Disable WooCommerce SKU on Product Page

Question

I have a WooCommerce store and I don't want to display the SKU on any single product page. Looking at their code, I found this filter:

/**
 * Returns whether or not SKUS are enabled.
 * @return bool
 */
function wc_product_sku_enabled() {
    return apply_filters( 'wc_product_sku_enabled', true );
}

and I attempted to override it with this line of code I placed in a custom plugin:

apply_filters( 'wc_product_sku_enabled', false );

I also tried placing the apply_filter inside an action function for woocommerce_product_meta_start which fires right before but it still renders the SKU on the product page. Any ideas?

Answer 1

I think you shoul try with this:

add_filter( 'wc_product_sku_enabled', '__return_false' );

That will remove sku from all woo, back and front end. You can always hide it just by CSS if need it on admin.

Answer 2

The easiest way is with CSS:

.sku_wrapper {
    display:none;
}

A more robust approach is to recreate the woocommerce template woocommerce/templates/single-product/meta.php in your own theme and simply comment out the line:

<span class="sku_wrapper"><?php _e( 'SKU:', 'woocommerce' ); ?> <span class="sku" itemprop="sku"><?php echo ( $sku = $product->get_sku() ) ? $sku : __( 'N/A', 'woocommerce' ); ?></span>.</span>

To recreate a woocommerce template in your own theme, see:

http://docs.woothemes.com/document/template-structure/