Reindex Magento Indexes via SSH

The default indexer in Magento can be quite a time consuming process sometimes, a real time-saver if you have SSH access to your server is to work directly on the command line using the below:-

Navigate to the path of your Magento root before running these.

To reindex individual indexes:-

php ./shell/indexer.php -reindex catalog_product_attribute
php ./shell/indexer.php -reindex catalogsearch_fulltext
php ./shell/indexer.php -reindex catalog_category_flat
php ./shell/indexer.php -reindex catalog_product_flat
php ./shell/indexer.php -reindex cataloginventory_stock
php ./shell/indexer.php -reindex catalog_category_product
php ./shell/indexer.php -reindex catalog_product_price
php ./shell/indexer.php -reindex tag_summary
php ./shell/indexer.php -reindex catalog_url

To reindex all indexes:-

php ./shell/indexer.php -reindexall

To view a list of available indexes in Magento:-

php ./shell/indexer.php -info

To view the help notes for the indexer command:-

php ./shell/indexer.php -help