{"id":26687,"date":"2024-01-16T09:40:38","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T09:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/?p=26687"},"modified":"2025-10-16T11:30:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T11:30:44","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 shop only for registered users?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Have you ever wanted to hide some products or categories from your WooCommerce shop page? Or did you need to restrict access to certain products on your website? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To create a private store for WooCommerce, you can use one of the following methods:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Create WooCommerce members-only shop programmatically<\/span><\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. WooCommerce product table plugin<\/span><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    In this post, we will explain both methods to show you how to create a WooCommerce shop only for registered users.<\/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' );
    <\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    The function guides<\/strong><\/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