Magento 2 contains a lot of merchant data, which should be accessed, searched and used – catalogs, prices, stores and many others. They are scattered across different tables, so to improve performance Magento 2 brings they all together in special tables called indexers.This article provides how to reindex Magento 2 from admin or SSH.
Reindexing via Magento 2 Admin
Log in to Magento 2 Admin and navigate to System → Index Management. You will see the panel above.
Select indexers, which has status Reindex Required, then select in Actions menu Update on Schedule.
Press Submit button to apply selected mode to indexers.
This will make your indexers automatically reindex on next cronjob task. It´a a quickest method, because such a crontask runs every minute by default.
Reindexing via SSH/CLI
But sometimes you need to issue reindex instantly. For that SSH/CLI method is more suitable. Here is what you need to do:
Log in to your store via SSH/CLI and navigate to the root of your store.
Run the following command: bin/magento indexer:reindex
Most Magento clients have a manual reindex option available that means you can reindex when you need too. This is not stock standard Magento and a developer will need to add this script. If this is needed in your online store, please contact us.
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