Discontinued products retired without deleting them
Take products you no longer sell out of the shop and search, while their pages stay up for anyone with an old link. Each change is approved.
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Time
- about 10 min
These products are discontinued: [names or SKUs]. Don't delete them. Mark them out of stock, hide them from the shop and search, and add a line at the top of the short description: [This product is no longer available; see the replacement or the category]. Show me the changes and wait for my approval.
Already connected?
If SAR is already in your AI app, this is enough:
Retire [products]: out of stock, hidden from the shop and search, with a note in the short description.
What happens
- The AI app finds each product by name or SKU and reads it in full.
- It sets each one out of stock and hidden from the shop and search, and adds your line to the short description. The page stays at its address for people with the link.
- Each product's change waits for your approval in SAR; the previous values are kept and can be restored.
Approvals involved
Worked out from the tools this recipe uses.
wordpress_woo_list_productsList productsNonewordpress_woo_get_productGet a productNonewordpress_woo_update_productChange a productApproval
What you get
A shop that shows only what you sell, without broken links from search results or old emails.
Related recipes
- Shop · about 20 minProduct descriptions rewritten in your shop's voiceRewrite thin or copied product descriptions in your own tone, a few products at a time, and approve each one before it goes live.
- Shop · about 15 minA hidden product at a trade price for one business customerCopy a product as a draft, give it a trade price and hide it from the shop and search, so only the customer you send the link to finds it.
- Shop · about 10 minA product on pre-order while you wait for new stockLet customers order a sold-out product before your next delivery: backorders allowed with a notice, a low-stock alert and a line on when it ships.
Try it on your own site
Install the plugin, add SAR to your AI app and paste the prompt. Free to start.