Magento Extension Reviews

Magento Extension Roundup - October 2017

It's time for another Magento extension round-up, reviewing some free extensions that were released in October. This month we are featuring Google Maps address lookup on the checkout for Magento 2, some useful missing features from Magento 1, and we'll cap it off with a nod towards the holiday season with a festive store switcher extension. Magento 2 Google Address Lookup for Magento 2 by CTI Digital Addresses can be the bane of an online store. Read more →

Magento Extension Roundup - August 2017

It's time for another Magento extension round-up, reviewing some free extensions that were released in August. This month, we have looked at a couple of Magento 2 extensions that can be useful for developers as well as an extension that adds a custom shipping method to your site. We also have a Magento 1 extension that allows the use of a different theme for each of your customer groups. Read more →

Magento Extension Roundup - July 2017

It's time for another Magento extension round-up, reviewing some free extensions that were released in the last two months. This month, we have several Magento 2 extensions that add functionality such as customer order comments, and CMS page canonical URLs. We also have a Magento 1 extension that adds Virtual Reality support. Magento 2 Magento 2 Order Comments by Rohit Kundale One feature that a lot of custom checkout extensions for Magento 1 and 2 bring is the ability to let customers add comments to their order with a free-form text field. Read more →

Magento Extension Roundup - June 2017

It's time for another Magento extension round-up, reviewing some free extensions that were released in the last two months. This month we are reviewing a newsletter coupon extension and shipping insurance module for Magento 1, as well as Magento 2 extensions for integrating Bootstrap, menu customisation, and viewing template block hints. Magento 1 Extensions Magento Newsletter Coupon by StuntCoders The Magento Newsletter Coupon extension allows auto-generated coupon codes to be sent to new newsletter subscribers based on a particular shopping cart price rule. Read more →

Magento Extension Roundup - April 2017

This month, we are reviewing some of the free extensions that were released in April for Magento 1, including an extension to limit the number of products a customer can buy as well as a second that adds a color attribute type. We also look at Magento 2 extensions that allow custom maintenance pages to be used, let customers login with one of their existing social accounts and customise the order numbers that Magento generates. Read more →

Magento Extension Roundup - March 2017

This month, we are reviewing some of the free extensions that were released in March for Magento 1, including customer registration on the checkout success page, automatic revision tracking for CMS content, and a quick add to cart for customers. We also look at Magento 2 extensions that allow customers to place comments on their orders, and remove browser autofill restrictions from the admin panel login form. Magento 1 Extensions Convert Guest To Registered Customer by Sun Arc Technologies The Convert Guest To Registered Customer extension allows guest customers to create a customer account on the checkout success page. Read more →

Magento Extension Roundup - February 2017

In this Magento extension round-up, we quickly review some of the free extensions that were released in February, including a profiler information extension and a lookbook. We also look at Magento 2 extensions for adding web app manifests, an opcache monitor and a HTTP/2 server push enabler. Magento 1 Extensions Server Timing by mzeis An extension for developer use, Mzeis' Server Timing extension sends profiler information to the browser with the W3C draft Server-Timing HTTP header. Read more →

Magento Extension Roundup - January 2017

It's time for another Magento 1 extension round-up, reviewing some free extensions that were released in January. This time we're looking at extensions for customising the display of payment/shipping methods, two-factor authentication for the Magento admin panel, configurable sitemap generation, and Facebook Pixel tracking. Restrict Payments & Shippings by BrainActs The Restrict Payments & Shippings extension by BrainActs allows payment and shipping methods to be hidden on the frontend, but still remain fully functional on the backend. Read more →

Magento Extension Roundup - December 2016

In our final Magento extension round-up for 2016, we've looked at three free extensions that were released in December. They include a new plugin system for developers, checkout restrictions and another responsive slider extension. Function Plugins by SafeMage An interesting extension for developers that adds the ability to inject functionality before, around and after any existing module/extension methods. This is an entirely new system that is separate from the event and rewrite system and can be considered when a Magento event is not available. Read more →

Magento Extension Roundup - November 2016

It's time for another Magento extension round-up, reviewing some free extensions that were released in November. This time we're looking at extensions for EAN generation, email logging, customer order comments and responsive sliders. Ean Generator by Hevelop The Ean Generator automatically generates EAN-13 compatible codes based on the product's ID. These codes are stored in a product attribute, which allows for easy retrieval and manipulation using the normal product attribute approach. Read more →