Best hide categories plugins for WordPress
The most popular hide categories plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Ultimate Category Excluder leads with 50K+ active installs, ahead of Display Categories Widget (3K+) and Hide Categories (200+). All 6 plugins tagged “hide categories” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 6 hide categories plugins
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Ultimate Category ExcluderThe most installed hide categories plugin, with 50K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 78 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
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Display Categories Widget3K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 25 reviews, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
- 3.
Hide Categories200+ active installs. Rated 3.7 from 6 reviews, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.8.4.
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Hide Product Categories & Products for WooCommerce20+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 8 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
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Katalog Visibility for WooCommerce10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
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TwinCart Hide Selected Categories & ProductsFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 weeks ago.
All 6 plugins tagged “hide categories”
Ultimate Category Excluder
#769by Marios Alexandrou2 months ago
Ultimate Category Excluder allows you to quickly and easily exclude categories from your front page, archives, feeds, and search results.
- Installs
- 50K+
- Rating
- 4.3(78)
- Downloads
- 100/day
Display Categories Widget
Down in the last 7 days:1#3,719by iteamweb7 years ago
Display Categories Widget will display Child categories on your sidebar. Can be placed on widget in sidebar.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.8(25)
- Downloads
- 12/day
Hide Categories
#11,866by Eduardo15 years ago
Hide one o more categories when you use the_category tag or wp_list_categories tag. No exclude post, but only hide a category name in template view.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 3.7(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Hide Product Categories & Products for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:81#28,311by vgdevsolutions8 months ago
Hide WooCommerce products and categories instantly — without deleting any data. Category tree checkboxes, AJAX live search, and visual chip selection.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Katalog Visibility for WooCommerce
#34,604by Shabtech3 months ago
Hide selected product categories from the Shop page while keeping them visible on category pages.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
TwinCart Hide Selected Categories & Products
#58,425by Twincart27 days ago
Hide selected WooCommerce categories or products from your storefront catalog with a single click.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day