The WooCommerce Protected Categories plugin offers comprehensive protection features for your WooCommerce store, allowing you to restrict access to specific categories based on user roles, individual users, or passwords. Here are its key features:
- Private Area Creation:
- Allows the creation of private sections for individual clients.
- Enables the sale of private products to each client, protected by either a password or account login.
- Ideal for industries like photography, education, sports clubs, etc.
- Offers a private login page to direct customers to their hidden products.
- Wholesale or Members-Only Shop:
- Establishes hidden areas for B2B clients or members.
- Accessible only to users with the correct password or designated user roles.
- Eliminates the need for a separate wholesale shop.
- Fine-Grained Protection:
- User-friendly access for customers through login credentials or passwords.
- Option to hide protected categories from menus and widgets for streamlined user experience.
- Granular restriction of WooCommerce categories (including sub-categories) by password, role, or individual users.
Notable Features:
- Simple Password Protection:
- Supports multiple passwords for each protected category.
- Customers enter a password on a central login form and are directed to the relevant hidden category.
- Role & User Restricted Categories:
- Restricts access to specific user roles or individual users.
- Automatically displays protected categories to logged-in users based on their permissions.
- Protection for Products & Subcategories:
- When a category is protected, its products and sub-categories inherit the same protection, ensuring comprehensive safeguarding.
- Visibility Control:
- Offers the option to show or hide password-protected categories and their products.
- Invisible content remains hidden from the public areas of your store.
- Hidden From Menus & Sidebars:
- Can hide protected categories from menus and widgets until unlocked.
- Menu links and widgets become visible once the category is accessed.
- User-Friendly Setup:
- Quick and easy setup process, allowing customers to unlock an entire category, its sub-categories, and products with minimal effort through their user account login or password entry.
