WordPress plugin comparison

Better Categories vs Hide Categories and Products for Woocommerce

Better Categories

by cmsexpert

20+ installs5.0

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 Better Categories.
On a typical day, Hide Categories and Products for Woocommerce is downloaded about 91 times, Better Categories about 1.
Better Categories is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 3 reviews, against 4.1 from 29 reviews.
Hide Categories and Products for Woocommerce was updated more recently: Oct 1, 2026, against Oct 20, 2020 for Better Categories.
Hide Categories and Products for Woocommerce is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 5.5.24 for Better Categories.
Better Categories has been around longer: since 2017, against 2020 for Hide Categories and Products for Woocommerce.

Hide Categories and Products for Woocommerce leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Better Categories	Hide Categories and Products for Woocommerce
Popular rank	#27,298	#1,863
Active installs	20+	10K+
Downloads, last 30 days	28	3.3K
Rating	5.0(3)	4.1(29)
Support threads resolved	–	0%
Tested up to	5.5.24	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×0.79
Last release	6 years ago	1 month ago
Requires PHP	–	7.4

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