WooCommerce – Prevent Purchase

Prevents a product from being purchased

Author:Andrew Munro (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:3.3
WordPress version tested:6.8.3
Plugin version:1.1.0
Added to WordPress repository:19-03-2015
Last updated:02-11-2025
Rating, %:100
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Plugin URI:https://andrew.dev
Total downloads:2 612
Active installs:60+
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This plugin requires WooCommerce. It allows the site owner to prevent a product from being purchased by enabling a checkbox. It also allows you to override the message on a per-product basis. This will be useful for when you want to let customers know a product is only available in-store but still have the product listed on your website.

How does it work?

This is a very simple plugin that hooks into WooCommerce’s woocommerce_is_purchasable filter. When a product is deemed unpurchasable the “add to cart” button on the main product listing is replaced with a “read more” button. When the customer views the single product page they are shown a message that the product is not available for purchase and the add to cart buttons are removed.