WooCommerce: Checkbox to Disable Related Products Conditionally

Here’s how you can display a “checkbox” in the product edit page in order to hide the Related Products section in case this is checked. This is something you can also reuse to hide other sections in the same way – for example you might need to hide product tabs or featured image in certain cases.

I’ve coded this in 15 minutes for a client so why not sharing it with you too? Here’s the full snippet, enjoy!

Use a custom checkbox in the product edit page to hide Related Products @ WooCommerce Single Product Page

PHP Snippet: Hide Related Products on a Per-Product Basis

/**
 * @snippet       Checkbox to hide Related Products - WooCommerce
 * @how-to        Get CustomizeWoo.com FREE
 * @author        Rodolfo Melogli
 * @compatible    WooCommerce 6
 * @donate $9     https://businessbloomer.com/bloomer-armada/
 */
 
// -----------------------------------------
// 1. Add new checkbox product edit page
 
add_action( 'woocommerce_product_options_general_product_data', 'bbloomer_add_related_checkbox_products' );        
 
function bbloomer_add_related_checkbox_products() {           
   woocommerce_wp_checkbox( array( 
      'id' => 'hide_related', 
      'class' => '', 
      'label' => 'Hide Related Products'
   ));      
}
 
// -----------------------------------------
// 2. Save checkbox into custom field
 
add_action( 'save_post_product', 'bbloomer_save_related_checkbox_products' );
 
function bbloomer_save_related_checkbox_products( $product_id ) {
	global $pagenow, $typenow;
	if ( 'post.php' !== $pagenow || 'product' !== $typenow ) return;
   if ( defined( 'DOING_AUTOSAVE' ) && DOING_AUTOSAVE ) return;
   if ( isset( $_POST['hide_related'] ) ) {
      update_post_meta( $product_id, 'hide_related', $_POST['hide_related'] );
   } else delete_post_meta( $product_id, 'hide_related' );
}
 
// -----------------------------------------
// 3. Hide related products @ single product page
 
add_action( 'woocommerce_after_single_product_summary', 'bbloomer_hide_related_checkbox_products', 1 );
 
function bbloomer_hide_related_checkbox_products() {
   global $product;
   if ( ! empty ( get_post_meta( $product->get_id(), 'hide_related', true ) ) ) {
      remove_action( 'woocommerce_after_single_product_summary', 'woocommerce_output_related_products', 20 );
   }
}

Where to add custom code?

You should place PHP snippets at the bottom of your child theme functions.php file and CSS at the bottom of its style.css file. Make sure you know what you are doing when editing such files - if you need more guidance, please take a look at my guide "Should I Add Custom Code Via WP Editor, FTP or Code Snippets?" and my video tutorial "Where to Place WooCommerce Customization?"

Does this snippet (still) work?

Please let me know in the comments if everything went as expected. I would be happy to revise the snippet if you report otherwise (please provide screenshots). I have tested this code with Storefront theme, the WooCommerce version listed above and a WordPress-friendly hosting.

If you think this code saved you time & money, feel free to join 17,000+ WooCommerce Weekly subscribers for blog post updates and 250+ Business Bloomer supporters for 365 days of WooCommerce benefits. Thank you in advance!

Need Help with WooCommerce?

Check out these free video tutorials. You can learn how to customize WooCommerce without unnecessary plugins, how to properly configure the WooCommerce plugin settings and even how to master WooCommerce troubleshooting in case of a bug!

Rodolfo Melogli

Business Bloomer Founder

Author, WooCommerce expert and WordCamp speaker, Rodolfo has worked as an independent WooCommerce freelancer since 2011. His goal is to help entrepreneurs and developers overcome their WooCommerce nightmares. Rodolfo loves travelling, chasing tennis & soccer balls and, of course, wood fired oven pizza.

11 thoughts on “WooCommerce: Checkbox to Disable Related Products Conditionally

  1. This didn’t work for me. Is there an updated snippet?

    1. Should work, unless your theme customizes the Related Product code. Can I ask you to try on a default theme e.g. Storefront or 2022 and see if it works there?

  2. Thanks a million! This works a treat

  3. Rodolfo,

    It seems the code snippet causes a critical error.

    1. Actually… It seems that the code doesn’t cause a critical error, but it doesn’t seem to actually hide the related products.

      1. Cool. Did you try with a different theme (a default one if possible)?

  4. Rodolfo, this worked perfectly dude!
    Thank you.

    1. Great!

  5. This is what I have thus far:

     function remove_woo_commerce_hooks() {
    	global $avada_woocommerce;
    	remove_action( 'woocommerce_after_single_product_summary', array( $avada_woocommerce, 'output_related_products' ), 15 );
    }
    add_action( 'after_setup_theme', 'remove_woo_commerce_hooks' ); 

    It removes it from all product pages. I would much rather use your method.

    1. Hello Al, thanks so much for your comment! Yes, this is definitely possible, but I’m afraid it’s custom work. If you’d like to get a quote, feel free to contact me here. Thanks a lot for your understanding!

Questions? Feedback? Support? Leave your Comment Now!
_____

If you are writing code, please wrap it between shortcodes: [php]code_here[/php]. Failure to complying with this (as well as going off topic, not writing in English, etc.) will result in comment deletion. You should expect a reply in about 2 weeks - this is a popular blog but I need to get paid work done first. Please consider joining BloomerArmada to get blog comment reply priority, ask me 1-to-1 WooCommerce questions and enjoy many more perks. Thank you :)

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *