Monthly Archives: July 2026

Key Takeaways Why Magento Site Search Stops Working Magento 2 removed MySQL as a supported search engine at version 2.4.0 — Elasticsearch or OpenSearch is now a required infrastructure component, not optional. This means any disruption to the Elasticsearch/OpenSearch service … Continue reading →

Key Takeaways Does Anyone Still Use Magento? Yes — and the usage profile in 2026 tells a more nuanced story than the store count decline suggests. Magento powers 111,495 active stores in Q1 2026, down 10% year-over-year, while Shopify crossed … Continue reading →

Key Takeaways What Is a Magento Search Optimization Plugin? A Magento search optimization plugin is an extension that improves how a Magento or Adobe Commerce store appears in external search engines (Google, Bing, and increasingly AI search surfaces like Perplexity … Continue reading →

Key Takeaways Why eCommerce Site Search Is a Revenue Lever, Not a Feature Most ecommerce site owners think about search as a convenience feature — something that exists because a search box is expected, not because it drives meaningful business … Continue reading →

Key Takeaways What Is a Magento Extension? A Magento extension is a modular software package that adds, modifies, or extends functionality in a Magento or Adobe Commerce store — installed through the Adobe Commerce Marketplace or directly via Composer, the … Continue reading →