How to Include the 'Recently Viewed Products' Section to your Site

How to Include the 'Recently Viewed Products' Section to your Site

This article covers how to add a 'Recently Viewed Products' section to your site. 

Step-by-step Guide

  1. Login into the magento admin panel

  2. Go to Content> Elements> Widgets

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  3. Click the Add Widget Button (Top Right)

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  4. For Type select: ‘Recently View Products’

    For Design Theme select: your theme

    Select Continue when done

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  5. In Storefront Properties:

       Widget Title: Give your Widget a title

       Assign to Store Views: All Store Views (only shows if you have multiple store views)

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  6. Right below Storefront Properties you will find ‘Layout Updates’ section

        Click on ‘Add Layout Update’

        Display On: Specified Page (you can choose from the other options as well)

        Page: Select the desired page

        Block Reference: Select your preferred reference to show it

Note that each field populates after the previous selection.

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  7. On the left select ‘Widget Options’, here you can choose:

        - how many recently viewed products to display.

        - which product attributes to display.

        - which buttons to display.

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  8. At the top right click the 'Save' button and check your specified page. In case you don't see anything on the page remember toclear your cache.

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