In short. Change Visibility in the product's Options tab, choose the catalog and shop search access required, and save the product.
Definition: Product visibility in PrestaShop controls whether customers find a product through the shop's catalog and internal search. The product editor's Options tab provides four choices: Everywhere, Catalog only, Search only, and Nowhere.
Key facts
- As of 17 October 2026, PrestaShop's Managing Products documentation places Visibility in the Options tab and describes direct URL access for every choice.
- PrestaShop's product page specification identifies Everywhere as the default selection and describes search through the shop's search bar.
- The new product page guide for PrestaShop 8.1 distinguishes saving an offline product from saving and publishing it.
Where is the visibility setting?
PrestaShop's Managing Products guide describes product management under Catalog. With the product open for editing, the Options tab contains Visibility. Selecting the required choice and saving applies the change.
The configuration path, using the product list label in the new product page guide, is:
Catalog > Products > [product] > Options > Visibility
In the original editor, Save keeps the current tab open. For the newer editor documented for PrestaShop 8.1, Save stores a new or offline product, while Save and publish also publishes it in the shop. The footer therefore matters when checking whether a saved product is live.
Which visibility option fits the intended display?
PrestaShop's product page specification describes the catalog as category listings and gives these display rules:
| Selection | Catalog categories | Shop search |
|---|---|---|
| Everywhere | The product appears. | The product is searchable. |
| Catalog only | The product appears. | The product is excluded. |
| Search only | The product is excluded. | The product is searchable. |
| Nowhere | The product is excluded. | The product is excluded. |
The specification gives avoiding too many similar products in search as a use for Catalog only. Search only keeps search access while removing category display. These descriptions concern the shop's search bar.
PrestaShop's Managing Products documentation also states that customers can open the product URL under Nowhere. A direct link remains an access route with that selection.
How do activation and ordering affect the result?
The Managing Products guide gives Online / Offline a separate role: enabling or disabling the product. It also says Preview can display a disabled product. A preview alone therefore cannot confirm that customers can open it normally.
The product page specification separately documents Available for order. Clearing that checkbox disables the product page's add to cart button and exposes Show price, which controls whether the price remains displayed.
Related terms
- How do I edit a PrestaShop product's search metadata?
- How do I redirect a disabled product in PrestaShop?
- How do I enable friendly URLs in PrestaShop?
FAQ
Can I hide a product from categories but keep it in shop search?
Yes. Choose Search only. PrestaShop's product page specification describes this combination explicitly.
Does Nowhere prevent access through a link?
No. The Managing Products guide says customers can still reach the product using its URL.
Can I keep a product visible while stopping orders?
Use Available for order to control purchasing. The product page specification says clearing it disables the add to cart button and makes Show price available.
Sources
- PrestaShop, "Managing Products", undated
- PrestaShop, "Product Page - 8.0", undated
- PrestaShop, "New product page (PrestaShop 8.1)", undated
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