '</p>';
-            }
-            elseif($atts['releases']=='all') {
-                $out .=
-                    '<p class="releases">'.
-                        __('Releases', 'linuxfoo-gitlab').': '.
-                    '</p>'.
-                    '<ul class="releases">';
-
-                foreach($releases as $release) {
-                    $out .=
-                        '<li>'.
-                            '<a href="'.$release->_links->self.'">'.$release->name.'</a>'.
-                        '</li>';
+                if(is_null($releases)) {
+                    $out .= self::error(__('Releases information not readable.', 'linuxfoo-gitlab'));
                 }
+                else {
+                    if(count($releases)==0) {
+                        $out .=
+                            '<p class="releases">'.
+                                __('This project has currently no releases.', 'linuxfoo-gitlab').
+                            '</p>';
+                    }
+                    elseif($atts['releases']=='latest') {
+                        $out .=
+                            '<p class="releases">'.
+                                __('Latest release', 'linuxfoo-gitlab').': '.
+                               '<a href="'.$releases[0]->_links->self.'">'.$releases[0]->name.'</a>'.
+                            '</p>';
+                    }
+                    elseif($atts['releases']=='all') {
+                        $out .=
+                            '<p class="releases">'.
+                                __('Releases', 'linuxfoo-gitlab').': '.
+                            '</p>'.
+                            '<ul class="releases">';
 
-                $out .= '</ul>';
+                        foreach($releases as $release) {
+                            $out .=
+                                '<li>'.
+                                    '<a href="'.$release->_links->self.'">'.$release->name.'</a>'.
+                                '</li>';
+                        }
+
+                        $out .= '</ul>';
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $out;
+    }
+
+	static function list_commits($atts, $content, $tag) {
+        return self::show_project($atts, $content, $tag);
+    }
+
+	static function show_project($atts, $content, $tag) {
+		global $post;
+
+        $out = '<div class="linuxfoo_gitlab">';
+
+        if(
+            is_null($atts['url']) ||
+            is_null($atts['project_id'])
+        ) {
+            $out .= self::error(__('Required parameter missing.', 'linuxfoo-gitlab'));
+        }
+        elseif(!preg_match('/^[1-9][0-9]*$/', $atts['project_id'])) {
+            $out .= self::error(__('Invalid value for parameter "project_id".', 'linuxfoo-gitlab'));
+        }
+        elseif(!filter_var($atts['url'], FILTER_VALIDATE_URL)) {
+            $out .= self::error(__('Invalid value for parameter "url".', 'linuxfoo-gitlab'));
+        }
+        elseif(!preg_match('/^[1-9][0-9]*$/', $atts['project_id'])) {
+            $out .= self::error(__('Invalid value for parameter "project_id".', 'linuxfoo-gitlab'));
+        }
+        else {
+            $project_url = $atts['url'].'/api/v4/projects/'.$atts['project_id'];
+            $project_json = file_get_contents($project_url);
+
+            if(is_null($project_json)) {
+                $out .= self::error(__('Project URL not reachable.', 'linuxfoo-gitlab'));
+            }
+            else {
+                $project = json_decode($project_json);
+
+                if(is_null($project)) {
+                    $out .= self::error('Project information not readable.');
+                }
+                else {
+                    $out .=
+                        '<span class="project_header">'.
+                            __('Gitlab project', 'linuxfoo-gitlab').' '.
+                            '<a href="'.$project->web_url.'">'.$project->name.'</a>'.
+                        '</span>';
+
+                    $out .= self::commits_list($atts, $project_url);
+                    $out .= self::releases_list($atts, $project_url);
+                }
             }
         }
 
@@ -223,4 +259,3 @@ add_action('plugins_loaded', 'LinuxfooGitlab::load_textdomain');
 add_action('wp_enqueue_scripts', 'LinuxfooGitlab::css' );
 add_shortcode('gitlab-list-commits', 'LinuxfooGitlab::list_commits');
 add_shortcode('gitlab-show-project', 'LinuxfooGitlab::show_project');
-