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Pkgroup_Productfeed exports existing Magento product reviews as a Google Merchant Center Product Reviews XML 2.4 feed. It is a feed exporter: it does not collect reviews, send review invitation emails, provide review widgets, or moderate reviews.

The module creates a separate feed for each Magento store view. The feed can be generated on demand from the command line, regenerated nightly by Magento cron, or requested through the module's frontend route.

Features

Exports Magento product reviews in Google's Product Reviews XML 2.4 format.
Creates a static XML file for each store view under pub/productreview/feed/store-<store-id>.xml.
Publishes the static file at https://<store-domain>/productreview/feed/store-<store-id>.xml.
Regenerates feeds daily at 02:00 through Magento's default cron group.
Supports generating feeds for all store views or a single store view using the Magento CLI.
Also provides a dynamic feed route at https://<store-domain>/productfeed/index/feed, which generates XML for the current store view when requested.
Exports reviewer names anonymously.
Includes available product identifiers (SKU, GTIN/UPC, MPN, and brand).
Writes feed files to a temporary file and renames them into place after generation, so readers do not see a partially written feed.

Important behavior and privacy

The feed selects product reviews of all Magento statuses (approved, pending, and not approved) assigned to the current store view. It is publicly accessible, without authentication. Review text from pending or not-approved reviews can therefore be read by anyone who can access the feed URL. Review status does not currently control export.

Only enabled products assigned to the selected store view are included. Google's format requires review content, a rating, and a product URL, so reviews missing any of these are omitted. Omitted reviews are logged. Rating values are derived from Magento review rating votes; the feed does not invent ratings.

This module does not send review data to Google. Submit the public static feed URL to the appropriate Google Merchant Center program and inspect Google's feed diagnostics after processing.

Requirements

Magento 2 with Magento_Catalog, Magento_Review, and Magento_Cron enabled.
PHP's XMLWriter extension.
Magento cron configured and running for automatic nightly generation.
A writable Magento pub/ directory.

Installation

Install with Composer

Make sure the Composer repository hosting pkgroup/productfeed is configured in your Magento project, then run:

composer require pkgroup/productfeed
php bin/magento module:enable Pkgroup_Productfeed
php bin/magento setup:upgrade
php bin/magento cache:flush

Install from this Magento project

The module is located at app/code/Pkgroup/Productfeed. From the Magento project root, run:

php bin/magento module:enable Pkgroup_Productfeed
php bin/magento setup:upgrade
php bin/magento cache:flush

Confirm Magento sees the module:

php bin/magento module:status Pkgroup_Productfeed

For a production deployment, run the normal Magento deployment steps for your environment, including dependency injection compilation when appropriate:

php bin/magento setup:di:compile
php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy

Generate feeds immediately

Generate or refresh the static feed for every store view:

php bin/magento productreview:feed

Generate or refresh the feed for one store view by its store code:

php bin/magento productreview:feed --store=default

The command reports the generated file path and its public URL. For example, the default store view with ID 1 generates:

File: pub/productreview/feed/store-1.xml
URL:  https://<store-domain>/productreview/feed/store-1.xml

The misspelled alias below is also available for compatibility with the original command example:

php bin/magento proudctreview:feed

Automatic nightly generation

The module registers pkgroup_productreview_feed_generate in Magento's default cron group with the schedule 0 2 * * * (daily at 02:00 in Magento cron's configured timezone). The job attempts to generate a static feed for every store view and logs success or failure for each store.

Magento's operating-system cron must be installed and running. To check the Magento cron configuration, run:

php bin/magento cron:run --group=default

This command runs the due jobs in that cron group; it does not change the configured schedule. The scheduled job will only execute when Magento cron is running and the 02:00 job is due.

Feed URLs

There are two ways to access a feed:

Static feed (recommended for scheduled use): https://<store-domain>/productreview/feed/store-<store-id>.xml
Dynamic feed for the current store view: https://<store-domain>/productfeed/index/feed

The static file is updated by the CLI command or nightly cron. The dynamic route builds the XML during the HTTP request and does not read the generated static file.

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Troubleshooting

No static file exists: run php bin/magento productreview:feed and check that Magento can write to pub/productreview/feed/.
The command is not recognized: confirm the module is enabled, then run php bin/magento setup:upgrade and php bin/magento cache:flush.
The feed contains fewer reviews than Magento Admin: check that each review has non-empty text and a Magento rating vote, its product is enabled and assigned to the store view, and the product URL is available. All review statuses are considered; missing required feed fields can still cause a review to be omitted.
Nightly feed is stale: verify Magento's system cron is running, the default cron group is being processed, and check Magento logs for feed generation errors.
A public feed exposes a review that is not approved: this is expected with the current all-status export behavior. Do not publish the URL if that is not acceptable for your store.

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