How to reindex in Magento?

You can reindex the Magento platform in 2 ways:

1. From the Magento dashboard:

- Log in to the Magento administration panel
- Click on the System> Index Management section
- On the left you can select the desired categories for reindexing, if you want reindexing for all click on Select All
- From the Actions section - from the drop-down list select Reindex data and then click on Submit (depending on the number of categories and information, this operation can take from a few minutes to a few hours)

2. Using the command line:

Log in using SSH on your server.

Navigate to the Magento installation location for your website /home/name/namename.tld/html/

Enter the shell directory by running the cd shell command.

To check the current status for Magento indexer run the command:

php indexer.php --status

To reindex, run the command:

php indexer.php --reindexall

To view the list of categories for reindexing run the command:

php indexer.php info

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