Use WooCommerce wishlist plugins in your product tables

WooCommerce has no built-in wishlist, and a WooCommerce Product Table does not add one on its own. I've tested the best free and premium WooCommerce wishlist plugins to find the ones that put an 'Add to wishlist' button right in your table.

This guide helps you choose the right WooCommerce wishlist plugin to use with your product tables, with setup instructions for each one. All four have a free version on WordPress.org, plus a Pro version with extra features.

Quick verdict: the best WooCommerce wishlist plugins

In a hurry? Here are my top picks for using a wishlist with a product table.

• Easiest setup MC Wishlist and TI Wishlist add their buttons to your table automatically, with no shortcode.
• Best value WPC Smart Wishlist is a one-off $29 with lifetime updates.
• Best for remarketing MC Wishlist adds back-in-stock and price-drop emails and abandoned-wishlist recovery.
• Biggest free user base YITH and TI Wishlist are the most widely used.

Evaluating these wishlist plugins

I compared the four wishlist plugins on what matters when you pair one with a product table. That means whether the buttons appear automatically or need a shortcode, the price, what the free version includes, what real users say in reviews, and how actively each is maintained.

Our own WooCommerce Product Table plugin is the host in every example below. Two of them add their buttons to the table automatically, and two need a quick shortcode, which I have covered in the setup steps.

Comparing the best WooCommerce wishlist plugins

Here is how the four plugins compare at a glance.

Plugin	Free version	Price from	Active installs	Works in a product table
MC Wishlist	Yes	$89/year	9,000+	Automatically
YITH Wishlist	Yes	~$118/year	400,000+	With a shortcode
TI Wishlist	Yes	$79/year	100,000+	Automatically
WPC Smart Wishlist	Yes	$29 one-off	100,000+	With a shortcode

MC Wishlist

When you're building a product table, you want a wishlist plugin that just works, with no fiddly setup. The MC Wishlist plugin (by MoreConvert) integrates automatically with WooCommerce Product Table, so the wishlist buttons appear in your table without any extra work.

MC Wishlist also offers a free widget for Elementor and shortcodes for wishlist buttons, pages and counters that you can place anywhere. Its wishlist counter, popups and built-in marketing toolkit (back-in-stock and price-drop emails, abandoned-wishlist recovery) set it apart from a basic wishlist.

How it works with WooCommerce Product Table

Due to its high flexibility, the MC WooCommerce Wishlist plugin works well with the table in both standard and lazy loading modes. All the settings related to the wishlist button, such as button text, icon, color and position, can be edited through this plugin’s settings, and it works in harmony with the table.

Also, when you click on the add to wishlist button, the plugin offers different modes, including pop-ups, which you can choose according to your needs.

How to set it up

1. Install and activate the MC WooCommerce Wishlist and WooCommerce Product Table plugins, as per the documentation.
2. After activating the MC wishlist plugin, you will enter the setup wizard. Here you can change the location (top, bottom, left, and right of the Add to cart button) and the text of the add to wishlist button. These choices can be changed from the wishlist settings.
3. (If needed, you can use the [wlfmc_add_to_wishlist] shortcode to put the wishlist button in your desired location. Note that you should use the single product page settings for this purpose.)
   From the WooCommerce Product Table settings, add the table you want to a desired page (for example, the shop page).
4. Now go to the page where you added the table and see the result.

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YITH WooCommerce Wishlist Plugin

YITH's wishlist plugin is one of the most popular ways to add wishlists to WooCommerce, with over 400,000 active installs. You can use it with WooCommerce Product Table by adding the wishlist shortcode to a column, as I'll show below.

How it works with WooCommerce Product Table

You can use the YITH WooCommerce wishlist plugin to add 'Add to Wishlist' text links in your product table. When you add a product to the wishlist, the text will change to "Product added! Browse Wishlist" (you can change this if you like), with a link to the wishlist page.

The plugin works fine with WooCommerce Product Table. However, you can't add the wishlist link within the add to cart column. You can add it to any other text-based column in the table. Or if you're a developer, then you can use the developer documentation to add a custom column containing the wishlist shortcode.

How to set it up

1. Install the WooCommerce Wishlist and Product Table plugins, as per the documentation. Add product tables to your site as required.
2. On the YITH plugin settings page (YITH Plugins → Wishlist), from "Settings" tab, go to the "Add to wishlist" section and then select 'Shortcode' from the 'Product page settings' dropdown list. (If you select any of the other options then the 'Add to Wishlist' link will appear on the single product page, but not in the product table.)
   

   

3. The next step is to paste the wishlist shortcode [yith_wcwl_add_to_wishlist] into one of the fields that you're displaying as column in the product table. You need to do this for every product. You can either add the shortcode to the short description for each product, the main product description for each product, or a custom field (e.g. created using the Advanced Custom Fields plugin).
4. On the WooCommerce Product Table plugin settings page (WooCommerce → Settings → Products → Product tables), enable the 'Shortcodes' option. You should also use the columns option to ensure the field you added the wishlist shortcode to appears as a column in the table. For example, if you added it to the short description, your table must contain a summary column.
5. Now view the page where you added a product table in Step 1, and you will see the 'Add to Wishlist' buttons in the correct column:

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TI WooCommerce Wishlist Plugin

With around 100,000 active installs, TemplateInvaders' WooCommerce wishlist plugin is one of the most popular choices for WooCommerce stores. It works automatically with WooCommerce Product Table, so the wishlist links appear in your table with no shortcode needed.

The wishlist plugin comes with a widget which shows the number of items in the wishlist. It has a handy link to the main wishlist page.

How it works with WooCommerce Product Table

This flexible plugin works beautifully with product tables - both the standard and lazy load methods of loading the table. The 'Add to Wishlist' links (which you can reword to anything you like) appear either above or below the add to cart button, or in any other column in the table. If you're using the add to cart checkbox option that comes with WooCommerce Product Table, then the 'Add to Wishlist' link appears before the checkbox.

When you click on the 'Add to Wishlist' link for any product, a lightbox will appear confirming that the product has been added. You can either close the popup or click through to the wishlist page, where you can view the items, share them on social media, or buy using WooCommerce.

How to set it up

1. Install the WooCommerce Wishlist and WooCommerce Product Table plugins, as per the documentation.
2. Add a product table to any page on your site.
3. When you activate the WooCommerce wishlist plugin, you'll be taken through a handy setup wizard where you can choose how your wishlist will work. You can choose to position the 'Add to Wishlist' button above or below the add to cart button, and both will appear correctly in the product table. Or if your product table doesn't have an add to cart column, then choose the 'Custom position with code' option and add the shortcode [ti_wishlists_addtowishlist] to any other product field that appears in the table. For example, if you add this shortcode to the short description, long description or a custom field for each of your products, then it will appear in the table.
4. View the page with your product table, and you will see the Add to Wishlist links!

Tip: If you're using the 'Custom position with code' option, then you must add shortcodes="true" to your product table. You can either do this in the plugin settings page, or directly in the product table shortcode.

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WPC Smart Wishlist

WPC Smart Wishlist by WPClever is one of the most installed wishlist plugins on WordPress.org, and its free version is genuinely capable. Like YITH, it does not add its button to a product table automatically, but a quick shortcode does the job, as the steps below show.

How it works with WooCommerce Product Table

WPC Smart Wishlist adds its button with the [woosw_btn] shortcode. Place that shortcode in a field your table shows as a column, and the button appears next to each product, as in the screenshot above.

How to set it up

1. Install the WPC Smart Wishlist and WooCommerce Product Table plugins, as per the documentation.
2. Add the shortcode [woosw_btn] to the short description of each product you want a wishlist button for (the short description usually appears near the bottom of the Edit Product screen).
3. In your product table, enable the Shortcodes option and include the short description as a column. You can do this on the settings page or by adding shortcodes="true" to the table shortcode.
4. View the page with your product table, and the 'Add to wishlist' button appears in that column next to the add to cart button.

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Which is the best WooCommerce wishlist plugin?

All four plugins work well with WooCommerce Product Table, so the right one comes down to how you want to set it up and what extra features you need.

• For the simplest setup, where the buttons appear in your table automatically, choose MC Wishlist or TI Wishlist.
• For built-in remarketing, like back-in-stock and price-drop emails and abandoned-wishlist recovery, MC Wishlist goes furthest.
• For the largest, most battle-tested free user base, YITH or TI Wishlist are the safe choices.
• For a one-off price with no annual renewal, WPC Smart Wishlist is the best value.

If you do not mind adding a shortcode to a column, YITH and WPC Smart Wishlist both work well too.

Other WooCommerce wishlist plugins

If you're using WooCommerce Product Table with any other wishlist plugins, please let us know. We'd love to test them and publish the details of any more that are compatible. We might even be able to feature your website as a case study!