Generally, online store owners do not keep the developers, designers and technicians within their Magento website development team. Not even they have the professional system administrator available in a house if the website faces any technical issue. 


The website owners are responsible of handling all the technical issues related to design, development or testing independently. The admin or the owner of website also have to take care of the installation of the required extensions and take backup after a certain period of time.

So, when you don’t have an in-house team of technical experts, you have to be ready to handle all the technical issue of the Magento store as hiring a freelancer may be a time-consuming task and communication is not as smooth as described.

We’d like to mention here the top things that must be kept in mind when establishing an eCommerce store. These tips will help you take appropriate care of your Magento store.

Get Hosting That Allows Access via SSH

Secure Shell also known as SSH is a network protocol for operating network services over an unsecured network. This is the most important part of website development, providing a secure channel over an unsecured network. With the SSH, remote execution is allowed over the commands in the server.

You can easily solve a lot of different tasks that are related to the technical maintenance of the Magento. As an online retailer, it is necessary that you should know that usually the hosting providers offer limited access to the SSH, so make sure that you haven’t used any such hosting services.

Use the GIT

An Open Source distributed version control system, GIT is designed to handle everything from small to large projects with efficiency and speed. It is used in order to track changes in the computer files while you coordinate with the work on those files among multiple people.

For Magento store owners, using GIT is crucial as this helps when it becomes difficult to deal with the errors. It can be helpful in many difficult situations. For example, you are doing some changes in the source code and encounter an error in the code. You can simply reverse the situation and move towards the previous backup. So, basically GIT is highly recommended for storing all the changes made to the source code. Using GIT is an easy task and it makes it simple to take the backups smartly and appropriately.

Take Backup of Third Party Files

Sometimes, you need third party Magento extensions to integrate some features in the store. When you have the source code, you may want to do some changes as well. So, it is always better to take backup of the file before you initiate changes in the source code.

Make sure that the copy you have saved of the extension contains additional extension modify so that it is easier for you to identify when you update. So, take backup of the modified third party files.

Avoid Changes in Files of Magento Core

Magento is quite complex and it will be a bit difficult to find a bug if it occurs on the Magento core. Even hard it is to fix the issue. If you are a non-technical person, it is highly recommended that you don’t try doing any changes to the Magento core code. There are reasons behind this widely known fact.

  • The third-party modules may stop working as they are designed to run on the basis of core functionality.
  • During the updates, the core changes will be rewritten and it can increase the work of the developer.

So, make sure you or the developer never make any changes in the Magento core. You can use the GIT to keep track of any changes to the core code.

Check for Additional Files in Magento Root

There may be times when you find some unnecessary files into your Magento Root. These files may be result of various activities like some may appear during the testing or during the backup process. These files may prove to be very unsafe for your Magento store as the hackers can easily scan your website and find out these files to end up your entire website.

Only the files that tare supplied in the standard Magento packer should be kept in the Root Directory.

So, the above-mentioned are the top 5 tips that must be implemented on your eCommerce store to keep it safe. Even you can implement these during the Magento development process to avoid any technical issue.