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WooCommerce Protected Categories

• Pre-Sales 13 articles
  • Do you offer a free trial?
  • Do I have to pay annually?
  • How many sites can I use the plugin on?
  • Plugin installation & setup services
  • What is your refund policy?
  • Is the plugin multisite compatible?
  • Comparison: Password Protected Categories, WooCommerce Private Store & WooCommerce Protected Categories
  • Do you have an affiliate program?
  • Problems buying a plugin with PayPal
  • Are there any coupons or discount codes?
  • What is priority support?
  • What is the plugin audit and advice service?
  • How do Plugin Bundles work?
• Getting Started 3 articles
  • Installation & basic setup
  • How to create protected WooCommerce categories
  • Creating a login page for your WooCommerce protected categories
• Licensing & Updates 7 articles
  • License key problems
  • How do I upgrade my license key?
  • How do I move my license key to another domain?
  • How do I update the plugin?
  • I can't update the plugin
  • How to update the plugin manually
  • I need to change my payment details for plugin renewals
• FAQ 22 articles
  • Protection rules for multiple categories or protection types
  • Can I automatically unlock a protected category for logged in users?
  • What happens if someone clicks on a direct link to a protected product?
  • How can I change where users are redirected after logging into a category?
  • How can I logout of a password protected category?
  • Can I expire people's access to a protected area?
  • How to change the password for a WooCommerce category
  • How to create private WooCommerce categories
  • Can I hide my public store from users logged into a protected WooCommerce category?
  • Will my protected WooCommerce categories & products be visible in search engines?
  • Can I protect normal WordPress pages as well as product categories?
  • Using WPML to translate WooCommerce Protected Categories
  • Can I protect files, images and PDF's attached to protected categories?
  • How do protected categories look in my RSS feed?
  • Can you customize the plugin for me?
  • Where can I find the plugin changelog?
  • Is the plugin compatible with Gutenberg?
  • Is there a maximum number of passwords?
  • Can I use WooCommerce Protected Categories to hide my entire store?
  • How to create better store layouts with WooCommerce Protected Categories & Private Store
  • Where can I read reviews or leave my own review?
  • Supported themes
• Troubleshooting 21 articles
  • The plugin files won't upload
  • I didn't receive the confirmation email with my plugin & license key
  • License key problems
  • I can't update the plugin
  • The 'Visibility' section doesn't appear on the Product Categories page
  • I have password protected a category but I'm not being asked for a password
  • The password entry page doesn't look right
  • My protected products are showing on the main 'Shop' page & other public areas
  • The main WooCommerce Shop page is empty, with no products showing
  • My private, user or role protected categories are showing in the navigation menu
  • I'm using a page builder plugin (e.g. Visual Composer) and my protected products are showing
  • My sidebar widgets are visible before unlocking a protected category
  • Can I use WooCommerce Protected Categories with a membership plugin?
  • When I re-visit a protected category, I'm not asked to re-enter a password
  • The password isn't working
  • I can only log into 1 password protected category at a time
  • How to update the plugin manually
  • Public products are appearing in my protected categories' sidebar!
  • The plugin has caused a fatal error
  • What are the minimum server requirements?
  • Products are disappearing from the cart when I navigate between categories!
• Advanced Usage 8 articles
  • How to add and edit WordPress user roles to access private posts, products & categories
  • Setting passwords via the WooCommerce REST API
  • How to redirect users to a protected WooCommerce category after they login
  • Bulk importing passwords into WooCommerce Protected Categories
  • How to add custom CSS to your site
  • How to sell access to a protected WooCommerce category
  • Using Weglot to translate WooCommerce Protected Categories
  • Can people register to access a protected product category? 
• Developer Documentation 5 articles
  • Actions and Filters
  • How to check if a category is protected using PHP
  • How to target password protected categories via CSS
  • PHP documentation
  • Database information
• Tutorials
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  • 3 easy ways to hide WooCommerce products
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  • How to hide a WooCommerce category from the shop page
  • How to use WooCommerce to sell protected products to schools
  • WooCommerce URL-based login: How to let users log into their account by clicking a link
  • How to restrict WordPress media files access to specific user roles
  • How to temporarily disable your WooCommerce store