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WooCommerce: hide products belonging to a specific category
A very handy snippet. Sometimes, you only want to show certain categories on the shop page, and have those products ONLY show under the category archive instead.
PHP Snippet: Hide Products From Specific Category @ Shop – WooCommerce
/**
* @snippet Hide Products From Specific Category @ Shop
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* @compatible WooCommerce 3.6.3
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*/
add_action( 'woocommerce_product_query', 'tutoraspire_hide_products_category_shop' );
function tutoraspire_hide_products_category_shop( $q ) {
$tax_query = (array) $q->get( 'tax_query' );
$tax_query[] = array(
'taxonomy' => 'product_cat',
'field' => 'slug',
'terms' => array( 'chairs' ), // Category slug here
'operator' => 'NOT IN'
);
$q->set( 'tax_query', $tax_query );
}