Description
SmartRec AI automatically shows the most relevant products to each shopper by combining three complementary signals:
- Collaborative Filtering (80%) – Identifies products frequently viewed or purchased together by real users.
- Content-Based Filtering (20%) – Matches products sharing the same categories, tags, and attributes.
- Bestseller Fallback – Falls back to your top-selling products when no behavioural data exists yet.
Carousels are rendered via lightweight AJAX so they never slow down your page load.
Free Features
- Hybrid recommendation engine (collaborative 80% + content-based 20%)
- Product page carousel widget (configurable hook & priority)
- Cart page carousel widget
- View tracking (logged-in + guest users)
- Purchase tracking via WooCommerce order hooks
- Anonymous guest cookie session (30-day, httpOnly, SameSite)
- Recommendation cache with configurable TTL and scheduled cleanup
[smartrec_recommendations]shortcode- Admin dashboard with live stats (views, purchases, cache entries)
- One-click cache flush
- Settings: title, limit, columns, hook, cache TTL
Pro Features
Upgrade at https://techlabindia.com/smartrec-ai/ for:
- AI Re-ranking – GPT-4o-mini + Claude Haiku re-rank results for each user.
- A/B Testing – 50/50 split between hybrid and content-based algorithms with statistical reporting.
- Advanced Analytics – Impressions, clicks, CTR, and revenue attribution per recommendation widget.
- Email Blocks – Inject personalised recommendation rows into WooCommerce order emails.
- REST API –
GET /wp-json/smartrec/v1/recommendations/{product_id} - Checkout Widget – Show relevant recommendations on the checkout page.
- Annual Licence System – Activate your licence key inside WordPress.
Installation
- Upload the
smartrec-aifolder to/wp-content/plugins/. - Activate the plugin through Plugins Installed Plugins.
- Go to SmartRec AI Settings to configure your widget title, limit, and grid columns.
- The product-page and cart-page carousels are enabled automatically.
- Optionally place
[smartrec_recommendations]anywhere in your content.
FAQ
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Does it work with no purchase/view history?
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Yes. When there is insufficient behavioural data the plugin automatically falls back to your top-selling products so the widget is never empty.
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Is it GDPR-compliant?
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Guest tracking uses an anonymous, httpOnly session cookie. No personal data (name, email, IP) is stored in the tracking tables.
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Can I place the carousel anywhere?
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Yes — use the shortcode
[smartrec_recommendations product_id="42" limit="8" title="Customers Also Bought"]. Theproduct_idattribute is optional; it defaults to the current post. -
Which WordPress hooks are supported for the product widget?
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woocommerce_after_single_product_summary (default),
woocommerce_after_single_product, andwoocommerce_before_single_product. Selectable in Settings. -
How do I increase recommendation freshness?
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Lower the Cache TTL in Settings (minimum 60 seconds). The scheduled cleanup cron runs hourly.
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Contributors & Developers
“TechLabIndia Hybrid Recommender for WooCommerce” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
1.0.1 – 2026-06-25
- Fix: Removed invalid Contributors username.
1.0.0 – 2025-06-21
- Initial release.
