Tracks and re-surfaces the products a visitor has already browsed.
A tracker script runs on every storefront page. On a product page it determines the current product id (passed from the server, or read from a meta tag or data attribute) and moves it to the front of an ambikly_recent cookie that lives 30 days and holds up to your maximum. The server reads that cookie at render time, loads the published products in viewing order, excludes the product being viewed, formats prices and outputs a grid, so the section works without JavaScript on the rendering page. Show it with [ambikly_recently_viewed], the ambikly_recently_viewed action, or automatically under product detail pages. Logging out deletes the cookie.
Built on the same Addon SDK as every other Pro add-on — extend it instead of replacing it.
ambikly_recently_viewedambikly_product_detail_bodywp_logoutwp_enqueue_scriptsA clothing store's visitors open several dresses before deciding. On each product page the Recently viewed grid below the description brings back the previous options in order, letting them return to a favorite without using the back button repeatedly.
A gift store's shoppers browse, leave and come back a week later. Because the cookie lasts 30 days, the shortcode on the homepage shows exactly what they looked at last time, picking up the session where it stopped.
A store with a bespoke theme calls do_action('ambikly_recently_viewed') in its footer template. The server-rendered grid appears with the configured heading and column count, styled by the theme, without any extra JavaScript or template logic.
Ambikly → Add-ons → Recently Viewed → toggle on. Pro must be active; nothing else to install.
Open its settings panel and set: maximum products to remember (default 12); how many to display (default 6); auto-append on product pages; section heading.
The storefront surfaces, admin screens and settings it adds are listed under “Where it shows up” above; nothing needs placing by hand unless a shortcode is named there.
Disable the add-on from the same screen. Its settings and data stay in place, and a lapsed license pauses it the same way — the store keeps running.
No. Product ids live in an ambikly_recent cookie in the shopper's browser, capped at your maximum and expiring after 30 days. The server only reads the cookie when rendering the grid and looks up those products; nothing is written to your database.
The add-on hooks wp_logout and deletes the cookie when a customer signs out, so the next person does not inherit their history. Guests who never log in keep the cookie until it expires after 30 days or they clear it.
Yes. The shortcode accepts count, heading and columns attributes, with columns clamped between 1 and 6, and the settings screen sets the defaults used by the automatic product-page section. Remembering and displaying have separate limits.
No. When the server can identify the product being viewed from the URL, it removes that id before rendering, so the section only shows other products the shopper has visited, in the order they visited them.
Pro is $199 a year or $549 once, for all 35 add-ons. Enable this one from the same admin the day you need it.