Auto Related Products User Guide

What it does

Auto Related Products fills your “related” and “you may also like” slots automatically. Instead of hand-picking cross-sells product by product, you write a few rules — “show items from the same category”, “show accessories under $50”, “show newer products from the same brand” — and the block builds itself on every product page. Set it once and it keeps working as your catalogue grows.

It renders as plain, static HTML using standard storefront styles, so it works on any theme — Luma, Hyvä, or a Lurox theme — and needs no page-builder or JavaScript framework to show products.

Where recommendations appear

There are three placement surfaces. The product page is included on every plan; the cart and category placements are Pro.

Ships turned off. Like every Cabbage Patch module, Auto Related starts disabled. You switch it on per store when you’re ready, so nothing appears on a live storefront until you choose.

Rules & matching

A rule decides which products to recommend. You manage rules under Catalog → Auto Related in the admin — create, edit, enable/disable and delete them from a standard grid.

Each rule has:

• Name and an active toggle.
• Match mode — whether ALL conditions must match (AND) or ANY condition may match (OR).
• A set of conditions (below) that describe the products to pull.
• Sorting and a maximum number of products to display.

When several rules are active, they combine to fill the block up to your configured maximum.

On the Pro tier Rule priority lets you control which rules are consulted first.

Conditions

Conditions are the heart of a rule. Each condition tests a product attribute against a value using an operator:

Combine conditions with the rule’s match mode. For example, match ALL of “category In Accessories” and “price Less Than 50” gives you affordable accessories only.

Tip. Start with one broad rule (e.g. same category), confirm it looks right on a product page, then tighten it with a second condition.

Sorting & limits

Once a rule has selected candidate products, sorting decides the order shown:

The Maximum Products to Show setting (default 5) caps how many appear, and each product card can show its price and an Add to Cart button — both toggleable in configuration.

Configuration

Stores → Configuration → Cabbage Patch Studios → Storefront: Auto Related.

All settings are scope-aware, so you can enable the feature on one store and leave others untouched.

Analytics (Pro)

With analytics enabled, the storefront quietly records when a recommendation block is seen (an impression) and when a shopper clicks a recommended product. Tracking is lightweight and degrade-safe: it uses the browser’s beacon and simply does nothing if scripting is unavailable — it never blocks a click or slows the page.

The results appear on the Auto Related Analytics dashboard (Catalog → Auto Related Analytics), so you can see which rules actually earn clicks and refine them.

Privacy. Tracking records product and rule identifiers for merchandising analysis only — it is off by default and adds no third-party scripts.

Free vs Pro

The Free tier is a complete cross-sell tool on its own. Pro adds reach (cart + category), smarter matching and the analytics loop. See pricing or get in touch.

FAQ

Do I have to write rules? To show recommendations, yes — but one simple rule (e.g. “same category”) is enough to get started.

Will it show out-of-stock or disabled products? No — only products a shopper could actually buy in that store are eligible.

Does it work on my theme? Yes. The block is static HTML with standard storefront classes, so it renders on Luma, Hyvä and Lurox themes alike.

Nothing is showing — why? Check that the module is enabled for that store, that the Product Page placement is on, and that at least one active rule actually matches products.