You can install Magento 2 Blog Extension by Magefan, using composer or archive installation methods.

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Note: if you want to install the Blog Plus, Blog Extra or Blog Basic starting from 2.13.0 please navigate to your Magefan Account > Downloads > Install via Composer to get the composer installation instructions.

Important: this method works only for Blog Basic versions lower than 2.13.0. If you want to install the Blog Basic version starting from 2.13.0 you need to purchase it and get a product key.

  1. Open command line.
  2. Using command "cd" navigate to your Magento 2 root directory.
  3. Run CLI commands:
composer require magefan/module-blog ^x.x.x
# replace x.x.x with the version you want to install
# Authentication required (repo.magento.com)
# Get your Magento Marketplace authentication keys or use these: 
# Username: 7c018006799466c681ad507e27904677
# Password: 289077c86e811661a8f7751828485d3a
php bin/magento setup:upgrade
php bin/magento setup:di:compile
php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy

Note: if you don't want your website to be down during deployment, try these zero downtime deployment commands for Magento 2.

Installation using archive and FTP

  1. Download Blog Extension ZIP Archive.
  2. Extract files.
  3. Copy app folder from the archive to your Magento 2 folder.
    Install Magento 2 Extension Using FTP
  4. In a command line, using "cd", navigate to your Magento 2 root directory.
  5. Run CLI commands:
php bin/magento setup:upgrade
php bin/magento setup:di:compile
php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy