remove columns from woocommerce product page - wordpress

Question

Hi I am trying to limit the options certain users have when viewing the products list within woocommerce for wordpress admin pages.
if( current_user_can('vendor') ) {
function my_columns_filter( $columns ) {
unset($columns['tags']);
unset($columns['featured']);
unset($columns['type']);
return $columns;
}
}
add_filter( 'manage_edit-product_columns', 'my_columns_filter', 10, 1 );
Any help or guidance would be much appreciated.

Answer 1

You're doing it wrong.
Place if/else inside the function instead of wrapping the function.
function my_columns_filter( $columns ) {
if( current_user_can('vendor') ) {
unset($columns['tags']);
unset($columns['featured']);
unset($columns['type']);
return $columns;
}
}
add_filter( 'manage_edit-product_columns', 'my_columns_filter', 10, 1 );

Answer 2

You are not using the correct column names, or perhaps WC has changed them since you posted your question. It also better to check if a column still exists before removing it in case WC does change their column names.
Here is a future proof solution you can past into your theme's functions.php:
function my_product_columns_filter( $columns ) {
if ( current_user_can( 'vendor' ) ) {
foreach ( array( 'product_tag', 'featured', 'product_type' ) as $name ) {
if ( isset( $columns[ $name ] ) ) {
unset( $columns[ $name ] );
}
}
}
return $columns;
}
add_filter( 'manage_edit-product_columns', 'my_product_columns_filter' );
no coding solution
If you're just looking for a quick solution without the need for coding, you could use the free admin columns plugin from wordpress.org, which allows you to add and remove columns with a few clicks.