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A step-by-step look at how we handle Magento 2 version upgrades at CustomGento. Unlike simple security patches, full version upgrades can introduce breaking changes across core files, themes, and third-party modules. We use tools like the Ampersand Upgrade Patch Helper and the Elgentos Upgrade GUI to review every override, resolve dependency conflicts, and carefully test before deploying updates safely.

Open Sesame! This phrase from ‘Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves’ is certainly well-known and a pretty simple form of a password. As magical as the story is, it quite obviously shows the weaknesses of passwords. Because you basically only have to find one way to eavesdrop on the password and you already have access to sensitive data. And this is exactly where passkeys come in. In this article, we want to take a closer look at the advantages of passkeys and how they can be used in Magento 2 to make admin access more secure.

Out of the box, Magento 2 treats configurable products as a single entity on the product detail page. Even after a customer selects a specific variation, key information such as the SKU or the description remains unchanged. In this post, we’ll explain why Magento behaves this way, what problems it causes in real-world projects, and how you can display the correct child product data as soon as a variant is selected.

In today’s digital world, it is more important than ever that children learn how to use computers at an early age. At the Uhland School, computer lessons are therefore offered from year 2 onwards to teach pupils the basic digital skills they will need in the future.

This year we spent our Social Day at Samt & Sonders XXL in Enkheim. This is a second-hand store operated by the Protestant Church in Frankfurt and Offenbach. We ran a small coffee and cake stand, packed clothes into boxes and repacked the clothes, which could not be sold anymore.

Setting up local development environments for Magento 2 is challenging due to its complex service requirements (MySQL, Redis, Opensearch, RabbitMQ). When managing multiple projects with different service versions, you need isolated environments that can be easily configured and managed. This article compares the most popular approaches - custom solutions, Valet+, docker-magento, Docksal, ddev, and Warden - and explains why Warden is our preferred choice for efficient Magento 2 development.

A new legal requirement is just around the corner: The German Accessibility Strengthening Act (Barrierefreiheitsstärkungsgesetz, or BFSG) will come into force on June 28, 2025. Based on the European Accessibility Act (EAA), it obliges many online shops in Germany to comply with binding accessibility standards. The goal is to provide equal access to digital services for all people - regardless of individual limitations. In this article, you’ll learn who is affected, what needs to be done - and why accessibility matters even beyond legal obligations.

The E-commerce Berlin Expo 2025 is a 2-day B2B Expo & Conference for e-commerce. While we mostly attend Magento-related conferences like Meet Magento, Mage Titans or Magento Unconference, this time, we decided to look beyond the horizon and attend this generic e-commerce event as well. Read here about our experiences at the event itself, but also the pre-event, which came with a surprising announcement.