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Settings & Controls

Recommendation rules

Shape how Smart Related Products finds and prioritizes relevant product relationships with clear history, matching, threshold, and fallback controls.

What recommendation rules control

Recommendation rules determine the order history the plugin can use, how much shared-order evidence a relationship needs, how many products to return, and what happens when smart candidates are limited.

Use real order history with confidence

Choose the history period, qualifying order statuses, minimum shared orders, and optional category or tag matching rule. Together, these decide which customer purchases count and how selective the relationship needs to be.

History periodControls how far back the plugin looks for qualifying WooCommerce orders.
Minimum shared ordersSets the minimum number of distinct qualifying orders that support a relationship.

Number of products and fallback

Set the number of products WooCommerce should receive, then choose a fallback for limited smart results: show nothing, retain WooCommerce defaults, or use relevant best sellers or newest products.

  • Use broader rules and a fallback when order history is still developing.
  • Use more selective history and thresholds when your catalogue has a strong multi-product order record.
  • Review recommendations and reports before making dramatic rule changes.

Next steps

Refine the catalogue rules around your recommendation logic.

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