Title: Share Cart and Save Cart for Later for WooCommerce by LeanPlugins
Author: LeanPlugins
Published: <strong>September 25, 2025</strong>
Last modified: August 22, 2026

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# Share Cart and Save Cart for Later for WooCommerce by LeanPlugins

 By [LeanPlugins](https://profiles.wordpress.org/azplugins/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/lean-cart-share-and-save.1.1.7.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/lean-cart-share-and-save/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/lean-cart-share-and-save/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/lean-cart-share-and-save/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/lean-cart-share-and-save/#developers)

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## Description

**Share cart in one click and save cart for later.** Every customer can share cart
contents with a unique link, and logged-in users can save unlimited carts with custom
names for later purchase.

The share cart feature works for everyone, including guests. One click creates a
unique URL that loads the exact cart anywhere, on any device. Perfect for cross-
device shopping, getting approval from others, or sharing product recommendations.
Logged-in customers can save carts with custom names (like “Birthday Wishlist” or“
Monthly Reorder”), viewable in My Account  Saved Carts where they can restore or
delete them anytime.

Lightweight, works with classic themes and modern FSE Cart Blocks, and helps reduce
cart abandonment while enabling natural product sharing.

🌐 [Visit Official Website](https://leanplugins.com/wordpress-plugins/cart-share-and-save/?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=desc)
| ⚡ [Upgrade to Pro](https://leanplugins.com/wordpress-plugins/cart-share-and-save/?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=desc&utm_campaign=upgrade#pricing)

**Try it yourself, no install needed:**

**1. Test Cart Sharing** (no login required)

 * [See a pre-loaded shared cart ](https://demo.leanplugins.com/cart-share-and-save/share-cart/lUyyJl6e4Y)
 * Works instantly, no need to add products yourself.

**2. Test Cart Saving** (auto login)

 * [Auto-login with cart ready ](https://demo.leanplugins.com/cart-share-and-save/share-cart/lUyyJl6e4Y?demo_auto_login=x8Kp2mQr9vLn)
 * Click “Save Cart” once logged in to test the save feature.
 * Manual login: Username `demo` / Password `demo`

**3. View Saved Carts**

 * [My Account  Saved Carts ](https://demo.leanplugins.com/cart-share-and-save/my-account/saved-carts/?demo_auto_login=x8Kp2mQr9vLn)

**4. Test Custom Message** (Pro)

 * [See a shared cart with a personal note ](https://demo.leanplugins.com/cart-share-and-save/share-cart/ruMjfZe2GZ)
 * Notice the message shown to the recipient above the cart.

**5. Test Password Protection** (Pro)

 * [Open a password-protected shared cart ](https://demo.leanplugins.com/cart-share-and-save/share-cart/32FP01OueX)
 * Password: `demo`

**Real Business Scenarios Where This Plugin Shines:**

 * **B2B Sales & Consultations**: Share product quotes and recommendations with 
   clients instantly
 * **Gift Shopping & Wishlists**: Let customers create and share wishlists with 
   family and friends
 * **Abandoned Cart Recovery**: Customers can save their cart for later and return
   instead of losing their selections
 * **Team Purchasing & Approvals**: Enable team members to collaborate on group 
   orders and bulk purchases
 * **Cross-Device Shopping**: Let customers start shopping on mobile, save, and 
   complete on desktop
 * **Event Planning & Bulk Orders**: Share product lists for weddings, parties, 
   or seasonal restocking
 * **Recurring Purchases & Subscriptions**: Create and share weekly/monthly item
   packages – customers can save these lists to their profile and easily reorder
   or modify quantities or products

**Key Features:**

 * **Cart Sharing**: Generate unique shareable URLs for any cart
 * **One-Click Cart Links**: Every cart link preloads the exact products and quantities,
   ready to send to customers or use in promotions and campaigns
 * **Cart Saving**: Allow logged-in users to save carts with custom names
 * **Custom Message**: Let sharers include a personal note shown to the recipient
   when the cart loads [PRO]
 * **QR Code**: Show a scannable QR code in the share popup so recipients can open
   the cart on their phone [PRO]
 * **Password Protection**: Let sharers set a password recipients must enter before
   the cart loads [PRO]
 * **WooCommerce Integration**: Seamlessly integrates with your existing WooCommerce
   store
 * **FSE & Block Cart Support**: Works perfectly with both classic themes and modern
   Full Site Editing (FSE) themes with WooCommerce Cart Blocks
 * **My Account Integration**: Saved carts appear in customer My Account area
 * **Flexible Settings**: Configure share expiry, button label, button position
 * **Data Management**: Optional data cleanup on plugin uninstall
 * **Security First**: Proper nonce verification and input sanitization
 * **Lightweight**: Minimal impact on site performance

**Cart Sharing Features:**
 * Generate unique share URLs for any cart * Configurable
expiration (or never expire) * Custom button label and position * Product variation
support (size, color, etc. preserved on the shared link) * Quantities preserved 
exactly as the sharer selected them * Personal message to recipient [PRO] * Pre-
filled default message text [PRO] * QR code in share popup [PRO] * Password-protect
share links [PRO]

**Cart Saving Features:**
 * Save cart for later with a custom name * View all saved
carts in My Account area * Restore any saved cart with one click * Delete saved 
carts when no longer needed * Perfect for wishlist functionality

### Upgrade to Pro

[Get Pro](https://leanplugins.com/wordpress-plugins/cart-share-and-save/?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=desc&utm_campaign=upgrade#pricing)

**Custom Message** – Allow sharers to write a personal note shown to the recipient
when the shared cart loads. Set a default pre-filled message so sharers always have
a starting point.

**QR Code** – Display a scannable QR code inside the share popup. Recipients can
open the shared cart instantly on any phone camera, no typing required.

**Password Protection** – Let sharers set a password for their cart link. Recipients
must enter the correct password before the cart loads, keeping private shares truly
private.

### Usage

**Sharing a Cart:**
 1. Add products to your WooCommerce cart 2. Go to the cart 
page 3. Click the “Share Cart” button 4. Copy the generated URL and share it 5. 
Recipients can click the URL to load the cart

**Saving a Cart:**
 1. Add products to your WooCommerce cart 2. Go to the cart page
3. Click the “Save Cart” button (requires login) 4. Enter a name for your saved 
cart 5. Access saved carts from My Account  Saved Carts

**Plugin Settings:**
 * Enable/disable cart sharing * Enable/disable cart saving*
Set share link expiration (days) * Choose button position: After cart table (default),
Default (coupon row), Before cart, Before cart totals, Use shortcode * Choose whether
to delete data on uninstall

**Shortcode:**

Place the buttons anywhere on your website: any page, post, widget, page builder(
Elementor, Divi, etc.) or anywhere in WordPress that renders shortcodes.

 * `[lean_cart_share_save]` shows both buttons
 * `[lean_cart_share_save display="share"]` shows only the Share Cart button
 * `[lean_cart_share_save display="save"]` shows only the Save Cart button

To show buttons only where you place the shortcode, set Button Position to “Use 
shortcode” in the plugin settings.

## Screenshots

[⌊Share Cart Settings tab - configure sharing options and advanced pro features⌉⌊
Share Cart Settings tab - configure sharing options and advanced pro features⌉[

Share Cart Settings tab – configure sharing options and advanced pro features

[⌊Save Cart Settings tab - configure save cart options⌉⌊Save Cart Settings tab -
configure save cart options⌉[

Save Cart Settings tab – configure save cart options

[⌊Share Cart and Save Cart buttons on classic WooCommerce cart page⌉⌊Share Cart 
and Save Cart buttons on classic WooCommerce cart page⌉[

Share Cart and Save Cart buttons on classic WooCommerce cart page

[⌊Share Cart and Save Cart buttons on FSE theme with WooCommerce Cart Block - works
seamlessly with modern block-based cart pages⌉⌊Share Cart and Save Cart buttons 
on FSE theme with WooCommerce Cart Block - works seamlessly with modern block-based
cart pages⌉[

Share Cart and Save Cart buttons on FSE theme with WooCommerce Cart Block – works
seamlessly with modern block-based cart pages

[⌊Cart sharing popup with generated shareable URL⌉⌊Cart sharing popup with generated
shareable URL⌉[

Cart sharing popup with generated shareable URL

[⌊Cart saving popup with custom name input⌉⌊Cart saving popup with custom name input⌉[

Cart saving popup with custom name input

[⌊Saved carts displayed in My Account area⌉⌊Saved carts displayed in My Account 
area⌉[

Saved carts displayed in My Account area

## Installation

 1. Upload the plugin files to the `/wp-content/plugins/lean-cart-share-and-save` directory,
    or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress.
 3. **Important**: Make sure WooCommerce is installed and activated first.
 4. Go to “Cart Share & Save” in your WordPress admin menu to configure settings.
 5. Visit Settings  Permalinks and click “Save Changes” to refresh URL rules (fixes
    404 errors).

## FAQ

### How do customers share cart contents?

They click the “Share Cart” button on the cart page. The plugin generates a unique
share cart URL they can copy and send via email, chat, or social media. Anyone opening
the link gets the exact same cart loaded.

### Can customers save their cart for later?

Yes. Logged-in customers click “Save Cart”, give the cart a custom name, and it 
appears under My Account  Saved Carts where they can restore it with one click at
any time.

### Does share cart work with variable products?

Yes. Product variations (size, color, etc.) and quantities are preserved exactly
as the sharer selected them, both on shared links and saved carts.

### Can I use the shortcode and the automatic button position at the same time?

Yes. They work independently. The Button Position setting controls the automatic
buttons on the cart page, and `[lean_cart_share_save]` renders wherever you place
it. If you put the shortcode on the cart page itself, you will see the buttons twice,
so set Button Position to “Use shortcode” there to keep only your manual placement.

### Does this plugin require WooCommerce?

Yes, this plugin is built specifically for WooCommerce and requires WooCommerce 
to be installed and activated.

### Do shared cart links expire?

By default, shared cart links never expire, but you can configure an expiry (in 
days) in the plugin settings if you want links to stop working after a set time.

### Can guest users share carts?

Yes! Any user can share a cart, including guest users who haven’t created an account.

### Can guest users save carts?

No, saving carts requires users to be logged in. However, guest users can still 
share carts via URLs.

### What happens if a product is no longer available?

If a shared or saved cart contains products that are no longer available or purchasable,
those items are automatically skipped during cart restoration.

### Will this plugin slow down my site?

No, the plugin is designed to be lightweight and only loads assets when needed. 
It uses efficient database queries and follows WordPress best practices.

### Does it work with FSE (Full Site Editing) themes and WooCommerce Cart Blocks?

Yes! The plugin fully supports both classic WooCommerce themes and modern FSE themes
using WooCommerce Cart Blocks. The buttons automatically appear in both classic 
and block cart pages.

### Can I customize the appearance of the share/save buttons?

The plugin uses standard WooCommerce styling by default. You can customize the appearance
using CSS by targeting the `.lean-csns-buttons-wrapper` class.

### Is the plugin translation ready?

Yes, the plugin is fully translation ready with the text domain ‘lean-cart-share-
and-save’.

### What data is stored when sharing or saving carts?

The plugin stores: product IDs, quantities, variations, applied coupons, and basic
metadata like creation dates. No personal information is stored with shared carts.

### How do I fix 404 errors on shared links?

Go to Settings  Permalinks in your WordPress admin and click “Save Changes” (no 
need to change anything). This refreshes WordPress URL rules.

### Does this plugin use any third-party services?

Yes. This plugin uses the [Freemius](https://freemius.com/) SDK for licensing, seamless
upgrades, and optional insights that help us improve the plugin.

Freemius does not collect any data by default. On activation you will see an opt-
in screen where you can choose to share non-sensitive diagnostic data. Opting in
helps us understand the environments the plugin runs in, catch compatibility issues
early, and prioritize the features that matter most. If you opt in, Freemius collects:

 * Site URL, WordPress version, PHP version
 * Plugin version and activation/deactivation events
 * Your admin name and email address

Skipping the opt-in is completely fine, the plugin works fully either way and no
data is sent during normal usage. Purchasing or activating a Pro license connects
to Freemius to validate the license and deliver automatic updates.

On opt-in, we also send a copy of the same non-sensitive diagnostic data to our 
own database hosted on Supabase, so we can track plugin adoption independently of
Freemius.

Separately, when you deactivate the plugin you are asked why. This is optional: 
you can skip it and deactivate right away. If you do choose a reason and submit 
it, that reason, any comment you add, the plugin, WordPress and PHP versions, and
the date you first installed the plugin are sent to the same Supabase database, 
whether or not you opted in. Your site address is included only if you opted in 
earlier. No user name or email is ever included.

**Service Used:** Freemius (https://freemius.com/)
 **Privacy Policy:** https://
freemius.com/privacy/ **Terms of Service:** https://freemius.com/terms/

**Service Used:** Supabase (https://supabase.com/)
 **Privacy Policy:** https://
supabase.com/privacy

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Share Cart and Save Cart for Later for WooCommerce by LeanPlugins” is open source
software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ LeanPlugins ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/azplugins/)

[Translate “Share Cart and Save Cart for Later for WooCommerce by LeanPlugins” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/lean-cart-share-and-save)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/lean-cart-share-and-save/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/lean-cart-share-and-save/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/lean-cart-share-and-save/)
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## Changelog

#### 1.1.7

 * Updated: Minimum requirements are now WordPress 6.0 and PHP 7.4, declared in 
   the plugin header so incompatible sites are stopped before activation
 * Updated: Language translation template (.pot) regenerated with the latest strings
 * Updated: Deactivation feedback tool

#### 1.1.6

 * New: [lean_cart_share_save] shortcode, place the Share Cart and Save Cart buttons
   on any page or post
 * New: “Use shortcode” button position that turns off automatic buttons on the 
   cart page
 * Updated: Language translation template (.pot) regenerated with the latest strings

#### 1.1.5

 * New: “Before cart” button position, shows the Share/Save buttons above the cart
   on both classic and block (FSE) carts
 * Changed: “Before cart” is now the default button position for new installs

#### 1.1.4

 * Fix: Prevent the “Shared cart loaded successfully” notice from showing twice 
   on block (FSE) carts

#### 1.1.3

 * Fix: Plugin version header now matches the release version (1.1.2 shipped with
   a stale header)

#### 1.1.2

 * New: Choose to combine or replace when opening a share/saved cart link while 
   your cart already has items
 * Fix: Share/save prompt pages now render correctly on block (FSE) themes

#### 1.1.1

 * Improved: Cart Share & Save Popup
 * Added: Button position option
 * Updated: WordPress.org screenshots renumbered serially with updated captions

#### 1.1.0

 * New: Redesigned admin settings page with tabbed UI (General and Advanced tabs)
 * Improved: Saved Carts tab in My Account is now hidden when Save Cart feature 
   is disabled

#### 1.0.5

 * New: Added Settings link to plugin action links
 * Updated: Language translation file

#### 1.0.4

 * Fixed: Cart restoration does not work.

#### 1.0.3

 * New: Compatibility with FSE (Full Site Editing) themes and WooCommerce Cart Blocks

#### 1.0.2

 * Improved: Enhanced compatibility and performance

#### 1.0.1

 * Improved: Code optimizations and security enhancements

#### 1.0.0

 * Initial release
 * Cart sharing with unique URLs
 * Cart saving for logged-in users
 * WooCommerce integration
 * My Account page integration
 * Configurable settings page
 * Share link expiration options
 * Data management options
 * Security best practices

## Meta

 *  Version **1.1.7**
 *  Last updated **5 days ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **7.1**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
 * Tags
 * [save cart](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/save-cart/)[save for later](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/save-for-later/)
   [share cart](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/share-cart/)[Wishlist](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/wishlist/)
   [woocommerce](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/woocommerce/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/lean-cart-share-and-save/advanced/)

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## Contributors

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