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Luke Cavanagh
Luke Cavanagh


Luke Cavanagh, Strategic Support & Accelerant at Liquid Web, brings a decade of experience working with WordPress and WooCommerce to our Product Team. His GitHub page offers a glimpse into his multiple areas of subject matter expertise. Luke elicits "ideation" for new website management and ecommerce software needs. Then, he collaborates with the Liquid Web team in the development of next generation product features and wins.


With proficiency, Luke infuses the product roadmap with a curated vision of the next enhancements while quickly evolving the functional requirements to align with innovations in the industry. He brings structure to ambiguous situations. His professional acumen and precise communication style have won him respect among stakeholders and engineers alike. "Ninja stuff with WordPress and WooCommerce," is an apropos way to describe Luke's savviness with these platforms — and his way of influencing our organization for improving to them.


Coming out of the University of Brighton with a Business and Technology Education Council (BTEC) Higher National Diploma (HND) in 2D & 3D Design, Luke's credentials prepared him well for his current role that blends both web development and design. His HND credential leveraged his foundational learning at West Kent College, where is received a National Diploma (ND) in Graphic Design.


Prolific are Luke's contributions to our knowledge libraries that are available within the Liquid Web Family of Brands:

- Nexcess blog for the WordPress category

- Nexcess blog for the WooCommerce category

- Nexcess knowledge library for the WordPress category

- Nexcess knowledge library for the WooCommerce category

- Liquid Web blog for the WordPress category

- Liquid Web blog for the WooCommerce category

- Liquid Web knowledge library for the WordPress category

- Liquid Web knowledge library for the WooCommerce category


In his personal life, Luke is a devoted husband and teen wrangler. He considers himself a Synthwave enthusiast, Jerry Goldsmith fan, and Doctor Who aficionado. He is happy to introduce his friends and teammates to essential vocabulary for life found only in British English, such as "gubbins" and similar terms.


December 21, 2022

What to optimize on your site before you go live

what to optimize on your site before you go live
Before your new website goes live, its components should be properly optimized. We will cover the many facets of optimizing you WordPress site in this article.
December 21, 2022

Easily setting up redirects in WordPress using a plugin

Easily setting up redirects in WordPress using a plugin
This article will cover setting up redirects in WordPress using a plugin and the related tasks. Managing redirect setup optimally is important for overall website design.
October 12, 2022

Redis Object Cache: How to Enable

Enabling Redis Object Caching
Redis object caching can improve database query performance both on the front end of your site and in wp-admin. We automatically install the Object Cache Pro plugin to do this.
October 11, 2022

WordPress testing site: beta testing WordPress on staging or dev

WordPress testing site: beta testing WordPress on staging or dev
With staging or dev setup, you can now install the WordPress Beta Testing plugin and then set which version of WordPress beta you want to be testing with.
September 12, 2022

Overcome Web Hosting Issues & Pain Points with Managed Hosting from Nexcess

Overcome Web Hosting Issues & Pain Points with Managed Hosting from Nexcess
Nexcess Speed, Scale, Support, Security, Staging, Stencils, Updates — learn about the key differentiators used to avoid web hosting issues and pain points.
September 02, 2022

WordPress Caching: What Does Each Option Do

WordPress Caching What Does Each Option Do
WordPress has a number of different types of caching that can be used to speed up the front-end and back-end (wp-admin) load times.
August 12, 2022

Nexcess: New Temporary Domain on All Plans

Nexcess: New Temporary Domain on All Plans
As of 08.23.2022 @ 10 PM ET, any new website on a Nexcess Plan will be given a CNAME Target domain and subdomain from *.nxcli.io instead of *.nxcli.net.
July 29, 2022

How to Add or Modify Products in WooCommerce & StoreBuilder

How to Add or Modify Products in WooCommerce & StoreBuilder
Now that your store is up and running with its desired look and feel using StoreBuilder by Nexcess, you are ready to add your products as the next step.
July 29, 2022

How to Go Live with StoreBuilder by Nexcess

How to Go Live with StoreBuilder by Nexcess!
With StoreBuilder by Nexcess, it’s time to launch your StoreBuilder online store and show your products to the world!
July 27, 2022

StoreBuilder Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

StoreBuilder Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
With StoreBuilder by Nexcess, we’ve taken the guesswork out! We’re so excited for you to try the fastest way to get up and running with your WordPress store!
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