Multiple Wishlists

Mage2Expert Multi Wishlist replaces Magento 2's single native wishlist with a complete multi-wishlist system that lets customers create, manage, share, and act on as many named wishlists as they need — all without any core code modifications. 

Whether a customer is saving items for a birthday, an anniversary, or everyday essentials, they can organise saved products into separate, clearly named lists. Adding a product to a wishlist from any page — category listings, product detail pages, cross-sell blocks, or the shopping cart — triggers a clean popup modal that shows all existing wishlists and lets the customer pick one or create a new one on the spot. If the product is already saved somewhere, the modal highlights which lists contain it and offers a one-click remove option. 

Key Features

• Unlimited named wishlists per customer — create as many wishlists as needed directly from My Account or from the wishlist picker popup without leaving the current page
• Wishlist picker popup — a modal dialog opens when a logged-in customer clicks Add to Wishlist on any product; guests see a sign-in prompt; existing wishlist membership is clearly indicated so customers can add to a new list or remove from a saved one
• Add from any page — product listing pages (category, search results, widgets), product detail pages, and shopping cart line items all support Add to Wishlist without page reloads
• Wishlist details page — a paginated product grid shows all saved items with product image, name, price, a quantity input field, an individual Add to Cart button, and an inline remove link per item
• Quantity management — customers can update the saved quantity directly on the wishlist page via AJAX without a full page reload; the updated quantity becomes the default when the item is moved to cart
• Add All to Cart — moves every simple product on the current wishlist page to the shopping cart in a single click; items that require option selection (configurable, bundle, grouped, or custom-option products) are left in the wishlist with a per-item warning message so nothing is silently lost
• Configurable product options flow — if a customer adds a configurable or bundle product without selecting options, clicking Add to Cart from the wishlist redirects to the product detail page with the options form pre-highlighted; after selecting options the customer can add to cart (which also removes the wishlist entry) or click Update Wishlist to save the option selection back for later
• Rename and delete wishlists — wishlists can be renamed inline directly on the details page; secondary wishlists can be deleted from the My Wishlists page; the primary (Default) wishlist cannot be deleted
• Share by email — any wishlist can be shared with one or more email addresses; the sender can include a personalised subject line and message; recipients receive a branded HTML email showing the wishlist name, the personal message, a product table with alternating row colours, and a View Wishlist CTA button
• Share by public link — each wishlist automatically gets a unique token URL that anyone can open without a Magento account; the shared page renders the wishlist products in the same native 4-column Luma product grid used on category pages, with AJAX-enabled Add to Cart for simple products and links to the product detail page for complex product types
• Admin configuration — a dedicated Stores → Configuration → Magento Expert → Multi Wishlist panel with a master Enable/Disable switch and a separate Sharing section for toggling the share feature, setting the email sender identity, and choosing a custom email template; all settings are store-view scoped for multi-store setups
• Zero core code changes — all integrations use Magento's standard plugin, observer, layout XML, and customer section systems; the module installs and uninstalls cleanly and is fully upgrade-safe

How It Works

The module registers two dedicated database tables (mage2expert_multiwishlist and mage2expert_multiwishlist_item) that are completely independent of Magento's native wishlist tables. Customer wishlist data is served to the frontend via a custom customer section (multiwishlist), which powers the wishlist picker popup through Magento's built-in section data and local-storage caching mechanism. Because the section data is invalidated and refreshed on every cart or customer action, the popup always reflects the current state of all wishlists without requiring a full page reload. 

The native Magento wishlist page (/wishlist) is redirected to the Multi Wishlist list page via a lightweight plugin on the native index controller, so existing bookmarks and links continue to work. Disabling the module from Admin configuration instantly hides all multi-wishlist frontend output and restores the native Magento experience; all saved wishlist data is preserved and immediately accessible again when the module is re-enabled. 

Share Email Compatibility Note

Magento 2.4.4 and later apply automatic HTML escaping to all {{var}} email template directives. The module's built-in share email template uses the |raw modifier ({{var items_html|raw}}) to correctly render the product table HTML. If you customise the template via Marketing → Email Templates, ensure your custom version also uses the |raw modifier for the product table variable.