WooCommerce Catalog Visibility Options 3.0.1 Extension

WooCommerce Catalog Visibility Options 3.0.1 Extension

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Transform WooCommerce into an online catalog by removing eCommerce functionality

Wait, what? Remove eCommerce functionality? It may sound strange but when you think about it, if you take out the cart, checkout process and ‘buy now’ buttons, WooCommerce is actually the perfect platform upon which to showcase a catalog of products which aren’t currently for sale online. The added beauty of this solution is that when you do want to start selling, you can do so with the flick of a switch.

But this extension does much more than that. Rather than just taking the entire store offline, you also have the option restrict it to users who are logged in.

You can also configure messages to replace the price / add to cart button components or just remove them completely.

In a nutshell:

• Provides the ability to hide prices, or show prices only to authenticated users.
• Provides the ability to disable e-commerce functionality by disabling the cart.
• Allows configuration of alternate price content, when prices are disabled or shown only to logged in users.
• Allows configuration of alternate add-to-cart content, when e-commerce functionality is disabled or only available to authenticated users.

Catalog Visibility Options

Catalog Visibility Options transforms your WooCommerce store into a catalog by giving you the option to disable all eCommerce functionality. This includes changing the “Add to Cart” and “Buy Now” buttons as well as disabling the regular checkout and cart processes.

• Showcase your product images and descriptions while finalizing prices, stock or payment gateway setups
• Toggle product visibility on a product, category, user role or user location basis
• Change text used on regular WooCommerce “Add to Cart” buttons when Catalog Visibility is active
• Switch between an active online store and a static product catalog

Installation

1. Download the .zip file from your WooCommerce account.
2. Go to: WordPress Admin > Plugins > Add New and Upload Plugin with the file you downloaded with Choose File.
3. Install Now and Activate the extension.

More information at: Install and Activate Plugins/Extensions.

Setup and Configuration

For settings that affect your entire site, go to: WooCommerce > Settings > Visibility Options.

This section has several options.

Purchases:

• Enabled – Purchases are allowed as expected.
• Disabled – Purchases are disabled for all users (whether they’re logged in or not). This setting disables all “Add to Cart” functionality. If you’d like to change the text used on the “Add to Cart” buttons, please refer to the section below entitled Catalog Add to Cart Button Text.
• Enabled for Logged In Users – This is similar to “Disabled” as described above except that the “Add to Cart” functionality will continue to work for logged in users.

Prices:

• Enabled – Prices are displayed as expected.
• Disabled – Hides all prices, for all users, across the entire store on the front end. If you’d like to display a custom message or login form, please refer to the section below entitled Catalog Price Text.
• Enabled for Logged in Users – This is similar to “Disabled” as described above except that the prices will be visible for logged in users.

When prices are disabled, or enabled for logged in users only, all “Add to Cart” functionality is automatically disabled.

Catalog Add to Cart Button Text:

• Optional text to display in place of “Add to Cart” button when purchases are disabled entirely or when enabled for logged-in users only.

Catalog Price Text:

• Optional text to display in place of the price when prices are disabled, or enabled only for logged-in users.

Alternate Content:
Optional content that can be used on the single product details page when prices or purchases are disabled or enabled only for logged-in users. Useful for displaying ordering details, or a log-on form if requiring user authentication before sales are allowed.

Location Filter Options

Location filter options allow store owners to display different products based on the user’s country.

To configure this section, go to: WooCommerce > Settings > Visibility Options.

This section has several options.

Location Filter Functionality

• Enabled – Geolocation is active and catalogue visibility will be based on the users location
• Disabled – Geolocation is inactive prices will be displayed as per normal

Location Selection Page

• Where users are able to set/change their location. The page is automatically added upon installation of the plugin and should contain the [location_picker] shortcode. Available countries are the same countries you enabled for WooCommerce under WooCommerce > Settings > General.

Location Selection Requirements

• Require users to select a location
• Location selection is optional

Allow Changes to Location Selection

• Allow users to change location after selection
• Users cannot change location after initial selection

Use Geo Location

• Use geo location – Only relevant for WooCommerce versions older than 2.3
• Do not use geo location – Used by default for the latest version of WooCommerce

Clear cart when location changes

• Clear cart when location changes
• Do not clear cart when location changes

Product Category Settings

With Catalog Visibility Options, you have the ability to restrict visibility of products based on user role.

To configure visibility on a per product category basis:

1. Go to: WooCommerce > Products > Categories.
2. Select Show to Specific Roles. Once selected, a new section appears, which allows you to tick the boxes of user roles that can see products in the category.
3. Save changes.

Note: “Guest” is not a considered a role: These are regular users visiting your website that are not logged in. This plugin can hide for that role, but it isn’t meant to modify their capabilities beyond that.

Product Settings

Product visibility can also be set on a per-product basis.

1. Go to: WooCommerce > Products.

2. Select a product to apply restrictions.

3. Find the box Product Restrictions under the product description.

4. Select for each option — Category, Everyone or Specific Roles:

• Who can view this product
• Who can purchase this product
• Who can view prices

• Category settings – Settings from the category will be applied to the product as assigned.
• Everyone
• Specific roles – Allows you to set which user roles can see this product.

Note: If product is assigned to multiple categories, the first category alphabetically will take precedence.

Shortcodes

Catalog Visibility Options also includes shortcodes to build alternate catalog prices, alternate Add to Cart buttons, and additional single product details.

Logon Link

Used to automatically generate a link to your “My Account” page. To add this link to a page, post or product of choice, use shortcode:

[woocommerce_logon_link]

Register Link

Used to automatically generate a link to your “My Account” page. To add this link to a page, post or product of your choice, use shortcode:

[woocommerce_register_link]

Password Reset

Used to automatically generate a link to your “Lost Password” page. To add this link to a page, post or product of your choice, use shortcode:

[woocommerce_forgot_password_link]

Logon Form

Displays a login form on a page, post or product of your choice. To add this, use shortcode:

[woocommerce_logon_form]

Useful Snippets

Note: We are unable to provide support for customizations under our Support Policy. If you cannot get the code to work, consider purchasing the extension or contact a WooExpert.

Change the “Add to Cart” button text using a filter

You can use the filter catalog_visibility_alternate_add_to_cart_button to insert any content you require:

add_filter('catalog_visibility_alternate_add_to_cart_button', 'my_alternate_button', 10, 1);

function my_alternate_button($content) {
  return 'My Alternate Content';
}

Replace the price with custom HTML using a filter

You can use the filter catalog_visibility_alternate_price_html to insert any HTML you require:

add_filter('catalog_visibility_alternate_price_html', 'my_alternate_price_text', 10, 1);

function my_alternate_price_text($content) {
  return 'My Alternate Content';
}

FAQ

Why is my cart icon still in the navigation menu?

This plugin only removes the functionality to purchase items in your store. It does not hide the cart icon; Depending on the theme you’re using, you might have to add some custom CSS to hide the cart icon.

Why can people still add to cart on the main store page?

If AJAX is enabled for the “Add to Cart” button, the product still gets added to the cart. Changing the text does not change its functionality.

• Example: If you add Read More as text to the button, AJAX still adds a product to the cart.

Turn off AJAX in WooCommerce > Settings > Products > Product Options

Why are store pages still visible on the sitemap, even if I do not have cart functionality?

The pages that WooCommerce creates during installation remain visible (like on your sitemap). Do not delete these pages; you might need them in the future. Instead, you can use a plugin like Yoast SEO to set the page so it won’t appear on your sitemap.

How can I change the prices shown for various roles or logged-out customers?

The Catalog Visibility Options extension only affects the visibility of the product, not the actual prices. To display different prices for different users, you should consider using our Dynamic Pricing extension.

WooCommerce Catalog Visibility Options 3.0.1 Extension

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http://getlot.co/shop/woocommerce-catalog-visibility-options-extension/