# POS-Only Products

Some products belong only at the till, some only online. Switch on **Enable POS only products** and every product gets a **POS visibility** with three choices:

| POS visibility                                | Your website | The POS |
| --------------------------------------------- | ------------ | ------- |
| **POS & Online** (where every product starts) | Shown        | Shown   |
| **POS Only**                                  | Hidden       | Shown   |
| **Online Only**                               | Shown        | Hidden  |

Set in WP Admin

You set POS visibility in WP Admin. The POS only follows it: there is no control for it at the till. Missing a product at the till? See [If something goes wrong](#troubleshooting).

## Switch it on[​](#enabling-the-feature "Enlace directo a Switch it on")

In WP Admin, go to **POS > Settings > General**. Under **Products**, switch on **Enable POS only products**. It saves as soon as you switch it. Every product now has a **POS visibility**: **POS & Online** for a product you haven't set, and the choice you saved for one you have, if you switched this on before.

If every product sells in both places, leave it off. Off, POS visibility hides nothing; WooCommerce's own visibility settings still apply.

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Switching this off again, or deactivating WCPOS, lets your POS Only products appear on your website again, as far as their WooCommerce visibility allows. See [Switch it off](#switch-off).

## Set a product's visibility[​](#setting-product-visibility "Enlace directo a Set a product's visibility")

### One product[​](#individual-products "Enlace directo a One product")

1. In WP Admin, go to **Products** and open the product.
2. In the **Publish** box, press **Edit** beside **POS visibility**.
3. Choose **POS & Online**, **POS Only** or **Online Only**, and press **OK**.
4. Press **Update**.

![The Publish box of a product in WP Admin, with POS visibility open on its three choices and the OK and Cancel buttons](/img/pos-only-products.png)

POS visibility sits in the Publish box, under Catalog visibility. In this older screenshot Catalog visibility still has an Edit link; while a product is POS Only it now has none.

From the Products list, **Quick Edit** on a product has the same **POS visibility** choice.

### Many products at once[​](#bulk-editing "Enlace directo a Many products at once")

1. In WP Admin, go to **Products** and tick the products.
2. Choose **Edit** from **Bulk actions** and press **Apply**.
3. Pick a choice in **POS visibility**. Left on **— No Change —**, each product keeps its own.
4. Press **Update**.

![Bulk Edit on the Products list, with the POS visibility list open on No Change, POS & Online, POS Only and Online Only](/img/bulk-edit-pos-only-products.png)

POS visibility in Bulk Edit

### Variations[​](#variable-products "Enlace directo a Variations")

Each variation has its own **POS visibility**, in its panel under **Variations**. Press **Save changes** when you're done. You can sell every colour online and only some at the till, or keep one size for the shop floor. To move a whole variable product, set the product's own **POS visibility** instead: an **Online Only** product has no tile on the till, and a **POS Only** product is off your shop with every variation.

![The POS visibility list at the top of one variation's panel, set to POS & Online](/img/pos-only-variations.png)

One variation's POS visibility

### Find them again[​](#find-them "Enlace directo a Find them again")

The Products list gains two views above the table, beside **Published**: **POS Only** and **Online Only**, each with its count. Click one to list just those products.

## In the POS[​](#how-it-affects-the-pos "Enlace directo a In the POS")

An **Online Only** product isn't on the till at all. It doesn't show in the Product Panel, a search doesn't find it, and scanning its barcode says **Barcode not found**. **POS Only** and **POS & Online** products sell as usual.

When you change a product's visibility, the POS picks it up the next time it checks your store for changes: an Online Only product disappears, and comes back when you change it back. To check now, press the arrow beside the product count.

![The Product Panel after a search, with the In Stock filter lit, one product tile, the product count, and the sync menu open beside the count with Sync and Clear and Refresh](/img/2.x/products/pos-only-products/en/tablet-light-regular--po-1-missing-from-the-pos.png)12345

1. **Search products** — also asks your store, but never returns an Online Only product. See [Search & Filtering](/es/sell/find-products/search-products.md#how-search-works).
2. **Settings** — includes **Show out-of-stock products**. See [Display Settings](/es/sell/find-products/product-display.md#show-out-of-stock-products).
3. **In Stock** — hides out-of-stock products. Press its cross before you decide a product is missing. See [Stock status](/es/sell/find-products/search-products.md#stock-status).
4. **A product tile** — POS Only and POS & Online products show here.
5. **The product count** — how many products on this device match: **1 product** here, **Showing 20 of 259** on a full list. Press the arrow beside it to check for changes now; press and hold it for the menu shown open here: **Sync**, or **Clear and Refresh**, which clears the search and filters and downloads the products again. See [The panel's footer](/es/sell/find-products/product-display.md#footer).

## On your website[​](#where-pos-only-products-stay-visible "Enlace directo a On your website")

A **POS Only** product is hidden from shoppers:

* It isn't listed: not in the shop, category pages, search, related products, product blocks, feeds or sitemaps.
* It can't be added to the cart or bought online. A direct link still opens the product's page, as with WooCommerce's own **Hidden**, but it can't be added to the cart there.
* A **POS Only** variation is left out of the options on the product page. The product stays online for its other variations.

Catalog visibility, and where POS Only products still show

WCPOS hides a POS Only product by setting its WooCommerce **Catalog visibility** to **Hidden**. While the product is POS Only, **Catalog visibility** in the Publish box is locked at **Hidden**, with the line *POS Only products are never shown in the online catalog or search.* Move it back to **POS & Online** or **Online Only** and WCPOS puts back the catalog visibility it had before; the Publish box tells you which before you press **Update**. A product that was never anything but visible goes back to **Shop and search results**. For a different catalog visibility, change it after the update. Variations have no catalog visibility of their own in WooCommerce, so nothing is locked for them.

Hiding is a rule for shoppers only. A POS Only product stays visible where you run the shop:

* **WP Admin**, including the Products list and the product editor.
* **WooCommerce Analytics**, so a report filtered by a category of POS Only products shows their sales.
* **The POS** itself.

## Switch it off[​](#switch-off "Enlace directo a Switch it off")

Switch off **Enable POS only products** and POS visibility no longer hides anything; WooCommerce's own visibility settings still apply. Online Only products come back to the POS on its next check for changes, and POS Only products get back the catalog visibility they had before: a product you had hidden yourself stays hidden. Each product's choice is kept, so switching it back on uses the choices you saved and hides the same products again.

Deactivating WCPOS also gives every POS Only product back the catalog visibility it had before, so it can appear on your website again.

## When to use it[​](#when-to-use-this-feature "Enlace directo a When to use it")

* **Gift cards sold at the counter** — physical cards activated at the till. Make them **POS Only**.
* **Online pre-orders** — products not in stock yet that customers order online. Make them **Online Only**, so they don't clutter the till.
* **Wholesale and retail on one store** — wholesale-only products **Online Only** for your trade customers, in-store exclusives **POS Only**, everything else **POS & Online**.
* **Downloads and online-only deals** — digital products and web-only offers you don't sell at the counter. Make them **Online Only**.
* **In-store specials** — promotional items you sell only at the till. Make them **POS Only**.

## If something goes wrong[​](#troubleshooting "Enlace directo a If something goes wrong")

**An Online Only product still shows in the POS.** Press the arrow beside the product count to check for changes. If it's still there, press and hold the arrow and choose **Clear and Refresh**.

**A product is missing from the POS.** Clear the search and check the filter bar, **In Stock** included. Then open the product in WP Admin and check its **POS visibility**, and for a variation, the product's own setting too.

**A product shows on one device but not another.** Each device keeps its own search and filters and picks up changes only while it's online: see [Product Sync](/es/manage-store/products/product-sync.md#one-device).

**A POS Only product still appears in your shop, categories or search.** Opening it from a direct link is expected; this is for a product shoppers can still find.

1. Open the product and look at **Catalog visibility** in the Publish box. For a POS Only product it reads **Hidden**.
2. If it reads anything else, press **Update** once and WCPOS sets **Hidden** again. If it still doesn't, a plugin or custom code is changing it: see [For developers](#developers).
3. If it reads **Hidden**, the page is most likely cached. Clear your caching plugin or CDN.

**Products have no POS visibility.** **Enable POS only products** is off. Switch it on in **POS > Settings > General**.

## For developers[​](#developers "Enlace directo a For developers")

Filters for POS Only products

POS Only products are left out of the WooCommerce Store API, which the block cart and checkout use, and the WooCommerce REST API product and variation lists (`/wc/v1` to `/wc/v3`). WP-CLI commands such as `wp wc product list` still see them.

**`wcpos_hide_pos_only_products`** decides whether a product query leaves POS Only products out. It receives the default decision and the `WP_Query` about to run: true on the storefront, false in WP Admin, WP-CLI, WooCommerce Analytics and the POS. Return `false` to let a context of your own see POS Only products.

```
add_filter( 'wcpos_hide_pos_only_products', function ( $hide, $query ) {

    if ( defined( 'MY_PLUGIN_EXPORTING' ) ) {

        return false;

    }

    return $hide;

}, 10, 2 );
```

**`wcpos_pos_only_catalog_visibility`** sets the catalog visibility WCPOS writes for a POS Only product. It receives `hidden` and the product. Return one of WooCommerce's catalog visibility keys (`visible`, `catalog`, `search` or `hidden`) to apply that instead, or `null` to leave the product's catalog visibility to you. It only changes what WCPOS writes into **Catalog visibility**: the storefront rule above still applies, so pair it with `wcpos_hide_pos_only_products` if a POS Only product should appear somewhere online.

```
add_filter( 'wcpos_pos_only_catalog_visibility', function ( $visibility, $product ) {

    if ( has_term( 'club-stock', 'product_cat', $product->get_id() ) ) {

        return null; // I manage catalog visibility for these myself.

    }

    return $visibility;

}, 10, 2 );
```

**`wcpos_default_product_visibility`** sets the **POS visibility** a new product starts on in the editor. It receives `''` (**POS & Online**) and the post; return `pos_only` or `online_only` to start new products there.

Before WCPOS 2.0 these filters were named `woocommerce_pos_hide_pos_only_products`, `woocommerce_pos_pos_only_catalog_visibility` and `woocommerce_pos_default_product_visibility`. The old names still work, but are deprecated since 2.0 and removed in 2.2 at the earliest. See [Hook naming](/es/manage-store/add-ons.md#hook-naming).

## Related Documentation[​](#related-documentation "Enlace directo a Related Documentation")

[General SettingsWhere Enable POS only products lives](/es/settings/general.md)

[Product PanelFinding a product at the till](/es/sell/find-products.md)

[Product SynchronisationHow products reach the device](/es/manage-store/products/product-sync.md)