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When you , the extension creates these customers based on the email address. However, sometimes people place orders using two different email address. As a result these orders are assigned to two different accounts.  Therefore, you need a way to move orders between these accounts if a customer wants their orders stored in one place. Fortunately offers one. So, today you'll learn how to change customer assigned to Magento order. How to Change Order Customer? 1. Navigate to Sales > Orders and choose an order you want to be assigned to another customer. 2. Press the Change Customer button near the Customer Name (Account Information section). 3. Choose a customer you want to assign to an order and press the Assign to Order button. Once you do that, you'll see the order customer successfully changed and assigned to the other customer. Customer Doesn't Change: Why? Once you change the order customer, you might notice that although the name and the email change, the billing and shipping addressesihor

Do you hate to see when your Magento 2 store is broken or is in maintenance mode while running Magento 2 deployment commands? Yes? That's great. In the next 5 minutes, we'll help you with this pain. At Magefan we've created a Linux bash script that allows you to run bin/magento setup commands without braking store, long downtime, and losing sales. Attention! We do not provide support for this script, that is why we recommend to use . To use Magento 2 zero downtime deployment please follow the steps bellow: 1. Install Magento 2 zero-downtime deployment script Run these CLI commands in the Magento root directory: wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/magefan/magento2-zero-downtime-deploy/refs/heads/master/installation.sh -O zdd_installation.shsh zdd_installation.sh 2. Configure zero-downtime script If you use specific static-content deploy commands then edit the file deploy/app/static-content-deploy.sh Edit deploy/app/env.php and add theseihor

Some may be no longer in use in your store. Reasons for that can vary. Some modules become irrelevant over time or there may be some crucial functionality lacking. That's why you might want to uninstall an extension. There are two methods for removing modules in Magento. You can either uninstall an extension manually or via composer. Let's have a look at each of them in more detail.  Uninstall Extension in Magento via Composer To uninstall Magento 2 module located in the vendor/vendor-name/module-name folder: 1. Connect to the root folder of your Magento via SSH. 2. Find the extension you want to remove using the following command: php bin/magento module:status 3. Disable the extension: php bin/magento module:disable <ExtensionProvider_ExtensionName> --clear-static-contentphp bin/magento setup:upgrade 4. Go to your composer.json file to find the composer name of the extension and then uninstall it: composer remove vendor-name/module-name 5. Run setup CLI commands: php bin/magentoihor

When you test your page using Facebook Sharing Debugger and get the warning "The following required properties are missing: fb:app_id", you need to add fb:app_id meta tag to the <head> tag of your page: <meta property="fb:app_id" content="ХХХХХХХХХХХХХХХ" /> Replace ХХХХХХХХХХХХХХХ with your . You may be interested in: ✔  ✔  ✔    If you use Magento 2, you can easily do this without any technical knowledge following the steps below: 1. Go to Admin Panel > Content > Design > Configuration and choose the Store View you want the required properties to be added to by pressing the Edit button.   2. Once you're there find the HTML Head section and add this code: <meta property="fb:app_id" content="ХХХХХХХХХХХХХХХ" /> to the Scripts and Style Sheets field, example: 3. After you've finished don't forget to press the Save Configuration button. 4.  and you are free to test it. However, it may take some time for Facebook to update its cache.

If you sell globally one of the steps you have to take is to to provide a variety of currencies for your customers. Magento 2 currency rates are part of this multi currency setup. So, in this article you will learn all about currency rates and how to configure them in your store. What are Currency Rates in Magento 2?  The currency rate is the value of one country's currency against the other country's currency that defines how much it costs to exchange one currency for another one. In Magento 2 currency rates are used if you serve multiple currencies on your store but have one currency for online transactions. In this case prices on your Magento 2 store are displayed in different currencies, but the sum customers are charged with is based on currency rates. Note: charged sum is also defined by the and its settings. Set up Currency Rates in Magento 2 In Magento 2 you can set up currency rates manually and configure them to be updated automatically by cron.  Update Currency Rates Automaticallyihor

Your store homepage is a place where most of your visitors actually land. That's why adding as much information about your brand there is crucial. Testimonials, best sellers, new arrivals, brand story — you provide all the details here to make an impression. But don't forget that if you manage a blog, it deserves to be there too. So in this guide, you'll learn how to add blog posts to the Magento homepage and homepage sidebar. The makes the entire process super easy. Ready to start? Add Recent Posts to Magento Homepage You can add recent posts to the Magento homepage in two ways: through Magento widgets or directly into the CMS page content (using the widget tool). We'll go with the first option.  1. Navigate to Content > Widgets and click the Add Widget button. 2. Select Magefan Blog Extension - Recent Blog Posts as a widget Type, set the Design Theme and press the Continue button. Note: you can display featured posts on the Magento homepage the same way. Just chooseihor

If you decided to remove , please follow the steps below. You can contact our team for a free consultation in case you have any issues with Magefan's extension. Remove Extension Files Removing files instruction depends on the way the extension has been installed in. 1. If you can find the extension files in the folder app/code/Magefan/ProductWidget then remove this folder. 2. If the extension was installed via the composer and its files located in the folder vendor/magefan/module-productwidget then run composer CLI command to remove it composer remove magefan/module-productwidget Once extension files have been removed, run these Magento CLI commands: php bin/magento setup:upgradephp bin/magento setup:di:compilephp bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy Note: if you don't want your website to be down during deployment, try these . Remove Extension Data (optional) Attention! This will clean all extension data. 1. Just in case please make a full backup (dump) of your Magento 2 databaseihor

You can install by Magefan, using composer or archive installation methods. Installation via composer (recommended) Please navigate to your Magefan Account > Downloads > Install via Composer to get the composer installation instructions. Installation using archive and FTP Download Twitter Cards Extension ZIP-Archive from magefan.com website (not GitHub or other sources). Extract files. Copy app folder from the archive to your Magento 2 folder. In a command line, using "cd", navigate to your Magento 2 root directory. Run CLI commands: php bin/magento setup:upgradephp bin/magento setup:di:compilephp bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy Note: if you don't want your website to be down during deployment, try these . Once you have installed the Magento 2 Twitter Cards extension you can start the .

There are times when you share the link on Facebook and thumbnail image doesn't show up or it does appear, but it is not the picture you've expected to be shown. In order to fix these steps should be taken: 1. Verify if there are OG tags on your website.  Search for a code <meta property=og: , pressing the Ctrl+U shortcut to open the page source code, example: <meta property="fb:app_id" content="102143277123049" /> <meta property="og:type" content="website" /> <meta property="og:title" content="Development team for your Magento 2 store | Magefan" /> <meta property="og:description" content="Magefan is development team, gathered together in October 2015 shortly before Magento 2 release. We&#039;ve all been waiting for Magento 2 and this is it. Now we can surprise you with our solutions." /> <meta property="og:image:width" content="1200" /> <meta property="og:image:height" content="630" /> <meta property="og:image" content="https://cm.magefan.com/default/default/solutions-for-magento-stores-min.jpg"ihor

Adding product blocks in Magento 2 WYSIWYG editor allows you to promote some of your products in Magento 2 blog posts, CMS content, and any other pages containing WYSIWYG editor. Showing your customers as much information about the product in the product widget will encourage them to have a look and potentially get interested in buying it. In Magento 2 you can easily insert product blocks into the WYSIWYG editor using the . In order to add product block to Magento 2 WYSIWYG editor take the following steps: 1. Navigate to any Magento 2 page containing the WYSWYG editor, put the cursor where you want the product block to be inserted and press the Widget tool in the Content section. 2. Choose Product Widget Advanced by Magefan as a Widget Type. 3. Configure the product Widget Options. Select Product you want to display in the widget. Choose whether to Display product Name, Image, Reviews, Price, and "Add to Cart" button. Display product Description option allows you toihor

In Magento 1 merchants commonly used Magento for an online store and some other CMS, e.g. WordPress, Joomla or Drupal for blogging, then installed different tools to make the integration between these systems. For Magento 2 there is the  that allows you to have a store and a blog in one place. Here are the advantages of using Magento 2 Blog Module over other blogging platforms or integration modules: 1. Security Magento is one of the safest frameworks. Safety is the top priority for any successful business. And it's known that  WordPress and other blogging CMS are not famous for their security, especially when being installed with additional modules. That's why using Magento extension which expands Magento itself is better. M2 Blog extension has passed over all verifications on Magento Marketplace, including security and it is safe to use.  2. Easier To Maintain Using Magento Blog module you maintain just one platform -  Magento, not Magento and WordPress, Magentoihor

Once you have finished with the , continue with setting Twitter cards tags up for some other pages you operate. The product page is a good point to begin with. So, to configure Twiter cards tags for the product page, follow the steps described below.  1. In your admin panel go to Catalog > Products and choose a product you're interested in. 2. Scroll down to the Twitter Cards Metadata section. 3. Set the Twitter Cards Title. If you leave this field empty, the Meta Title will be used instead. 4. Fill out the Twitter Cards Description field. The meta description will be applied if you leave this field blank. If none of the descriptions has been added, the default Twitter cards description will be used. 5. Move to the Images and Videos section. Here you need either to add the Twitter card image or edit an existing one. 6. Set the Twitter cards image Role for the chosen image. If you do not configure this section, the default image will be applied. 7. Press the Save button after youihor

You already know that Twitter cards can be configured for a great load of Magento 2 pages. In this guide, you'll learn how to set them up for the CMS page. All you need to do is to follow the provided steps carefully.  1. In the admin panel, go to Content > Pages and start editing the page you want to configure the Twitter cards for.  2. Scroll down until you reach the Twitter Cards Metadata section.  3. Enter the Twitter Cards Title. If you leave this file empty, the Meta Title will be used. If it isn't defined either, then the Page Title will be applied. 4. Set the Twitter Cards Description for the chosen page. If the field is blank, the Meta Description will be displayed. will be used if none of the descriptions is configured. 5. Upload the Twitter Cards Image, or don't add anything here if you want the default image to be displayed. 6. When you are ready with all the changes, don't forget to press the Save button. The same configuration steps can be applied to any CMS pageihor

Having configured the in Magento 2, you can move on to the category page configuration. So, the steps below will help you to achieve this goal. 1. In the admin panel, go to Catalog > Categories and choose the category you'd like to configure Twitter cards tags for. 2. Jump to the Twitter Cards  Metadata section. 3. Set a Twitter Cards Title if you don't want the Meta Title to be used instead. In case it isn't configured, the category name will be applied. 4. Fill out the Twitter Cards Description field. The Meta Description will be used if you leave this field blank. If none of the descriptions has been configured, the will be applied for the Twitter cards instead. 5. Upload the Twitter Cards Image, otherwise, the default image will be the one the Twitter users will see. 6. Once all the changes have been performed don't forget to press the Save button. These configuration steps just couldn't be simpler. You can literally cope with them in a matter of minutes. After that, you mightihor

The might be a great tool to have in your arsenal if you want to promote your services effectively. Given how many Twitter users are there, you can certainly enhance the customer engagement of your store.  But first of all, you'll have to set up the extension. And the following steps will guide you on the way.  1. Go to Stores > Configuration >  Magefan Extensions > Twitter Cards and unfold the General section.  2. Enable Extension by choosing Yes in the corresponding field. 3. Enter the Product Key which you will find in your Magefan account after purchasing the extension. 4. Set the Twitter User. 5. Choose what pages to Use Twitter Meta Tags for. 6. Set the Default Twitter Image. The chosen image will be used for a page if it is not redefined, for example in product settings. 7. In the Default Twitter Description, enter the default description that will be used for your Twitter cards. 8. Once you have finished don't forget to press the Save Config button. And this isihor

Creating orders in Magento 2 admin panel isn't a common thing, but sometimes there are customers who need assistance with placing an order. That is why Magento enables admins to create orders directly from Magento 2 admin panel. It enables them to easier. That makes it easy for the customer to go through the whole purchasing process and allows you to improve your Magento 2 store customers' experience. And if you use , admin users' experience is improved as well. Follow these steps to create order in Magento 2 Admin Panel: 1. Go to Admin Panel > Sales > Orders and press the Create New Order button. 2. Choose the customer you want to create the order for. You can select an existing one as well as create a new one by pressing the Create New Customer button. If you need to, you can later. 3. Once you've selected a customer you need to choose which you want the order to be created on. 4. Add New Products to the order. There are several ways you can add a product to the order. The first one isihor

When a visitor scrolls the web-page down It is convenient to display a button that will allow easily, by a one-click move customer back to the top of the page.  (button example) To enable such a button on your website please follow these simple steps: 1. Create default.xml layout file in your theme directory: /app/design/frontend/ThemeVendor/ThemeName/Magento_Theme/layout/default.xml 2. Paste the XML code: <?xml version="1.0"?><page xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:framework:View/Layout/etc/page_configuration.xsd"> <body> <referenceContainer name="before.body.end"> <block name="magefan.go.to.top" template="Magento_Theme::gototop.phtml" /> </referenceContainer> </body></page> 3. Create gototop.phtml template file: /app/design/frontend/ThemeVendor/ThemeName/Magento_Theme/templates/gototop.phtml 4. Paste the code: <style type="text/css">    #mfbacktop {     background: #324367;    border: 2px solid white; border-radius:ihor

If your search does not work, most likely the issue is in your theme that overrides original blog templates and layout files. Try the next steps: 1. Make sure that you have the latest Magento 2 Blog module version. 2. Try temporary remove Blog layout XML files and template PHTML files from your theme one by one and run static content deploy. Once find the file that brings the issue, pay attention to it. 3. Check if a blog search button in the sidebar has the attribute  "disabled", if yes then it is disabled (not active), and this may be a root of the issue. In this case, find a code which makes it disabled. The disabled attribute can be added directly via .phtml file in your theme or with some JavaScript. If you cannot find it, then you can insert this JS script to undisable the button: <script>require(['jquery', 'domReady!'], function($) {    setInterval(function(){        $('#blog_search_mini_form .action.search').removeAttr('disabled');    }, 2000);});</script>

The "Product Key is empty or invalid. The extension has been automatically disabled." issue appears because of three common reasons. Usually, it's because you use the outdated version of the Magefan_Communty module, you downloaded a free version of the module for Magento Commerce or you use Translation extension v2.2.9. Let's see what you can do to fix this issue in different cases. Solution for Magento Open Source (CE) If you get this error while saving the Magefan extension on the Magento Community edition and don't see any Product Key field, as on the screenshot: make sure that you have the latest version of the Magefan Community extension. Note: Magefan Community is not a Magefan Blog or Magefan Login as Customer. It is a separate module that is used together with all Magefan extensions. To check the version of the Magefan Community extension have a look inside one of these files: app/code/Magefan/Community/composer.jsonapp/code/Magefan/Community/etc/module.xmlvendor/magefan/module-community/composer.jsonvendor/magefan/module-community/etc/module.xmlihor

Sometimes, instead of the real customer IP address, you can see 127.0.0.1 or some other wrong customer IP in your Magento 2 Admin panel. It can be due to proxies, like Varnish, Cloudflare, Sucuri.net, that may be enabled for your Magento 2 store. In this guide, we'll explore how to resolve this issue. Note: If you use the Magento 2 Geo IP Database Extension by Magefan in version >2.3.5 and still encounter the wrong IP address issue, contact us for further investigation. To solve the wrong IP address issue, you need to: 1. Create a new file in the Magento 2 directory: app/etc/XIP/di.xml 2. Paste the code: <?xml version="1.0"?><config xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:framework:ObjectManager/etc/config.xsd"> <type name="Magento\Framework\HTTP\PhpEnvironment\RemoteAddress"> <arguments> <argument name="alternativeHeaders" xsi:type="array">               <item name="x-cf-connecting-ip" xsi:type="string">HTTP_CF_CONNECTING_IP</item>ihor

Configuring Image Lazy Load is one of the great that allows you to improve your website loading speed and reduce the page size by loading images gradually. Once your images are lazy-loaded you are sure there won't be any delay in loading the page caused by images so that your customers receive the best user experience. How to Configure Image Lazy Load in Magento 2? First, you need to install the by Magefan. Then, navigate to Stores > Configuration > Magefan Extensions > Image Lazy Load and enable the extension. There are two options you can choose from. Let's talk more about both. Lazy Load All Website Images All you need to do to lazy load all website images is choose a corresponding option in the Blocks to Lazy Load select box. However, if you want to exclude some images from the lazy load, define them in the Lazy Load Blocks section and specify how many First Images from those blocks To Skip. Lazy Load Selected Website Images In case you want to lazy load only some specific imagesihor