How to hide products from recommendations - Impact theme

Store Design

Topic summary

A user sought guidance on excluding specific products from the recommendations section in Shopify’s Impact theme. They understood the general approach—tagging products and modifying the related.products liquid file—but needed help with the exact code and placement.

Solution provided:

  • Locate the line starting with <product-list class="product-list"> in the liquid file
  • Replace it with updated code (specific code snippet was referenced but appears corrupted in the thread)
  • Tag products to exclude with do-not-recommend-tag (or similar custom tag)
  • The code filters out products bearing this tag from appearing in recommendations

Outcome:
The original poster confirmed the solution worked successfully. This approach allows store owners to control which products appear in automated recommendation sections without removing them from the catalog entirely.

Summarized with AI on November 6. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
1

Hey,

How can I hide certain items from the recommendations?

I understand I need to first tag the products I want to hide and change the related.products liquid, but I’m just not sure which code I need to use and where I need to enter it.

Thank you for your help :slightly_smiling_face:

Here is the related.products liquid

{%- render ‘section-spacing-collapsing’ -%}

{%- comment -%}

CSS

{%- endcomment -%}

#shopify-section-{{ section.id }} .product-list { --product-list-gap: {% if section.settings.stack_products %}{% if section.settings.products_per_row_mobile == '1' %}var(--grid-gutter){% else %}var(--product-list-row-gap){% endif %} var(--spacing-2){% else %}var(--product-list-row-gap) var(--product-list-column-gap){% endif %}; --product-list-items-per-row: {{ section.settings.products_per_row_mobile | times: 1 }}; --product-list-carousel-item-width: 74vw; --product-list-grid: {% if section.settings.stack_products %}auto / repeat(var(--product-list-items-per-row), minmax(0, 1fr)){% else %}auto / auto-flow var(--product-list-carousel-item-width){% endif %}; } @media screen and (min-width: 700px) { #shopify-section-{{ section.id }} .product-list { --product-list-gap: var(--product-list-row-gap) var(--product-list-column-gap); --product-list-items-per-row: 2; --product-list-carousel-item-width: 36vw; } } @media screen and (min-width: 1000px) { #shopify-section-{{ section.id }} .product-list { --product-list-items-per-row: {{ section.settings.products_per_row_desktop }}; --product-list-carousel-item-width: calc(var(--container-inner-width) / {{ section.settings.products_per_row_desktop }} - (var(--product-list-column-gap) / {{ section.settings.products_per_row_desktop }} * {{ section.settings.products_per_row_desktop | minus: 1 }})); } }

{%- comment -%}

LIQUID

{%- endcomment -%}

{%- render 'section-header', subheading: section.settings.subheading, heading: section.settings.title, heading_color: section.settings.heading_color, heading_gradient: section.settings.heading_gradient, content: section.settings.content -%}
{%- assign scroll_area_id = 'scroll-area-' | append: section.id -%}

{%- if section.settings.products.count > 0 -%}



{%- for product in section.settings.products -%}
{%- render ‘product-card’, product: product, stacked: section.settings.stack_products, background: section.settings.product_card_background, text_color: section.settings.product_card_text_color, show_badges: true -%}
{%- endfor -%}


{%- if section.settings.stack_products == false -%}
{%- if section.settings.show_progress_bar -%}
{%- assign default_progress = section.settings.products_per_row_desktop | times: 1.0 | divided_by: section.settings.products.count -%}
{%- render ‘scrollbar’, observes: scroll_area_id, default_progress: default_progress, show_buttons: true -%}
{%- else -%}

{{ ‘general.accessibility.previous’ | t }}

{{ 'general.accessibility.next' | t }} {%- endif -%} {%- endif -%} {%- else -%} {%- if recommendations.performed and recommendations.products_count > 0 -%} {%- for product in recommendations.products -%} {%- render 'product-card', product: product, stacked: section.settings.stack_products, background: section.settings.product_card_background, text_color: section.settings.product_card_text_color, show_badges: true -%} {%- endfor -%}

{%- if section.settings.stack_products == false -%}
{%- if section.settings.show_progress_bar -%}
{%- assign default_progress = section.settings.products_per_row_desktop | times: 1.0 | divided_by: section.settings.recommendations_count -%}
{%- render ‘scrollbar’, observes: scroll_area_id, default_progress: default_progress, show_buttons: true -%}
{%- else -%}

{{ ‘general.accessibility.previous’ | t }}

{{ 'general.accessibility.next' | t }} {%- endif -%} {%- endif -%} {%- endif -%} {%- endif -%}

{% schema %}
{
“name”: “Related products”,
“class”: “shopify-section–product-recommendations”,
“tag”: “section”,
“enabled_on”: {
“templates”: [“product”]
},
“settings”: [
{
“type”: “paragraph”,
“content”: “Dynamic recommendations change and improve with time. Create manual product recommendations using the Shopify Search & Discovery app. Learn more.”
},
{
“type”: “range”,
“id”: “recommendations_count”,
“min”: 2,
“max”: 10,
“label”: “Dynamic recommendations count”,
“default”: 6
},
{
“type”: “product_list”,
“id”: “products”,
“limit”: 20,
“label”: “Manual recommendations”,
“info”: “Replaces automatic recommendations when selected.”
},
{
“type”: “checkbox”,
“id”: “full_width”,
“label”: “Full width”,
“default”: true
},
{
“type”: “checkbox”,
“id”: “stack_products”,
“label”: “Stack products”,
“default”: true
},
{
“type”: “checkbox”,
“id”: “show_progress_bar”,
“label”: “Show carousel progress bar”,
“default”: false
},
{
“type”: “select”,
“id”: “products_per_row_mobile”,
“label”: “Products per row (mobile)”,
“options”: [
{
“value”: “1”,
“label”: “1”
},
{
“value”: “2”,
“label”: “2”
}
],
“default”: “1”
},
{
“type”: “range”,
“id”: “products_per_row_desktop”,
“min”: 2,
“max”: 5,
“label”: “Products per row (desktop)”,
“default”: 3
},
{
“type”: “text”,
“id”: “subheading”,
“label”: “Subheading”
},
{
“type”: “text”,
“id”: “title”,
“label”: “Heading”,
“default”: “You may also like”
},
{
“type”: “richtext”,
“id”: “content”,
“label”: “Content”
},
{
“type”: “header”,
“content”: “Colors”,
“info”: “Gradient replaces solid colors when set.”
},
{
“type”: “color”,
“id”: “background”,
“label”: “Background”
},
{
“type”: “color_background”,
“id”: “background_gradient”,
“label”: “Background gradient”
},
{
“type”: “color”,
“id”: “text_color”,
“label”: “Text”
},
{
“type”: “color”,
“id”: “heading_color”,
“label”: “Heading color”
},
{
“type”: “color_background”,
“id”: “heading_gradient”,
“label”: “Heading gradient”
},
{
“type”: “color”,
“id”: “product_card_background”,
“label”: “Product card background”
},
{
“type”: “color”,
“id”: “product_card_text_color”,
“label”: “Product card text”
}
],
“presets”: [
{
“name”: “Related products”
}
]
}
{% endschema %}

2

Here’s the solution. First find the line where this code starts “”

and update it with the code below. Then in line three of the code below replace “do-not-recommend-tag” with the tag on the products you do not want showing up on the recommendations.
3

Thank you, it worked :slightly_smiling_face: