WordPress plugin comparison

Hide Categories and Products for Woocommerce vs Linked Variations for WooCommerce

Hide Categories and Products for Woocommerce

by NOUS Open Usefull & Simple

10K+ installs4.1

Linked Variations for WooCommerce

by Dotstore

500+ installs4.2

At a glance

Hide Categories and Products for Woocommerce has more active installs: 10K+, against 500+ for Linked Variations for WooCommerce.
On a typical day, Hide Categories and Products for Woocommerce is downloaded about 91 times, Linked Variations for WooCommerce about 9.
Linked Variations for WooCommerce is rated higher: 4.2 out of 5 from 5 reviews, against 4.1 from 29 reviews.
Linked Variations for WooCommerce was updated more recently: Nov 3, 2026, against Oct 1, 2026 for Hide Categories and Products for Woocommerce.
Linked Variations for WooCommerce resolves more of its support threads: 100% in the last two months, against 0% for Hide Categories and Products for Woocommerce.
Both are tested up to WordPress 7.1.4.
Hide Categories and Products for Woocommerce has been around longer: since 2020, against 2022 for Linked Variations for WooCommerce.

Hide Categories and Products for Woocommerce leads on 4 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Hide Categories and Products for Woocommerce	Linked Variations for WooCommerce
Popular rank	#1,863	#9,126
Active installs	10K+	500+
Downloads, last 30 days	3.3K	151
Rating	4.1(29)	4.2(5)
Support threads resolved	0%	100%
Tested up to	7.1.4	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.79	×0.60
Last release	1 month ago	7 days ago
Requires PHP	7.4	5.6

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