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Hide Product in WooCommerce

A WooCommerce plugin that allows you to hide specific products from the shop, category, and tag pages while keeping them accessible via direct URLs.

by nardbyte · github.com/nardbyte/woocommerce-hide-products · website

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Install

Download source zip No release zip yet

This is the repository archive. It installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow.

Install straight from GitHub with WP-CLI:

wp plugin install https://github.com/nardbyte/woocommerce-hide-products/archive/refs/heads/main.zip
No built-in updater. New versions won't appear under Dashboard → Updates. Install new releases yourself, or let Git Updater track the repository.
Readme github.com/nardbyte/woocommerce-hide-products ↗

📦 A lightweight WooCommerce plugin that allows you to hide specific products from the shop and category pages while keeping them accessible via direct links.

🚀 Features

  • ✅ Hide individual products from the shop, category, and tag pages.
  • ✅ Products remain accessible via direct URL.
  • ✅ Adds a checkbox in the product settings to toggle visibility.
  • ✅ Simple and lightweight, does not affect site performance.

🛠️ Installation

  1. Download the plugin as a ZIP or clone the repository.
  2. Upload the folder to /wp-content/plugins/.
  3. Activate the plugin in WordPress > Plugins.

⚙️ Usage

  1. Edit any product in WooCommerce.
  2. In the Product Data section, go to General.
  3. Check the box "Hide from shop".
  4. Save changes. The product will be hidden from the shop but still accessible via direct link.

📌 Requirements

  • WordPress 5.0+
  • WooCommerce 4.0+
  • PHP 7.4+

🔧 How It Works

  • Uses woocommerce_product_query to filter out hidden products from shop, category, and tag pages.
  • Retrieves hidden products via a custom meta key _hide_from_shop.
  • Ensures hidden products can still be accessed directly.

📜 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

🤝 Contributing

Feel free to fork, improve, and submit pull requests! 🚀