etchflow/module-admin-reindex

Reindex Magento indexers from the admin browser — adds a 'Reindex' mass action + 'Reindex All' button to System → Tools → Index Management. No SSH required. Hyva / Magento Open Source / Adobe Commerce compatible.

1.0.0 2026-05-18 15:06 UTC

Requires

• php: ~8.1.0||~8.2.0||~8.3.0||~8.4.0
• magento/framework: >=103.0.0
• magento/module-backend: >=102.0.0
• magento/module-indexer: >=100.0.0

MIT

• Etechflow

README

Run Magento indexers from the admin panel instead of the command line. Replicates the behaviour of MagePal's "Reindex for Magento 2" extension.

Adds two things to System → Tools → Index Management:

1. A "Reindex" mass-action option in the existing dropdown — tick any indexers, click Submit, and they rebuild.
2. A "Reindex All" button in the top action bar — one click rebuilds every indexer in sequence.

Features

Reindex selected indexers from the admin grid	✓
Reindex every indexer with one button click	✓
Per-indexer success/failure messages with runtime in seconds	✓
Form-key + ACL protected (no CSRF, granular role permissions)	✓
No SSH / no CLI / no cron knowledge needed	✓
Works on any Magento install — no DB changes, no frontend assets	✓

Compatibility

Platform	Status
Magento Open Source 2.4.4 – 2.4.8	✓
Adobe Commerce 2.4.4 – 2.4.8	✓
Hyvä-themed storefronts	✓ (admin-only module — Hyvä doesn't touch admin)
PHP 8.1 / 8.2 / 8.3 / 8.4	✓

Installation

# Option A — Composer
composer require etechflow/module-admin-reindex:^1.0
bin/magento module:enable Etechflow_AdminReindex
bin/magento setup:upgrade
bin/magento setup:di:compile      # production mode only
bin/magento cache:flush

# Option B — Manual drop-in
cp -r Etechflow_AdminReindex app/code/Etechflow/AdminReindex
bin/magento module:enable Etechflow_AdminReindex
bin/magento setup:upgrade
bin/magento setup:di:compile      # production mode only
bin/magento cache:flush

No database tables, no config rows — pure admin overlay.

Permissions

A new ACL resource appears under Stores → Permissions → User Roles → System → Tools → Index Management:

• Etechflow_AdminReindex::run — required to see the Reindex mass action and Reindex All button, and to POST to the run endpoint.

Both the visible UI and the controller enforce this resource server-side. A limited user without it sees the original stock Index Management page exactly as before.

Usage

Reindex selected indexers

1. Admin → System → Tools → Index Management
2. Tick the indexer rows you want to rebuild
3. From the Actions dropdown above the grid, choose Reindex
4. Click Submit → confirm the dialog
5. After ~a few seconds (or longer for big catalogs), the page reloads with green per-indexer success messages including the runtime in seconds, plus any per-indexer errors as red messages

Reindex everything

1. Same page
2. Click the Reindex All button in the top action bar
3. Confirm the dialog (recommended only when you can afford the time hit — full reindex takes minutes on large catalogs)
4. Each indexer runs in sequence; the page reloads with the same per-indexer report

How it works

1. A plugin (Plugin/IndexerGridPlugin.php) on Magento\Indexer\Block\Backend\Grid::beforeToHtml() injects the Reindex item into the grid's mass-action block.
2. A layout override on indexer_indexer_list.xml adds the Reindex All button into the page's action toolbar.
3. Both POST to /admin/etechflow_admin_reindex/indexer/massReindex — the Reindex All button passes indexer_ids=__all__ as a shortcut sentinel; the mass action posts the actual selected IDs.
4. Controller/Adminhtml/Indexer/MassReindex.php validates the form-key + ACL, resolves each ID through Magento\Framework\Indexer\IndexerRegistry, and runs $indexer->reindexAll() for each one.
5. Success messages are surfaced through Magento's standard MessageManager, so admin sees the same green/red banner pattern they're used to.

The module does not override the Index Management grid itself, so any changes Magento ships in future updates to that grid (new columns, new default actions) carry through unchanged.

Why Hyvä-safe

• Module has no view/frontend/ directory at all
• Adminhtml templates only — Hyvä only re-skins the storefront
• No RequireJS, no Knockout, no jQuery added — just an admin layout XML + one PHP plugin + one PHP controller
• Uses only stable Magento core APIs (IndexerRegistry, Backend\App\Action, MessageManager)

Uninstall

bin/magento module:disable Etechflow_AdminReindex
bin/magento cache:flush

# Composer:
composer remove etechflow/module-admin-reindex
# Manual:
rm -rf app/code/Etechflow/AdminReindex
bin/magento setup:upgrade
bin/magento cache:flush

Nothing to clean from the database — the module doesn't add tables or persist config.

File layout

Etechflow_AdminReindex/
├── registration.php
├── composer.json
├── LICENSE
├── README.md
├── etc/
│   ├── module.xml
│   ├── acl.xml
│   └── adminhtml/
│       ├── routes.xml
│       └── di.xml                    # plugin registration
├── Controller/
│   └── Adminhtml/
│       └── Indexer/
│           └── MassReindex.php       # POST handler
├── Plugin/
│   └── IndexerGridPlugin.php         # adds the "Reindex" mass action
├── view/
│   └── adminhtml/
│       ├── layout/
│       │   └── indexer_indexer_list.xml      # adds the "Reindex All" button
│       └── templates/
│           └── reindex_all_button.phtml      # the button form markup
└── i18n/
    └── en_GB.csv

License

MIT — see LICENSE.