Monthly Archives: 2025

Hi, Magefan customers. Welcome to the digest of December 2025 news and updates! Though December was full of holidays and celebrations, we released numerous updates and improvements to our and . So, let's take a look at them to have a complete picture of ! Magento Extensions SEO v2.6.3 General: Updated the extension to v2.0.23 (SEO Plus & Extra). Updated the extension to v2.3.2 (SEO Plus & Extra). Updated the extension to v2.1.2 (SEO Plus & Extra). Updated the extension to v2.4.3 (SEO Extra). Updated the extension to v2.2.2 (SEO Extra). Updated the extension to v2.2.2 (SEO Extra). Changes to comply with the Magento Coding Standard. Compatibilities: Added compatibility with the . Fixes: Resolved a redirect issue in the shopping cart ("Edit product QTY" link). Update now Blog v2.14.1 Improvements: Added random images that are displayed if the post featured image is not uploaded (Valor design). Fixes: Resolved issues with PHP 7.4. Fixed the issue where the old custom templates in the theme

2025 is almost over, but before we step into 2026, let's pause for a bit and reflect on everything 2025 brought us. Meet Magento Ukraine To begin with, one of the most memorable 2025 moments was the return of Meet Magento Ukraine after a long break. Our CEO, Ihor Vansach, was invited to moderate the technical track and deliver a speech on , sharing insights with the Magento community. We were also extremely honoured to sponsor the event, participate in lively discussions, meet fellow Magento enthusiasts, and feel the spark that really keeps us going.   (Images from the official Meet Magento Ukraine website) Meet Magento Ukraine once again highlighted the strength and resilience of the Ukrainian tech ecosystem. In fact, Ukraine has been part of Magento story from the very beginning. Very few people know that the actual coding and development of the first release was handled by a team in Ukraine. Meet Magento World In 2025, Magefan continued supporting

The approach to online blogging has changed drastically over the years. Creating posts has become more streamlined and faster with the advanced AI tools. You must have felt this shift while as well. It's not necessarily a bad thing, though, since AI blog writers help to create well-structured and informative drafts you can then turn into SEO-optimized posts. So, if you haven't tried your hand at the AI optimization, it's about time you give your blogging efforts a new coloring. The question is: what tool to choose? That's a valid question, and we'd like to help you make the right choice. In this guide, we've gathered the best Shopify AI blog generators and listed the key benefits they offer. Top Shopify AI Blog Writers Icon App name Developer Price Free plan Free trial SEO Blog Writer — AI Blog Magefan Standard - $19/month Pro - $39/month Shopify Magic Shopify Free Tapita SEO AI Blog Builder Tapita Starter - $9.99/month Growth - $29.99/month Enterprise - $99.99/month Jolt: AI SEO Blog

Hi, Magefan customers. Welcome to the digest of November 2025 news and updates! It's about time we looked back at the November highlights. This month we've had some big releases and fine-tuned our and to make them more effective, and easier to integrate and manage. So, let's get started! Magento Extensions Blog v2.14.0 Features: Completely new additional design, "Valor", that can be enabled optionally. 6 new post list templates (Blog Extra). Option to add a video instead of the featured image on the post view page (Blog Extra). Option to display blog post rich snippets for the recent and featured blog posts widgets (Blog Plus & Extra). Option to display related blog posts' rich snippets on a product page (Blog Plus & Extra). New social sharing button — BlueSky. Slider template for featured/recent post widgets, related posts/products, posts from the same category, and latest posts by author. Compatibilities: Hyva page builder (Hyva CMS) compatibility. New composer package magefan/hyva-theme-blog-liveview-editor

These days, data protection and privacy have shifted from being a "nice-to-have" to an absolute necessity. So, you've most likely looked up the  (General Data Protection Regulation) and cookie compliance when setting up your store. Meeting those legal requirements takes a few steps and starts with the Magento 2 cookie notice.  So, in this guide, you'll learn what makes an effective cookie notice in Magento and how to configure it the right way to stay compliant and user-friendly. What is Magento 2 Cookie Notice? Magento 2 cookie notice is a message that informs visitors about your store collecting cookies and includes buttons to accept, reject, or customise which cookies to allow. It can appear in different formats, depending on your store design. Most commonly, it shows as a pop-up in the centre of the screen or as a banner at the top or bottom of the page. Example of a cookie consent popup in the Magefan Cookie Consent extension Regardless of formats, a cookie notice is much more

Hard-wear.com, a leading eCommerce brand operating four Magento store views. They wanted to make their available on international markets, without spending hours on manual translation. With a growing audience, the goal was to translate blogs fast and efficiently, while preserving SEO structure, categories, and formatting. Challenge Typically, translating a single blog post manually can take 2–5 minutes per language. With multiple store views and expanding content, this quickly became unsustainable. So, what hard-wear.com needed was: a faster, automated translation process. seamless integration with their existing Magefan Blog setup. automatic syncing across store views to eliminate repetitive tasks. Approach Hard-wear.com was already using Elovate to manage their Magento catalogue and the Magefan Blog extension. The translation process was designed to be fully automated from start to finish. 1. Integration setup Hard-wear.com connected its Magento store to Elovate in just a few clicks (5m).

At some point in your speed optimisation journey, you'll start searching "how to convert images to WebP in Magento". Everyone does, since it's a file format that allows you to reduce image size with little to no quality loss.  If you've done some research already, you know that is "complicated".  But there's a way. So, in this guide, you'll learn how to convert Magento images to WebP and make sure they work as expected. Why Convert PNG to WebP in Magento? Since even highlights WebP as an important speed factor, it's definitely worth implementing. But if you're still hesitating, here are some WebP benefits to keep in mind: Reduced loading time —  WebP uses lossy and lossless compression, which reduces WebP size significantly. It makes them 26% smaller than PNG and 25 - 34% smaller than JPEG. Correspondingly, your website can load 25-30% faster depending on the quality you choose. Improved SEO — smaller size allows WebP to load faster than other file formats. This means better Core

The Magento admin panel is a hub for processing orders, setting up product listings, managing customers, and more. Thus, if the is compromised, you put not only your but also your customers' sensitive data at risk.  So, you need to protect your admin panel before any harm is caused. This is where Magento two factor authentication comes into play to prevent security risks and keep your data protected. In this guide, you'll find everything you need to know to enable, manage, and use two-factor authentication to the fullest. What is Magento Two Factor Authentication? The Magento two factor authentication (2FA) is a built-in security mechanism that uses two authentication factors to access the admin panel. To complete 2FA, you need something you know (a password) and something you have (an access token) or are (fingerprints, face ID, etc.). This means that, except for the password, the admins also have to take one more step to confirm their identity. That is, enter the access code, confirm

Hi, Magefan customers. Welcome to the digest of October 2025 news and updates! This month, we have released a bunch of new features and improvements to our and . From extended functionality to performance optimization and code quality enhancements, we have a lot to cover in this round-up. Ready to start? Magento Extensions Google Tag Manager v2.7.3 Features: An option to submit cart data (sold products, their quantity, and price) for sale conversions to get cart conversions reporting in Google Ads (GTM Plus & Extra). Improvements: Improved the engagement time calculation for the server-side tracking (GTM Extra). Compatibilities: Firecheckout compatibility (GTM Extra). Fixes: Resolved an issue with order refunds through the admin panel for products that no longer exist. Corrected the tracking to only fire upon user selection of a child product and ignore non-user-firing events (GTM Extra). Update now Zero Downtime Deployment v2.1.0 Features: Added the multi-webserver support. Improvements:

Managing a Shopify store means doing a lot — managing products, fulfilling orders, providing support and keeping your store optimised for search. But there is one thing merchants struggle with the most — creating relevant, SEO-friendly blog posts to drive traffic. That's where AI steps in. In this guide, we'll discuss the Shopify AI Blog Generator — a part of Magefan  — and how it can help you create more content in less time. Powered by AI, this tool helps you craft well-structured blog posts, tailored to your products and audience. You'll learn how to configure AI Blog Post Generator, how AI credits work, how to tailor prompts to your brand voice and how to generate your first AI blog step by step. Ready to start? What is a Shopify AI Blog Generator? Shopify AI Blog Generator is a built-in writing assistant that helps you create SEO-friendly blog posts directly in the Shopify backend, in just a few minutes. It generates topics, comes up with an outline and drafts entire blog posts from

As you create your store, there are multiple stages to go through: starting with and gradually moving to live. Each stage has corresponding tasks to keep your website running. Magento 2 handles this through the deploy mode functionality. There are three Magento modes: default, development, and production. Each facilitates different store operations. However, to use Magento 2 modes effectively, you need to know what each is useful for. This is exactly what you will find out today: what Magento modes are, how they differ, and how to switch between them without downtime. Key takeways Magento 2 offers three deploy modes — default, developer, and production. Each deploy mode controls how your store behaves in different environments. This affects performance, error visibility, and all changes and updates. Default mode is a transitional mode used right after installation. In this mode, Magento automatically generates static files for a convenient setup. But it's inefficient long-term, so you

When optimising your Shopify blog, you explore numerous tools, practices, and techniques. From default and various apps to custom services and tools — you search for anything that will help you leverage your efforts. While all the optimisation tips and tricks certainly get the job done to an extent, one area often gets neglected — Shopify blog URL structure. So, in this guide, you'll learn why it matters, how to change it in Shopify, and how to manage blog URLs more effectively. Let's get right to it! Why Does Shopify Blog URL Structure Matter? As a content creator, you certainly dedicate your best effort to fine-tune blog posts. Relevant keywords, structured data, and high-quality insights — all help your posts appear higher in SERP and reach the targeted audience.  So, at some point, you may ask: Is the Shopify blog URL structure really that important? While it may not seem like a big deal, URLs have ana strong impact on your blog's rankings and navigation.  And here's why you should

When , you certainly do your best to craft the most insightful posts. However, you also have to make it "scannable" for readers to easily find what they need instead of just scrolling down and leaving. That's where the Shopify blog table of contents comes into play. As small an element as it seems, it's an effective tool for improving your content navigation, design, and, above all, user experience. So,today, you will explore what the table of contents is, why it matters, and how to add it to your Shopify blog using different methods. What is a Table of Contents in Shopify? The table of contents is a list of content headings that reflects the structure of your blog post. You usually add it at the top of your content or after the introduction, highlighting the key elements throughout the post. Ideally, the table of contents includes links to the corresponding chapters so that readers can easily jump to the section they are interested in. Thus, it sets clear expectations about the post content

Hi, Magefan customers. Welcome to the digest of September 2025 news and updates! We hope you are ready for a portion of new improvements to our and . This month, we've released new features, fine-tuned the existing ones, and optimized our extensions and apps for better performance. Let's cut to the chase and review September's updates! Magento Extensions Google Tag Manager v2.7.2 Optimizations: Optimized tracking of the events related to configurable products (GTM Extra). Minor changes to comply with the Magento Coding Standard. General: Extended the list of conversion variables for the server-side tracking (GTM Extra). Update now Translation v2.4.5 Features: Added a new option to choose the ChatGPT model for automatic translation (Extra). Added the ability to translate customizable product options (Extra). Improvements: Improved compatibility with Magento Page Builder (HTML data type content) (Extra). Introduced the ability to skip text wrapped in the `<!--notranslate-->` and `<!--/notranslate-->`

Extending to international markets is never easy. But the challenge begins long before you get caught up with the shipping and payment options. The first step you take creating a is translate Magento. And by "translate Magento" we mean not just catalog pages. You must cover every detail, from buttons and labels to checkout page fields and other frontend options.  To simplify this journey for you, we've created a Magento translation guide. Here you'll learn about some basic options, practical tips, and common pitfalls.  We'll also show how to automate the process to make your transition into new markets faster. Why Magento Translation Matters? As Magento and the majority of Magento extensions come in English as the default language, you'll likely need to translate your entire store into your local language. Even if you sell in one region only. Besides, every step of the buying process should be clear and understandable for your customers — from the moment they arrive till they complete

Hi, Magefan customers. Welcome to the digest of August 2025 news and updates! August was generous with the new features and improvements to our and . We've been actively working on enhancing our solutions, and are ready to share the results with you. Let's get right to them! Magento Extensions Google Tag Manager v2.7.1 Improvements: Added "customer_id" and "item_variant" params to the data layer. Improved CSP whitelist. Added "customer_firstname", "customer_lastname", "customer_email", "customer_dob", "customer_gender", "customer_telephone", "customer_postcode", "customer_city", "customer_region", and "customer_country_id" params to the data layer with the hashed customer data (GTM Plus & Extra). Improved getting ecomm_pagetype param value. Added the "view_item" event on configurable product option select (GTM Extra). Improved server-side tracking (GTM Extra). Compatibilities: Improved compatibility with Magefan and extensions. Other: Moved "customer_identifier" and "customerGroup" data

Tracking data in Shopify is super easy, especially with the Shopify customer events setup. However, it's a bare minimum that gives you limited insights about the catalogue, cart and checkout behaviours. To track all of the and optimise conversion tracking, you need Google Tag Manager (GTM).  It allows you to manage all your tags, including Google Analytics 4 and Ads, from one place. This makes updates and customisation less troublesome. So, in this guide, you'll learn how to set up Google Tag Manager in Shopify and test the implementation. All without touching your Shopify theme code more than once. We'll also share how to create all the important tags and triggers automatically inside GTM. Intrigued? Let's begin with the basics. What is Google Tag Manager and Why You Need It? If you're not running any advanced marketing campaigns or multi-tool tracking, the basic Shopify GA4 tool is probably enough. However, if you want more accurate data, advanced e-commerce tracking (form submission,

Hi, Magefan customers. Welcome to the digest of July 2025 news and updates! This month, we've been actively working on new advanced features and improvements of our and . We can wait no longer and want to share them with you! Ready to start? Magento Extensions Translation v2.4.0 General: All available extension features are now displayed in the Basic plan. Added an explanation banner to the Translation section, clarifying which content can be translated. Refactored internal codebase for better maintainability. Declarative schema migration. Switched from install/upgrade scripts to Magento's declarative schema (Plus & Extra). UI improvements in the Search and Translate section (Plus & Extra). Improved handling of HTML translation, preserving markup and placeholders (Extra). Features: Advanced multi-language support: CMS Pages and CMS Blocks can now be managed per store view (Plus & Extra). Added auto-translation support for entity forms and mass actions for categories, CMS pages, CMS blocks,

Gathering customers' information has become an important step in shaping . It helps you to learn more about your customers behaviour and improve their experience. But only if you keep the Magento GDPR compliance in mind. Why? If any customer data is compromised, you lose not only your reputation and customers' trust. You may even deal with legal consequences. Here, we'll explain what Magento GDPR compliance is and why it is important for your store. We'll also cover how to make your store compliant, especially in areas like cookies, analytics, and user consent. So let's go! Understanding GDPR The General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, is a set of EU rules that require you to collect and process data of EU residents in a transparent and secure manner. Due to the GDPR, EU customers have full control over their personal information. They have the right to know: what kind of data is being gathered why the data is being collected how the data is collected how long it will be stored and

As Shopify evolves, so does its approach to user experience on your website — which usually starts from the customer accounts. The introduction of the new Shopify customer accounts only made things more confusing. It left you wondering whether you should migrate to a modern, more flexible and optimised option or stick with the old model. In this guide, we'll break down the difference between new Shopify customer accounts and legacy accounts. You'll learn about the key features, benefits and how each option influences customer experience, integrations and long-term performance. So if you've been hesitating between these two, the struggle ends today. Understanding Shopify Customer Accounts Shopify customer accounts, same as on other eCommerce platforms, give customers a place to manage their orders, addresses, subscriptions and other information. For merchants, it's a tool that builds trust and encourages repeat purchases. It's also a great way to to improve their experience. While optional,

Magento 2 is one of the best eCommerce platforms with a multitude of . While it's a great advantage, the complex nature of this platform is quite difficult to grasp at once. So, you'd need to consult a Magento tutorial to find your way around the system. This is exactly what we prepared for you today. In this Magento 2 tutorial, you'll learn everything you need to know to start a Magento store. From Magento installation to store configuration and optimisation, we'll cover all crucial areas and details. Buckle up because we're getting started! Magento: Brief Overview Before we get to the configuration and management part, we should learn the key details about Magento. This will help us make our journey more structured and consistent. So, let's start with the basics. What is Magento 2? is an open-source eCommerce platform designed for creating and managing online stores. It covers catalogue, sales management, order processing, marketing, SEO, and other aspects. This platform is known for