Mass Product Actions for Magento 2 - User Guide

Mass Product Actions for Magento 2 streamlines catalog management by enabling store administrators to update prices, modify categories, search & replace text, manage gallery images, update inventory, and link related products in bulk directly from the admin product grid.

General Settings

Navigate to Stores > Configuration > Meetanshi > Mass Product Actions to configure global execution rules and available mass action options.

• Enable: Select Yes to enable Mass Product Actions on the admin product grid.
• Allowed Mass Actions: Select specific mass actions to make available in the Action dropdown menu.
• Default Execution Mode: Select Direct for instant browser processing, Cron for background cron queue execution, or Queue for asynchronous Message Queue processing.
• Batch Size: Specify the number of products processed per batch iteration (Default: 100).

Pricing Configuration

Configure price calculation rounding rules for bulk pricing updates.

• Price Rounding: Select the price rounding format (e.g., .99, .95, .00, or Round to Nearest Integer).
• Apply Rounding To: Multi-select price fields to apply rounding rules (Price, Special Price, Cost, MSRP).

Attributes & Text Configuration

Specify allowed attributes for bulk attribute copying and text replacements.

• Copy Attributes — Allowed Attributes: Multi-select specific attributes that can be copied from one attribute field to another.
• Replace in Attributes — Allowed Attributes: Restrict text search-and-replace actions to specific string/text attributes.
• Append Text Position: Choose Prefix or Suffix as the default insertion position when appending text to product fields.

Categories & Product Linking Configuration

Define default rules for category assignment and product relationship linking.

• Mode to Select Categories: Choose Tree view or Multiselect dropdown format for choosing categories in mass action modals.
• Redirect Old URL on Replace: Select Yes to generate automatic 301 URL redirects when moving products between categories.
• Related Products Algorithm: Choose Append to preserve existing related products or Replace to overwrite them.
• Up-sell Products Algorithm: Choose Append or Replace for up-sell product linking.
• Cross-sell Products Algorithm: Choose Append or Replace for cross-sell product linking.
• Default Linking Direction: Select Two-Way (bidirectional) or One-Way product linking.

Cron & Job Retention Settings

Configure background processing schedule and historical job cleanup rules.

• Job Processing Schedule: Enter a cron expression defining how frequently background jobs run (Default: */5 * * * *).
• Cleanup Schedule: Enter a cron expression defining when completed/failed job records are deleted (Default: 0 2 * * *).
• Job Retention (days): Specify how long job execution logs remain in the system before automatic removal.

Executing Mass Actions from Admin Product Grid

Navigate to Catalog > Products to perform bulk operations across selected items.

1. Select products using checkboxes in the admin product grid.
2. Open the Actions dropdown menu and select the desired mass action (e.g., Update Price, Assign Categories, Replace Text, Fast Delete).
3. Configure the parameters in the popup modal window.
4. Click Apply to execute the bulk update synchronously or queue it for background processing.