Inventory Alert for Magento 2

Free, open-source Magento 2 extension
by Arjun Dhiman — Adobe Commerce Certified Master
Part of the MageMatch developer ecosystem

MageMatch_LowStockNotification monitors inventory thresholds and delivers a scheduled low-stock digest email to the configured admin recipient.

Features

• Scans inventory using Magento's built-in reports low-stock collection.
• Delivers a digest email listing each at-risk product with name, SKU, and current quantity.
• Enable/disable toggle and recipient address configurable in admin.
• Swappable transactional email template.
• Zero legacy code — built on DataPatchInterface, constructor promotion, and declare(strict_types=1).
• Compatible with Magento 2.4.4+ and PHP 8.1 through 8.4.

Configuration

In admin, go to:

Stores > Configuration > Catalog > Inventory > Stock Notification Email Setting

Configure:

• Enable
• Email Template
• Admin Email Address

Cron

• Cron group: stock_notification_cron_group
• Job: low_stock_notification_cronjob
• Schedule: every minute (*/1 * * * *)

You can adjust the schedule in etc/crontab.xml.

Module Structure

• Cron/Notification.php builds low-stock data and triggers notification emails.
• Helper/Email.php handles transport/template email sending.
• etc/adminhtml/system.xml defines admin configuration fields.
• etc/crontab.xml and etc/cron_groups.xml define cron scheduling.
• etc/email_templates.xml registers the transactional email template.
• view/frontend/email/stock_notification.html is the default email template.

CI Matrix

This repository includes a GitHub Actions workflow at .github/workflows/ci.yml.

Validation runs on:

• PHP 8.2
• PHP 8.4

It validates Composer metadata, PHP syntax, and XML well-formedness.

Install commands by environment

Stable production install:

composer require magematch/magento2-inventory-alert:^1.0

Staging/dev install (before first stable tag is visible):

composer require magematch/magento2-inventory-alert:"dev-main@dev"

Installation

composer require magematch/magento2-inventory-alert
bin/magento module:enable MageMatch_InventoryAlert
bin/magento setup:upgrade
bin/magento cache:clean

Compatibility

• Magento Open Source 2.4.x
• Adobe Commerce 2.4.x
• PHP 8.1, 8.2, 8.3

Support & Custom Development

Need custom Magento development?
Find vetted Adobe Commerce developers at
magematch.com

License

MIT License — free to use commercially