{"id":6909,"date":"2025-09-23T11:38:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T06:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/holithemes.com\/plugins\/click-to-chat\/?p=6909"},"modified":"2026-02-16T16:13:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T10:43:44","slug":"how-to-show-or-hide-the-chat-widget-based-on-category","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holithemes.com\/plugins\/click-to-chat\/how-to-show-or-hide-the-chat-widget-based-on-category\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Show or Hide the Chat Widget Based on Category"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We can now set the Click to Chat widget display based on categories. Simply enter the category names, separated by commas ( , ).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Show the Widget Only on Selected Categories<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To display the widget only on posts belonging to certain categories:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Navigate to Click to Chat \u2192 Display Settings.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Under the Global section, select Hide on all pages.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scroll down to the Category section.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enter the category names where we want the widget to appear.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Example: <code>WooCommerce, Styles<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click save Changes<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"536\" height=\"148\" src=\"https:\/\/holithemes.com\/plugins\/click-to-chat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Category-names-show-.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/holithemes.com\/plugins\/click-to-chat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Category-names-show-.webp 536w, https:\/\/holithemes.com\/plugins\/click-to-chat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Category-names-show--300x83.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This setup hides the widget everywhere by default and shows it only on posts in the specified categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hide the Widget Only on Selected Categories<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To show the widget on most pages but hide it on posts from certain categories:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Navigate to Click to Chat \u2192 Display Settings.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Under the Global section, select Show on all pages.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scroll down to the Category section.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enter the category names where we want to hide the widget.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Example: <code>Click to Chat Pro, Display Settings<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click Save Changes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"524\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/holithemes.com\/plugins\/click-to-chat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Category-name.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6911\" srcset=\"https:\/\/holithemes.com\/plugins\/click-to-chat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Category-name.jpg 524w, https:\/\/holithemes.com\/plugins\/click-to-chat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Category-name-300x86.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This setup enables the widget globally and excludes it only from the specified categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to Find Category Names<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>From the WordPress Dashboard:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Go to Posts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>At the top, we\u2019ll see the Category that post belongs to.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"929\" height=\"807\" src=\"https:\/\/holithemes.com\/plugins\/click-to-chat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Category-at-the-top.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6912\" style=\"width:669px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/holithemes.com\/plugins\/click-to-chat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Category-at-the-top.webp 929w, https:\/\/holithemes.com\/plugins\/click-to-chat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Category-at-the-top-300x261.webp 300w, https:\/\/holithemes.com\/plugins\/click-to-chat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Category-at-the-top-768x667.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 929px) 100vw, 929px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Note down the category name exactly as it appears.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use that name in the Category section of Click to Chat to show or hide the widget.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We can now set the Click to Chat widget display based on categories. Simply enter the category names, separated by commas ( , ). Show the Widget Only on Selected Categories To display the widget only on posts belonging to certain categories: This setup hides the widget everywhere by default and shows it only on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":"","_htd2_assets":[]},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-display-settings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/holithemes.com\/plugins\/click-to-chat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/holithemes.com\/plugins\/click-to-chat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/holithemes.com\/plugins\/click-to-chat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holithemes.com\/plugins\/click-to-chat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holithemes.com\/plugins\/click-to-chat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6909"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/holithemes.com\/plugins\/click-to-chat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7289,"href":"https:\/\/holithemes.com\/plugins\/click-to-chat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6909\/revisions\/7289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/holithemes.com\/plugins\/click-to-chat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holithemes.com\/plugins\/click-to-chat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holithemes.com\/plugins\/click-to-chat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}