Automatic Related Products - Getting Started

Welcome to the Automatic Related Products Documentation. Whether you are a new or an advanced user, you can find some useful information here.

First of all we recommend to check the following link:

• How to install extension

How to install the Automatic Related Products extension

1. Backup your store's database and web directory.
2. Login to the SSH console of your server and navigate to the root directory of the Magento 2 store.
3. Copy the installation instructions from the page My Downloadable Products to the SSH console and press ENTER.
4. Run command php -f bin/magento module:enable Mirasvit_Core Mirasvit_Related to enable the extension.
5. Run command php -f bin/magento setup:upgrade to install the extension.
6. Run command php -f bin/magento cache:clean to clean the cache.

7. Deploy static view files

   rm -rf pub/static/*; rm -rf var/view_preprocessed/*; php -f bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy

8. Run command php -f bin/magento indexer:reindex mst_related_index to reindex extension related data.

9. Make sure that native magento cronjob is configured and working correctly. Extension perform all tasks in cron.

Product Selection Rules

Selection Rule - internal functionality, that describes conditions for select appropriate related products.

Go to Marketing > Related Products > Product Selection Rules. You will see available rules.

You can add a Rule by pressing Add New Rule button. You will see then a Rule edit form, which contain basic data:

• Internal Name - internal name of the rule.

• Primary Source - the source of related products. The extension select related products based on:

  • Whole Catalog - all available products (M and R aren't related)
  • Bought Together (the same Order) - previous orders (M and R were bought in the same order)
  • Also Bought (the same Customer) - previous orders (M and R were bought by the same customer)
  • Also Bought (the same Customer) - visits history (M and R were viewed by the same customer)

  Note

  Product M - product based on page:

  • Product View page - current product
  • Shopping Cart page - last added product to the cart
  • Customer Account pages - any of already purchased products

  Product R - possible related product

• Rule - additional rules to select related products

Product Blocks

Product Block - a block that displays related products on the store pages.

Go to Marketing > Related Products > Product Blocks. You will see available blocks.

You can add a Block by pressing Add New Block button. You will see then a Block edit form, which contain basic data:

• Internal Name - internal name of the block
• Active - to enable/disable block
• Priority - priority of the block. If few blocks are share the same position on the page, the extension will select the one block with the most highest priority.
• Store View

This section defines the page and position to display the block.

After changing the position or create a block, you should clear the Magento cache for apply changes.

This section defines what products should be added to the block, based on configured Product Selection Rules.

This section defines general appearance rules: Block title, number of products, etc

How to upgrade Automatic Related Products extension

To upgrade the extension follow these steps:

1. Backup your store's database and web directory.
2. Login to the SSH console of your server and navigate to the root directory of the Magento 2 store.

3. Run command composer require mirasvit/module-related:* --update-with-dependencies to update current extension with all dependencies.

   Note

   In some cases the command above is not applicable, it's not possible to update just current module, or you just need to upgrade all Mirasvit modules in a bundle. In this case command above will have no effect.

   Run instead composer update mirasvit/* command. It will update all Mirasvit modules, installed on your store.

4. Run command php -f bin/magento module:enable Mirasvit_Core Mirasvit_Related to enable the extension.
5. Run command php -f bin/magento setup:upgrade to install updates.
6. Run command php -f bin/magento cache:clean to clean the cache.

7. Deploy static view files

   rm -rf pub/static/*; rm -rf var/view_preprocessed/*; php -f bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy

8. Run command php -f bin/magento indexer:reindex mst_related_index to reindex extension related data.

Disabling the Automatic Related Products extension

To temporarily disable the extension please follow these steps:

1. Login to the SSH console of your server and navigate to the root directory of the Magento 2 store.
2. Run command php -f bin/magento module:disable Mirsvit_Related to disable the extension.
3. Login in to the Magento back-end and refresh the store cache (if enabled).

To uninstall the extension please follow these steps:

1. Login to the SSH console of your server and navigate to the root directory of the Magento 2 store.
2. Run the command composer remove mirasvit/module-related to remove the extension.
3. Login in to the Magento back-end and refresh the store cache (if enabled).

Change Log for Automatic Related Products

(2020-02-28)

Improvements

• Order products

(2020-02-25)

Improvements

• Apply filter by stock (by default only saleable products are suggested)

(2020-02-20)

Improvements

• Ability to use custom block position
• Indexation performance

(2020-02-11)

Fixed

• Minor fixes

(2020-02-06)

Improvements

• Indexation performance

(2020-01-22)

Improvements

• Initial release