dakzilla/magento2-visual-merchandiser-rebuild

Rebuild Magento 2 Visual Merchandiser categories using the CLI tool

Rebuild Visual Merchandiser Categories for Magento 2

Rebuild Magento 2 Visual Merchandiser categories using the CLI tool or a scheduled task., _(*1)

:warning: NOTE: This module is not fully tested, please make sure to test this on a non-production system first, and use at your own risk!, _(*2)

Installation via .zip

1. Download the zip file for the master branch on Github
2. Extract the Dakzilla directory in the app/code directory of your Magento 2 EE project
3. Run the php bin/magento setup:upgrade command to enable the module

Installation via Composer

composer require dakzilla/magento2-visual-merchandiser-rebuild

php bin/magento setup:upgrade

Usage

Rebuild all smart categories from the command line

bin/magento catalog:visual-merchandiser:rebuild

Show information about smart categories

bin/magento catalog:visual-merchandiser:show

The above command should display a nifty table like this one, _(*3)

, _(*4)

Enable and set cron job in admin

In Magento Admin, in the Visual Merchandiser options, you can set a cron expression to be used to rebuild the smart categories on schedule. The example below will execute the job every day at 1:45 AM. If you're not sure, use Crontab Generator to create a valid cron expression. , _(*5)

Compatibility

This module was tested on Magento 2 Enterprise Edition versions 2.1.5 to 2.1.7. Compatibility with older versions is not guaranteed, but should not be an issue anyhow., _(*6)

Changelog

 0.2 - 2017-06-24

• Fixed an app state bug with the latest version of Magento 2
• Internal refactor
• Added the catalog:visual-merchandiser:show command to display a useful information table about your smart categories
• Added a configurable cron job in admin. From the Visual Merchandiser options, you can now set a cron job to rebuild smart categories automatically. Make sure your Magento cron in configured correctly!

0.1.1 — 2017-03-17

• Fixed major issue where URL keys were missing from collection

0.1.0 — 2017-02-28

• Released!