WP Hide Post — Hide Posts, Pages, Custom Post Types, and Control Visibility for WooCommerce Products

Yes. WP Hide Post lets you hide posts from the homepage or blog page while keeping the direct URL active.

When editing a post, use the Post Visibility metabox and select “Hide from category pages.” This removes it from category listings. = Does this plugin work with WooCommerce? Yes. WP Hide Post fully supports WooCommerce. You can hide WooCommerce products from the shop page, product categories, product search, and WooCommerce REST API, while keeping product pages accessible by direct link. = Will this plugin slow down my website? No. WP Hide Post uses custom database tables with caching, so it’s lightweight and won’t slow down your WordPress site.

The latest version adds a “Hidden” column in your admin post, page, media, and product lists, showing exactly where each item is hidden (e.g., Front Page, Search, Feeds).

Absolutely. You can hide posts from search results so they don’t appear in site searches but remain accessible by direct link.

Yes. The plugin includes options to hide posts from tag pages and hide posts from author pages for better content control.

Yes. You can hide WooCommerce products from the shop page, product categories, product search, and REST API while keeping product URLs live.

Yes. WP Hide Post supports hiding custom post types, including media, pages, products, or any post type you enable.

Go to the Media Library, open an attachment, and choose where to hide it — homepage, archives, search, feeds, or REST API.

No. Hiding posts removes them from lists like the homepage or archives, but does not delete the URL. Search engines can still index the direct link unless you redirect it.

Yes. The plugin offers a 404 Redirect option. Posts include this in Free, while media, pages, and products have it in Pro.

Yes. WP Hide Post can hide posts from widgets, such as Recent Posts, allowing you to control what content is promoted.

Yes. You can remove hidden posts from next/previous rel links to stop users from navigating into them.

Yes. With the Pro version, you can use Bulk Edit to update multiple posts, pages, media, or WooCommerce products at once.

Yes. Pro users get Quick Edit functionality to manage visibility without opening the full post editor.

Yes. The Pro version adds Hide Everywhere, which completely removes a post, page, media, or product from all listings.

Simply check “Hide from REST API” in the Post Visibility metabox. This provides full REST API access control.

No, this plugin focuses on hiding posts by location (homepage, categories, search, feeds, REST API). Role-based access requires a different plugin.

Yes. The Pro option “Hide but keep in search results” lets you hide from listings while still allowing indexing.

No. WP Hide Post uses custom database tables with caching for performance. It’s designed to scale for large blogs and WooCommerce stores.

Yes. The plugin adds a Hidden column in admin post, page, media, and product lists to show their visibility status.

Yes. WP Hide Post works at the WordPress visibility level, so it integrates smoothly with themes and page builders.

The free version lets you hide posts, pages, media, and WooCommerce products from the homepage, categories, tags, search results, RSS feed, widgets, navigation links, and REST API. The Pro version adds advanced tools like Quick Edit, Bulk Edit, 404 Redirect for all content types, Hide but keep in search results, Hide Everywhere, and options to disable the Hidden column — plus premium support and updates.