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Once activated, this plugin will override all product status changes and set them to DRAFT. This way you could have a bulk importer and only publish your products once you have already revised and updated them.
To override this status change, simply add a custom_meta to the product with name ‘dropwp_disableproducts_skip’ and value ‘1’.

Dropwp Disable Products

Plugin to create all WooCommerce producst on DRAFT status until a custom_meta is added.

Gregory Karpinsky (@tivnet)

This plugin is a part of TIVWP Academia series. It demonstrates how a plugin can check for prerequisites and notify administrator.

TIVWP-DEMIA Check prerequisites

This plugin is a part of TIVWP Academia series.

Dropwp Disable Products vs TIVWP-DEMIA Check prerequisites