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Magento 2 Automatic Related Products adds related product blocks to website pages. Products in blocks are displayed in accordance with specific rules regarding block position, name, priority, the pages where the block should be shown, the items to be included in it, the block's look. Automatic product suggestions can be disabled for individual products.

Compatibility: Magento Open Source 2.3.X - 2.4.X, Magento Commerce 2.3.X - 2.4.X

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Installing M2 Automatic Related Products

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 4. In SSH console of your server navigate to your store root folder:

cd path_to_the_store_root_folder

run the following command: :

php -f bin/magento module:enable Aheadworks_Autorelated

then:

php -f bin/magento setup:upgrade

after:

php -f bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy

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If you are installing an extension from Aheadworks for the first time, you need to add our composer repository to your Magento store:

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To install the extension:

2. Login to your ssh console and navigate to your store folder:

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 3. Run the following command to install the latest version of the extension:

composer require aheadworks/module-automatic-related-products

if you need to install a specific version, run this command:

composer require aheadworks/module-automatic-related-products:<version>

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4. Enable the extension:

php -f bin/magento module:enable <Module_Name>

Next, register the extension:

bin/magento setup:upgrade

Recompile your Magento store if you are in the Production mode:

bin/magento setup:di:compile

To verify that the extension is enabled, run this command:

bin/magento module:status

Clean store cache, by running the following command:

bin/magento cache:clean

Log out and Log in the backend again.

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To upgrade the extension:

5. To update or upgrade an extension:

Download the updated extension file. Take note of the module-name and version. Export the contents to your Magento root.

If a composer package exists for the extension, run one of the following.

composer update aheadworks/module-automatic-related-products

composer require aheadworks/module-automatic-related-products:<version>

Run the following commands to upgrade, deploy, and clean the cache.

php bin/magento setup:upgrade --keep-generated
php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy
php bin/magento cache:clean

Introducing M2 Automatic Related Products

Getting Around

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The Automatic Related Productsextension comes ready for work right after the installation.

Manage Rules

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Here you are provided with rule short descriptions and performance stats:

• Views - displays the number of customer visits to the pages with the ARP block;
• Clicks - displays the number of clicks on the products displayed in the ARP block (both product clicks and add to cart actions are counted);
• CTR (Click-through rate) - represents the View-to-Click ratio.

If you already have one or several rules created, this section provides the following opportunities:

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• Clicking a rule name navigates you to the 'Edit Rule' page where you can adjust the created rule settings;
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Additionally, the grid displays related product rule priorities and display modes. The rules with higher priority (10 is considered to be higher than 20) are executed first. The 'Display Mode' column shows the 'What to Display' display logic applied to a particular rule (described below).

Creating Related Products Rules

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The new ARP rules can be created from the 'Manage Rules' section. To create a new rule, follow the steps below:

Step 1

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In the 'Rule Information' section, decide on the following:

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• Select the Store View the ARP block is to be displayed on;
• Select Customer Groups the ARP block is to be displayed to;
• Select Customer Segments the ARP block is to be displayed to (Customer Segmentation module, v. 1.1.0 or newer, required).

Once done with the above settings, navigate to the 'Where to Display' section.

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In the 'Where to Display' section you are suggested to specify the product attributes or attribute combinations defining on which pages the ARP block should be displayed. The module uses the native Magento rules.

Depending on your requirements, you can either:

1) Define a particular set of product pages that will display the ARP block (Example 1);

2) Display the ARP block on all product pages excluding a particular set of product pages (Example 2).

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In the 'What to Display' section you are suggested to choose among the three display options:

• Conditions Combination;

• Who Bought This Also Bought (WBTAB);

• Who Viewed This Also Viewed (WVTAV).

The 'Conditions Combination' option specifies the product attributes or attribute combinations defining the products to be displayed in the ARP block.

The process behind specifying the products is the same as in the Step 3. Depending on your requirements, you either include or exclude products.

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The 'Suggest Products Only with Price Higher than Price of Current Product' option, accordingly, selects only the items with higher prices.

And the combination of these two filters even further narrows down the list of available related products. Suitable for big stores handling numerous visits and sessions.

When you are done with specifying the products you want to be displayed in the ARP block, navigate to the final 'How to Display' section.

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• Set the name of the ARP block that will be displayed to the store customers in the 'Block title' field;
• Decide on how the ARP block will look like in the 'Block layout' field: grid or slider;
  • If you select the grid block layout option, it will be suggested to specify the number of rows in the block grid;
  • Specify if you want 'Add to cart' to display under every product in the ARP block with the 'Display "Add To Cart" button' selector;
  • Set the maximum number of products displayed in the ARP block in the 'Max products to display' field;
  • Decide on how you want the related products to be sorted in the ARP block, for example, by bestsellers, low to high prices, the newest, etc.

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Overriding Automatic Related Products

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General Settings

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The section contains the two setting blocks:

General. In this block you can:

• prioritize multiple related product blocks taking the same position (for example, between the blocks with Priority 1 and Priority 5 the extension will display the first one);
• define the number of days during which the module will process the data on the best-selling products.

Who Viewed This Also Viewed. The setting block enables the ‘Who Viewed This Also Viewed’ display mode and determines the period of processed sessions (e.g. ‘Empty’ means no limitations, which might slow down your website).

Note: If the WVTAV functionality is enabled, the module starts an additional cron job once in 24h updating the related product blocks working under the WVTAV display mode.

Custom Block Position

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Automatic Related Products blocks can be displayed in a custom position with the help of the Magento widget. To display a block in a custom position, follow these steps:

Step 1

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Configure the rest of the settings as you need. Note that you can use the same block for different store views.

Step 2

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Continue to the widget settings. Set layout updates and other widget attributes. Don't forget to navigate to the 'Widget Options' tab and select the required ARP rule.

Step 3

Click 'Save' button. Now you can proceed to the store frontend and see the widget in the specified position.

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You can duplicate the rule by expanding the box next to 'Save' button and choosing the 'Save & Duplicate' option.

<?= /* @noEscape */ $block->getLayout()->createBlock(\Aheadworks\Autorelated\Block\Widget\Related::class)->setRuleId(X)->toHtml()?>

, where X in the 'setRuleId' method stands for the ID of the rule that supports custom positioning.

Uninstalling M2 Automatic Related Products

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Manual Removal

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1. Disable the module by executing the following commands:

php bin/magento module:disable Aheadworks_Autorelated
php bin/magento setup:upgrade

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2. Remove the extension files from the following folder:

app/code/Aheadworks/Autorelated

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Automatic Removal (via Composer)

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1. Disable the module by executing the following commands:

php bin/magento module:uninstall Aheadworks_Autorelated

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