Hector Cabrera

Let’s face it: WordPress’ default Recent Posts widget does the job as promised but it’s not very flexible. Things like excluding certain entries from the list or displaying recent posts by category can’t be done with the stock Recent Posts widget. Therefore, let me introduce Recently.
Recently is a WordPress widget that displays your site’s most recent posts. And it doesn’t stop there:
<h4>Main Features</h4>
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<li>Multiple Recently lists – That is, you can have several Recently lists on your blog – each with its own settings!</li>
<li>Thumbnails! – Display a thumbnail of your recent posts! (see the <a href="https://github.com/cabrerahector/recently/wiki/3.-FAQ#how-does-recently-pick-my-posts-thumbnails" rel="nofollow ugc">FAQ section</a> for more details.)</li>
<li>Custom Post-type support – Want to show other stuff than just posts and pages, eg. Recent Products? <a href="https://github.com/cabrerahector/recently/wiki/3.-FAQ#i-want-to-have-a-recent-list-of-my-custom-post-type-how-can-i-do-that" rel="nofollow ugc">You can</a>!</li>
<li>Taxonomy filtering – List recent posts filtered by categories, tags, or custom taxonomies!</li>
<li>Use your own layout! – Recently is flexible enough to let you customize the look and feel of your recent posts list! (see <a href="https://github.com/cabrerahector/recently/wiki/3.-FAQ#how-can-i-use-my-own-html-markup-with-your-plugin" rel="nofollow ugc">customizing Recently’s HTML markup</a> and <a href="https://github.com/cabrerahector/recently/wiki/4.-Styling-the-list" rel="nofollow ugc">How to style Recently</a> for more.)</li>
<li>WordPress Multisite support – Each site on the network can have its own recent posts list!</li>
<li>Localization – Translate Recently to your own language (See <a href="https://github.com/cabrerahector/recently/wiki/3.-FAQ#i-want-to-translate-your-plugin-into-my-language--help-you-update-a-translation-what-do-i-need-to-do" rel="nofollow ugc">translating Recently into your language</a> for more info).</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/polylang/" rel="ugc">Polylang</a>/<a href="https://wpml.org/" rel="nofollow ugc">WPML 3.2+</a> support – Show the translated version of your recent posts!</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-popular-posts/" rel="ugc">WordPress Popular Posts</a> / <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-postratings/" rel="ugc">WP-PostViews</a> / <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/top-10/" rel="ugc">Top 10</a> support: – Display the views count of your recent posts!</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-postratings/" rel="ugc">WP-PostRatings</a> support. Show your visitors how your readers are rating your posts!</li>
</ul>
<h4>PSA: do not use the classic Recently widget with the new Widgets screen!</h4>
The classic Recently widget doesn’t work very well / at all with the new Widgets screen introduced with WordPress 5.8.
This new Widgets screen expects WordPress blocks instead of regular WordPress widgets. If you’re using the Recently widget on your block-based Widgets screen please replace it with the <a href="https://cabrerahector.com/wordpress/recently-4-0-new-recently-block-php-5-support-dropped-minimum-supported-wordpress-version-changed/" rel="nofollow ugc">Recently block</a>.
<h4>Support the Project!</h4>
If you’d like to support my work and efforts to creating and maintaining more open source projects your donations and messages of support mean a lot!
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Recently is now also on <a href="https://github.com/cabrerahector/recently" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub</a>!

Recently

A highly customizable, feature-packed Recent Posts widget!

SaffireTech

What if you walked into a store where products got arranged just for you? That is what “Product Recommendations for WooCommerce” offers your online shop. This simple to use sized-up plugin offers an astonishing opportunity for WooCommerce store owners looking, to create a personalized shopping experience. This plugin is very intuitive and cleverly utilizes the online activity of your customers, recently viewed and recently purchased products, etc., to recommend products that your customers are most likely to buy. Not only does this make your customers experience smoother while shopping, but it alters the potential of your stores sales opportunities entirely.
Why “Product Recommendations for WooCommerce”?
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<li>Improved Shopping Experience: The customer is benefiting from more personalized shopping experience and better chance of being able to find products to purchase.</li>
<li>Increased Sales: Recommendations that are targeted have the potential to spur on more purchases; before the sale and afterwards.</li>
<li>Improved Product Visibility: Helps in the discovery of new or missed products. Products have a better likelihood of selling if they have been recommended.</li>
<li>Performance Optimization: The AJAX slider helps keep your site fast by loading products based on demand and not on the entire product catalog, which can improve site performance as a whole.</li>
<li>Control and Customization: No more default WooCommerce shortcodes. This plugin puts you in control of what’s displayed, helping you maintain a consistent brand experience across your store.</li>
</ul>
It includes a variety of widget types, grouped into two main categories, each designed to boost conversions at different stages of the customer journey.
Pre-Purchase Recommendations Widgets:
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Recently Viewed Products: This widget acts as a gentle reminder for the customer to recall the products they considered and encourages them to peruse them one more time or purchase. Adding the AJAX slider further improves the customer experience as it loads the products asynchronously and keeps your site quick and responsive.
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Items Related to Recently Viewed Products: This greatly expands the customers’ product exploration experience by suggesting products related to their recently viewed products. This not only increases visibility of your inventory, it also increases cross-sell opportunities by displaying related products.
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Recently Viewed Products Deals: This is a strong way to highlight the sale items that relate to their recently viewed or purchased products and to market to customers looking for price/discount deals to get the best deal possible on items they are already looking for.
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</ul>
Post-Purchase Recommendation Widgets:
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<li>Reorder: The reorder functionality simplifies the process of repurchasing by including a “Reorder” button within the WooCommerce “My Orders” page. Customers can quickly recreate a previous order, making repeat purchases fast. The reorder functionality is especially useful for products that have a required replenishment period.</li>
</ul>
Product Discovery Widgets:
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New Arrivals Widget: This New Arrivals widget functions in real time and shows the newest products added to your store which helps the customer determine what products are worth looking at. Store owners have the ability to determine what new means by deciding the time period on how recently they want to apply new product status. You can filter data by timeframes such as the last 15, 30, or 45 days for more targeted insights. This allows your store to continue to seem new, and keeps customers coming back to check what is “new”.
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Best Selling Products Widget: You can take advantage of your store sales data with this widget. This can help highlight products that are already popular, and it validates the appeal with customers. This will also encourage customers to find out what their fellow customers are buying and subsequently purchasing products that are already proven favorites.
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Featured Products Widget: Make it easy to highlight your products by making them “featured” products. The Featured Products widget will display the products that you have marked as “Featured” in the WooCommerce admin backend. These widgets allow you to promote certain products more purposely; in stores, these widgets help promote certain products you’re trying to get customers to purchase.
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Advanced Customization Options: Gain deeper control over the recommendations with options to exclude display product ratings offering a more refined shopping experience.
</li>
</ul>
With <a href="https://www.saffiretech.com/woocommerce-product-recommendations-pro/?utm_source=wp_plugin&utm_medium=listing&utm_campaign=free2pro&utm_id=c1&utm_term=upgrade_now&utm_content=prwfr" rel="nofollow ugc">Product Recommendations Pro for WooCommerce</a>, it provides access to powerful widgets and advanced customization features:
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Buy-It-Again: It is built for convenience, showcasing previously purchased items that customers are likely to need again. Its streamlined interface—with checkboxes for quick selection and bulk add-to-cart functionality—makes repeat buying effortless and efficient.
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Purchased Items Associated Products: This smart widget suggests products based on the customer’s previous purchases. It analyzes purchase history to deliver intelligent recommendations.
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Sales Booster
The plugin greatly boosts the chances of further purchases by giving personalized suggestions. For instance, if a customer is buying a new laptop, they might see a laptop bag or a mouse. And, if they have decided on a new laptop bag, they’ll be further encouraged to add those items to the cart. The plugin recommends complementary products not only before checkout, but also after purchase, suggesting related items based on previous orders to encourage repeat sales. This aligns perfectly for cross-sells and upsells as it helps the retailer start moving along the average order value.
Optimized for Performance and Engagement
To maintain optimal performance, the plugin uses an AJAX-powered slider that dynamically loads products without refreshing the page. This means that your website can run without interruption and you will continue to create a smoother experience for customers interacting with our recommendation widgets. These customization options let you fine-tune both the functionality and appearance of the widget, ensuring it aligns seamlessly with your store’s branding and overall theme.
Enhanced Shopping Experience
The plugin gives a uniquely personalized shopping experience as it identifies unique cues from each customer, as they browse and their purchase behavior. For instance, imagine a customer who is interested in gardening tools and has browsed many different versions of garden hoses. When they return to your website and are greeted with recommendations for sprinklers, gloves, and gardening books. The personalization ensures that the customer can enjoy an informative experience by helping them discover products they love without significant effort. It can be thought of as a personal shopper in your back pocket that can shape product discovery faster and more frequently with relevant products related to different categories.
Improved Product Visibility
With thousands of products available through online locations, it is possible some products of interest to your customers can be overlooked. “Product Recommendations for WooCommerce” can help. They can show new products, associated products, or sometimes even products that have been ignored. Giving a customer attention of a product that may have been ignored in the catalog but can be related to previous purchases can surely increase the possibility of it being sold. Whether you enhance the impression of a customer’s shopping experience by having them not miss that great product doesn’t matter, you have maximized their ability to be exposed to your store inventory.
Control and Customization
Customization is critically important in the online marketplace today. “Product Recommendations for WooCommerce” offers unmatched flexibility in tailoring product suggestions to fit your store’s strategy. This gives you the potential to overcome the boundaries of the default WooCommerce shortcodes, as you have full customization control, for example, how many products to display per row, or which products to display in each recommendation widget. This gives you a way to give product recommendations that fit the style of your online store, to create more interaction and enjoyment for users. It enables store owners to also customize the shopping experience; ensuring that different products are displayed in front of different customers at different times.
In summary, Product Recommendations for WooCommerce is far more than just a plugin. It is a comprehensive solution to improve user experience when shopping online, increased product sales, but ultimately improving function and customization to your WooCommerce store. It is a critical consideration for any store owner, to remain relevant in the face of a constantly changing e-commerce business environment.
Recommended Plugins:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/bulk-edit-upsells-and-cross-sells-for-woocommerce/" rel="ugc">Bulk Edit Upsells and Cross-Sells for WooCommerce</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/discontinued-product-stock-status-woocommerce/" rel="ugc">Discontinued Product Stock Status for WooCommerce</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/dynamic-cart-messages-woocommerce/" rel="ugc">Dynamic Cart Messages for WooCommerce</a></li>
</ul>
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