Related Products – Create Upsells, Cross-sells, and Product Recommendations for WooCommerce

Description

Related Products for WooCommerce plugin shows custom-related products in WooCommerce. You can show related products by category, tags, or choose products to show as related products on the product details page of a specific product.

Showing related products recommendation brings customers’ attention to other products in your store that they might be interested in. This persuades them to try those products, thus resulting in an increase in the average order value.

You can also make use of the related product’s functionality in your WooCommerce store to suggest upsells, cross-sells and similar products to your customers and boost your sales.

Key features of WooCommerce Related Products Plugin

• Disable default WooCommerce related products functionality
• Choose custom related products
• Option to set up related products for the entire store (by category, tags)
• Set up related products for individual products (by category, attributes, tags, or products)
• Exclude selected categories from showing as related products
• Exclude out of stock products from showing as related products
• Displays related products in the slider
• Customize the related products section on the front-end (heading, order of items, number of products, and more)
• Relate products by subcategory using a filter.
• Use WooCommerce related products shortcode ([wt-related-products product_id=”xx”]) to display related products for any posts/pages on your site
• Show the same set of related products for their translated versions as well when using WPML
• Remove theme’s default related products in WooCommerce
• Import related products using the default WooCommerce importer Learn more

✅ Tested OK with WooCommerce 9.4.1

Related Products for WooCommerce – Installation and Setup

You can learn about the installation and setup of the WooCommerce related products plugin with the help of this setup guide.

You can also check out this video to get a quick understanding of the WooCommerce related products plugin.

Compatible plugins

• Product import export for WooCommerce
• WP all import export for WooCommerce

Related Products as a Powerful Marketing Tool

Displaying related products has become the best strategy for selling products. This feature has a great influence on making customers purchase from your store. Upselling or cross-selling related products at each stage of a product purchase increases the stores’ profit multiple times. eCommerce giant Amazon’s success is the best example of the recommending similar products technique. It acts literally like a virtual salesperson who accompanies us showing better recommendations throughout our purchase journey in the store.

It is also seen that when customers keep getting recommendations while purchasing a product it increases their confidence in the product thereby simplifying the decision making process without spending a lot of time on it. Thus online purchasing would be a great option for people who hate shopping or who do not have the time or patience for it.

Different Ways to Show Related Product Recommendations on your WooCommerce store

WooCommerce Related Products feature is one of the important sales tools available for store owners. “Related products” can be employed on your website in different forms. When built-in features in WooCommerce enable you to showcase related products like upsells and cross-sells, with the help of third-party plugins you can equip your store to automatically recommend related products depending upon the activities of customers on your WooCommerce store. The two main methods to easily display similar product suggestions are:

Upsells

These products are shown on the product page as an alternative to the product customers have chosen to purchase. There will be an upgrade of the chosen product either in quality or price thereby persuading the customer to choose the better one. It comes under the default text “you may also like”.

Cross-sells

On contrary to up-sells, cross-sells are displayed on the cart page under the title “you may be interested in”. These products would complement the products currently in the cart. On seeing this customers would feel an urge to buy the complementary products along with the products in their cart thereby selling more products for the store. Notifying customers about phone cases while purchasing a phone would be a perfect example of cross-selling.

Advanced WooCommerce Product Recommendations – Premium Version

WooCommerce Product Recommendations is an advanced recommendation tool for WooCommerce stores. The plugin offers multiple product recommendation templates such as Related Products, Bestsellers, Top-rated Products, Frequently Bought Together, New Arrivals, Recently Viewed, and more. Apart from these recommendations, you can create custom recommendations, with advanced recommendation rules and conditions.

Major features of WooCommerce Product Recommendations (Premium)

• Multiple pre-built recommendation templates: Related products, recently viewed, bestsellers, top-rated, frequently bought together, new arrivals, and more.
• Advanced filters for recommendations: Choose various filters and conditions to show recommendations.
• Display product recommendations on multiple store pages: Recommend products on multiple store pages, such as product page, category page, shop page, cart page, checkout page, and order received page to increase sales with product recommendations in WooCommerce.
• Create custom recommendations with custom rules: Create your own recommendation campaigns with custom rules and conditions.
• Customize the recommendation widgets: Customize the appearance of the recommendation widgets.
• Hide out-of-stock products: Choose to exclude out-of-stock products from the recommendation.
• Advanced sorting options: Sort the products in the recommendation widgets based on rating, price, popularity, and more.

Built-in Recommendation Widgets Available on Advanced WooCommerce Product Recommendations

• Related Products: Improve WooCommerce sales with relevant complementary product recommendations.
• Bestsellers: Showcase your popular products to earn more sales.
• Top rated: Easily display the highest rated products of your store.
• Frequently Bought Together: Upsell and cross sell with relevant product bundles.
• New Arrivals: Show-off and grab customers attention to your store’s latest arrivals.
• Recently Viewed: Remind customers about the products they have previously viewed.
• Trending Now: Recommend items trending in the past 30 days.

About WebToffee

WebToffee creates quality WordPress/WooCommerce plugins that are easy to use and customise. We are proud to have thousands of customers actively using our plugins across the globe.

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Installation

Minimum Requirements

• PHP 5.6 or higher is recommended
• WordPress 3.0.1 or higher is recommended

Steps to install the plugin

To install the plugin, follow the below steps:

Step 1: Log in to your WordPress dashboard.
Step 2: Navigate to Plugins and select Add New Plugin.
Step 3: Search for “Related Products for WooCommerce” in the search bar.
Step 4: Once you find the WooCommerce Related Products plugin by WebToffee, click on “Install Now.”
Step 5: After installation, click “Activate” to activate the plugin.

FAQ

How to export related products/tags/categories using WooCommerce default export?

Yes. You can export the related products, categories, and tags using the default WooCommerce exporter. Simply enable the option ‘Export custom meta’ while exporting. Learn more

Is it possible to import related products using the WooCommerce default importer?

Yes. It’s possible to import related products using product IDs. Learn more.

Is it possible to import related products using product SKUs?

Yes. It’s possible to import related products using product SKUs. Learn more.

How to export related products/tags/categories using WP all import export?

The plugin is seamlessly compatible with WP all import export. Learn more on how to export related products using WP all import export.

How to import related products/tags/categories using WP all import export?

The plugin is seamlessly compatible with WP all import. Learn more on how to import related products using WP all import export.

How to add cross-sell and upsell products in WooCommerce?

To add WooCommerce upsells and cross-sells, you can can follow these simple steps:

• Go to WooCommerce > Products and select the product on which you’d like to show an up-sell or cross-sell.
• In the product data panel, select the Linked Products tab.
• Add the product you wish to link to in Upsells and Cross-sells fields by searching for it. Click on Update.

How to show cross-sells in WooCommerce product pages?

You can display cross-sell product recommendations by adding cross-sells to individual product pages. Or, you can use a related products plugin and paste the shortcode for related products after configuring it.

Reviews

Fine tool but some issues

esquipulas November 14, 2024

After some problems to reach support (due to holydays times etc…) got a good quality contact with them. Plugin works fine, some issues with block based basket and recommendations selection but nothing which cannot be solved.

Awesome

saskiaherm September 17, 2024

Great plugin, great support!

Usability

emerson578 August 8, 2024

It’s very usefull

Good, it does its job well

magianna June 15, 2024

Simple, useful plugin, I’m satisfied!

Not sure it works

scriptsbywarren June 10, 2024

I have tried putting in my choices for related products but they do not show up on the page.

Outstanding plug-in

jpardstrum June 2, 2024

This plug-in makes the entire “Related Products” functionability worthwhile. This level of granular control of exactly the products you want to relate should be incorporated into WooCommerce core.

Contributors & Developers

Changelog

1.5.9 20-11-2024

• [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WordPress 6.7
• [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WooCommerce 9.4.1

1.5.8 10-10-2024

• [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WordPress 6.6.2
• [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WooCommerce 9.3.3
• [Fix] – An issue with the grid view of related products on the cart page

1.5.7 08-08-2024

• [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WordPress 6.6.1
• [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WooCommerce 9.1.4

1.5.6 13-06-2024

• [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WordPress 6.5.4
• [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WooCommerce 8.9.3

1.5.5 10-05-2024

• [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WordPress 6.5.3
• [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WooCommerce 8.8.3

1.5.4 09-04-2024

• [Fix] – PHP Warning on undefined variable

1.5.3 05-04-2024

• [Improvement] – Updated tooltips
• [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WordPress 6.5
• [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WooCommerce 8.7.0

1.5.2

• [Fix] – Added specification to related product’s carousal customization
• [Add] – Option to hide related products widget for products and categories
• [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WordPress 6.4.2
• [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WooCommerce 8.4.0

1.5.1

• [Fix] – Added changes to related products display on the cart page
• [Add] – Option to choose alternate custom slider arrow on related product widget
• [Enhancement] – Added Block theme Compatibility
• [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WordPress 6.4.1
• [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WooCommerce 8.2.2

1.5.0

• [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WordPress 6.3.1
• [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WooCommerce 8.1.1

1.4.9

• [Fix] – Displaying random products when no products to show.
• [Add] – Compatibility with HPOS.
• [Add] – Option to Exclude Backorder Products from Related Products.
• [Enhancement] – Implemented Ajax search instead of Select Categories
  and Exclude Categories for related products.
• [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WooCommerce 7.8.2
• [Compatibility] – Blocksy theme.

1.4.8

• [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WordPress 6.2
• [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WooCommerce 7.8
• [Enhancement] – Implemented Ajax search instead of Select Tag for related products.
• [Fix] – Undefined index error
• [Fix] – Out-of-stock products included in related products

1.4.7

• [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WP 6.1.1
• [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WC 7.3.0
• [Enhancement] – Related product slider style.

1.4.6

• [Fix] – Conflicts with default related product layout

1.4.5

• [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WP 6.0.2
• [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WC 6.9.3
• [Enhancement] – Related product slider style.
• [Enhancement] – Displays related products in cart page.

1.4.4

• [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WP 6.0
• [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WC 6.6.1
• [Enhancement] – Option to customize related product slider.

1.4.3

• [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WP 5.9.3
• [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WC 6.4.1.
• [Add] – Option to customize related product slider.

1.4.2

• [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WP 5.9.2
• [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WC 6.3.1.
• [Compatibility] – Import/Export plugins.

1.4.1

• [Add] – Orderby Price, Popularity, Rating.
• [Fix] – Fixed fatal error.
• [Fix] – Empty products when sub-category is not last in category tree (using filter ‘wt_crp_subcategory_only’ ).
• [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WC 6.1.1.
• [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WP 5.9.

1.4.0

• [Add] – Relate products by ‘attribute’ in product edit page.
• [Add] – Filter ‘wt_crp_subcategory_only’ to relate products by sub category (if ‘category’ is selected in “Globally relate products by” option).
• [Enhancement] – Heading translation using WPML.
• [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WC 5.8.

1.3.9

• [Add] – Multiselect option for ‘Related by’.
• [Add] – Order option (ASC/DESC).
• [Add] – WPML: Use original product ID for showing related products.
• [Add] – Option to override theme’s template.
• [Enhancement] – Working mode option.
• [Enhancement] – UI style and Help texts.

1.3.8

• [Add] – “Order by” feature.
• [Add] – New filters “wt_crp_min_slides”, “wt_crp_max_slides” & “wt_crp_slider_center_align” added for slider customisations.
• [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WC 5.6.
• [Fix] – Custom related products are not shown if the theme has its own template for related products.

1.3.7

• [Add] – Option to display related products by category/tags for all products (global option “Related by”).
• [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WC 5.5.
• [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WP 5.8.
• [Fix] – Invalid response while adding shortcode from editor.
• [Tweak] – Display problems with slider.
• [Enhancement] – Help text modifications.

1.3.6

• Tested OK with WC 5.4.1
• Added option to exclude categories from related products.
• Readme updates.

1.3.5

• Tested OK with WC 5.3.0
• Added option to exclude out of stock products from related products.
• Bug fix with the notification to disable “WooCommerce default related products”.
• Typo correction in filters: wt_related_products_odrerby to wt_related_products_orderby & wt_related_products_odrer to wt_related_products_order
• Improved help texts.

1.3.4

• Tested OK with WC 5.2.0

1.3.3

• WC and WP latest tested OK

1.3.2

• Warning fix

1.3.1

• Filter for auto slide add_filter( 'wt_custom_related_products_slider_autostart', '__return_true' );.

1.3.0

• WC 5.0 Tested OK.

1.2.9

• Readme updates.

1.2.8

• Added new option for slider.

1.2.7

• Tested OK with WooCommerce 4.9.2

1.2.6

• Tested OK with WC 4.9.0
• Bug fix with related products shortcode [wt-related-products product_id="xxx"]
• Fix HTML validation issues.

1.2.5

• FAQ updated

1.2.4

• Added shortcode for related products [wt-related-products product_id="19"]

1.2.3

• Added Italian translation and updated German translation
• Plugin screenshots updated

1.2.2

• Added option to select number of related products
• Improved page loading speed

1.2.1

• Added option to select related tags with custom related products

1.2.0

• Added option to select related tags with default related products
• Tested OK with WC 4.8.0 and WP 5.6

1.1.9

• [bugfix] – related product disappears if only product category added
• Tested OK with WC 4.6.1

1.1.8

• Added option to select related categories
• Tested OK with WC 4.5.2

1.1.7

• Tested OK with WC 4.3.3 and WP 5.5

1.1.6

• Tested OK with WC 4.2.2
• Filter for heading wt_related_products_heading

1.1.5

• Tested OK with WC 4.0.1
• Tested OK with WP 5.4

1.1.4

• Tested OK with WC 4.0.0

1.1.3

• Tested OK with WC 3.9.2

1.1.2

• Custom Sorting for related products

1.1.1

• Tested OK with WC 3.7.1

1.1.0

• Tested OK with WC 3.6.5
• Applied filter wt_related_products_number for number of products to display.

1.0.9

• Tested OK with WC 3.6.4
• Updated translations

1.0.8

• Tested OK with WC 3.6.2 and WP 5.2.

1.0.7

• Tested OK with WooCommerce 3.5.5

1.0.6

• content updates.

1.0.5

• content updates.

1.0.4

• Tested OK with WooCommerce 3.5.1 .

1.0.3

• WC Tested up to 3.4.5 updates.

1.0.2

• Content updates

1.0.1

• Uninstall feedback and translation added.

1.0.0

• Initial commit