diff --git a/internal/mdrenderer/node_renderer.go b/internal/mdrenderer/node_renderer.go
index b9cf8dc..a20d1ae 100644
--- a/internal/mdrenderer/node_renderer.go
+++ b/internal/mdrenderer/node_renderer.go
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ import (
 	east "github.com/yuin/goldmark/extension/ast"
 	"github.com/yuin/goldmark/renderer"
 
-	"github.com/blackstork-io/goldmark-markdown/internal/noderenderer"
 	"github.com/blackstork-io/goldmark-markdown/internal/options"
+	"github.com/blackstork-io/goldmark-markdown/noderenderer"
 )
 
 // TODO: add the ability to register new node renderers
@@ -43,8 +43,9 @@ func renderHelper(n ast.Node, fn noderenderer.RenderFunc) (err error) {
 }
 
 // NewRenderer returns a new renderer. Use [goldmark.WithRenderer] to add it to a goldmark instance.
-func NewRenderer() *Renderer {
+func NewRenderer(opts ...options.Option) *Renderer {
 	return &Renderer{
+		opts:              opts,
 		config:            options.DefaultConfig(),
 		previousLineBlank: true, // document (conceptually) starts with a blank line
 		wasAtNL:           true,
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ type bufs []buf
 // Renderer renders markdown nodes to a writer.
 type Renderer struct {
 	config            options.Config
+	opts              []options.Option
 	initOnce          sync.Once
 	nodeRendererFuncs []noderenderer.RenderFunc
 
@@ -86,11 +88,9 @@ var _ goldmark.Extender = &Renderer{}
 
 // Extend implements goldmark.Extender.
 func (r *Renderer) Extend(md goldmark.Markdown) {
-	r.AddOptions(
-		renderer.WithOption(options.OptParser, options.ParserOpt{
-			Parser: md.Parser(),
-		}),
-	)
+	options.ParserOpt{
+		Parser: md.Parser(),
+	}.Apply(&r.config)
 	md.SetRenderer(r)
 }
 
@@ -129,34 +129,8 @@ func (r *Renderer) getRenderer(kind ast.NodeKind) noderenderer.RenderFunc {
 //
 // You can call this method directly or use [goldmark.WithRendererOptions].
 func (r *Renderer) AddOptions(opts ...renderer.Option) {
-	r.initOnce.Do(r.init)
-
-	config := renderer.NewConfig()
-	for _, opt := range opts {
-		opt.SetConfig(config)
-	}
-	if opt, found := config.Options[options.OptParser]; found {
-		delete(config.Options, options.OptParser)
-		opt.(options.Option).Apply(&r.config)
-	}
-	for name, val := range config.Options {
-		if opt, ok := val.(options.Option); ok {
-			opt.Apply(&r.config)
-		} else {
-			r.config.Errs = append(r.config.Errs, fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", options.ErrUnsupportedOption, name))
-		}
-	}
-
-	config.NodeRenderers.Sort()
-	l := len(config.NodeRenderers)
-	for i := l - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
-		v := config.NodeRenderers[i]
-		nr, ok := v.Value.(noderenderer.NodeRenderer)
-		if !ok {
-			continue
-		}
-		r.setRenderer(nr.Kind, nr.Fn)
-	}
+	// ignore standard options
+	return
 }
 
 // Render renders the given AST node to the given writer.
@@ -220,6 +194,13 @@ func (r *Renderer) init() {
 	r.setRenderer(east.KindTableCell, r.renderTableCell)
 	r.setRenderer(east.KindStrikethrough, r.renderStrikethrough)
 	r.setRenderer(east.KindTaskCheckBox, r.renderTaskCheckBox)
+
+	for _, opt := range r.opts {
+		opt.Apply(&r.config)
+	}
+	for _, kind := range r.config.IgnoredNodes {
+		r.setRenderer(kind, noderenderer.NoopRenderer)
+	}
 }
 
 // appends new line if the previous line is not empty
@@ -246,7 +227,7 @@ func (r *Renderer) endLine() {
 }
 
 func (r *Renderer) flush() error {
-	if len(r.positionStack) != 0 || len(r.emphStack) != 0 || len(r.bufs) == 0 || r.table != nil {
+	if len(r.positionStack) != 0 || len(r.emphStack) != 0 || r.table != nil || len(r.bufs) == 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/options/ignore.go b/internal/options/ignore.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bdcdad6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/options/ignore.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package options
+
+import (
+	"github.com/yuin/goldmark/ast"
+	"github.com/yuin/goldmark/renderer"
+)
+
+const OptIgnore renderer.OptionName = "IgnoreNodeKinds"
+
+type IgnoreOpt struct {
+	Kinds []ast.NodeKind
+}
+
+// Apply implements Option.
+func (t IgnoreOpt) Apply(c *Config) {
+	c.IgnoredNodes = append(c.IgnoredNodes, t.Kinds...)
+}
+
+var _ Option = IgnoreOpt{}
diff --git a/internal/options/options.go b/internal/options/options.go
index 4c86335..f15501e 100644
--- a/internal/options/options.go
+++ b/internal/options/options.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	LinkTitleQuote      []byte
 	CheckedCheckbox     []byte
 	UncheckedCheckbox   []byte
+	IgnoredNodes        []ast.NodeKind
 }
 
 func DefaultConfig() Config {
diff --git a/markdown_test.go b/markdown_test.go
index 70fdfd9..341c4b4 100644
--- a/markdown_test.go
+++ b/markdown_test.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func roundtrip(t testing.TB, source, expectedHTMLOverride []byte) {
 
 	mdToMd := goldmark.New(
 		goldmark.WithParser(mdToHtml.Parser()),
-		goldmark.WithRenderer(NewRenderer()),
+		goldmark.WithExtensions(NewRenderer()),
 	)
 
 	expectedHtmlBuf := &bytes.Buffer{}
diff --git a/internal/noderenderer/node_renderer.go b/noderenderer/node_renderer.go
similarity index 83%
rename from internal/noderenderer/node_renderer.go
rename to noderenderer/node_renderer.go
index 1346188..73b6ae9 100644
--- a/internal/noderenderer/node_renderer.go
+++ b/noderenderer/node_renderer.go
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ import "github.com/yuin/goldmark/ast"
 
 type RenderFunc func(n ast.Node, entering bool) error
 
+func NoopRenderer(n ast.Node, entering bool) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
 type NodeRenderer struct {
 	Kind ast.NodeKind
 	Fn   RenderFunc
diff --git a/options.go b/options.go
index 006c135..419bd42 100644
--- a/options.go
+++ b/options.go
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 package markdown
 
 import (
-	"github.com/yuin/goldmark/parser"
-	"github.com/yuin/goldmark/renderer"
-
 	"github.com/blackstork-io/goldmark-markdown/internal/options"
+	"github.com/yuin/goldmark/ast"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -13,18 +11,15 @@ var (
 )
 
 // WithThematicBreaks sets the thematic break tags to use, in the order of preference
-func WithThematicBreaks(breaks ...string) renderer.Option {
-	return renderer.WithOption(
-		options.OptThematicBreaks,
-		options.ThematicBreaksOpt(breaks),
-	)
+func WithThematicBreaks(breaks ...string) options.Option {
+	return options.ThematicBreaksOpt(breaks)
 }
 
-// WithParser sets the markdown parser used to verify other options's validity/applicability
-func WithParser(p parser.Parser) renderer.Option {
-	return renderer.WithOption(options.OptParser, options.ParserOpt{
-		Parser: p,
-	})
+// WithIgnoredNodes sets up the renderer to ignore a node, proceeding to render its children
+func WithIgnoredNodes(kind ...ast.NodeKind) options.Option {
+	return options.IgnoreOpt{
+		Kinds: kind,
+	}
 }
 
 // TODO: Create more options
diff --git a/renderer.go b/renderer.go
index 9690c7b..3ebafce 100644
--- a/renderer.go
+++ b/renderer.go
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ package markdown
 
 import (
 	"github.com/blackstork-io/goldmark-markdown/internal/mdrenderer"
+	"github.com/blackstork-io/goldmark-markdown/internal/options"
 )
 
-// NewRenderer returns a new renderer. Use [goldmark.WithRenderer] to add it to a goldmark instance.
-func NewRenderer() *mdrenderer.Renderer {
-	return mdrenderer.NewRenderer()
+// NewRenderer returns a new renderer. Use [goldmark.WithExtensions] to add it to a goldmark instance.
+func NewRenderer(opts ...options.Option) *mdrenderer.Renderer {
+	return mdrenderer.NewRenderer(opts...)
 }