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How To Import/Export Categories to Magento 2

- E-Commerce, Fire development, Magento 2

Magento 2 Development

Below, you will find a brief description of how to import/export categories between two Magento 2 websites. Unfortunately, this functionality is not available by default. Magento 2 leaves you alone with a huge category tree. You either need to recreate it manually or rely on third parties. So, welcome to our Magento 2 categories import tutorial. We know for sure how to import and export Magento 2 categories most efficiently.

The Magento StackExchange discussion inspired this post: question by Rafael Corrêa Gomes; answer by KAndy. However, it is only a partial overview of the Magento 2 category import and export. A full-featured guide on how to import and export categories, with all attributes explained can be found here: Magento 2 Categories Import Guide. Continue Reading

How to import & export Magento 2 categories with custom separators

- Magento 2, Our extensions

Magento 2 Development; Magento 2 tutorial

Since category names on an e-commerce website may contain commas, the export process may recognize them as separators, creating new categories in your export file. The same issue impacts your category tree on import: since the comma is considered a delimiter, a long category name can be split into several new categories. Below, we explain how to import and export Magento 2 categories with custom separators to avoid these issues. As usual, you will need the Improved Import & Export extension for Magento 2 since the platform’s default data transfer instruments do not support category import or export, nor it lets you use custom separators for category names when you import and export products.   Continue Reading