Not every product listing is trying to sell on the spot. A catalogue, a portfolio of past work, or a trade range with no public prices all want the products without the buying.
The add to cart button can be switched off on the listing, leaving the cards as a browse-only catalogue.
Before You Start
- Edition: Pro — the Product Listing block needs Nexter Blocks Pro.
- Block to enable: Product Listing, switched on under Nexter > Blocks in your WordPress dashboard.
- WooCommerce active, with published products. The block reads your real catalogue, so an empty store renders an empty listing.
Steps
- Select your Product Listing block.
- Switch the add to cart button off.
- Publish and check the cards on the real page.
How It Behaves
The button is part of the card, and switching it off removes it from every card in the listing.
- It is on by default. Measured on an untouched listing, every card rendered an add to cart button.
- Measured with it switched off: no add to cart markup rendered on any card, while prices, images and titles stayed exactly as they were.
- It changes this listing only. The product page still has its own add to cart button, and the product remains purchasable.
- The card is still a link to the product, so a shopper can reach the product page and buy from there.
- Measured with Nexter Blocks Pro deactivated: the block renders nothing at all — no wrapper, no products, no prices. This is a Pro-only block.
Limitations
- Pro only — measured with Nexter Blocks Pro deactivated, nothing renders.
- This is presentation, not permission. Hiding the button does not stop anyone buying. The product page still sells, and the product can still be added to a cart directly.
- If you genuinely need to prevent purchase, use WooCommerce’s own catalogue mode or stock settings rather than hiding a button.
- Prices still show unless you hide those separately, which surprises people building a trade catalogue.
- It applies to the whole listing, so you cannot keep the button on some cards and not others.
Troubleshooting
The button is still there
Check you changed the setting on the right block, and that you are viewing the published page.
People can still buy the product
Expected. This hides a button on one listing; it does not disable purchasing. Use WooCommerce’s catalogue mode for that.
I want to hide prices too
That is a separate setting on the block, and worth doing together for a trade catalogue.
The cards look unbalanced now
Removing the button changes the card height. Adjust the card padding to compensate.
