Get Magento version in Magento 2

Wondering which Magento 2 version are you using? In this blog post we will check together the ways to get the Magento version of your Magento 2 installation.

There are 5 ways to check the Magento version in Magento 2, writing code and not.

1. Using the followng CLI command on your magento root folder

php bin/magento --version

which returns in our example

Magento CLI version 2.2.6

2. Using the following url in your browser

http://demo.magevision.com/magento_version

which returns in our example

Magento/2.2 (Community)

3. Checking the composer.json file on your root folder you will find in the require section the following line

"magento/product-community-edition": "2.2.6"

4. Using the following code (Objectmanager is used only in the example, not recommended. Instead use dependency injection.)

$objectManager = \Magento\Framework\App\ObjectManager::getInstance();

$productMetadata = $objectManager->get('Magento\Framework\App\ProductMetadataInterface');

$version = $productMetadata->getVersion();

5. Easily login into Magento admin and on the right side of the footer you will see

Magento ver. 2.2.6

Just choose the right way for you!

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Till next time!