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Product Roles Manager for WooCommerce

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Product Roles Manager for WooCommerce

by Igor Radovanov

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Description

Product Roles Manager for WooCommerce allows you to control which products are visible to specific user roles. Perfect for wholesale stores, membership sites, or any WooCommerce store that needs role-based product access.

Features

  • Restrict simple products to specific user roles
  • Restrict product variations individually by user role
  • Works with WooCommerce product queries, widgets, and shortcodes
  • Compatible with WooCommerce Blocks and REST API
  • Automatically hides restricted products from related products, upsells, and cross-sells
  • Redirects unauthorized users to 404 when accessing restricted products directly
  • Settings page with import/export functionality
  • Lightweight and performance-optimized with caching

Use Cases

  • Wholesale Stores – Show wholesale-only products to users with a wholesale role
  • Membership Sites – Display exclusive products to premium members only
  • B2B Stores – Restrict certain products to registered business customers
  • Staff Discounts – Show staff-only products to employees

Configuration

Simple Products

  1. Go to Products then Edit Product
  2. Scroll to the Product Data section
  3. In the General tab, find Product Visibility by Role
  4. Select the user roles that should see this product
  5. Leave empty to show the product to all users

Variable Products

  1. Go to Products then Edit Product
  2. Navigate to the Variations tab
  3. Expand any variation
  4. Find Variation Visibility by Role
  5. Select the user roles that should see this variation
  6. Leave empty to show the variation to all users

Plugin Settings

Navigate to WooCommerce then Product Roles Manager to access:

  • Global settings configuration
  • Export settings to JSON file
  • Import settings from JSON file
  • Delete all plugin data
  1. Upload the plugin folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  2. Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu in WordPress
  3. Ensure WooCommerce is installed and activated
  4. Edit any product and find the Product Visibility by Role settings in the General tab
Does this plugin require WooCommerce?

Yes, WooCommerce must be installed and activated for this plugin to work. An admin notice will appear if WooCommerce is not detected.

What happens when a restricted product is accessed directly via URL?

The plugin redirects unauthorized users to a 404 page when they try to access a product they do not have permission to view.

Can I restrict individual variations differently?

Yes, each variation can have its own role restrictions independent of other variations or the parent product.

Does this work with WooCommerce Blocks?

Yes, the plugin is fully compatible with WooCommerce Blocks including the Products block, Product Collection block, and other product-related blocks.

Will restricted products appear in search results?

No, restricted products are filtered from all WooCommerce queries including search results, category pages, and shop pages.

How do I show a product to all users?

Simply leave the role selection empty. When no roles are selected, the product is visible to everyone including guests.

Does this affect the REST API?

Yes, the plugin filters products in WooCommerce REST API responses based on the authenticated user role.

1.0.0

  • Initial release
  • Simple product role restrictions
  • Variable product variation role restrictions
  • WooCommerce Blocks compatibility
  • REST API filtering
  • Settings page with import/export
  • Performance caching
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