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Understanding the Difference Between WooCommerce\u00a0Brands\u00a0and\u00a0XStore\u00a0Brands<\/strong>
–\u00a0WooCommerce\u00a0Brands<\/strong>: Introduced in a recent WooCommerce update (9.6), this feature allows users\u00a0to\u00a0assign\u00a0brands\u00a0to\u00a0products natively within WooCommerce.
–\u00a0XStore\u00a0Brands<\/strong>: A custom branding feature developed by\u00a08Theme\u00a0before WooCommerce introduced its own\u00a0brands.\u00a0It\u00a0is\u00a0integrated with XStore\u2019s widgets\u00a0and\u00a0elements.
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Disabling XStore\u00a0Brands<\/strong>
If you prefer\u00a0to\u00a0use\u00a0WooCommerce\u00a0Brands\u00a0instead of XStore\u00a0Brands, follow these steps:
1. Navigate\u00a0to\u00a0XStore > Theme Options > WooCommerce > Shop Elements >\u00a0Brands<\/strong>.
2. Toggle\u00a0Enable\u00a0Brands<\/strong>\u00a0to\u00a0Off<\/strong>.

Disabling WooCommerce<\/strong>\u00a0Brands<\/strong>
Add the following code\u00a0to\u00a0your\u00a0child theme\u2019s functions.php<\/strong>\u00a0file:
add_action( ‘init’, function() {
update_option( ‘wc_feature_woocommerce_brands_enabled’, ‘no’ );
} );<\/em>

XStore\u00a0Brand\u00a0Carousel\u00a0Widget<\/strong> only\u00a0works with XStore\u00a0Brands. If you want\u00a0to\u00a0use\u00a0WooCommerce\u00a0Brands\u00a0instead:
1. You can request WooCommerce or Elementor\u00a0to\u00a0develop a widget that supports WooCommerce\u00a0Brands.
2. Alternatively,\u00a0use\u00a0dynamic tags<\/strong>\u00a0in Elementor\u00a0to\u00a0display WooCommerce\u00a0Brands.
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3. If you want XStore\u00a0to\u00a0develop a widget that supports WooCommerce\u00a0Brands, please submit a request on the\u00a08Theme\u00a0Taskboard<\/strong>: https:\/\/www.8theme.com\/taskboard\/<\/a> If enough users vote for the feature,\u00a0it\u00a0may be developed in future updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Understanding the Difference Between WooCommerce\u00a0Brands\u00a0and\u00a0XStore\u00a0Brands–\u00a0WooCommerce\u00a0Brands: Introduced in a recent WooCommerce update (9.6), this feature allows users\u00a0to\u00a0assign\u00a0brands\u00a0to\u00a0products natively within WooCommerce.–\u00a0XStore\u00a0Brands: A custom branding feature developed by\u00a08Theme\u00a0before WooCommerce introduced its own\u00a0brands.\u00a0It\u00a0is\u00a0integrated with XStore\u2019s widgets\u00a0and\u00a0elements. Disabling XStore\u00a0BrandsIf you prefer\u00a0to\u00a0use\u00a0WooCommerce\u00a0Brands\u00a0instead of XStore\u00a0Brands, follow these steps:1. Navigate\u00a0to\u00a0XStore > Theme Options > WooCommerce > Shop Elements >\u00a0Brands.2. Toggle\u00a0Enable\u00a0Brands\u00a0to\u00a0Off. Disabling WooCommerce\u00a0BrandsAdd the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[40],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-2199","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-woocommerce"],"aioseo_notices":[],"year_month":"2026-04","word_count":190,"total_views":"6758","reactions":{"happy":"0","normal":"0","sad":"0"},"author_info":{"author_nicename":"docs","author_url":"https:\/\/www.8theme.com\/documentation\/author\/docs\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"WooCommerce","term_url":"https:\/\/www.8theme.com\/documentation\/xstore\/woocommerce\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"author_list":[{"ID":"1","user_login":"docs","display_name":"docs","id":"1"}],"knowledge_base_info":[],"knowledge_base_slug":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.8theme.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.8theme.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.8theme.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.8theme.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.8theme.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2199"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.8theme.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2202,"href":"https:\/\/www.8theme.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2199\/revisions\/2202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.8theme.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.8theme.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=2199"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.8theme.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=2199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}