How to quickly tell if a Magento site is version 1.x or 2.x?

Question

While browsing some sites that built on Magento, how do you tell if it based on 1.x or 2.x.

I do have Built-with extension in Chrome, but prefer manual approach.

Thanks!

Answer 1

View the page source can check the CSS location.

Magento 1 css file is located here:

mainfolder/skin/frontend/spacename/themename/css/css files

Magento 2 css file is located here:

mainfolder/pub/static/frontend/spacename/themename/locale/css/css files

Answer 2

Clues for Magento 1.x:

1. In page source, there should be words like:

   • varien
   • skin/frontend
   • media

2. When trying to hit URL [website_url]/downloader, it should show Magento Connect page (if downloader has not been removed/renamed)

3. When trying to hit URL [website_url]/install.php, it should show error:

   • FAILED ERROR: Magento is already installed

4. Default URL for contact us page is [website_url]/contacts in Magento 1.x

Clues for Magento 2.x:

1. In page source, there should be words like:

   • pub/static/frontend

2. Default URL for contact us page is [website_url]/contact in Magento 2.x

3. When trying to hit URL [website_url]/magento_version, it should show Magento's major version and edition like:

   • Magento/2.x (xxx)

Note: One more way to check Magento version is check website in https://www.magereport.com/ under Outdated Magento version section.

I hope, it would be more clear now.

Answer 3

Also, adding one more way to check if the website is in Magento 1.x or Magento 2.X.

Magento 2: Mage cookies script tag will be as follows:

<script type="text/x-magento-init">
    {
        "*": {
            "mage/cookies": {
                "expires": null,
                "path": "/",
                "domain": ".www.example.com",
                "secure": false,
                "lifetime": "3600"
            }
        }
    }
</script>

Magento 1 : Mage cookies script tag will be as follows:

<script type="text/javascript">
//<![CDATA[
Mage.Cookies.path     = '/';
Mage.Cookies.domain   = '.example.com';
//]]>
</script>

Answer 4

you can check it using page view source, At top display require js declaration like,

<script>
    var require = {
        "baseUrl": "{{project url}}/pub/static/frontend/{Packagename}/{theme}/en_US"
    };

Also you can check it using searching pub/static/frontend/ path for js and css file.

Another way is default magento contact us page, in Magento 1, contact-us link is display , www.projectname.com/contacts where magento 2, contacts link is www.projectname.com/contact

Thanks.

Answer 5

Check with https://builtwith.com/. In Ecommerce section it shows Magento if the site is built in Magento.

• If it is Magento 1 site, Ecommerce section shows Magento only.
• If it is Magento 2 site, Ecommerce section shows Magento 2 inside Magento section.
• It also mentions if it is a Magento Enterprise edition.

Answer 6

View the source and search for any of these terms:

text/x-magento-init
getTemplate()
Magento_Ui/js/core/app

If you find them, it's Magento 2!

Answer 7

You can also add to the end of the url "/magento_version", this show only for Magento 2 , the version it uses.

Request:

http://<magento2-store>/magento_version

Response:

Magento/2.3 (Community)

More info here