# Recommended products sidebar

The **Product recommendations sidebar** displays next to the product details to allow customers to discover new products that are relevant to them.

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Check out similar features like [Complementary products](/cornerstone/product-pages/product-page-blocks/complementary-products.md) for the product page and [Cross sells](/cornerstone/cart/cross-sells.md) in the cart.
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## **Customize recommendations**

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With Shopify's [Search & Discovery app](https://apps.shopify.com/search-and-discovery), you can customize which products are recommended.

Download Shopify's [Search & Discovery app](https://apps.shopify.com/search-and-discovery) and learn how to [choose recommended products](https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/online-store/search-and-discovery/product-recommendations) for your store’s product pages.

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Using automated recommendations ensures that only in-stock and published products are displayed. If you manually select recommended products, make sure your product list is up-to-date.
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`Click the Product overview section to find settings`

<table><thead><tr><th width="208">Setting</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;">Show on desktop</mark></td><td>Display product recommendations in a column next to the product details.</td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;">Show on mobile</mark></td><td>Display product recommendations in a row below the product details.</td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;">Number of products to show</mark></td><td>Choose how many product recommendations to show: between 1 and 10.</td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;">Enable quick view</mark></td><td>Allow visitors to open a popover to view product details and add the item to their cart.</td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;">Heading</mark></td><td>Add text to show a main heading for the sidebar.</td></tr></tbody></table>

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> **Related links**
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> [Product overview blocks](/cornerstone/product-pages/product-page-blocks.md)\
> [Product page layout](/cornerstone/product-pages/layout-and-style.md)


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