Product Category Visible Only to Certain Roles
Hides a category's products from the shop, search and product pages for everyone except the roles you choose, such as trade customers or members.
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Code
$wpide_private_cats = array(
'categories' => array( 'trade-only' ), // Category slugs to hide.
'roles' => array( 'wholesale_customer' ), // Roles that can see them ('logged_in' = any logged-in user).
);
$wpide_can_see_private = function () use ( $wpide_private_cats ) {
if ( current_user_can( 'manage_woocommerce' ) ) {
return true;
}
if ( ! is_user_logged_in() ) {
return false;
}
return in_array( 'logged_in', $wpide_private_cats['roles'], true ) || array_intersect( $wpide_private_cats['roles'], (array) wp_get_current_user()->roles );
};
$wpide_private_tax_query = array(
'taxonomy' => 'product_cat',
'field' => 'slug',
'terms' => $wpide_private_cats['categories'],
'operator' => 'NOT IN',
);
add_action( 'woocommerce_product_query', function ( $query ) use ( $wpide_can_see_private, $wpide_private_tax_query ) {
if ( $wpide_can_see_private() ) {
return;
}
$tax_query = (array) $query->get( 'tax_query' );
$tax_query[] = $wpide_private_tax_query;
$query->set( 'tax_query', $tax_query );
} );
add_action( 'pre_get_posts', function ( $query ) use ( $wpide_can_see_private, $wpide_private_tax_query ) {
if ( is_admin() || ! $query->is_main_query() || ! $query->is_search() || $wpide_can_see_private() ) {
return;
}
$tax_query = (array) $query->get( 'tax_query' );
$tax_query[] = $wpide_private_tax_query;
$query->set( 'tax_query', $tax_query );
} );
add_filter( 'woocommerce_shortcode_products_query', function ( $args ) use ( $wpide_can_see_private, $wpide_private_tax_query ) {
if ( ! $wpide_can_see_private() ) {
$args['tax_query'] = isset( $args['tax_query'] ) ? (array) $args['tax_query'] : array();
$args['tax_query'][] = $wpide_private_tax_query;
}
return $args;
} );
add_filter( 'woocommerce_related_products', function ( $ids ) use ( $wpide_can_see_private, $wpide_private_cats ) {
if ( $wpide_can_see_private() ) {
return $ids;
}
return array_values( array_filter( $ids, function ( $id ) use ( $wpide_private_cats ) {
return ! has_term( $wpide_private_cats['categories'], 'product_cat', $id );
} ) );
} );
add_action( 'template_redirect', function () use ( $wpide_can_see_private, $wpide_private_cats ) {
$blocked = ( is_product() && has_term( $wpide_private_cats['categories'], 'product_cat', get_queried_object_id() ) )
|| ( is_product_category( $wpide_private_cats['categories'] ) );
if ( $blocked && ! $wpide_can_see_private() ) {
global $wp_query;
$wp_query->set_404();
status_header( 404 );
nocache_headers();
}
} );
add_filter( 'woocommerce_is_purchasable', function ( $purchasable, $product ) use ( $wpide_can_see_private, $wpide_private_cats ) {
$id = $product->get_parent_id() ? $product->get_parent_id() : $product->get_id();
return $purchasable && ( $wpide_can_see_private() || ! has_term( $wpide_private_cats['categories'], 'product_cat', $id ) );
}, 10, 2 );
Notes
Add 'logged_in' to the roles to show the category to any signed-in customer; direct links to hidden products show a 404 page.
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