Magento Upgrade Service
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LitExtension’s Magento upgrade service moves your store to the latest or a stable Magento version through a secure, structured process, whether you’re upgrading from Magento 1 to Magento 2, between Magento 2.x releases, or from Magento Open Source to Adobe Commerce. Our team handles the full technical scope: database migration, custom code and extension compatibility checks, theme and module refactoring, and PHP version alignment.
We preserve your critical store data, including products, customers, orders, order history, and SEO URLs with 301 redirects intact, while following a controlled workflow that minimizes downtime and technical risk. Every upgrade includes a compatibility audit, staging environment testing, and post-upgrade QA validation, so your store stays secure, PCI-compliant, and fully functional once the migration is complete.
What Data Can Be Transferred During a Magento Upgrade
Our service securely moves key business information, including products, customers, orders, content, and multilingual data, helping maintain store continuity throughout the migration process.
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Products
- Name, SKU, Short Description, Full Description, Status
- Manufacturer, Country of Manufacturer, Tax Class, Sort Order in Category
- Price, Special Price, Special Price From-To Date, Group Price
- URL Key, Meta Title, Meta Keywords, Meta Description
- Weight
- Related Products, Up-sells, Cross-sells.
- Attributes (Name, Values)
- Custom Options (Drop-down, Radio Buttons, CheckBox, Multiple Select, Date, Text Field, Text Area, Time, Date & Time, File)
- Downloadable Products (Price, Files, Max Downloads), Grouped Products (Associated Products), Bundle Products
- Variants (SKU, Weight, Attributes, Quantity, Images, Price, Special Price, Special Price From-To Date, Name, Group Price)
- Thumbnail Image, Additional Images
- Quantity, Manage Stock, Availability
Product Categories
- Name, Description
- Status, Is Anchor, Sort Order
- Thumbnail Image
- URL Key, Meta Title, Meta Description, Meta Keywords
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Customers
- ID, First Name, Last Name, Date of Birth
- Email, Created Date
- Customer Group
- Newsletter
- Billing Address (Company, Address 1, Address 2, Country, State, City, Zip Code, Telephone)
- Shipping Address (Company, Address 1, Address 2, Country, State, City, Zip Code, Telephone)
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Orders
- ID, Order Date, Order Status
- Order Items (Name, SKU, Option), Product Price, Quantity
- Sub Price, Discount Price, Tax Price, Shipping Price, Total Price
- Order Comments
- Customer Name, Email
- Billing Address: Company, Address 1, Address 2, Country, State, City, Zip Code, Telephone
- Shipping Address: Company, Address 1, Address 2, Country, State, City, Zip Code, Telephone
- Transactions
- Invoice
- Credit Memo
- Shipment
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Manufacturers
- Name
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Taxes
- Tax Class (Name)
- Tax Rate (Country, Rate)
- Tax Rules
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Coupons
- Name
- Description
- Status, Coupon Code, Coupon Date
- Customer Groups
- Uses Per Coupon, Uses Per Customer
- Type Discount, Discount Amount/Percent
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Reviews
- Created Date
- Status
- Rate
- Product
- User Name, Email
- Summary
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CMS Pages
- Created Date
- Status
- Title, Description
- Meta Title
- Meta Description
- Meta Keywords
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Multiple Languages
- Products (Name, Description, Attribute)
- Categories (Name, Description)
- CMS Page (Name, Description)
- Blogs (Name, Description)
(*) Please note that the data available for transfer may vary depending on your current Magento version, store configuration, and installed extensions.
Additional Options for Magento Upgrade Service
Enhance your Magento upgrade with additional options designed to protect your store data, preserve SEO, and ensure a smoother transition.
Remove selected store data before the Magento upgrade process to create a clean environment and prevent duplicate records.
RecommendedKeep existing customer and order IDs unchanged during your Magento upgrade to maintain data consistency.
How It Works RecommendedAutomatically preserve and redirect old URLs during the Magento upgrade process to protect SEO rankings and avoid broken links.
RecommendedKeep images embedded in product descriptions, category pages, blog posts, and CMS content during the Magento upgrade.
Automatically remove unnecessary HTML tags from product and category names for cleaner store data.
Maintain invoices, credit memos, shipment records, and related data throughout the Magento upgrade proces.
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How Our Magento 2 Upgrade Service Works
Our Magento 2 upgrade service follows a structured process designed to ensure a secure and smooth transition to the latest Magento version.
Our Magento specialists evaluate your current store setup, Magento version, extensions, and business requirements to recommend the most suitable upgrade approach for a smooth and secure process.
Our team prepares your Magento environment, configures essential applications, and checks themes and extension compatibility to ensure everything is ready for the upgrade.
Your Magento upgrade begins here. LitExtension experts handle the full process, including version updates, data preservation, testing, and deployment, while minimizing downtime and keeping your store running smoothly.
How LitExtension’s Magento upgrade services work
LitExtension’s Magento upgrade services help you migrate store data from an older Magento version, including Magento 1 or Magento 2.x, to a clean installation of your target Magento version, whether that’s the latest release such as Magento 2.4.9 or a stable, proven release such as Magento 2.4.8, depending on your extension compatibility and business needs.
Instead of performing a technical in-place Magento upgrade, our Magento upgrade services rebuild your Magento store on a new environment and securely transfer all critical store data, including the underlying EAV (Entity-Attribute-Value) structure that Magento uses to store products and customers, to ensure accuracy and stability.
We provision the new installation through Composer, Magento’s standard dependency manager, so the target store starts on a clean, supportable codebase rather than a patched-over copy of your old one. Whether you’re targeting the latest Magento version or a more stable prior release, LitExtension’s Magento upgrade service provides a structured, reliable process for both Magento 1 to Magento 2 and Magento 2.x to Magento 2.x transitions.
The service ensures accurate transfer of essential Magento store data, including:
- Products, categories, attributes, and attribute sets
- Customers (with hashed passwords) and customer groups
- Orders, invoices, coupons, and credit memos
- CMS pages, static blocks, blog posts
- SEO URLs, metadata, canonical tags, and 301 redirects for URL rewrites
In addition to data migration, LitExtension also offers post-migration support such as recent data migration, re-migration, and smart updates to keep your Magento store data synchronized. This Magento upgrade approach is ideal for businesses that want to move to a newer or more stable Magento version without handling complex coding, database schema changes, or extension compatibility issues.
By using a separate Magento environment and a structured data migration process, LitExtension ensures a clean and stable Magento setup, with reindexing and cache warming handled before your store goes live.
The following section outlines the full Magento upgrade journey with LitExtension, from collecting store credentials to completing the new Magento setup and validating the migrated data.
Step 1: Magento upgrade consulting with experts
Magento upgrade consulting is the first step in the Magento upgrade process. Our migration consultants will analyze your current Magento store, business structure, and upgrade goals, including your existing attribute sets, custom modules, and third-party extensions that may need compatibility checks on the target version.
Based on your specific requirements, including target Magento version, store views, multi-source inventory (MSI) setup, and custom fields, we will recommend a migration plan built around your compatibility and stability needs, whether that means the latest Magento release or a proven stable version, to ensure data integrity and minimize disruption during the upgrade.
Step 2: Magento store setup and data mapping
Once your new Magento store is installed on your server or development environment, we configure the Magento environment, including indexers, cron jobs, and full page cache (FPC), to ensure a smooth and accurate data transfer during the Magento upgrade process. Our team will:
1. Map all relevant data fields, including:
- Products, categories, attributes, and images
- Customer accounts and groups (with hashed passwords)
- Orders, invoices, shipping details, and payment records
- CMS pages, static blocks, blog posts, and SEO urls
2. Ensure proper alignment of custom fields and IDs (e.g. product SKUs, customer IDs) against the EAV attribute structure on the target Magento version.
3. Maintain data relationships, including product to category associations and order to customer links, to preserve filtering, navigation, and reports.
4. Preconfigure language, currency, tax settings, and URL rewrite rules, including hreflang tags for multi-store setups (if applicable).
All Magento configurations and data mappings are handled by our experts, so no manual setup or coding is required. Your new Magento store will be fully prepared for the final migration, ensuring data accuracy and a clean structure on either the latest or a stable target version.
Step 3: Perform the Magento upgrade
After the Magento store setup and data mapping are completed, the full Magento upgrade process is executed automatically through our migration system. The Magento data migration runs securely in the background, with reindexing triggered automatically once the transfer completes, without requiring manual monitoring.
Once the Magento upgrade is complete, you will have a fully functional Magento store with all data accurately transferred. We run a checksum-based data validation pass to confirm entity counts and relationships match the source store, then guide you through the migration results and assist with final validation and necessary adjustments.
Post-migration support and guarantee
Magento upgrade service by LitExtension includes 30 days of complimentary technical support. During this period, you can request assistance with data review, system adjustments, reindexing, cache configuration, or syncing newly added data through our Smart Update service.
LitExtension also provides a 100% refund guarantee in the rare case of critical issues after the Magento upgrade, ensuring reliability and peace of mind for your business.
Why Magento upgrade is worth it
Migrating to a newer or more stable version of Magento gives your business access to better performance, stronger security, and more flexibility. Whether you’re upgrading from Magento 1 or moving between Magento 2 versions, whether to the latest release or a proven stable one, here’s why investing in a Magento version upgrade is a smart long-term decision:
1. Full control over your costs and infrastructure
Magento Open Source is free to use, with no monthly subscription and no platform lock-in. You choose your own hosting, extensions, and development services, giving you complete control over how much (or little) you want to spend. This flexibility allows you to optimize for performance without overpaying for features you don’t need. See the Magento Open Source 2.4.9 release notes for the full list of updates available on the free edition.
2. Limitless customization for your business needs
Magento is one of the most customizable eCommerce platforms available. From storefront design and checkout flow to backend logic and third-party integrations, everything is configurable. Upgrading, to the latest version or a stable one that fits your extension stack, gives you a clean, modern base to:
- Build custom features
- Implement APIs or PWA solutions
- Replace outdated extensions with newer, more stable ones
With Magento’s open architecture, your developers have the tools to build an experience shaped around your customers and growth goals.
3. Scalable architecture that grows with you
Whether you’re running a single store or managing multiple brands across countries, Magento scales with your business. After upgrading, you’ll benefit from:
- Better support for large catalogs and high-traffic events
- Multi-store, multi-language, and multi-currency support
- A powerful admin panel to manage everything centrally
Magento 2.4.9 is built to handle enterprise-level demands, ideal for growing startups and global brands alike. If your extensions or codebase aren’t yet compatible with the latest release, a stable prior version still delivers this same scalability.
4. A rich ecosystem of extensions and integrations
Magento offers over 4,000 extensions in its marketplace, covering everything from advanced analytics and SEO tools to CRMs, payment gateways, and marketing automation. Upgrading, whether to the latest release or a stable version, keeps your store compatible with secure, actively maintained versions of these tools, letting you expand functionality without reinventing the wheel. Browse the Magento Marketplace to see the full range of available extensions.
5. Enterprise-grade security & compliance
Security is a core focus in every new Magento release. Magento 2.4.9 includes:
- Updated hashing algorithms and password security
- Secure integration with payment systems and shipping APIs
- Compliance with PCI DSS, GDPR, TLS/SSL, and Adobe Secure Product Lifecycle practices
Upgrading not only helps you avoid vulnerabilities but ensures your store meets current compliance standards, protecting both your business and your customers. Even a stable, slightly earlier release still receives these security patches within its supported lifecycle. Check the Magento 2.4.9 release notes for the complete list of security enhancements included in this version.
When is the right time to perform a Magento upgrade?
If you’re unsure whether now is the time to upgrade, or unsure whether to target the latest Magento version or a stable prior release, consider these common scenarios. If any sound familiar, a Magento update via data migration is highly recommended:
- Your current platform is limiting your control or flexibility. You want more ownership over your store’s structure, functionality, and integrations, but your current setup is restrictive.
- Your site is slow or unstable. Poor performance, high bounce rates, and long load times are frustrating your customers and hurting your SEO.
- Your business has outgrown your current platform. You’re managing more products, orders, or customers than your existing system can efficiently handle.
- Your site has crashed or become vulnerable. You’ve experienced technical issues, downtime, or security vulnerabilities and need a more stable, modern foundation.
- You’re planning a redesign or store rebuild. If you’re overhauling your store’s design, theme, or app stack, now’s the right time to upgrade alongside that change.
If you’re still on Magento 1 or an early Magento 2 version (2.3.x or below), upgrading is not just ideal, it’s essential.
Get started with our Magento upgrade services today, whether you need the latest Magento version or a stable, proven release, and let our experts handle the entire upgrade for you.
Skip the technical complexity. Our Magento upgrade specialists manage the entire upgrade process so you can focus on growing your business.
Data Security During Magento 2 Upgrade
Server Security
All migration jobs will be carried out on Linode servers located in the USA, Euro, Australia, Singapore,…
Data Security
The data is protected by HTTPS secure protocol and 128-bit SSL encryption. Nothing is stored on LitExtension’s servers.
Data Access Restriction
Only authorized LitExtension experts can access the source code to handle custom migration requests.
GDPR Compliance
LitExtension is compliant with GDPR regulations, a global data protection law passed by the European Union.
NDA
We do not keep your credentials or import records after the migration. Your data is guaranteed not to be disclosed or used for any other purposes rather than the migration.
Payment Security
Your payment is processed by Paypal – the #1 worldwide payment gateway. Hence, LitExtension does not store any payment data.
Why Choose LitExtension for Magento Update
