---
title: How to Show or Hide a Product Tab by Product or Category
description: Limit a global WooCommerce product tab to, or exclude it from, specific products or categories.
url: "https://wpfactory.com/docs/show-hide-product-tabs-by-product-category/"
updated: "2026-09-25"
category: How to
---

# How to Show or Hide a Product Tab by Product or Category

## Control which products show a global tab

A global tab in [Additional Custom Product Tabs for WooCommerce](https://wpfactory.com/item/product-tabs-for-woocommerce-plugin/) normally appears on every product. The show and hide fields let you limit it to, or exclude it from, specific products and categories. This targeting is free and applies to your global (All Products) tab.

![Show and hide fields for a global product tab](https://wpfactory.com/wp-content/uploads/Custom-Product-Tab-All-Products-2.png)

### The four visibility fields

Open **WPFactory > Product Tabs > Custom Tabs: All Products** and scroll to your tab. Each tab has four fields:

| Field | Effect |
| --- | --- |
| Products to hide this tab for | The tab is hidden on the listed products. |
| Categories to hide this tab for | The tab is hidden on products in the listed categories. |
| Products to show this tab for | When set, the tab shows only on the listed products. |
| Categories to show this tab for | When set, the tab shows only on products in the listed categories. |

Leave a field empty to apply no restriction from it. Leave all four empty to show the tab on every product.

**Note:** targeting is by product and by product category. The plugin does not support targeting by product tag.

### Choose how you enter products

The **Products Show/Hide options type** setting in the section's **Advanced Options** controls how the product fields work. Its option ID is `alg_custom_product_tabs_global_show_hide_products_option_type` (default **Multiselect list**).

![Products Show/Hide options type in the Advanced Options](https://wpfactory.com/wp-content/uploads/Advanced-Options-products-tabs.png)

| Option | How you enter products |
| --- | --- |
| Multiselect list | Pick products from a searchable dropdown. Best for small catalogs. |
| Comma separated text: IDs | Type product IDs separated by commas. Best for large catalogs where the dropdown is slow. |
| Comma separated text: SKUs | Type product SKUs separated by commas. |

When the Multiselect list type is active, an extra option appears: **Add SKU to products lists** (`alg_custom_product_tabs_global_add_sku_to_products_list`, default No). Enable it to show each product's SKU next to its name in the dropdowns. Categories are always chosen from a multiselect list.

### Troubleshooting

- **The tab shows nowhere:** a "show" list that does not include the product you are viewing hides the tab everywhere else. Clear the show fields to reset.
- **Typed IDs or SKUs do nothing:** confirm you selected the matching input type and that the values are separated by commas.

### Get more control

Show and hide targeting is free. [Additional Custom Product Tabs for WooCommerce](https://wpfactory.com/item/product-tabs-for-woocommerce-plugin/) Pro lets you add unlimited global tabs, each with its own visibility rules. [See what Pro unlocks](https://wpfactory.com/item/product-tabs-for-woocommerce-plugin/).

Related articles

- [How to Reset a Product Tabs Settings Section](https://wpfactory.com/docs/reset-product-tabs-settings/)
- [How to Create Multilingual Product Tabs with WPML or Polylang](https://wpfactory.com/docs/multilingual-product-tabs-wpml-polylang/)
- [How to Display Dynamic Product Data in a Tab](https://wpfactory.com/docs/display-dynamic-product-data-in-tabs/)
- [How to Add a Tab for Each Variation on Variable Products](https://wpfactory.com/docs/product-tab-variations/)
- [How to Add a Custom Tab to a Single Product](https://wpfactory.com/docs/custom-tab-per-product/)