---
title: "How to add Related Products in OpenCart"
description: "When you add products in your OpenCart software, you can have related products appear with them in the product search. (See image to the right) This article will explain how to add related products..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/opencart/opencart-related-products/
date: 2013-01-14
modified: 2023-12-22
author: "InMotion Hosting Contributor"
categories: ["OpenCart"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# How to add Related Products in OpenCart

[![Preview of related products in OpenCart](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/edu_opencart_101_adding-related-products_related-products.gif)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/edu_opencart_101_adding-related-products_related-products.gif)

When you add products in your OpenCart software, you can have related products appear with them in the product search. (See image to the right) This article will explain how to add related products to your OpenCart products.

## Adding Related Products in OpenCart

1. [Log into your OpenCart admin](/support/).
2. **Edit the product** you want to add related products to.
3. [![Click the link tabe OpenCart](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/edu_opencart_101_adding-related-products_related-products-1-link.gif)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/edu_opencart_101_adding-related-products_related-products-1-link.gif) **Select the Links tab** and scroll down until you see the “*Related Products*” field.
4. [![Add related product OpenCart](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/edu_opencart_101_adding-related-products_related-products-2-added-product.gif)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/edu_opencart_101_adding-related-products_related-products-2-added-product.gif) **Start typing a product name in that field**and OpenCart will drop down a list of products that start with whatever letters you have typed in. **Important!** If the product you are typing is not in your OpenCart products, the drop box will not appear. Make sure you are typing a product that you have in your OpenCart.
5. [![Select product from drop box OpenCart](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/edu_opencart_101_adding-related-products_related-products-2-drop-box.gif)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/edu_opencart_101_adding-related-products_related-products-2-drop-box.gif) **Click on the product you want to add** as a related product. You will see it added to the box below.
6. **Repeat Steps 4-5 for each related product you want to add.**