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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.

"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 he received a National Diploma (ND) in Graphic Design.

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.

July 01, 2022

Patch Applied in the di.xml file on Magento 2 Stores for MariaDB 10.5 Support

MariaDB 10.5 offers improved database performance for your Magneto 2 store. In June 2022, Nexcess enabled a patch to the di.xml file that was made to allow support for MariaDB 10.5.
May 12, 2022

How to Log into the WP-Admin Panel & Improve Speed

How to Log into the WP-Admin Panel & Improve Speed
Typically, what causes the WordPress Admin Dashboard (wp-admin area) to be slow to load or parts of it to be slow are the plugins you are using on the site.
April 27, 2022

Comparing How to Keep Plugins Updated in WordPress

Managing plugins on WordPress is an important part of maintaining a site for functionality and security — at Nexcess there are several options available.
April 08, 2022

Nexcess Portal Navigation Improvements

The Nexcess Client Portal has been updated to make it easier to find key information in the navigational sidebar, which can be expanded using the Show More button. Also, you can search by keyword.
February 09, 2022

How Install and Setup Validar for WooCommerce

Setting up Validar for WooCommerce is very quick and painless if you are using Managed WordPress or Managed WooCommerce. You can install and activate the Validar plugin using the Nexcess Installer.
November 12, 2021

Using MailerSend Service on Your WordPress Website

Using MailerSend Service on Your WordPress Website
MailerSend Service: Send reliable email from your WordPress website! Send up to 12,000 emails using the free plan or up to 50,000 emails with a paid plan!
November 09, 2021

How to Use the WooCommerce Automated Testing Feature

How to Use the WooCommerce Automated Testing Feature
September 21, 2021

How to Clear Caching on Your WordPress Site

How to Clear Caching on Your WordPress Site
Caching options on your WordPress site with Nexcess include full-page caching, minification of CSS and JavaScript files, using a CDN, or Redis object caching.
September 21, 2021

How to Identify Bad Bots

How to Identify Bad Bots
As a site administrator, there is something you need to be aware of: bots. Bots account for more than half of all web traffic. This article will help you better understand bots.
September 21, 2021

How to Use Jetpack Boost on Your Site

Learn how to use the Jetpack Boost plugin on your WordPress site. Jetpack Boost uses WordPress.com servers to be able to improve your site’s front-end performance without a lot of setup and work.
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