# Show or hide recommendations

These settings let you control when recommendations appear on your store using product tags.\
They are useful if you want recommendations to show only on selected products, or never show on certain products.

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### ⚙️ Only show recommendations if the product has specific tags

What this does\
Recommendation products will appear only on products that contain at least one of the tags you specify.

**How to use**

1. Open the app > click **Settings** > **General**
2. Find **Only show recommendations if the product contains one of the following tags** field
3. Enter one tag per line
4. Save the settings

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**Example**

```
show_recommendation
has_recommendation
```

**Result**

* Products with the tag `show_recommendation` will show recommendations
* Products without these tags will not show recommendations

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**Best for:**

* Gradually enabling recommendations
* Testing widgets on a few products only

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### ⚙️ Do not show recommendations if the product has specific tags

What this does\
Recommendations will be hidden on products that contain any of the tags you enter.

**How to use**

1. Open the app > click **Settings** > **General**
2. Find **Do not show recommendations if the product contains one of the following** tags field
3. Enter one tag per line
4. Save the settings

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**Example**

```
no_recommendation
gift_card
```

**Result**

* Products tagged `no_recommendation` or `gift_card` will never show recommendations
* All other products will continue to show recommendations normally

**Best for:**

* Excluding gift cards
* Excluding special or standalone products

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### ⚙️ Exclude specific products from being recommended

What this does\
Products with these tags will never appear inside recommendation widgets, even if they match the rules.

**Example**

```
out_of_stock
internal_use
```

**Result**

* These products will not be shown as recommendations
* They can still exist in your catalog

**Best for:**

* Hiding internal, unavailable, or restricted products

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### ✅ How these rules work together

The app applies rules in this order:

1. **Only show if product has tag** (gate rule)
2. **Do not show if product has tag** (override rule)
3. **Exclude products from recommendations** (final filter)

If a product matches an exclusion rule, it will **not show recommendations**, even if other rules allow it.

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### 🧪 Example

**Settings**

```
Only show if tag: show_recommendation
Do not show if tag: no_recommendation
Exclude products with tag: hidden
```

**Product A**

* Tags: `show_recommendation`\
  → ✅ Recommendation products show

**Product B**

* Tags: `show_recommendation`, `no_recommendation`\
  → ❌ Recommendation products hidden

**Product C**

* Tags: `hidden`\
  → ❌ Will never appear in recommendations as a related product

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**🙋 Still need support?**

If you still need help, please feel free to contact us at <hi@tipo.io>. We’ll be happy to assist you further.