Share Cart for WooCommerce

Share Cart for WooCommerce is a powerful yet lightweight plugin that revolutionizes the shopping experience by enabling customers to share their WooCommerce cart contents with a single click. Perfect for collaborative shopping, gift registries, wish lists, and social commerce strategies.

Why Share Cart for WooCommerce?

In today’s social shopping environment, customers want to share their finds with friends, family, and colleagues. This plugin makes cart sharing effortless, helping you:

• Increase Sales – Enable group purchases and collaborative decision-making
• Boost Customer Engagement – Make shopping more social and interactive
• Reduce Cart Abandonment – Allow customers to save and share carts for later
• Enhance User Experience – Simplify gift planning and wish list creation
• Improve Marketing – Leverage social sharing for organic promotion

Key Features

• One-Click Cart Sharing – Generate shareable URLs instantly from the cart page
• Flexible Button Placement – Choose from multiple hook positions to match your theme
• Seamless WooCommerce Integration – Native integration with WooCommerce settings
• Easy Configuration – Simple settings interface in WooCommerce admin
• Lightweight & Fast – Minimal impact on site performance
• Mobile Responsive – Works perfectly on all devices
• Developer Friendly – Clean code with hooks for customization
• Translation Ready – Fully compatible with WPML and multilingual setups

Perfect For

• Gift Planning – Share cart contents with gift givers
• Group Purchases – Collaborate on bulk orders with friends or colleagues
• Event Shopping – Plan purchases for weddings, parties, or corporate events
• Wish Lists – Create and share shopping wish lists
• Sales Teams – B2B stores can share quotes and product selections
• Social Commerce – Enable customers to share finds on social media
• Customer Support – Help customers by reviewing their cart remotely

How It Works

1. Customer adds products to their WooCommerce cart
2. A “Share Cart” button appears on the cart page (position customizable)
3. Clicking the button generates a unique shareable URL
4. The URL can be copied and shared via email, messaging apps, or social media
5. Recipients click the link and see the exact cart contents
6. Products are automatically added to the recipient’s cart

Configuration Options

Navigate to WooCommerce > Settings > Share Cart to access:

• Button Position – Select from multiple WooCommerce cart hooks
• Button Display – Control when and where the share button appears
• Easy Customization – Style the button with custom CSS

Available button positions include:
* Before Cart Table
* After Cart Table
* Before Cart Totals
* After Cart Totals
* Cart Collaterals
* Before Cart Contents
* After Cart Contents

Privacy & Security

This plugin respects user privacy and follows WordPress security best practices. Cart URLs are generated using WooCommerce’s built-in functionality, ensuring data security and compliance.

Automatic Installation

1. Log in to your WordPress admin panel
2. Navigate to Plugins > Add New
3. Search for “Share Cart for WooCommerce”
4. Click Install Now then Activate
5. Go to WooCommerce > Settings > Share Cart to configure

Manual Installation

1. Download the plugin ZIP file
2. Upload the share-cart-url-for-woocommerce folder to /wp-content/plugins/
3. Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu in WordPress
4. Navigate to WooCommerce > Settings > Share Cart to configure

Requirements

• WordPress 5.0 or higher
• WooCommerce 5.0 or higher
• PHP 7.4 or higher

Note: This plugin requires WooCommerce to be installed and active. If WooCommerce is not active, the plugin will automatically deactivate with an admin notice.

First-Time Setup

1. After activation, visit WooCommerce > Settings
2. Click on the Share Cart tab
3. Select your preferred button position from the dropdown
4. Click Save Changes
5. Visit your cart page to see the share button in action

1. 

   Cart Page with Share Button

2. 

   Share Cart Settings Tab under WooCommerce settings

1.2

• Compatibility with 6.9
• Fixed issue: link generation on iPhones

1.1

• Compatibility
• Enhanced readme documentation with SEO optimization
• Improved feature descriptions and use cases
• Added comprehensive FAQ section
• Updated compatibility information
• Minor bug fixes and performance improvements

1.0

• Initial release of Share Cart for WooCommerce
• Added WooCommerce settings tab for plugin configuration
• Implemented customizable hook positions for button display
• Added WooCommerce dependency check on activation
• Cart URL sharing functionality
• Mobile-responsive design
• Translation-ready code