Hide Categories and Products for WooCommerce vs WooPayments
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| Feature | Hide Categories and Products for WooCommerce v1.3.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.1/5 Visit Details | WooPayments v11.2.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 3.4/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 10,000+ | 800,000+ |
| Last updated | October 1, 2026 | October 8, 2026 |
| Editions | Hide Categories and Products for WooCommerce | WooPayments |
| Pros | Hides categories and their products from shop listings; Filters Storefront product shortcodes and search results; Declares WooCommerce HPOS compatibility | Card payments managed from the WordPress dashboard; Built-in fraud screening and duplicate payment detection; Multi-currency pricing with a currency switcher block |
| Cons | Settings are split between the WooCommerce products tab and category screens; Relies on WooCommerce query hooks, so it needs retesting after WooCommerce updates | Needs a WooPayments account before it can take payments; Only available in the countries WooPayments supports |
| Mentioned in our posts | — | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Hide selected product categories, Hide products in hidden categories from shop queries, Hide hidden products from search, Filter Storefront product shortcodes, Ignore hidden terms in Product Add-Ons, Hidden status column on product categories, Settings under WooCommerce products tab | Card payment gateway for WooCommerce, Checkout integration and payment fields, Fraud screening service, Duplicate payment detection, Multi-currency pricing, Multi-currency switcher block, WooPay express checkout scheduling and session handling |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | — | Stripe |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Plugins | Storefront theme, WooCommerce Product Add-Ons | — |
| Other | — | FedEx |
| Requires WordPress | 4.9.7 | 6.0 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | — | translate.wordpress.com, pay.woo.com, public-api.wordpress.com, jetpack.wordpress.com |
| Blocks | — | 1 |