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title: "Plan groups and recommended plan"
description: "Sort your plans into tabs with plan groups, highlight a plan as recommended and share a plan's direct link that puts it straight into the cart."
url: https://www.ciklik.academy/en/abonnements/groupes-de-formules-et-formule-recommandee/
lang: en
lastUpdated: 2026-10-09
---

# Plan groups and recommended plan

> Box store
>
> This page applies to box stores hosted by Ciklik. Using the PrestaShop module? [See the PrestaShop documentation](https://www.ciklik.academy/en/prestashop/).

Your shop’s plans page (`/formules`) lists your active plans. Three settings change how it looks: plan groups, the recommended plan and the plan order.

## Plan groups

A plan group creates a tab on the plans page. Example: a “Discovery” group with 1, 3 and 6-month plans, and a “Prestige” group with the same durations.

In most cases, you do not need them: without groups, all your plans are shown in a single list.

### Create a group

1. Go to **Subscriptions > Advanced > Plan Groups** and create a group.

2. Fill in:

   - **Name**: the tab’s title;
   - **Description**: the text shown above the group’s plans, required;
   - **Site**: your site;
   - **Position**: the tab’s order, from smallest to largest.

3. Save.

4. Open each plan of the group, click **Edit** and choose the group in the **Plan Group** field, **Display** tab.

The group’s page lists its plans in the **Plans** section.

### What your customer sees

One tab per group, in the order of their **Position**. The first tab is open. Each tab shows the group’s description, then its plans in the order of their **Position**.

> Plans without a group
>
> As soon as one plan is in a group, the page only shows tabs. An active plan without a group then no longer appears on the plans page. Put all your plans in a group.

To open another tab directly, add `?active=` followed by its rank to the page address, counting from 0: `/formules?active=1` opens the second tab.

## The recommended plan

A recommended plan is highlighted on the plans page: its card is emphasized and shows the “Recommended” badge.

1. Go to **Subscriptions > Plans**, open the plan and click **Edit**.

2. In the **Display** tab, check **Recommended plan**.

3. Save.

You can recommend several plans, for example one per group. If your customer already has this plan in their cart, the badge becomes “In your cart”.

## Plan order

The **Position** field of the **Display** tab sets the order of plans on the page, from smallest to largest. It appears once the plan is created.

## A plan’s direct link

Each plan has an address that puts it straight into the cart: `https://your-domain/panier/formules/<id>`. You find it in the **URL** field of the plan’s page, **Display** tab.

Use it in an email, an ad or a button on your site. When your customer opens this link:

- the plan is added to the cart, replacing the plan and addons it contained;
- your customer lands on their cart, or first on the upsell page if the plan offers a currently valid [addon](https://www.ciklik.academy/en/abonnements/addons/).

## See also

[Create a plan](https://www.ciklik.academy/en/abonnements/creer-une-formule/)

[Addons](https://www.ciklik.academy/en/abonnements/addons/)

[Advertising campaign](https://www.ciklik.academy/en/acquisition/campagne-publicitaire/)