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There are many ways to make a store's catalogue more engaging. However, showing product recommendations is perhaps one of the most effective solutions. 

Related products on category pages can encourage your customers to explore and purchase more. This correspondingly leads to enhanced sales and conversions.

Magento doesn't allow this by default. So, today, you'll learn how to add Magento 2 related product blocks to categories using the Magento 2 Auto Related Products extension.

To add related product blocks to category pages in Magento:

1. Navigate to Marketing > Automatic Related Products > Rules and press the Add New Rule button.

2. Begin with the Rule Information section:

• Enable the Rule and set its Name.
• Enter the Description for your rule and specify the Priority.

• Choose the Customer Group and Store View where you want to add related products.
• Specify how long the

Shopping can be overwhelming sometimes, especially when your catalogue is full of first-rate items that all seem to match customers' needs. Thus, having product recommendations and a compare products option in your store will assist your shoppers immensely.

Fortunately, Magento 2 users have this functionality in the default setup. Yet, depending on the type of your business and strategy, the compare products might be redundant. So, you should know how to disable them.

That said, in this article, you'll learn how to remove compare products in Magento 2.

What is Compare Products in Magento 2?

Compare products is a default Magento 2 feature that allows customers to compare the options of two or more items from your catalogue while shopping. The corresponding items are displayed in the grid, where shoppers can see their descriptions, best features, and ratings. 

The mechanism is pretty simple. All customers have to do is press the Add to Compare button on the corresponding product page and

Product attributes in Magento help you organise products in categories, enable catalogue price rules and do a lot of other things. Magento 2 dynamic attributes, on the other hand, are generated to help you display products dynamically in different places of your store.

We use them in two of our Magento 2 extensions. So today we get into more details about these attributes, starting with the definition. 

What are Magefan Dynamic Attributes?

Magento Dynamic Product Attributes by Magefan is a set of attributes used in Magento 2 Dynamic Category and Magento 2 Automatic Related Products. They are based on product attributes and Magento orders and are used to create dynamic categories and product rules. 

Now let's see what attributes we work with.

• Is on Sale — if a product has a special price, this dynamic attribute is enabled.
• Is New — this attribute is enabled during the Set Product as New From/ To period.
• Reviews count — is used from product reviews.
• Reviews score — is used from product

In the process of setting up a multi-language store in Magento 2, you have to mind a lot of aspects. Except for translating catalogue pages, you should also pay close attention to labels and buttons. Though quite insignificant at first glance, they are a crucial website navigation point for your worldwide customers.

Since the language packs don't always cover all of the translations, you need to learn the other way. Thus, today you'll learn how to translate labels in your store using the Magento 2 Translation Extension. It allows you to do everything right in the admin panel, no coding is needed.

In order to translate labels in Magento 2:

1. Go to System > Translations >Add/Edit and press the Add Translation button.

2. Enter the Original Text of your label or button.

3. Translate the Text and add it in the next field.

4. If you have two store views in the same language, specify what Store View exactly this translation should be displayed on.

5. Choose the language you're translating into

Being a great marketer and selling good products doesn't mean having it all. To continue to grow and drive sales you have to focus on providing a personalized experience.

How can you do it?

Easily: by getting valuable insights about customers behavior with the help of the website tracking tags — small snippets of code that could make a big difference. That's exactly when Google Tag Manager in Magento comes into play.

It is a tag management system (TMS) that makes implementing and tracking tags easier and more convenient. You can make changes to the tags and adjust their functions from one interface without replacing the code.

While it sounds really attractive, it doesn't provide as many insights as required for your Magento 2 store. You need more detailed analytics in eCommerce to make data-derived desicions.

Correspondingly, in this guide, we've gathered the best Google Tag Manager Extensions (Free and Paid) to help you choose the most suitable solution.

Top Magento 2 Google Tag Manager

When you start translating your store to multiple languages, you often focus on products and categories, expecting Magento language packs to cover the rest. However, it is usually not enough to translate all of your labels and buttons. Why? Since a lot of them come from third-party extensions and need to be translated separately. 

Magento 2 extension vendors usually add translations for their modules. But covering all the languages out there is not always possible. That's why you need to learn how to translate the Magento extensions yourself. 

In this guide, we'll cover how you can add translations to the Magento extension using themes files or the admin panel. 

Translate Magento 2 Extension Using Theme Files

The Magento extension translations are commonly stored in .csv files on your server. However, if the translation for your language is missing, you need to create a new .csv file. 

1. Create a .csv file for translation

To simplify the process you can just go to the app/locale folder

Magento Checkout is one of the most essential steps your customers take in their journey. Thus, it's in the best interest of every store owner to make it as seamless as possible.

That said, the default checkout fields in Magento 2 are not always enough for the requirements of your store. You might need to gather some additional info about customers to improve your service. In this case, you should know how to add custom fields in Magento 2 checkout.

If you haven't figured out how to do it yet, this is exactly what you'll learn today.

By default, Magento 2 doesn't provide an option to add custom checkout fields via the admin panel. That's why you'll need to do it programmatically by following the below steps. So, let's get right to them.

1. Create a New Module

For starters, make up your mind as to what field you want you add. For instance, you may go for the "delivery_date" field. The next step is to create a new module using the following method.

Create a Magefan/DeliveryDate/registration.php

The effectiveness of having an active blog has been proven numerous times. Your eCommerce store needs a blog if you want to drive organic traffic, establish a brand voice, and grow a lively community. To say nothing of the countless marketing and SEO opportunities.

Sadly, Magento 2 doesn't offer a blog out of the box. This is why there are plenty of blog extensions on the market with the most advanced functionality. It makes it quite difficult to choose the best option, though.

This is why we collected the best Magento 2 blog extensions and explored their key features. Hopefully, this list will help you make the right choice and create an engaging blog.

Ready to get started?

Best Blog Extensions for Magento

Vendor	Extension Name	Price	Guarantees	Rating
	Magento 2 Blog Extension by Magefan	Free	100% Open Code 30 Days Money Back Policy 365 Days Free Support 365 Days Free Updates	5.0 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 318 reviews
	Magento 2 Blog Extension by Mageplaza	Free	100% Open Code 60 Days Refund Policy 365 Days Free

The way your blog looks and feels determines whether visitors are going to stick around. So, while a reliable blogging solution should offer you multiple options for creating content on Shopify, it should also cover blog design. 

If you use the Magefan Blog App for Shopify, you'll never have to worry about that. It comes with 18 Shopify blog templates and 3 different layout settings. So you can configure the design of each blog list page: homepage, category, tag, search and author.

Today you'll learn about each of the blog templates for Shopify and how to apply them in your blog.

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Hello, dear friends, 

Thank you for reading our blog and choosing our e-commerce extensions and services!

For those reading our blog for the first time - welcome to the Magefan blog community. We promise you'll find lots of useful information on our blog pages. 

So, let's start!

Magento 2 POS

New features of Magento 2 POS System!

Features:

• Implemented the two-factor Authentication with Google Authenticator.

Fixes:

• We resolved an issue where the Sales section displayed a 404-page error.

The latest available version is v 2.3.1.

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Magento 2 WebP Images Extension

New features of Magento 2 WebP Images Extension!

Features:

•  Added the macOS 16.4 compatibility.
• Added WebP Generation Statistic (visible when Cron or Page Load and Cron mode is used).

Fixes:

• Added extended CSS selector to gallery-mixin to work only with Picture tag.

The latest available version is v 2.3.4.

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Better Magento 2 Admin Order Grid

New features of Magento 2 Better Admin Order Grid

Magento 2 static content deploy is the Magento feature that helps to keep the user experience at the top levels. Why? It ensures your store pages are built correctly, static view files are downloaded by the browser, and static content is displayed according to user requests.

In this comprehensive guide, you will find everything you need to know about static content deploy in Magento 2. What it is, reasons to use it, how to deploy static content in Magento 2 in three different ways and how to reduce deployment time to zero.

Moreover, we’ll cover the Magento deployment best practices, strategies and examples to help you comprehend the topic better.

Whether you’re just starting with Magento development or have some knowledge already, this article will help hone your skills. You'll discover something new about the static content deploy in Magento.

We’ve got a lot to cover, but let’s start with the basics first.

Static View Files Deployment Overview

The static view file deployment allows you

Have you ever been to a phone shop to get a new phone and ended up getting a new case as well? Or got a glass of wine to go with the pasta after a waiter recommended it on a recent night out? Congrats, you've been cross-sold without even realising it.

That's why cross-selling is so effective and why you should definitely consider incorporating it into your e-commerce strategy. Today we'll talk about the Magento cross-sell technique and how it can benefit you. So you don't need to wonder what is cross-sell and up-sell in Magento any more.

You'll also discover how you can add Magento cross-sell products automatically.

Ready?

What is Magento 2 Cross Sell?

Magento 2 cross-sell is a marketing technique of displaying products complementary to the item customers are already willing to buy. Cross-sells help you increase the average order value and pull in more profit, without increasing costs.

Unlike Magento related products, cross-sells items drive more impulsive purchases since they are displayed

Since there are too many opportunities, it is not hard to understand the benefits of blogging on Shopify. It's hard to decide between the options. The main question usually is whether you should host a blog on Shopify or consider other platforms like WordPress. Then, do you really need to start a blog on Shopify at all?

It is tough, we get it. But that's why we're here to help you harness the power of content marketing on Shopify. This guide will take you through all the crucial steps required to start a blog on Shopify. We'll also discuss when you need to start blogging and share some bullet-proof practices for a Shopify blog. 

Hopefully, that will send you in the right direction for a long-term content strategy. 

Should You Host Your Blog on Shopify?

This question usually gives merchants and bloggers the biggest headache. To save you the trouble, answer this question: Is your primary goal blogging or selling on Shopify?

Shopify is an eCommerce platform. So if you don't plan on selling

Having your catalogue neatly organized and your product pages filed with relevant content is a significant advantage. But it's only one part of the story. Prompting your customers to buy more and actually succeeding are two completely different things.

Fortunately, there is a perfect solution — Magento 2 product recommendations. Today you'll learn more about this Magento 2 feature and the benefits it offers you.

Shall we start?

What are Magento Product Recommendations?

Magento product recommendations is a tool that helps to display relevant products on the product pages in your catalogue. They can be related to a certain item or just bought together with it, which creates rather tempting offers.

Thus these recommendations prompt your customers to buy more and explore more of your products. This can also result in impulsive purchases, given the fact that you place some products right in front of your customers' eyes.

Thanks to the Magento product recommendation engine, one product page can

Multi-Source Inventory (MSI) is a great long-awaited feature that was implemented in Magento 2.3.0. It helps merchants to operate multiple inventory sources, keep proper track of the items in each stock, assign products to sources etc.

Yet, Magento 2 multi-source inventory has its own flaws. For instance, it may cause some inconsistencies with the backorders. Besides, if you run a small business and have only one inventory source, MSI may confuse you. 

Thus, you might need to know how to disable MSI in Magento 2. And this is exactly what you'll learn today.

So, to disable multi-source inventory in Magento 2:

1. Create your Magento 2 database dump.

2. Install Magefan MSI Disabler. This module has some useful CLI commands and PHP class rewrites to prevent errors when MSI is disabled.  For that run the following commands:

composer require magefan/module-msi-disabler
php bin/magento setup:upgrade
php bin/magento setup:di:compile
php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy

3. Once the

Providing the best customer shopping experience goes a long way. It gets you awesome reviews, returning customers and the best word-of-mouth marketing. And since order placement is the most important stage in the customer's journey, it's also a stage you need to provide the best experience at. One way to do that is by placing orders on behalf of your customers.

Can you even do that in Shopify?

You definitely can! So, today you'll learn how to order on behalf of a customer in Shopify.

Create Draft Orders in Shopify

By default, Shopify allows you to create draft orders in the admin panel. You add customer details, add products to the order, apply discounts, and then send an invoice to a customer. The invoice contains a link to checkout where customers can complete the order. 

Additionally, you can also set payment terms to specify the date when the payment is due. 

Relatively simple right? 

The downside is that you don't know whether a customer will eventually complete the order. Besides,

Magento and Shopify are two quite different eCommerce platforms that often are talked about the most. If you want to move from Magento to Shopify, you need to migrate a lot of data, including blog. And that's the time when one starts searching for an easy and effortless way to do so.

Luckily, we're here to provide it. In this guide, you'll learn how you can migrate Magento 2 Blog to Shopify Blog in a few clicks, literally. 

We've created a tool for the most popular Magento Blog extensions. So the same migration steps work if you use Magefan Blog, Mirasvit Blog or Mageplaza Blog for Magento. 

To migrate Magento Blog to Shopify: 

1. Install the Magento Blog Export to Shopify Blog extension and get the Shopify Blog App from Magefan. 

2. Go to App > Magefan Blog > Configuration in your Shopify and find the Key section at the bottom of the configuration page. Copy the export key for later.

3. Move to Magento admin, navigate to Content > Blog > Shopify Blog Export and choose which Magento

Customer-store communication is a thing that often determines whether customers will turn into regular buyers. So once you configure the sales emails in your store and customize email templates, there is only one thing left. You should also think about attaching PDF files to transactional emails. 

It makes it easier for customers to find all order-related information and reduces the workload for managers who usually send these documents separately. 

In this guide, you'll learn how to attach PDF files to sales emails in Magento. No code editing. You simply need the Magento 2 Email Attachments extension.

To attach PDF files to emails in Magento: 

1. Navigate to Stores > Configuration > Magefan Extensions > Email Attachments and start configuring the file attachments.

2. Choose whether to Attach Order, Invoice, Shipment and Credit Memo PDFs by enabling a corresponding option. The extension will generate these files while sending emails. 

3. Enable the Attach Terms and Conditions PDF

Migrating from WordPress to Shopify is not an easy task, especially if you want to migrate blog posts from WordPress to Shopify. You want to make sure all the valuable content you've created is transferred to Shopify with no issues.

And what if you want to migrate WordPress blog posts to Shopify together with all categories, tags and comments?  

It might seem like an overwhelming task. But now if you use the Magefan WordPress Blog Export. It helps you to migrate WordPress blog posts to Shopify Blog App by Magefan.

In this guide, you'll learn how to do that. 

Step 1: Install the WP Blog Export Module

First, you need to navigate to the WordPress Blog Export on GitHub, download the module archive and unzip it. 

Then navigate

Hello, dear friends, 

This September was quite a productive month and we have added loooots of updates. So, today we’d like to tell you about the latest features and improvements we’ve added. We've also reworked the structure of this News & Updates digest for your better convenience. 

Lets start!

Magento 2 Dynamic Category Extension

New features of Magento 2 Dynamic Category Extension!

Features:

• Added Shop By Brand Functionality.
• Added Shop By Brand List Widget. 
• Added Shop By Brand Slider Widget.
• Ability to show the Brand Logo on the product page and product list.

Fixes:

• Fixed an issue when the product Brand Logo always shows on a product page.

The latest available version is v 2.4.1.

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Magento 2 Theme Optimized

New features of Optimized Magento 2 Theme!

Features:

• Improved breadcrumbs, now show only the previous page on mobile.
• Added ability to set product gallery thumbs direction — vertical/horizontal.
• New design for home, product, and category pages.
• Removed

Magento 2 is a platform that allows you to manage multiple products and process multiple orders. However, unlike with products, no option allows you to delete orders in Magento 2. So in this guide, you'll learn how to delete orders in Magento 2 with no technical skills or code editing involved. You just need the Better Magento 2 Admin Order Grid Extension.

When You Need to Delete Orders in Magento?

These are just a few cases when the Magento 2 delete order option might come in handy.

• To ensure the ordering process is flawless you run a lot of tests. Thus, you create a lot of test orders you don't actually need.
• If there are a lot of cancelled or closed orders you might want to remove them from the grid to keep it organised.

How to Delete Orders in Magento 2?

To delete orders in Magento 2 you need to have some technical background. However, with the Better Admin Order Grid extension you can easily do it from the admin panel. 

Watch this short video to see it in action or follow the steps