{"id":191,"date":"2018-09-19T06:13:06","date_gmt":"2018-09-19T06:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/19\/magento-2-2-6\/"},"modified":"2025-09-01T11:41:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T06:11:18","slug":"magento-2-2-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/magento-2-2-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Magento 2.2.6 &#8211; All you need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Magento 2.2.6&nbsp;<\/strong>is released on September 18, 2018, with a focus on performance and security enhancements! This Magento upgrade brings noticeable performance improvements to the core Magento code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since it\u2019s onset, Magento has been improving year by year to become the first choice for the E-commerce platform and the release of&nbsp;<strong>Magento Commerce 2.2.6<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Magento Open Source 2.2.6<\/strong>&nbsp;is a big step towards it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The latest Magento 2.2.6 version includes enhancements in product security, core code and security fixes. Read the post to get the feature highlights that comes along with the release!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Magento Commerce 2.2.6 and Magento Open Source 2.2.6 Essential highlights:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Performance Enhancements<\/strong>: It includes catalog indexing improvements such as optimized Category product indexer logic and improved the performance of layered navigation, search, and indexing actions for Magento instances with multiple websites and stores.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Improvements to reliability and checkout process<\/strong>: No longer is the shopping cart emptied or the shipping address is deleted on guest checkout when the checkout page is reloaded multiple times! The multiple shipping options do not decrease the speed of order placed in Magento!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Enhancements in Amazon Pay, dotmailer and Klarna: <\/strong>Improved handling of virtual products,&nbsp;dotmailer\u2019s new Consent Insight, and the inclusion of a link to Klarna automated onboarding and account sign-in are some of the enhancements in the core bundled extensions!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Magento Shipping Features<\/strong><strong>It includes:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Click and Collect Feature<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Batch Processing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shipment Reference<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>CAPTCHA Improvements<\/strong>: Provided form does not exist&nbsp;error resolved in Magento 2.2.6! Also, the CAPTCHA validation now works fine with enabled&nbsp;Website Restrictions&nbsp;setting.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sales and Payment Methods Enhancements<\/strong>: The release includes improvements in Braintree and Paypal payment methods. Improvements in order status, the ability to create multiple credit memos in one session, and resolved disabling invoice emails are sales enhancements that come with the release of Magento 2.2.6!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Miscellaneous<\/strong>: Apart from the above improvements, there are a number of other notable enhancements which includes improvements in shipping, sitemap, UI, testing, themes, URL Rewrites, minor code corrections, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is always good to stay updated! Merchants will get the latest version of Magento 2 that is&nbsp;<a title=\"Download Magento 2 With Sample Data | All Versions\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/magento.com\/tech-resources\/download\" href=\"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/download-magento\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Magento 2.2.6<\/a> and leverage the benefits of it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u00a0recommend to stay upgraded when it comes to get benefited with the latest features and enhanced security. Upgrading to the latest Magento 2 version is a complex task and not everyone\u2019s cup of tea; if you are planning to Upgrade your Magento 2 store to\u00a0<i>Magento 2.2.6<\/i>, you can always have a look at out\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/magento-upgrade-service.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Magento<\/a><a data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/magento-upgrade-service.html\" href=\"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/magento-upgrade-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> 2 Upgrade Service<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Magento 2.2.6&nbsp;is released on September 18, 2018, with a focus on performance and security enhancements! 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