Kabbo WC Category Hide + Noindex
Control WooCommerce category visibility and SEO with per-category toggles to hide from frontend, remove from listings and menus, force 404 on access, and apply noindex rules to categories and products.
by Sumon Rahman Kabbo · github.com/kabbo508/kabbo-wc-category-hide-noindex
Install
No release zip yet. The repository archive installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow:
wp plugin install https://github.com/kabbo508/kabbo-wc-category-hide-noindex/archive/refs/heads/main.zipControl WooCommerce category visibility and SEO with per-category toggles to hide from frontend, remove from listings and menus, force 404 on access, and apply noindex rules to categories and products.
Kabbo WC Category Hide + Noindex
Control WooCommerce category visibility and SEO behavior with precision.
This plugin allows you to hide product categories from the frontend, remove them from listings and menus, block access via direct URLs, and apply noindex rules to both categories and their products.
🚀 Features
- Hide product categories from frontend
- Remove hidden categories from:
- Shop pages
- Product loops
- Menus
- Force 404 on hidden category archives
- Hide products inside hidden categories
- Block direct access to hidden products (404)
- Add noindex, nofollow to:
- Category pages
- Product pages inside those categories
- Lightweight and performance optimized
- Smart caching for category IDs
🧠 How It Works
Each product category gets two options:
1. Hide from Storefront
- Removes category from all frontend displays
- Excludes products from queries
- Blocks category archive with 404
- Blocks product pages inside that category
2. Noindex for Search Engines
- Adds:
<meta name="robots" content="noindex, nofollow">