{"id":26687,"date":"2024-01-16T09:40:38","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T09:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/?p=26687"},"modified":"2026-05-16T20:08:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T20:08:51","slug":"woocommerce-shop-only-for-registered-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/woocommerce-shop-only-for-registered-users\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create a WooCommerce Members Only Store for Registered Users"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Many WooCommerce store owners need to restrict access to certain products or parts of their store. In some cases, products should only be visible to registered users, members, or specific customer roles. Creating a WooCommerce members only store helps businesses control who can see and purchase certain products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A members-only WooCommerce shop is useful for many types of online businesses. For example, wholesalers may want to show prices only to registered customers, membership websites may offer exclusive products to members, and B2B stores may restrict product access to approved clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WooCommerce does not provide a complete built-in solution for creating a registered users only store. However, there are different ways to restrict access to your shop, products, or categories. You can implement a simple programmatic solution or use a plugin that allows you to create a more flexible WooCommerce private store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this guide, we will explain two practical methods to create a WooCommerce shop only for registered users. First, we will show how to restrict access programmatically, and then we will introduce a more flexible solution using TABLEiT plugin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why do you need to create a WooCommerce members-only shop?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Creating a private WooCommerce store is useful for online shops that want to show a series of products or tags to specific users or only to registered users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many reputable stores need to hide products from visitors and make them available to their special users. So, visitors must buy a subscription to access some special content. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is also important for some store managers to show some products or categories to specific user roles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you also want to limit customers’ access to your WooCommerce products, continue reading to learn two practical methods for creating a WooCommerce shop only for registered users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Creating a private store WooCommerce programmatically<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The idea of writing this PHP snippet for creating a WooCommerce shop only for registered users is very simple. By running this code, when non-logged-in users visit your website, they will be redirected to the login page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before using this code, remember to know about code writing and working with function.php<\/strong> in WordPress. Otherwise, we recommend you ask an expert to do this. Although you can run this PHP snippet on the function.php<\/strong> file of your theme, it makes sense if you create a child theme and then use this code to create a WooCommerce private shop. It is also important to back up your site before running the code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

function my_redirect_non_logged_in_users() {
  if ( !is_user_logged_in() && ( is_WooCommerce () || is_cart() || is_checkout() ) ) {
    wp_redirect( get_permalink( get_option('WooCommerce _myaccount_page_id') ) );
    exit;
  }
}
add_action( 'template_redirect', 'my_redirect_non_logged_in_users' );
function my_redirect_non_logged_in_users() {
  if ( !is_user_logged_in() && ( is_WooCommerce () || is_cart() || is_checkout() ) ) {
    wp_redirect( get_permalink( get_option('WooCommerce _myaccount_page_id') ) );
    exit;
  }
}
add_action( 'template_redirect', 'my_redirect_non_logged_in_users' );
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The function guides<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
To make WooCommerce members-only shop with this function, we hooked it to the template_redirect <\/strong>action. So, it is fired just before WordPress begins rendering the template file. Therefore, visitors who are not logged in will be redirected to the login page before observing any content on WooCommerce pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We also used the below function in the code:<\/p>\n\n\n\n