How to Set Up Magento 2 Multi Store

Magento 2 supports creating multiple stores under a single admin panel. This can be useful for the growing brands to expand their business to more than one location. Multi-store setup in Magento 2 helps in several ways, such as

• Easy administration of business through single configuration.
• Cost reduction for third-party modules and integrations.
• Retention of common customer database.

You can create as many stores as you want in Magento 2, and manage them through a common admin panel. This can be pretty useful when you are taking your business global, and want to create a Magento 2 Multi-language store setup.

If you are a Magento beginner, and lost in figuring out the differences between store and store view, check out this post. You can enable single store mode in Magento 2 when needed to turn off all store view options and scope indicators.

In this tutorial, find the complete stepwise method to set up Magento 2 Multi Store.

Steps to Set up Multiple Stores in Magento 2

Creating multiple stores under single administration is possible in the Magento 2 platform. You can create multiple stores under single website, or create individual stores under different websites.

In this example, we are going to create a separate website for the new store.

Simply log into your Magento 2 admin panel and follow these steps create your own Magento 2 multi-store site:

Step 1: Create a New Website

In the left menu, navigate to Store > Settings > All Stores. In the All Stores section, click on Create Website, and configure the following settings:

• Name: Enter a name for the new website.
• Code: Set a unique code for the fresh website.
• Sort Order: Enter the sort order for the website, the default is ‘0’. (Optional)

Step 2: Create a New Store

Now, let’s create a new Magento 2 store under the fresh website we created. Go to Store > Settings > All Stores, click Create Store, and configure the following settings:

• Web Site: Choose the website that we created earlier. (This store will be created under the selected website)
• Name: Enter a name for this store name. (For example: meetanshi)
• Code: Set a unique code for this store.
• Root Category: Choose the category for the store view.

Click the Save Store button to create a new store in Magento 2.

Step 3: Create a New Store View

Finally, create a new Store View under the store we created earlier. To do that, go to Store > Settings > All Stores, and create a store view using the following settings:

• Store: Select the store under which you want to create the new store view.
• Name: Enter the name of the new store view. (For example: Meetanshi)
• Code: Set a unique code for the store view.
• Status: Choose enable to make the store view active.
• Sort Order: Enter the sort order for the store view, the default is ‘0’. (Optional)

Click Save Store View button to savbe the store view.

Step 4: Enable Developer Mode

This step is optional if you already have developer mode enabled in Magento 2.

First, provide access to the required directories using the following commands:

chmod -R a+wX var

chmod -R a+wX app/etc

chmod -R a+wX pub

Next, use the following command to enable developer mode in Magento 2:

bin/magento deploy:mode:set developer

Alternatively, you can also enable developer mode in Magento 2 by replacing

MAGE_MODE’ => ‘default’ with MAGE_MODE’ => ‘developer’ 

in the app/etc/env.php file.

Step 5: Add index.php and .htaccess files

Create a new folder in the Magento 2 folder, i.e. demo5, and copy the index.php and .htaccess files from the root directory into it.

Replace the following code in the index.php file:

<?php
require realpath(__DIR__) . '/../app/bootstrap.php'; // path of root magento bootstrap.php
$params = $_SERVER;
$params[\Magento\Store\Model\StoreManager::PARAM_RUN_CODE] = 'base'; // change this with the code you chose in step. 4
$params[\Magento\Store\Model\StoreManager::PARAM_RUN_TYPE] = 'website'; // store or website
$bootstrap = \Magento\Framework\App\Bootstrap::create(BP, $params);
$app = $bootstrap->createApplication('Magento\Framework\App\Http');
$bootstrap->run($app);

Step 6: Create Base URL

Next, go to Stores > Settings > Configuration > General > Web, choose the website that we created in Step 1, expan the Base URLs and configure the following settings:

• Base URL: Enter the base URL for the website.
• Base Link URL: Enter the base link URL for the website.
• Base URL for Static View Files(default value): Enter URL for static view files.
• Base URL for User Media Files(default value): Enter URL for media files.Fill the same in the fields under Base URLs (Secure) if needed for ‘https’ access.

Finally, click Save Config to save the settings.

Step 7: Flush Magento 2 Cache

In the end, flush the Magento 2 cache.

Navigate to System > Tools > Cache Management and click Flush Magento Cache.

That’s it!

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