Trending Wishlist Products

Find interest that is gaining pace

Trending Wishlist Products highlights the products whose new Wishlist Adds have increased the most compared with the previous equivalent period. In GoScript Advanced Wishlist WordPress Plugin for WooCommerce, it gives you a focused way to find emerging customer interest before every product has had time to build a long sales history.

1. How the Trending ranking works

The report compares new Wishlist Adds in the selected period with new Wishlist Adds in the immediately preceding period of the same length. Products are ranked by the largest increase in adds, not by percentage change alone.

Comparable periodsYour selected period is measured against the immediately preceding equivalent period for a like-for-like view of changing interest.

New Wishlist AddsThe ranking uses fresh customer-product saves created during each period, not a product’s all-time wishlist count.

Absolute growth firstProducts with the greatest increase in new adds rank highest, keeping the shortlist focused on meaningful growth rather than percentage-only spikes.

Configurable thresholdThe Minimum Wishlist Adds for Trending Products setting lets you require enough new interest before a product can appear in the report.

2. Why absolute growth matters

Percentage growth can look dramatic when a product starts from a very small number of adds. Ranking by the largest increase in Wishlist Adds helps your store focus on products where the growth represents more substantial new customer interest.

• A product with a larger increase in fresh saves can rank above one with a higher percentage but very little overall activity.
• The configurable minimum helps smaller stores avoid noise and larger stores focus on activity that is significant for their catalogue.
• When the prior period had no new saves, the report can identify the product as New interest rather than presenting a misleading percentage.
• The result is a more useful shortlist for deciding where to investigate further.

3. Use Trending Products in your weekly review

The report is especially valuable as a repeatable way to turn a broad increase in wishlist activity into a practical product shortlist.

1. Choose a reporting period that matches your planning rhythm, such as Last 7 days or Last 30 days.
2. Open Reports → Trending Wishlist Products.
3. Review the products with the largest increase in new Wishlist Adds and note any New interest labels.
4. Check Current Wishlisters, purchases, stock status, and product presentation for the shortlisted items.
5. Use the insight to decide what to feature, replenish, promote, or investigate more closely in the All Products report.

4. Pair trend growth with the full demand story

Trending interest is a powerful early signal. Pair it with the reports that reveal whether the product also has sustained active demand, purchase progress, or an availability issue worth addressing.

• Use Current Wishlisters and Most Wanted Products to understand the active audience behind a trend.
• Use Wishlist Purchases and Attributed Revenue to see whether the interest is progressing into paid-order outcomes.
• Use Products Worth Attention to find high-demand products that may deserve a closer conversion-focused review.
• Use Wishlist Demand - Out of Stock to spot product interest that is still building while availability is limited.