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Magento 2 store email addresses take an important part in your store as they give your customers an opportunity to contact you seeking some advice, update, support or cooperation. There are very few things people hate more than not being able to find an email to contact the business representative. Magento allows you to configure different kinds of email addresses in your store with predefined identities. Moreover, you can configure all of them for different store views. So, in this article, you will learn why you need to configure emails and how to configure Magento store email addresses. Why Configure Magento Store Emails? You might be managing a small Magento 2 store, but as it is growing there appear new departments responsible for different processes in your store. A company that has different kinds of emails is considered credible and serious about providing support to the customers. If you have only one contact email, it may be hard to sort out support, sales or partnership requestsihor

Product reviews and ratings are what customers notice first when buying a product. It's reassuring to know if other people are satisfied with the product quality, service, and store in general prior to the purchase. At the same time, Magento reviews and rating help you and receive honest feedback from customers. It's certainly a win-win. So, in this article, you're going to learn how to manage reviews and ratings in Magento 2. Besides, we'll cover other useful tips to boost your review and ratings management. How to Configure Magento 2 Product Rating? Let's begin our journey with the Magento 2 product rating. It is represented in the form of stars on a storefront. So, customers have a chance to rate your items according to various criteria.  To add the rating criteria: 1. Navigate to Stores > Attributes > Rating and press the Add New Rating button. 3. Set the Rating Information: Enter the Default Value and Default Store View value of your Rating Title. If you leave the Store View Ratingihor

As you already know, Magento 2 is a feature-rich eCommerce platform with various tools for creating a successful store. One of its important features is that it has a well-developed system of and attribute sets. They allow you to organize your products easily and create a user-friendly catalogue. That said, if you've already created product attributes, you need to assign them to attribute sets.     But let's take one step at a time. In this guide, you'll learn everything you need to know about Magento attribute sets and how to manage them in your store. What is an Attribute Set in Magento 2? Magento 2 attribute set is a collection of attributes that apply to certain kind of products. You use attribute sets when creating products in your store so that you don't need to assign every attribute one by one.  e.g. the Magento 2 attribute set Top can have color, size, material, and weather attributes; the Magento 2 attribute set Bag can have color, weight, and material, etc. This simplifiedihor

When you configure product listings in Magento 2 you define the way products are listed in the product catalog. The extensive Magento catalog configurations help you set the number of products displayed on the list, the method products in the listing are sorted by or whether to display all products on the page. This flexibility allows you to find the best way to display products so that your customers are encouraged to search more, find more and choose their preferred product from the various available options.  In this article, you will go through all product listing options. To configure product listings in Magento 2 follow these steps: 1. Navigate to Stores > Configuration > Catalog > Catalog and unfold the Storefront section. 2. Set the List Mode. It defines how products are displayed on your Magento 2 catalog. The available options are: Grid Only, List Only, List(default)/Grid, Grid(default)/List. It is better to allow your customers to change the option that is more suitable forihor

Sometimes when you need to move products from one category to another you have to go from one product page to another, edit categories, save and repeat. Not a big deal when you have to update 10 products. However, for a larger scope businesses, it can take hours considering the number of products they have. To simplify this process you can just use and edit categories directly from the product grid. If you need to update multiple products at once you can via the mass actions option. In this article though, you will learn how to edit categories from grid in Magento 2. To edit categories from the product grid: 1. Navigate to Catalog > Products. 2. Press on the product you want to edit categories for and choose categories you want to add the product to or remove it from. 3. Save the changes and check the updated categories in grid. Is it as simple as it is? Well... Yes! Magento 2 Extended Product Grid makes product management and editing much easier. It saves you time you'd rather spent onihor

Magento 2 categories help you organize your catalog and group products by certain characteristics. They also help your customers find products faster, especially if you include them in layered navigation. However, sometimes you need to edit categories and add or remove some products, which is not that easy with a lot of products.  But not if you have . It allows you to bulk update categories via mass action in Magento 2 product grid. Want to know how? Let's figure out together. To bulk update categories in Magento: 1. Go to Catalog > Products and choose all products you want to update categories for. 2. Unfold the Actions dropdown menu and choose the Update attributes option. 3. Move to Categories (by Magefan) section and choose categories to Add Products To or Remove From in the corresponding fields. Once you Save the configuration, you will be able to see that the categories for selected products have been changed. Check out this short video to see how easy it is to update categoriesihor

Website navigation is very important, to help customers navigate through your website easier and find products they are looking for faster. One of the best forms of navigation is on product categories and general catalog search in Magento 2. They both serve the same thing, but we want to draw your attention to the catalog search. So, in this article you will learn how to optimize the search by adding Magento search terms, defining popular search terms, and setting search synonyms. How to Add Search Terms in Magento 2? You might be selling the very exact thing someone is looking for, but they won't make a purchase if they aren't able to find it. To encourage customers to buy your products you have to create the most favorable conditions for the purchase. So, you can add search terms to "guide" your customers and ensure they find what they need. The wider the range of the search term variations the more likely customers will make a purchase. To add Magento search terms: 1. Navigateihor

Configuring product catalog search in Magento 2 is one of the ways to help your customers find products faster using the product search form. Together with the , Magento 2 catalog search enables you to create a great customers' shopping experience and provide them with the flexible and easy-to-use Magento 2 product catalog navigation. Catalog search form is the most basic and the most used form of catalog navigation since all you need to do to get to the preferred product is to type a word or a phrase. Besides, people who use the search form to find a product are more likely to make a purchase. So, in this article, we will cover the types of catalog search in Magento 2 and go through the catalog search configurations.  Let's dive in. Magento 2 Catalog Search Types To ensure customers receive the best experience on your Magento 2 store there are 2 types of catalog search available - Quick Catalog Search and Catalog Advanced Search. Quick Catalog Search Magento 2 Quick Catalog Search requiresihor

Hello there, Magento fans! Have you been waiting for April News and Updates from Magefan? Here you go… ;) NEW features of extension! From now on you can change the order statuses in bulk just in a few clicks via mass actions. Another useful feature you will definitely like is product SKUs export. And finally, last but not least, all order invoices, shipments, credit memos will be deleted together with the order.     NEW features of extension! Now you will be able to parse/convert jpg, png, gif images with the GET parameter in their URLs. We have also improved compatibility with the CDN for your convenience. No more errors during an order placement if the "Convert Images in REST API Requests" option is enabled — we have fixed that as well, be sure ;) NEW feature of Extension! Improve the SEO of your website even more. Choose alternate tags to connect your website pages and "tell" Google what pages to direct your customers to. We have added an option to define custom locale codeihor

Layered Navigation is the catalog navigation feature of Magento 2 that is based on price, category, color or other product attributes and allows customers to find products faster by filtering the results. Your main goal is to provide customers with the best shopping conditions to improve their experience on your Magento 2 store. There are a few things that can contribute to that and Magento 2 layered navigation is one of them. What are the chances customers will continue their purchasing journey if they can't find what they are looking for in your store? Let's not guess. No one likes that. However, Magento took care of that to help you provide the best on-site experience for your customers. So, in this article, you will learn how to configure layered navigation in Magento 2, how to display it on the category page, and how to add filterable attributes to layered navigation. Layered navigation is already set up on your store by default. It appears on the left side of the on certain categoriesihor

Website speed is now one of the most important features influencing customer shopping experience and SEO, especially in eCommerce. So, there is no sense in telling you how important website speed is. Having slow website loading speed decreases traffic to your website and increases bounce rates. It also ruins all the efforts you put into following. Not much of a great picture right? No worries! There is nothing that can’t be done about it. However, before taking any actions to improve your website performance, you need to know the reasons why your website isn’t performing as it is supposed to. It will help you find the best ways to optimize it. In this article, we’ve gathered the best FREE Magento speed test tools (Magento site analyzers) that will provide you with insights into how well your website is performing. There definitely are some similar and distinctive features of these website speed ranking tools. However, all of them give you a sneak-peek into your Magento website speed analysisihor

Order in Magento 2 goes through a lot of processes before it is complete. Sometimes third-party payment systems change due to some errors. Correspondingly orders have a lot of statuses in the process.  Today, however, you'll learn how to change order statuses in Magento 2 manually.  Ready? Change Order Status in Default Magento By default, Magento allows you to change order status to Cancel, Hold or Unhold. However, there are some limitations.  Due to the specifics of the order statuses and states, you can't cancel processing orders or revert the changes, once you cancel some orders. Thus, if you want to be more flexible with order statuses, regardless of the status, keep reading. Change Order Statuses in Magento 2 via Better Order Grid If you want to change order status to any available status on your store via mass actions, and do that in bulk, you need the extension.  Go to Sales > Orders and tick all Orders the statuses of which you want to change. Choose the Changeihor

One of the many useful Magento 2 features is . It allows you to divide your customers into groups and target them with more personalized content and offers. You can set up customer group discounts, share targeted information and define custom rules for them. Customer group in Magento 2 is an important aspect you shouldn't neglect. Except for all we've already mentioned, it helps you to increase the productivity of your store and improve the shopping experience. Taken you know how to manage customer groups properly. In this article, you will learn how to create customer group in Magento 2, and how to use this functionality in your store to the fullest. Create Customer Group in Magento 2 1. Navigate to Customers > Customer Groups and press the Add New Customer Group button.  2. Set customer Group Name. 3. Choose the Tax Class customers in this customer group will belong to. The tax amount will be calculated based on the customer, product class and tax rules. Note: you can learn how toihor

is robust translation tool that allows you to set up Magento 2 multi language store in days, not weeks. But the best part is you don't have to switch to developer mode to add translations, or migrate your content back and force. You add translation for any kind of content — products, categories, email templates, — directly in the admin. Manually or automatically. So, in this guide you'll learn everything to configure and use the Magefan Translation Extension. From general config to import, export and translations management — we cover it all. Configuration Before you start adding translations, you have to go through a number of general settings. Navigate to Stores > Configuration > Magefan Extensions > Translation to do that. Note: these options are available only in the . General The general section covers basic translation settings related to all translations. Flush Cache On Translation Change — if enabled, the translation cache is automatically flushed when you add or edit translationsihor

New order email notification in Magento 2 is an important component of the ordering process. It provides customers with information about their orders which they can refer to when getting in touch with the sales representative about their order status, etc.  It is also important to website admins since they get notified about new orders and changes in their statuses. So, in this article, you will learn how to configure the new order email notifications for the admin and customers. To configure new order email notification in Magento 2:  1. Go to Stores > Configuration > Sales > Sales Email > Order and Enable the order email notification. 2. Choose the New Order Confirmation Email Sender. To configure email sender check the . 3. Choose the New Order Confirmation Template for Customers and Guests. The default email template for customers — New Order, for guests — New Order for Guest. Note: you can and set the new order email templates for and customers. 4. Enter the emailihor

Reviews are a great way to learn more about your customers or their preferences and product tendencies on your Magento 2 store. So, it is always a good idea to keep track of your reviews and engage in a dialogue with your customers. For this, you need a new review notification set up on your Magento 2 store. Unless you want to make checking the reviews page a routine. Although there are no review notifications in Magento 2 by default, you can always use Magento 2 Admin Email Notifications by Magefan for your greatest convenience. It allows you to configure new review notifications in your Magento 2 store in 2 ways: Admin Notification Email Notification Let's learn more about both of them. Follow these steps to configure new review notifications in Magento 2: 1. Navigate to Stores > Configuration > Magefan Extensions > Admin Notifications > Admin Panel Notifications.  2. Enable New Reviews Notification option so you will receive notifications about new reviews to yourihor

Low stock in Magento 2 can sometimes be the reason for losing your potential customers. It is very important to check the product stock statuses to be aware of the amounts of them left.  However, you can't constantly go from page to page or reload the product grid to check the quantity. That is what Magento 2 low stock email notifications are for. So, in this article, you will learn how to enable low stock email notifications in Magento 2 with extension.  Follow these steps to enable Low Stock Notification in Magento 2: 1. Go to Stores > Configuration > Magefan Extensions > Admin Notifications > Admin Email Notifications > Low Stock Notification. 2. Enable low stock notification and set the Notification Time. 3. To set Notify for Quantity Below go to Catalog > Inventory > Product Stock Options > Notify for Quantity Below. Set the number of products below which low stock email notification should be sent. 4. Enable the Use MSI option if you use . Note: you willihor

Magento 2 Cache can influence a lot of things in your store, especially the loading speed. Someone might disable the Magento 2 caches during deployment or they are disabled after some admin configuration. Sometimes, your website runs slowly and you don't even know the disabled cache causes it. That is why it is useful to have the disabled cache notification sent to your admin. Magento, by default, doesn't offer such notifications, but extension has you covered. To enable disabled cache notification in Magento 2, navigate to Stores > Configuration > Admin Panel Notifications and enable the corresponding option. Once you enable this option, you will receive a notification about disabled cache in your admin panel: Check how it works in this short video: With the Magento 2 Admin Email Notification extension you know when caches are disabled to enable them and prevent unwanted errors.  However, you can also learn how to configure  and with this extension. Thus you can monitorihor

Magento 2 robots.txt file is one of the most important parts in the . This file is a set of instructions given to the web crawlers “guiding” them on which pages of your website to crawl and index. It mainly consists of the allowed and disallowed instructions that are used to block some pages from being indexed by search crawlers. Confused already?   In this guide, you'll learn what is Magento 2 robots.txt, where you can find and configure it. We'll also share the best practices for the robots.txt. So stay tuned. What is Magento 2 Robots.txt File? Magento robots.txt. is a text file used to instruct web crawlers on how to crawl pages on your website. It's essential to establish kind of a relationship between your website and crawlers. When you configure Magento robots.txt file you set instructions for web robots on what pages of your website to index or . Robots.txt Best Practices Before we move to the configuration you need to make sure the Magento robots.txt is optimized for SEO. Useihor

Hello there, Magento fans! First Spring News and Updates are here! First of all, we would like to introduce our newly developed extension— a splendid tool that allows you to improve order management and save tons of your time. Easier, faster, smoother order management process is not a “Magento dream” anymore :) You will enjoy the process of Magento order management with this module!   extension allows you to run deployment commands avoiding website breakdown. Now it works even more "smoothly" since we have fixed the error on the vanilla Magento 2 installation with no sample data. It appeared during static content deployment when no storefront theme was selected in design settings. However, you shouldn't encounter it again.   NEW feature of Extension! Now you will be able to convert images hosted on other domains/servers. Doesn’t it sound fantastic? We hope you will like this feature as dozens of our customers have enjoyed this feature so far. Do you use the MagicToolboxihor

How you can easily scan your Magento 2 order grid and find the orders you need? Definitely not with the information default Magento 2 Order Grid provides you. What you can do instead is use the extension and add some colors to your order grid. As you might have guessed, in this article you will learn how to add order status colors and where to change them. So, let's get to it. To add order status colors to the sales order grid in Magento 2: Navigate to Stores > Configuration > Magefan Extensions > Better Order Grid. Enable Order Status Color and don't forget to Save the configuration. Once you add order status color in the order grid, it will be easier to scan: You can change the colors for each in case you don't like the colors set by default. To change order status color in Magento 2: Go to Stores > Order Status and choose the order status you want to change the color for. Set the order status Color and press the Save Status button. When you go to the order grid to check it, you willihor