Hide or Show Out-of-Stock Products for WooCommerce

WooCommerce gives store owners a global setting to hide out-of-stock products, but sometimes that all-or-nothing approach is too limiting. Hide or Show Out-of-Stock Products for WooCommerce gives you more control by letting you keep specific sold-out products visible while others remain hidden, while also giving you a reporting snapshot to review what is currently exposed in your store. This is useful when you want to:

• keep important out-of-stock products visible for SEO
• show popular or seasonal products even when temporarily unavailable
• keep product pages accessible for reference or future restocks
• avoid hiding every sold-out item across your whole store
• review which sold-out products are still visible in shop or search
• quickly spot categories with the most out-of-stock products

Instead of relying only on WooCommerce's default out-of-stock visibility behavior, this plugin helps you manage product visibility more intentionally. How it works The plugin disables WooCommerce's global "Hide out of stock items from the catalog" behavior and lets you decide which out-of-stock products should remain visible. From a single admin screen, you can:

• choose whether each out-of-stock product should appear in shop results, search results, both, or neither
• update multiple products at once with bulk actions
• view a reporting snapshot of current out-of-stock visibility
• see which categories have the most out-of-stock products
• review which sold-out products are still visible to customers

This gives you more flexibility when managing sold-out products in your shop. Reporting snapshot Version 2.1.0 adds a built-in reporting section above the visibility manager table. This reporting area helps you:

• see how many out-of-stock products are visible in shop and search
• compare visibility modes at a glance
• identify categories with the most sold-out products
• quickly review products that may still need attention
• jump directly from the report to the filtered product list below

Use cases

• A product is temporarily out of stock, but you still want customers to find it
• A product has SEO value and should remain visible even when unavailable
• Some sold-out items should stay visible, but low-priority items should stay hidden
• You want more control than WooCommerce's default stock visibility option
• You want a quick admin report showing which sold-out products are still customer-visible
• You want to review out-of-stock exposure by category before making updates

Who this plugin is for This plugin is helpful for WooCommerce store owners who want more control over how out-of-stock products appear in their catalog. It may be especially useful for stores that sell:

• seasonal items
• popular products that are frequently restocked
• products with search traffic or strong SEO value
• products that customers may still want to browse even when unavailable

2.1.0

• Added a reporting snapshot above the visibility manager table
• Added summary cards for out-of-stock visibility modes
• Added a category breakdown to highlight where sold-out products are concentrated
• Added a needs-review list for out-of-stock products that are still visible to customers
• Added quick filters so you can jump from the report to the matching products faster
• Updated compatibility for the latest WordPress version
• Improved WooCommerce dependency handling for more reliable plugin loading
• Improved admin screen compatibility and cleaned up outdated display text
• Updated product thumbnail handling in the visibility manager screen
• Improved visibility option detection so product settings are shown more accurately

2.0.4

• Minor adjustment on search behavior

2.0.3

• Improved plugin behavior and compatibility
• General maintenance and fixes

2.0.2

• Minor fixes and improvements

2.0.1

• Minor fixes and improvements

2.0.0

• Major plugin update
• Improved control over out-of-stock product visibility