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Hide Categories On Shop Page

Simple solution to hide specific categories in you woocommerce shop main page i.e. domain.com/shop This plugin was based on WC Hide Categories On Shop …

1K+ active installs
4.4
(14 ratings)
Free on WordPress.org
View on WordPress.orgSupport forum
Will this break my store?

What the WordPress.org registry says about keeping Hide Categories On Shop Page running.

WordPress compatibility
Tested to 6.1.10 — 9 branches behind 7.0
Several branches behind. Worth checking on a staging site before updating WordPress.
Last updated
3 years ago
At least 0.9 releases a year since launch. WordPress.org only lists versions still available for download, so the real number may be higher.
Requires PHP
7.0
Your host must be running at least this version.
Requires WordPress
3.0.1
Contributors
1
A single maintainer. Worth knowing if the plugin is load-bearing for your store.

1K+ active installsWordPress.org reports installs in bands, not exact counts.
Maintenance & trust

Scored on how Hide Categories On Shop Page is looked after — not on how many stores run it.

21

out of 100
Limited evidenceSome ratings or support history.

Maintenance
0 / 35
No update in 3+ years.
WordPress compatibility
0 / 20
9 WP branches behind — untested on current WordPress.
Support responsiveness
Not enough data
Only 0 support thread(s) — not enough to judge.
Merchant satisfaction
11 / 15
4.4/5 across 14 rating(s).
Listing transparency
6 / 10
Provides: description, homepage
1 of 5 measures had too little evidence to score. They are left out of the total rather than counted as zero — otherwise a plugin would be marked down for being small rather than for being poorly kept.Measured 2026-08-01 from the WordPress.org plugin registry.
Ratings

4.4

14 ratings
5★11
4★1
3★0
2★0
1★2
Every rating WordPress.org holds for this plugin, not a sample. Written reviews live in the plugin's WordPress.org reviews forum.

This free WooCommerce extension permits you to hide categories on your shops main page.
For this you have to save the categories with ‘,’ seperated in woocommerce > settings > products tab section.

In order for this to work you have to have Categories displayed. This can be set via Customizer. Appearance > Customize > WooCommerce > Product Catalog.

“Choose what to display on the main shop page.” Select Show categories as seen in the Screenshot below.

Additional Information

For users who has a different/custom page for their shop you can edit the wc-hide-categories.php file
Find line # 127 and remove //

//$mwd_opt4 = in_array( 'product_cat', $taxonomies ) && ! is_admin() && is_page('YOUR_PAGE_SLUG'),

Then find line #129 /*|| $mwd_opt4*/

Change to
|| $mwd_opt4

To remove products from those categories find line 160

// Uncomment the function below if you also want those products hidden
/*
    add_action( 'woocommerce_product_query', 'mwd_hwcosp_remove_product_in_cat' );

    function mwd_hwcosp_remove_product_in_cat( $q ) {
        //hwcosp_global is the databse row entry
        $opt_terms = get_option('hwcosp_global');

        // Processes our users data to the way we want it from above
        $data = mwd_hwcosp_comma_separated_to_array($opt_terms);

        $tax_query = (array) $q->get('tax_query');
        $tax_query[] = array(
                             'taxonomy' => 'product_cat',
                             'field' => 'slug',
                             'terms' => $data, // Set Category Slug which products not show on the shop and Archieve page.
                             'operator' => 'NOT IN'
                            );
        $q->set( 'tax_query', $tax_query );
    }
*/

The code is well documented so its easy to find what part you are looking for

If you have any question please ask in the support forum, Thanks

Does this work on Multisite?

As of version 1.1.0 Yes

I’d like to donate, how can I?

Click the donate button to the right or go here https://www.paypal.me/matrixwd
And thank you in advance 🙂

Plugin details
Version1.1.3
Last updated2022-11-28 1:42am GMT
Added2018-05-09
Requires WordPress3.0.1
Tested up to6.1.10
Requires PHP7.0

Tags on WordPress.org
e-commerce
woocommerce
WordPress
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