Blogs of magento-2

Magento is one of the most trusted open-source to build  ecommerce platforms.It is very important to keep your online store updated to avoid any hitches. Magento 2 is one of the best compatible technologies when compared to Magento 1. So you can guess how beneficial the most updated Magento version will be. Let’s take a dive on how to upgrade Magento 2 to the latest version with our detailed step-by-step guide. It is very essential to keep your e-commerce platform updated and take advantage of the latest enhancement features in Magento

In 2019 the eCommerce industry surpassed the one trillion dollar industry mark. The industry is growing at a double-digit rate year on year. Out of the million eCommerce websites, more than 2,00,000 online stores run alone on Magento, which is one of the biggest eCommerce platforms with a 26% market share. The competition among online retailers is growing exponentially, and it requires to choice of a platform that is reliable, with best-in-class functionality, and adapts to users’ needs.  Below we have compiled a list of 6 proven strategies to increase your ...

Around 2,000 Ecommerce sites hit with a new attack targeted those sites running on Magento version 1, a version of the e-commerce software that is past end-of-life. The cyberattacks in which hackers implant malicious computer code into websites and third-party suppliers of digital systems to steal credit card info as people enter it at a checkout page are known as MageCart. The classic MageCart attack on the 2nd weekend of September 2020 is considered as the largest ever automated MageCart hack. Sansec researchers are the ones that discovered the hacks and stated that the incidents are still under investigation. “The massive scope of this weekend’s incident illustrates increased sophisticati...

Magento 2.4.4 reached its end of life (EOL) on April 24, 2025, which means that Adobe will no longer be providing security patches or updates for this version of Magento. This poses a significant security risk for merchants using Magento 2.4.4, as their stores will be more vulnerable to security threats and cyberattacks. Risks of Running Magento 2.4.4 After EOL Without ongoing security updates, Magento 2.4.4 stores are exposed to a growing number of known and unknown vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities can be exploited by hackers to gain unauthorized access to sensitive customer data, including credit card information and personal details. Additionally, o...

Magento is a very good ecommerce solution at the same time as they call it ‘an over engineered’ system which is not very light. But can we rule it out from the list of ecommerce softwares we would consider? Definitely not. Reasons are anything from Magento being open source to the community help and plugins’ availability. We help many of our clients with site speed optimization and performance boosting of their webshops. Here we will share some techniques we generally use. Most of these suggestions you can see from Google pagespeed insights. 1. Image Optimization Make sure all the images used in the site, including banners and product images are saved for web. If...

We had a client who wanted to add some selectable options on the checkout review page, asking their customers how they heard about their website. We created a custom module to make it happen, and it was a big hit! The options included Social Media, Blog, Search Engines, and more. This module adds a custom field to the checkout review section, which can be super useful for understanding how customers find your website. If you're a developer, you can easily tweak this module to suit your needs.  Please check the screenshots :

To display the shipping rates on the product view page in Magento 2, you can use a custom block and template. Just follow these simple steps to make it happen: Create a Custom Module: If you don't have a custom module yet, it's a great idea to create one following the best practices for module creation in Magento 2. Create a Block Class: In your custom module, let's create a block class to handle the super cool logic for obtaining shipping rates! <?php // File: app/code/YourVen...

Here is a code snippet for setting the ‘Continue Shopping’ location to the category listing page of the last product added to the cart. Open the template/checkout/cart.phtml file in your active theme. Place the following code in the foreach loop

(ie. after this line of code)

< ?php foreach($this->getItems() as $_item): ?>

that generates the products list in the cart.

< ?php
$_categories = $_item->getProduct()->getCategoryIds();
$_category = Mage::getModel(‘catalog/category’)->load($_categories[0]);
$url = $this->getUrl($_category->getUrlPath());
Mage::getSingleton(‘checkout/session’)->setContinueShoppingUrl($url);

?>

You are done!

Let’s say you have a Magento multi-website/store installation and you want to assign the products of a particular category to the new store. I wrote a few lines of code to accomplish this. <?php use Magento\Framework\App\Bootstrap; require __DIR__ . '/../app/bootstrap.php'; $bootstrap = Bootstrap::create(BP, $_SERVER); $objectManager = $bootstrap->getObjectManager(); $state = $objectManager->get('Magento\Framework\App\State'); $state->setAreaCode('frontend'); $categoryIds = [41]; // Category IDs whose products you want to assign foreach ($categoryIds as $categoryId) { $category = $objectManager->create('Magento\Catalog\Model\Category')->load($categoryId); $productCollection = $category->getProductCollection(); foreach ...