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How Do I Hide a Category in a WooCommerce Shop?

Last updated on October 1, 2022 @ 6:09 pm

Assuming you want to hide a category from customers in your WooCommerce shop, there are a few ways you can go about doing this. One is to simply unpublish the category from your shop page. To do this, go to WooCommerce > Products > Categories, find the category you want to hide, and change its status to “Draft.” Customers will not be able to see this category or any products filed under it.

If you don’t want to completely remove the category, but just want to hide it from view, you can do so by editing the category and checking the “Exclude from Catalog” box. This will hide the category title and description from view, but customers will still be able to see products filed under that category if they know the URL.

PRO TIP: If you are considering hiding a category in your WooCommerce shop, be aware that this may have unintended consequences. For example, if you have products in that category that are also in other categories, those products will no longer be visible on your shop page unless you also hide those other categories. This could result in a loss of sales.

Finally, if you want to completely remove a category (along with all products filed under it), you can delete it entirely. Go to WooCommerce > Products > Categories, find the category you want to delete, and select “Delete.” Be warned that this cannot be undone!


Conclusion:

There are a few different ways that you can go about hiding a category in your WooCommerce shop. You can unpublish the category, edit the category and check the “Exclude from Catalog” box, or delete the category entirely. Choose the method that best suits your needs.

Dale Leydon

Dale Leydon

Sysadmin turned Javascript developer. Owner of 20+ apps graveyard, and a couple of successful ones.