---
title: Sync products and filter by collection
description: Choose a schedule, limit the import by collection, and read the sync result.
url: "https://clinkology.com/docs/products-sync-2/"
updated: "2026-10-15"
category: Clink C7 Advanced Products
---

# Sync products and filter by collection

Open **Clink C7 → Products**. The cards at the top show the connection, how many products are published, when the last sync ran, and when the next one is scheduled. The last-sync line also shows how many products were synced, skipped, and in error.

## Automatic sync

On **Sync & Import**, set the schedule to **Disabled**, **Hourly**, **Twice daily**, or **Daily**. The default is Disabled, so nothing imports until you sync manually or pick a schedule. Changing the schedule replaces the previous one.

**Sync Now** always uses the saved settings. Save the collection filter before you sync, or the sync will use the previous filter.

## Collection filter

The filter decides which Commerce7 products are imported, based on the collections they belong to.

- **All products** imports the whole feed.
- **Only selected** imports a product that is in at least one checked collection.
- **All except selected** skips a product that is in any checked collection.

Click **Refresh list** to load collections from Commerce7. The list also refreshes on every sync. Search, **Select shown**, and **Clear** apply to that list. A collection marked **Hidden on web** is not available on the Commerce7 website.

If you choose Only selected or All except selected but check nothing, the filter is inactive and every product is imported.

A product that stops matching is moved to **Draft** on the next sync. It is not deleted. If it matches again, it is published again. The published-products card notes how many drafts are hidden by the filter.

## Products that leave the website

A product Commerce7 no longer marks as available on the web is set to **Not Available**. It stays in WordPress but is hidden from the site and from search. It returns to Published on a later sync if Commerce7 makes it available again.