Install Magento 2 extension

How to Install Magento 2 Extension

  1. We recommend you to duplicate your live store on a staging/test site and try installation on it in advance

  2. Backup magento files and the store database

    Important

    It’s very important to backup all of themes and extensions in Magento before installation, especially when you are working on a live server. We strongly recommend you to do not omit this step.

3. Download FTP clients Recommend clients: FileZilla, WinSCP, cuteFtp

Step 1: Upload the extension

  1. Log into your hosting space via a FTP client
  2. Unzip extension package and upload them into Magento root directory.
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  1. Enter the following at the command line

php bin/magento setup:upgrade

php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy

Tip

Logout and Login again to avoid Access denied 404 error when you go to this product configuration.

Step 2: Configuration

Now time to setup it in backend.

Go to Mageplaza > Extension Name > Configuration.

FAQS

Q: “Access denied 404 error”

A: Try to Logout and Login again. Follow this guide for more details

Q: Messy page, no style. What should I do?

A: it because of static content is not generated to pub/ folder. Let’s run command to deploy it.

Run following command:

php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy

Any other questions, issues please contact Mageplaza: