--- title: Marketplace Admin Panel Management source: https://wpdoc.webkul.com/woocommerce-marketplace/documentation/admin-panel-management.html --- # Marketplace Admin Panel Management Product List – All Products After installing the **WooCommerce Marketplace plugin**, an additional Marketplace tab appears in the WordPress admin panel. From here admin can manage **Marketplace vendors, products, reviews etc.** --- ## Marketplace Overview From the admin panel, the admin can manage: - Vendors - Products - Commissions - Marketplace settings (such as product auto-publish and vendor auto-approval) --- ## Product Management by Admin - The admin can create and publish all types of products: - Simple - Virtual - Downloadable - Grouped - External / Affiliate - Variable - Products can be assigned to one or more vendors. - The admin has full control over vendor-created products. --- ## Product List (Admin End) In the **Product List**, the admin can: - View both **admin** and **vendor** products - Edit or delete any product - Modify any product specification created by vendors - Filter products by vendor - Mass-assign products to vendors - **Screen Options**: Admins can easily show or hide specific columns on the admin Products listing page using the standard Screen Options menu to customize their view. Product List – All Products --- ## Filter Products by Vendor - Admin can filter the product list based on a specific vendor. - Once filtered, only the selected vendor’s products will be displayed. Product List – Vendor Filtered --- ## Assign Products to Vendor - Select: - One or more products - A vendor from the dropdown - Click the **Assign** button to assign selected products to the chosen vendor. Assign Products to Vendor --- ## Vendor Product Approval (Manual Publish) If the admin has configured **Allow Vendor to Publish** as **unchecked**: - Vendor-added products will be created in **Draft** status. - Admin must manually review and publish the product. Allow Vendor to Publish Setting --- ## Draft Product Visibility - When a vendor adds a product: - Product status remains **Draft** - Product is visible in the admin product list Draft Product in Admin List --- ## Publish Vendor Product - Admin edits the draft product. - Clicks the **Publish** button. - Product becomes live on the storefront. Publish Vendor Product --- ## Frontend Visibility - Once published, the product is: - Visible to customers on the frontend - Available for purchase like any other WooCommerce product --- ## Key Benefits - Full administrative control over marketplace products - Secure approval workflow for vendor products - Easy product-to-vendor assignment - Centralized product management for large marketplaces ---