How to hide Individual Products from search results
If you're using Bundly and want to prevent customers from purchasing individual components outside of a bundle, you can hide individual products from search. This is especially useful if you're only selling certain items as part of a bundle.
Step-by-step instructions
1. Set Up Metadata Definition
- Go to your Shopify admin panel and click on Settings at the bottom left.
- Select Custom Data → Products.
- Click Add Definition.
- Name it Hide from Search (or similar).
- Under Namespace and key, enter
seo.hidden. - Select Integer as the type and One value.
- Save the definition.
2. Apply the Metadata to Products
- Edit the product you want to hide.
- Scroll to the bottom of the product edit page to find the new Hide from Search field.
- Set the value 1 and save the product.
3. Bulk Editing (Optional)
- For multiple products, use Shopify's Bulk Editor:
- Navigate to:
https://admin.myshopify.com/store/[YOUR-STORE-NAME]/bulk?resource_name=Product&show=image%2Ctitle%2Cvariants&edit=metafields.seo.hidden%3Anumber - Change the "Hide from Search" value to 1 for each product you want to hide.
- Click "Save" when done.
Additional Notes
- Hidden products will still be accessible via direct link, allowing them to be part of bundles.
- The
seo.hiddenmetadata adds a 'noindex' tag to the product page, preventing it from being indexed by search engines. - It may take some time for previously indexed products to be removed from search engine results.
- To make a hidden product visible again, change its
seo.hiddenvalue to 0 or clear it. - You can also remove Add to Cart button from individual product pages and disable links to individual product pages on the bundle page.
Need help? Reach out to us at support@bundly.app and we’ll be happy to assist.