How to reindex your Magento 2 store from admin or SSH / CLI

a. Reindex from Magento admin *sometimes not all indexers are reindexed using admin reindex > check also reindex via SSH

1. Go to System > Index Management and check indexers status.

2. Select the items that are marked as "Reindex required" and go to Actions > Update on schedule

This will trigger a reindex for selected indexers.

Important: Sometimes not all indexers are reindexed using admin reindex even if time & date is showing as updated in magento admin. We recommend to double check the reindex process using the SSH/CLI reindex method presented below.

Reindex mode: You can set your indexers as "Update on Save" and store entities will be indexed when saving admin configurations or as "Update by Schedule" and indexers will be reindexed recurrently (default once / day) . In order for "Update by Schedule" to work ok, make sure your cron jobs are running correctly on your server. Your hosting partner or development team can help you with the cron jobs configuration. If you are using the WeltPixel Magento 2 Pearl Theme or any other WeltPixel Magento 2 extension, an easy way to verify that your cron jobs are running correctly is to head into the dedicated Developer Section that we've included, which provides not only valuable information about your crons, but also about the server in general, such as:

Magento Mode: Production, Developer or Default, Magento Installation Path, Magento Edition, PHP Version installed on the server, Server User, Current Date and Time, Latest Cron Jobs.

b. Reindex via SSH / CLI (recommended)

1. Connect to your Magento 2 installation in the root of your project. (usually in public_html or under yourmagentoinstallation.com/html)

2. Reindex all Magento 2 indexers using below command:

php bin/magento indexer:reindex

You will receive a similar result as presented below:

Design Config Grid index has been rebuilt successfully in 00:00:00

Customer Grid index has been rebuilt successfully in 00:00:00

Category Products index has been rebuilt successfully in 00:00:00

Product Categories index has been rebuilt successfully in 00:00:00

Product Price index has been rebuilt successfully in 00:00:01

Product EAV index has been rebuilt successfully in 00:00:01

Catalog Search index has been rebuilt successfully in 00:00:01

Stock index has been rebuilt successfully in 00:00:00

Catalog Rule Product index has been rebuilt successfully in 00:00:01

Catalog Product Rule index has been rebuilt successfully in 00:00:00

3. Check the status of the indexers and identify indexers that still need to be individually reindexed, sometimes general reindex does not work for all indexers

php bin/magento indexer:status

You will receive a similar result as presented below:

Design Config Grid:                                Ready

Customer Grid:                                      Ready

Category Products:                                 Ready

Product Categories:                                Ready

Product Price:                                        Ready

Product EAV:                                         Ready

Catalog Search:                                     Ready

Stock:                                                   Ready

Catalog Rule Product:                             Reindex required

Catalog Product Rule:                             Ready

4. Show the list of the indexers and corresponding indexer id that need to be used for individual reindex.

php bin/magento indexer:info

You will receive a similar result as presented below:

design_config_grid                       Design Config Grid

customer_grid                              Customer Grid

catalog_category_product             Category Products

catalog_product_category             Product Categories

catalog_product_price                   Product Price

catalog_product_attribute              Product EAV

catalogsearch_fulltext                   Catalog Search

cataloginventory_stock                  Stock

catalogrule_rule                            Catalog Rule Product

catalogrule_product                      Catalog Product Rule

5. Reindex each indexer that has status "Reindex required" using below commands:

php bin/magento indexer:reindex [catalog_category_flat]

Example: php bin/magento indexer:reindex catalogrule_rule

php bin/magento indexer:reindex design_config_grid customer_grid
php bin/magento indexer:reindex catalog_category_product
php bin/magento indexer:reindex catalog_product_category
php bin/magento indexer:reindex catalog_product_price
php bin/magento indexer:reindex catalog_product_attribute
php bin/magento indexer:reindex catalogsearch_fulltext
php bin/magento indexer:reindex cataloginventory_stock
php bin/magento indexer:reindex catalogrule_rule
php bin/magento indexer:reindex catalogrule_product

6. Check again the status of the indexers using the command from step 2, now all indexers should be "Ready". 

Done!