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Guides, tutorials and best practices from the Magento Company team.
Magento 2 CMS Blocks and Widgets Done Right
Magento 2 CMS blocks and widgets: block vs widget decisions, layout XML vs admin insertion, environment-safe content and caching behaviour.
Monitoring Magento 2 with New Relic
Monitor Magento 2 with New Relic: APM setup, the dashboards that matter, transaction naming, alerting thresholds and spotting slow code paths.
Magento 2 VAT and UK Tax Configuration
Configure UK VAT in Magento 2: tax classes, 20 percent and reduced rates, VAT-inclusive display, B2B exemptions and OSS cross-border rules.
Magento 2 REST API: Authentication and Best Practices
Magento 2 REST API authentication: admin tokens, customer tokens, OAuth and integration tokens - plus rate limiting, scoping and error handling.
Magento 2 reCAPTCHA and Bot Protection
Magento 2 reCAPTCHA setup: v2 vs v3, which forms to protect, score tuning, and layered bot defence beyond reCAPTCHA.
Magento 2 Import and Export: Fast Product Data Workflows
Magento 2 product import and export at speed: CSV formats, FireGento FastSimpleImport, API bulk endpoints and reindex strategy for large catalogs.
Magento 2 A/B Testing and Conversion Optimisation
A/B testing on Magento 2: tool choices, cache-safe implementation, what to test first, sample size honesty and avoiding flicker.
Magento 2 One Step Checkout vs Native Checkout
One-step checkout extensions vs Magento 2's native checkout: conversion evidence, performance cost, extension risks and Hyva Checkout compared.