Completely disable Magento 2's Wishlist and Compare features across the entire frontend — every button, link, sidebar, cart row action, customer-account tab, widget link, JS handler, and direct URL route. Works identically on Hyva and Luma. One module, admin toggles, no theme edits.
Many storefronts — single-SKU brands, B2B catalogs, industrial supply, jewellery, wholesale — never want Wishlist or Compare shown. Magento's built-in config flags only cover a handful of surfaces and leave behind broken links, empty sidebars, ghost JS handlers, and 302 redirects to a login page. Panth Disable Wishlist & Compare is a clean, comprehensive kill-switch.
Stores → Configuration → Panth Infotech → Disable Wishlist & Compare — four toggles, all default to Yes, applied immediately after cache flush.
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- What This Disables
- How It Works
- Compatibility
- Installation
- Admin Toggles
- Restoring the UI
- Troubleshooting
- Support
| Surface | Where | Mechanism |
|---|---|---|
| Header wishlist icon/link | Hyva + Luma | Layout remove + header template arg override |
| Wishlist sidebar block | Luma | Layout remove |
| Product detail page "Add to Wish List" | Hyva + Luma | Layout remove (view + related + upsell) |
| Category list add-to-wishlist buttons | Hyva + Luma | Layout remove (core + JS helper) |
| Cart row "Move to Wishlist" action | Hyva + Luma | Layout remove for all 7 product types |
| Customer-account side-nav tab | Hyva + Luma | Layout remove |
Luma widget wishlist link (new_grid, new_list, listing) |
Luma | Block plugin empties AbstractProduct::getAddToWishlistUrl() |
Magento helper Wishlist\Helper\Data::isAllow() |
All themes | DI plugin forces false |
Hyva ViewModel\Wishlist display methods |
Hyva | DI plugin forces false |
/wishlist/* direct URL access |
All themes | Predispatch observer → 404 before auth-redirect |
| Surface | Where | Mechanism |
|---|---|---|
| Hyva header compare icon | Hyva | Layout remove + show_compare=false arg override |
| Core compare header link / sidebar | Luma | Layout remove |
| Product detail page "Add to Compare" | Hyva + Luma | Layout remove (view + related + upsell) |
| Category list add-to-compare buttons | Hyva + Luma | Layout remove (core + JS helper) |
Luma widget compare link (new_grid, new_list, listing) |
Luma | Block plugin empties AbstractProduct::getAddToCompareUrl() |
Hyva ViewModel\ProductCompare display methods |
Hyva | DI plugin forces false |
/catalog/product_compare/* direct URL access |
All themes | Controller plugin on Compare::execute → 404 |
The module combines six complementary mechanisms so every rendering path is covered no matter how a theme or widget decides to emit wishlist/compare markup.
- Layout XML removes on
default,catalog_product_view,catalog_category_view,catalog_list_item,catalogsearch_result_index,catalogsearch_advanced_result, andcheckout_cart_index— removes every named wishlist/compare block Magento core and Hyva declare. - Header-content argument override — Hyva's
header.phtmlgates the compare/wishlist icons onshow_compare/show_wishlistarguments of theheader-contentblock; both forced tofalse. - Helper plugin on
Magento\Wishlist\Helper\Data::isAllow()/isAllowInCart()— forces false so any third-party block that checks the helper drops out silently. - Block plugin on
Magento\Catalog\Block\Product\AbstractProduct::getAddToCompareUrl()/getAddToWishlistUrl()— returns empty string, which breaks theif ($block->getAddToCompareUrl())gate in every Luma widget template (new_grid.phtml,new_list.phtml,listing.phtml) without any template overrides. - Hyva ViewModel plugins on
Hyva\Theme\ViewModel\WishlistandHyva\Theme\ViewModel\ProductCompare—isEnabled,isAllowInCart,showInProductList,showOnProductPage,showCompareSidebarall forced to false. - Route blocking — predispatch event for
controller_action_predispatch_wishlist(runs before the customer-session auth redirect, so/wishlist/*returns an honest 404 instead of a 302 to login) plus a controller plugin onMagento\Catalog\Controller\Product\Compare::executeto 404 compare routes. AJAX / POST requests return a JSON stub so stale JS listeners fail quietly.
| Requirement | Supported |
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| Magento Open Source | 2.4.4, 2.4.5, 2.4.6, 2.4.7, 2.4.8 |
| Adobe Commerce | 2.4.4 — 2.4.8 |
| PHP | 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4 |
| Hyva Theme | 1.0+ (fully compatible) |
| Luma Theme | Native support |
| Panth Core | ^1.0 (installed automatically) |
composer require mage2kishan/module-disable-wishlist-compare
bin/magento module:enable Panth_Core Panth_DisableWishlistCompare
bin/magento setup:upgrade
bin/magento setup:di:compile
bin/magento cache:flushbin/magento module:status Panth_DisableWishlistCompare
# Module is enabledCheck any page — header icons, PDP buttons, category add-to links, and cart row actions for wishlist/compare should all be gone. /wishlist/ and /catalog/product_compare/ should return 404.
Navigate to Stores → Configuration → Panth Infotech → Disable Wishlist & Compare. A direct link also appears under the Panth Infotech admin sidebar.
| Setting | Default | What it controls |
|---|---|---|
| Module Enabled | Yes | Master switch. If No, all runtime plugins (helper / ViewModel / controller) are disabled. |
| Disable Wishlist | Yes | Gates all wishlist-related runtime plugins + route blocking. |
| Disable Compare | Yes | Gates all compare-related runtime plugins + route blocking. |
| Block Direct URL Access | Yes | When Yes, /wishlist/* and /catalog/product_compare/* return 404. Set to No if you want the routes reachable without the UI. |
Note on layout removals: The layout XML removes are module-level — they apply whenever the module is enabled at the CLI. The admin toggles above only affect runtime plugins and route blocking. To restore the UI while keeping the module installed, disable it via CLI (see below).
bin/magento module:disable Panth_DisableWishlistCompare
bin/magento cache:flushbin/magento module:disable Panth_DisableWishlistCompare
composer remove mage2kishan/module-disable-wishlist-compare
bin/magento setup:upgrade
bin/magento setup:di:compile
bin/magento cache:flushYou probably hit the edge case where a child theme re-adds header-compare or passes its own show_compare="true" argument to header-content. Confirm by checking var/log/system.log for layout errors, and ensure your child theme's Magento_Theme/layout/default.xml doesn't re-declare show_compare.
Flush the config cache — the predispatch observer reads the "Block Direct URL Access" flag at runtime:
bin/magento cache:flush configThis module plugs every Magento-core integration point. If a third-party module renders its own wishlist button via a custom block, add <referenceBlock name="..." remove="true"/> for that block in a child override or raise an issue.
Make sure Panth_Core, Magento_Wishlist, and Magento_Catalog are enabled — they are hard dependencies.
- Issues: github.com/mage2sk/module-disable-wishlist-compare/issues
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