On October 21, 2026, two critical PHP vulnerabilities were disclosed. This is particularly troublesome for operators of older Magento stores still running PHP 5.6, PHP 7.4 or another unsupported PHP version. A simple PHP upgrade is often impossible without updating…
New EU Labeling Requirements for Online Stores from September 27, 2026 (Magento 1 / 2)
Ab dem 27.09.2026 , the EU Richtlinie 2024/825 and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1960 introduce new information requirements for many online merchants. Stores selling physical goods to consumers must display a standardized EU legal guarantee label . Physical goods include almost…
Adding a cancellation button to Magento from June 19, 2026 (Magento 1 / 2)
Ab dem 19.06.2026 According to § 356a BGB (EU-Richtlinie 2023/2673) , most online merchants will be required to provide a prominent cancellation button labeled “Withdraw from contract” in their store. The withdrawal process must meet different requirements , including allowing…
Magento and Polyfills: Is your store secure? (Magento 1 / 2)
It was recently reported that the new owner of the Polyfill project had injected Malware into the polyfill.js file. If your Magento 1 or Magento 2 store uses the Polyfill JavaScript, this may pose a serious threat to your store…
Replacing Google Analytics services from July 2024 (Magento 1 / 2)
Do you use Google Analytics? You may have received an email with the subject All Universal Analytics properties will be deactivated from July 1, 2024 . If you do not rely on Google-specific features, this is a good opportunity to…
Removing the pager from catalog/seo_sitemap/product and catalog/seo_sitemap/category (Magento 1)
To remove pagination from the Magento 1 SEO sitemap URLs for products (catalog/seo_sitemap/product) and categories (catalog/seo_sitemap/category), showing everything on one page, open your theme’s layout/catalog.xml and remove the following two lines:
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<block type="page/html_pager" name="seo.sitemap.pager.top" as="pager_top" template="page/html/pager.phtml"/> <block type="page/html_pager" name="seo.sitemap.pager.bottom" as="pager_bottom" template="page/html/pager.phtml"/> |
Clearing the cache from the command line (CLI) (Magento 1)
To clear your Magento 1 cache from the command line (CLI), run the following command in the root directory of your Magento 1 installation:
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php -r 'require "app/Mage.php"; Mage::app()->getCacheInstance()->flush();' |
Hosting Google Fonts locally for GDPR compliance (Magento 1 / 2)
Depending on the applicable GDPR and data protection rules, loading Google Fonts directly from Google can raise compliance issues. If your Magento store sends font requests to Google, you should consider serving those fonts locally instead. It is advisable to…
Adjusting VAT rates in 2020 (Magento 1 / 2)
Germany plans to temporarily reduce its VAT rate from 19% to 16% in 2020. If you do not have time, or are unsure how to make this change, I would be happy to help you update your Magento 1 or…
Fixing M2E error: The password must have at least 7 characters (Magento 1)
If you receive the error The password must have at least 7 characters. Leading or trailing spaces will be ignored when M2E tries to create eBay orders in your Magento 1 store, the cause is probably security patch SUPEE-11219. To…