ELEX WooCommerce Catalog Mode vs Hide Price and Add to Cart

By Raz Technologies · data from 2 Nov 2026 · Methodology

ELEX WooCommerce Catalog Mode leads on adoption; Hide Price and Add to Cart leads on performance. Both are tracked in our catalog mode / hide prices ranking, updated 2 Nov 2026.

Side by side

Measure	ELEX WooCommerce Catalog Mode	Hide Price and Add to Cart
Overall score	76.0	76.2 ▲ higher
Rank in catalog mode / hide prices	#2 ▲ higher	#5
Active installs	10,000+ ▲ higher	800+
Rating	4.7/5 (17 ratings)	5.0/5 (3 ratings)
Last updated	22 Sept 2026	23 Oct 2026
Free version	Yes, on WordPress.org	Yes, on WordPress.org
Paid from	No verified price	No verified price
Added JS + CSS, product page (lab)	0.0 KB	0.0 KB
Adoption	76 ▲ higher	43
Maintenance	63	85 ▲ higher
Momentum	94	95 ▲ higher
Performance	30	84 ▲ higher
Satisfaction	80 ▲ higher	79
Security	100	100
Published vulnerabilities (36 months)	0	0
Current WooCommerce	Partial	Partial
HPOS (order tables)	Yes	Yes
Cart & Checkout Blocks	Not declared	Yes

ELEX WooCommerce Catalog Mode vs Hide Price and Add to Cart: features

Feature	ELEX WooCommerce Catalog Mode	Hide Price and Add to Cart
Hide prices (core)	✓ Free version Documented“Hide product prices.”	✓ Free version Documented“Completely hide the product price”
Hide add to cart (core)	✓ Free version Documented“Remove Add-to-Cart button.”	✓ Free version Documented“Remove the Add to Cart button entirely”
Rules for guests vs logged-in (core)	· Not documented	✓ Free version Documented“Hide prices from guest users until they register or log in”
Rules per role	· Not documented	✓ Free version Documented“Restrict purchasing for specific products or entire categories by user role”
Rules per product/category	· Not documented	✓ Free version Documented“Target entire product categories”
Custom text/button in place of price	✓ Free version Documented“Replace Add-to-Cart button with a Custom Button.”	✓ Free version Documented“Replace it with any custom text”

From each plugin's WordPress.org readme or marketplace listing (quoted). “Not documented” means the vendor does not list it — the feature may still exist. Features we test in the lab are labelled Tested.

ELEX WooCommerce Catalog Mode or Hide Price and Add to Cart: which should you choose?

Hide Price and Add to Cart documents 3 features that ELEX WooCommerce Catalog Mode does not: rules for guests vs logged-in, rules per role and rules per product/category (from each vendor's own listing).
ELEX WooCommerce Catalog Mode is more widely used: 10,000+ active installs versus 800+ for Hide Price and Add to Cart on WordPress.org (as of 8 November 2026).
Hide Price and Add to Cart has the higher WordPress.org rating: 5.00/5 from 3 ratings, versus 4.71/5 from 17 for ELEX WooCommerce Catalog Mode.
If your store uses the block-based cart and checkout, note that Hide Price and Add to Cart declares Cart and Checkout Blocks compatibility and ELEX WooCommerce Catalog Mode does not (checked 24 October 2026).
Hide Price and Add to Cart was updated more recently (23 October 2026) than ELEX WooCommerce Catalog Mode (22 September 2026).
Overall, ELEX WooCommerce Catalog Mode ranks higher in PluginGauge's WooCommerce catalog mode ranking: #2 (76.0/100) versus #5 (76.2/100) for Hide Price and Add to Cart, as of 2 November 2026.

Read the full profiles for features and security details: ELEX WooCommerce Catalog Mode · Hide Price and Add to Cart.

FAQ

Which is better, ELEX WooCommerce Catalog Mode or Hide Price and Add to Cart?

Overall, ELEX WooCommerce Catalog Mode ranks higher in PluginGauge's WooCommerce catalog mode ranking: #2 (76.0/100) versus #5 (76.2/100) for Hide Price and Add to Cart, as of 2 November 2026.

Do ELEX WooCommerce Catalog Mode and Hide Price and Add to Cart support HPOS and Checkout Blocks?

ELEX WooCommerce Catalog Mode: HPOS declared, Checkout Blocks no data; Hide Price and Add to Cart: HPOS declared, Checkout Blocks declared (read from each plugin's code or listing, as of 2 November 2026).

What are the alternatives to ELEX WooCommerce Catalog Mode and Hide Price and Add to Cart?

The next-ranked WooCommerce catalog mode plugins in our ranking are Art WooCommerce Order One Click (#1), Product Enquiry (#3), WooCommerce B2B (#4), as of 2 November 2026.