How To Migrate From Magento 1 To Magento 2? Currently Magento 1 is in the phasing out process. To ensure that your store operates smoothly you must migrate it to Magento 2. We look at how the migration is done. Important Note: Magento officially announced End of Life date for magento 1,June 2020 now quickly approaching, this article will help merchants understand the how to migrate from magento 1 to magento 2. Steps to take before the magento 1 to magento 2 migration process •Take a full backup of the Magento 1 store •Make a clone of the Magento 1 store. The live store shouldn’t be used for the migration process. •Examine the store. Keep the necessary parts and delete the remainder. •Verify whether the current extensions, themes as well as custom code are compatible with Magento 2 •Migrate the data from the cloned database of the Magento store. •Delete outdated as well as useless data from the database such as compared products, logs, recently viewed products and others. Install a new copy of Magento 2 on the same hosting server where the Magento 1 store is located. As per the official Magento documentation, migration to Magento 2 involves 4 different stages •
Theme Migration
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Extension Migration
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Customizations Migration
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Data Migration