Magento 1 support will end in What next?
Magento development officials have announced that they will extend the support for Magento 1 sites till June If your store runs on Magento 1, migrating to Magento 2 is recommended for these key benefits.
Magento has released the version that has several new features and enhancements including Multi-Source Inventory (MSI), Progressive Web Apps (PWA), Elasticsearch updates, etc.,
Magento 2 is compatible with add-ons, extensions, and third-party integration tools which makes it easy for customization. Whether you need the platform for B2B or B2C, Magento 2 is scalable.
With Magento 2, more than 50,000 orders can be processed per hour.
Magento 2 help achieve faster page loading times i.e, less than 3 seconds. Considering the short attention span of customers, quick page loads can significantly improve conversion.
Magento 2 is mobile-friendly and web stores built on Magento 2 can work seamlessly across various devices with different screen sizes. In short, Magento 2 is flexible and suitable for all platforms.
Magento 2 allows you to up-sell, cross- sell and personalized discounts.
Magento 2 has a simpler admin panel and includes new features like filter options, Ajax loading, attributes that can be configured, product video addition etc.,
Here are the basic requirements to migrate from Magento 1 to 2.
●MySQL 5.6 or MariaDB 10.0 or Percona 5.7 ●PHP or higher ●HP extensions requirements - ctype, bc-math, curl, json, gd, intl, mcrypt, mbstring, hash, iconv, soap, spl, PDO/MySQL libxml, xsl and zip.
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