Hide Categories and Products for Woocommerce
by NOUS Open Usefull & Simple · eCommerce
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Hide Categories and Products for Woocommerce. This plugins requires WooCommerce to be installed and activated
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Health
B 84/100
no flags
Active installs
10K+
≈18K estimated
Momentum
+223%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “product” and “hide” for “activated” and “installed”. “product” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “activated” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “hide” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #14. “installed” sits at #12 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
84 health vs 71 average across 9,829 eCommerce plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →9.0%
of downloads still active
At least 10K of 111.1K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median eCommerce plugin keeps 1.4%, across 5,174 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other eCommerce plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 2 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Support resolution
Updated 33 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.1★ over 29 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.1★
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
0 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: Mark more forum threads resolved — the resolved ratio feeds the ranking.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
41
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
27%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.3
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| hide categories | #1 | #2 | 0 |
| hide product category | #1 | #2 | 0 |
| hide products | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| storefront your tag | #5 | #7 | 0 |
| categories your tag | #5 | #6 | up 1 |
| show products by categories | #2 | #5 | — |
| activated | #6 | #13 | 0 |
| hide product | #3 | #4 | 0 |
| product categories | #4 | #8 | up 2 |
| woocommerce hide products | #4 | #10 | 0 |
| installed | #12 | #20 | down 2 |
| hide your tag | #14 | #14 | down 1 |
| products | #17 | #21 | 0 |
| woocommerce categories | #9 | #19 | up 1 |
| simple products | #16 | #20 | down 2 |
| page categories | #17 | #24 | 0 |
| categories in page | #18 | #24 | up 1 |
| page hide | #18 | #20 | 0 |
| hide page | #18 | #22 | up 1 |
| hide add to cart woocommerce | #20 | #21 | down 1 |
| product your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| woocommerce your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
64 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 41 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “product” and “hide” for “activated” and “installed”. “product” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “activated” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “hide” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #14. “installed” sits at #12 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “hide”. #14 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,491 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 8.6K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
2
releases in the last 12 months
1mo ago
latest release · v1.3.1 · 1 Oct 2026
12
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 52% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “10K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3.3 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 80% of the way through.
Install history since 25 Sep 2021
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ ufonaut4mo ago
After updating the plugin from 1.2.10 to 1.3.0, draft/private WooCommerce products return as 404; after rolling back to 1.2.10, the problem disappears.” Flatsome 3.20.7 and WP 7.0.1 theme
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ autocraftmc6mo ago
Plugin didn’t work – the option to select the categories became visible in the settings section. I selected the categories I wanted to hide and saved changes but it made no difference to the visibility of the categories on the front end?
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ireneirene11mo ago
It does hide the category from my shop, but it also makes the url to the category non functional. Why would I want that? Then I might as well remove the category.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ cloontje12mo ago
Does nothing at all, remove from plugin site
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ v1eren12mo ago
Works quite well but there is one thing I would like to add/change. It would be perfect if the said categories and products could be hidden and still be available via direct link. This option could be enabled/disabled with a checkbox.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Alberto Hanna1.2y ago
Working good, thank you
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ NightL1.5y ago
I can easily target categories I want hidden
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ izotop1.7y ago
No support since 4 months… Conflict with woocommerce products analytics !
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 1.3.0 Alter posts_clauses, make it work in WC product collections Show shown/hidden status in admin table Reliability: Use ids instead of slugs for products 1.3.0
- — Version 1.2.10 Add security report instruction in FAQ Add Woocommerce as required plugin 1.2.10
- — Version 1.2.9 Comptability with WooCommerce Custom Order Table (High-Performance Order Storage) 1.2.9
- — Version 1.2.8 Fix missing product in search 1.2.8
- — Version 1.2.7 Do not filter searches on admin 1.2.7
- — Version 1.2.6 Manage deleted category case, remove php warning Add missing categories in log 1.2.6
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 4 languages, 0 at 90% or more
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
6 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Hide Categories and Products for Woocommerce. This plugins requires WooCommerce to be installed and activated"
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 1 list.
- ! Enough to quote 565 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2023-07-16 9K+ → 10K+ up after 87 days in tier
- 2023-04-20 8K+ → 9K+ up after 54 days in tier
- 2023-02-25 7K+ → 8K+ up after 60 days in tier
- 2022-12-27 6K+ → 7K+ up after 68 days in tier
- 2022-10-20 5K+ → 6K+ up after 24 days in tier
- 2022-09-26 3K+ → 5K+ up after 190 days in tier
- 2022-03-20 900+ → 3K+ up
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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- S Simple Exclude Categories 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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