WordPress plugin comparison

Assign Categories vs Hide Categories and Products for Woocommerce

Assign Categories

by Aswin Anand

20+ installs3.0

Hide Categories and Products for Woocommerce

by NOUS Open Usefull & Simple

10K+ installs4.1

At a glance

Hide Categories and Products for Woocommerce has more active installs: 10K+, against 20+ for Assign Categories.
On a typical day, Hide Categories and Products for Woocommerce is downloaded about 91 times, Assign Categories about 1.
Hide Categories and Products for Woocommerce is rated higher: 4.1 out of 5 from 29 reviews, against 3.0 from 3 reviews.
Hide Categories and Products for Woocommerce was updated more recently: Oct 1, 2026, against Nov 21, 2014 for Assign Categories.
Hide Categories and Products for Woocommerce is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 4.0.38 for Assign Categories.
Assign Categories has been around longer: since 2012, against 2020 for Hide Categories and Products for Woocommerce.

Hide Categories and Products for Woocommerce leads on 7 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Assign Categories	Hide Categories and Products for Woocommerce
Popular rank	#27,050	#1,863
Active installs	20+	10K+
Downloads, last 30 days	40	3.3K
Rating	3.0(3)	4.1(29)
Support threads resolved	–	0%
Tested up to	4.0.38	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×0.79
Last release	12 years ago	1 month ago
Requires PHP	–	7.4

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