M2 Include disabled products in product list widget collection

Question

• I'm not sure if this is an m2 2.2 bug or just due the way I'm trying to filter the collection, but I can't seem to include disabled products in my product list collection.
• I've tried a few different options from what I've seen in a few forum posts.
• The below code snippet is purely to retrieve disabled products (as a first step, though the aim is to have enabled and disabled products).

• This code results in zero products listed despite having disabled products which meet the criteria. Trying here in case there's something glaringly obvious I'm missing or a known bug with m2 2.2 requiring a workaround.

         $collection = $this->productCollectionFactory->create();
  //$collection->setVisibility($this->catalogProductVisibility->getVisibleInCatalogIds());
  
  $collection = $this->_addProductAttributesAndPrices($collection)
      ->addStoreFilter()
      ->addAttributeToFilter('status', \Magento\Catalog\Model\Product\Attribute\Source\Status::STATUS_DISABLED)
      ->setCurPage($this->getRequest()->getParam($this->getData('page_var_name'), 1));
  
  $conditions = $this->getConditions();
  $conditions->collectValidatedAttributes($collection);
  $this->sqlBuilder->attachConditionToCollection($collection, $conditions);
  
  return $collection;
  

My widget is extended from: class ProductsList extends \Magento\CatalogWidget\Block\Product\ProductsList

Answer 1

Try this code:

$collection = $this->productCollectionFactory->create()
    ->addAttributeToSelect('*') //all attributes
    ->addAttributeToFilter('status', \Magento\Catalog\Model\Product\Attribute\Source\Status::STATUS_DISABLED);

//print all collection
foreach($collection as $product){
   echo $product->getName(). "<br>";
}

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