How to hide products from recommendations

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Topic summary

A user seeks to exclude products tagged as “hidden” from the “you may also like” recommendations section on their Shopify store using the Taiga theme. They shared their product-recommendations.liquid code snippet for reference.

Proposed Solutions:

  • One responder suggested installing third-party apps (Shopify Search & Discovery, Boost AI Search & Filter, LimeSpot Personalizer, Recom.ai, or Glood.ai) to customize recommendations
  • A code snippet was also provided, though the user reported it didn’t work—instead causing all recommendations to display as $19.99 products with empty/stock images
  • Another participant recommended ConvertWise, a no-code app that offers more accurate recommendations than Shopify’s default system and includes product exclusion features

Current Status:
The issue remains unresolved. The user has not yet found a working solution for tag-based product filtering in their theme’s recommendation engine.

Summarized with AI on October 31. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
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Hello! I am trying to make it so that I can use a tag such as “hidden” on certain products to keep them from being recommended in the “you may also like” section.

I am using Taiga theme.

my product-recommendaitons.liquid file starts like this:

{% if recommendations.performed and recommendations.products_count > 0 %} {%- render 'featured-collection-or-products', section: section, products: recommendations.products, context: 'recommendations' -%} {%- endif -%}

thanks for any advice!

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Hi @will70 ,

Thank you for reaching out to the Shopify community. I’d be glad to assist you. Could you kindly share your store URL and
password (if it’s password-protected) so I can review it and provide you with an update?

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The site is moonryvr.com

thanks!

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Hi @will70 ,

Please try this apps:

  • Shopify Search & Discovery – Shopify’s official app for customizing recommendations and filtering.

  • Boost AI Search & Filter – Provides advanced filtering and AI-powered recommendations.

  • LimeSpot Personalizer – AI-based personalized product recommendations and upselling features.

  • Recom.ai – Smart upsell and cross-sell recommendations customization.

  • Glood.ai Personalized Recommendations – AI-driven personalized recommendations and dynamic product suggestions.

    Or


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thank you for the reply but unfortunately that didn’t work.. all the reccomendations switch to 19.99 empty product images (with a stock backpack photo) when I just did it

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Hey @will70
If you’d like to try a no-code approach to fixing this, our app ConvertWise lets you show relatively more accurate recommendations than Shopify’s generic recommendations. (Some of our clients have talked about getting better engagement on their product pages, & significantly better cart conversions as well)

Oh, and you can also choose to exclude/hide certain products from being shown.

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Happy to chat if you have any further questions:)

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