Hide or Show Out-of-Stock Products for WooCommerce

By default, WooCommerce hides all out-of-stock products when the global “Hide out of stock items” option is enabled.

This plugin turns off WooCommerce’s global “Hide out of stock items” setting. Out-of-stock products remain hidden by default, and you use the plugin’s per-product controls to allow selected sold-out products to appear (shop/search). A notice on the manager page reminds you that the global setting is overridden.

What this plugin does

• Choose visibility for out-of-stock products only
• Forces WooCommerce’s global “Hide out of stock items” setting off so per-product control applies
• Hide out-of-stock products by default; allow specific sold-out items to appear where you choose
• Control whether a product appears in:
  • Shop + Search
  • Shop only
  • Search only
  • Hidden everywhere
• Bulk-manage sold-out products with pagination and search
• Uses WooCommerce’s native product_visibility taxonomy (safe & compatible)

Typical use cases

• Keep sold-out products visible for SEO
• Show catalog or discontinued items
• Keep seasonal or returning products searchable
• Avoid confusing customers while stock is unavailable
• Maintain a clean shop page without hiding everything

This plugin overrides the global hide toggle but still uses WooCommerce’s native product_visibility taxonomy for safe per-product exceptions.