Website Building » WooCommerce » How Do I Exclude a Category in WooCommerce?

How Do I Exclude a Category in WooCommerce?

Last updated on October 1, 2022 @ 9:12 pm

It is very common for eCommerce stores to sell products that belong to multiple categories. For example, a clothing store might sell shirts that belong to the “men’s” category, the “clothing” category, and the “sale” category.

There are times when you might want to exclude a category from your WooCommerce store. For example, you might have a category for “out of stock” products that you don’t want customers to browse. Or, you might have a private category that is only for internal use.

Fortunately, excluding categories from WooCommerce is very easy to do. In this article, we will show you how to exclude a category in WooCommerce.

PRO TIP: If you are using WooCommerce to sell products on your WordPress site, you may want to know how to exclude a category from your shop page. This can be useful if you have a product that you want to sell in a specific category, but don’t want it to show up on your main shop page. Excluding a category from your shop page is a relatively simple process, but it’s important to remember that it will only exclude the products in that category from your shop page. It will not remove the products from your site entirely, so if you want to do that, you’ll need to delete the products from your WooCommerce store.

Here’s how to exclude a category in WooCommerce:

  1. Log into your WordPress dashboard.
  2. Navigate to WooCommerce > Settings.
  3. Click on the “Exclude Categories” tab.
  4. Check the box next to the categories that you want to exclude.
  5. Click on the “Save changes” button.

That’s all there is to it! Excluding categories in WooCommerce is a quick and easy way to keep certain products hidden from your customers.

Kathy McFarland

Kathy McFarland

Devops woman in trade, tech explorer and problem navigator.