# Recommended bar

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/recommended-bar/569872>\
**Category:** Feature Suggestions\
**Created:** [April 8, 2020, 2:09am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/recommended-bar/569872 "2020-04-08T02:09:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![cypher1337](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eb9ed0/32.png) [@cypher1337](https://forums.plex.tv/u/cypher1337)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 2:09am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/recommended-bar/569872/1 "2020-04-08T02:09:48Z")

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It would be awesome to have a way to customize or randomize a recommended for you section on the home screen. currently all I have is Recently added which is nice but I would like to build my own recomendation list or with larger libraries where movies get lost in the mix I would like a way to randomize the movies in a list as a random list of moves… hope this makes sense. Thanks

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 11:04am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/recommended-bar/569872/2 "2020-04-08T11:04:49Z")

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Which client type? Most clients support customization of the home screen already.  
Click on the “Customizing” articles: [https://support.plex.tv/articles/categories/player-apps-platforms/](https://support.plex.tv/articles/categories/player-apps-platforms/)

You could also build a randomized smart playlist, which automatically excludes items which have been played recently: [[TIP] [MUSIC] --- how to create an autoplaylist with random sort](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tip-music-how-to-create-an-autoplaylist-with-random-sort/472823/1)

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**Author:** ![cypher1337](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eb9ed0/32.png) [@cypher1337](https://forums.plex.tv/u/cypher1337)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 7:04pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/recommended-bar/569872/3 "2020-04-08T19:04:32Z")

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I share my server with 6 other family members , how would I force them all to see this on their home screen… xbox, playstation, roku, firestick… they all show recently added but thats where I would like to see a recommended list I build on my server for everyone.

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 9:49pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/recommended-bar/569872/4 "2020-04-08T21:49:08Z")

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There is no recommendation feature.

> [@Recommend server content (not just queued)](https://forums.plex.tv/t/recommend-server-content-not-just-queued/87784/1):
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> I would like to reccomend my content on my server to friends. Not just videos I have put in my queue. Also share to facebook or other social networks what I’m watching. Anyone else want this feature(s)

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**Author:** ![cypher1337](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eb9ed0/32.png) [@cypher1337](https://forums.plex.tv/u/cypher1337)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 12:15am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/recommended-bar/569872/5 "2020-04-09T00:15:35Z")

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that is correct. That is why i posted this in the Feature recommendation section. This is a feature I would like to see in a future release

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 11:02am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/recommended-bar/569872/6 "2020-04-09T11:02:56Z")

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Yes, and there is already a very similar request there. The goal is to collect votes in one thread, not distributing them across dozens of similar ones.

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**Author:** ![cypher1337](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eb9ed0/32.png) [@cypher1337](https://forums.plex.tv/u/cypher1337)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 3:51am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/recommended-bar/569872/7 "2020-04-10T03:51:33Z")

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been there since 2014 with a billion comments of users wanting it yet no implementation… sad…

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**Author:** ![streamymeezey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@streamymeezey](https://forums.plex.tv/u/streamymeezey)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 6:41pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/recommended-bar/569872/8 "2020-04-14T18:41:20Z")

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exactly! plex doesn’t seem to ever want to implement features us real users want… no, lets add streaming and new crap… does anyone know where the config files or xml files for the recommended sections appear? i’m tempted to try to modify them to show more features. my do rotate but are pointless, why can’t plex focus on this feature request? its been one for like you mentioned over 5 years now.

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**Author:** ![streamymeezey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@streamymeezey](https://forums.plex.tv/u/streamymeezey)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 6:44pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/recommended-bar/569872/9 "2020-04-14T18:44:30Z")

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i’d vote more on feature requests but it seems like hardly any user requests ever make it into any builds. i pay for plex pass too. i want more control over the GUI esp being able to customize the “Recommended” sections for Movies or TVs. at least let me show 3-5 sections vs just the one or two i get like “Best Action Movies” or “Top Movies by insert-director-name”. or at least have these sections rotate each time the client is launched.

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 5:46am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/recommended-bar/569872/10 "2020-04-15T05:46:45Z")

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