{"id":193,"date":"2017-05-27T15:08:29","date_gmt":"2017-05-27T12:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpctrl.com\/?p=193"},"modified":"2022-11-22T20:07:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T18:07:00","slug":"woocommerce-catalog-mode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpctrl.com\/woocommerce-catalog-mode\/","title":{"rendered":"4 WooCommerce Catalog Mode Plugins &#8211; Hide your Product Prices and Add to Cart Button"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"134442e661aa\">What is WooCommerce Catalog Mode?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Catalog mode lets you display your products without selling them directly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By default, your WooCommerce functionality serves as a standard e-shop. There is a list of reasons you might want to just show your products without accepting direct user purchases. Some of them include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You can&#8217;t maintain an up-to-date price list &#8211; If you run a small shop in a dynamic niche, with no staff team, keeping up with the actual\u00a0prices of the manufacturers can get complicated. This can lead to selling products \u0430t a loss or dealing with clients&#8217; dissatisfaction.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp;You sell custom products &#8211; If your products are unique and per-user customizable, you probably can&#8217;t put one price for all. You will first need a user quote, describing all the details, in order for you to send back your price and shipping info.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Your store offers personalized services.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-table-of-contents is-style-none\"><ul class=\"wp-block-getwid-table-of-contents__list\"><li><a href=\"#134442e661aa\">What is WooCommerce Catalog Mode?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#e03b585b71dd\">How to turn WooCommerce shop to Catalog?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#663c3f7b3fa0\">1. WooCommerce Catalog Enquiry<\/a><ul><li><a href=\"#7af3fb5cf0a6\">2. YITH WooCommerce Catalog Mode<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#12a2e0eb4d92\">3.&nbsp;Woocommerce Catalog Mode<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#ee0e1c6271e3\">4. ELEX WooCommerce Catalog Mode Plugin (Free)<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a href=\"#d22b550a3191\">Best Premium&nbsp;Solution &#8211;&nbsp;WooCommerce Request a Quote &#8211; $22<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#3e15e7fc87bf\">Add a custom link to the Button (Skype, Phone call, E-mail)<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"e03b585b71dd\">How to turn a WooCommerce shop into Catalog?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As always there are free and paid plugins to do that task. Basically what these plugins do are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hide the &#8220;Add to Cart&#8221; \/ Replace it with &#8220;Quote&#8221; button.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hide the Checkout and Cart pages.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hide the Prices of your products.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add an Inquiry form to let the users send quotes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1096\" height=\"313\" src=\"https:\/\/wpctrl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/catalog-vs-shop.jpg\" alt=\"WooCommerce Catalog\" class=\"wp-image-209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpctrl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/catalog-vs-shop.jpg 1096w, https:\/\/wpctrl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/catalog-vs-shop-300x86.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wpctrl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/catalog-vs-shop-768x219.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpctrl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/catalog-vs-shop-1024x292.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1096px) 100vw, 1096px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ll start with the free one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve tested several free plugins meant for this purpose and got poor &#8220;will do it&#8221; results in the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many of these plugins offer a tiny bit of functionality in the free version and lots of features in their Pro (paid) version.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>[alert-warning] Most of the time if you use a plugin to turn your pages to catalog, you&#8217;ll have to edit some additional stuff, like removing the<strong> cart icon<\/strong> in your header or removing some shop widgets.[\/alert-warning]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"663c3f7b3fa0\">1. WooCommerce Catalog Enquiry<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"331\" src=\"https:\/\/wpctrl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/woocommerce-catalog-enquiry.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpctrl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/woocommerce-catalog-enquiry.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wpctrl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/woocommerce-catalog-enquiry-300x97.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wpctrl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/woocommerce-catalog-enquiry-768x248.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpctrl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/woocommerce-catalog-enquiry-450x145.jpg 450w, https:\/\/wpctrl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/woocommerce-catalog-enquiry-780x252.jpg 780w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This plugin offers almost everything you need in terms of having a functional, easy to set-up catalog for your store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the settings screen of&nbsp;WooCommerce Catalog Enquiry, you can quickly tick the options you want for your catalog. The main features include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dynamic&nbsp;inquiry form with the option to choose and modify the&nbsp;labels<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Remove Price from product pages<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fully customizable button<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Redirect to a custom page after the user sends an inquiry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Receive E-mail with the inquiries<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Exclude specific products or categories<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Captcha<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The form appears in a cool modal window, making the whole process smooth and user-friendly<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wpctrl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/enquiry-window.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"509\" src=\"https:\/\/wpctrl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/enquiry-window-1024x509.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpctrl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/enquiry-window-1024x509.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wpctrl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/enquiry-window-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wpctrl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/enquiry-window-768x382.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpctrl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/enquiry-window.jpg 1333w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-button gb-block-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/woocommerce-catalog-enquiry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"gb-button gb-button-shape-rounded gb-button-size-medium\" style=\"color:#ffffff;background-color:#9b51e0\">DOWNLOAD<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<p>[su_divider top=&#8221;no&#8221; style=&#8221;dashed&#8221; divider_color=&#8221;#eaeae8&#8243; size=&#8221;4&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was looking for a complete solution to turn your WooCommerce shop into a catalog, with the option for users to send product quotes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What I discovered while trying different popular plugins:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With this plugin, you can choose what parts of your store to be in catalog mode and what categories or products you want to keep showing prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The inquiry form has customizable fields and a responsible design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/woocommerce-catalog-enquiry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">demo here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"7af3fb5cf0a6\">2. <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/yith-woocommerce-catalog-mode\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">YITH WooCommerce Catalog Mode<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The whole plugin settings page includes 4 options! The free version lacks most of the features. It has a fully-featured Pro version though. This plugin can do only these:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hide the &#8220;Add to cart&#8221;&nbsp;button<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Disable shop pages (cart, checkout, etc.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"12a2e0eb4d92\">3.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/woocommerce-catalog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Woocommerce Catalog Mode<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This is far richer in the functionality catalog plugin. For some reason, the custom button never appeared on my pages. This plugin gives you the option to set a specific page leading to the quote form. However, you&#8217;ll have to configure it all on your own, install the contact form plugin and set it up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"ee0e1c6271e3\">4. <a href=\"https:\/\/elextensions.com\/plugin\/elex-woocommerce-catalog-mode-plugin-free\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">ELEX WooCommerce Catalog Mode Plugin (Free)<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This plugin has a free and premium version. It supports all sorts of products (simple, variable, grouped).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> It successfully removes the original Add to cart button from your WooCommerce products, as well as the price. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"d22b550a3191\">Best Premium\u00a0Solution &#8211;\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/1.envato.market\/5bZAv9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Hide Price Product for WooCommerce<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"601\" height=\"306\" src=\"https:\/\/wpctrl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/hide-price-woo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpctrl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/hide-price-woo.png 601w, https:\/\/wpctrl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/hide-price-woo-300x153.png 300w, https:\/\/wpctrl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/hide-price-woo-450x229.png 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>This is by far the most complete solution for having a fully functional Catalog with an option for receiving users&#8217; quotes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1.envato.market\/KdeX7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WooCommerce Hide Price, Hide Add to Cart Plugin<\/a> is a premium plugin that gives you lots of great options, such as adding links for skype, phone calls,s or any other custom button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also specify which prices to hide based on the visitor&#8217;s country. 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