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Author : 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 is 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 29, 2022

By Luke Cavanagh

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!

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store,store setup,Online store,eCommerce store,building an online store,create an ecommerce store,storebuilder by nexcess,WooCommerce,WordPress

July 27, 2022

By Luke Cavanagh

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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Online store,store,store setup,create an ecommerce store,building an online store,storebuilder by nexcess

July 01, 2022

By Luke Cavanagh

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.

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Nexcess,patch,Support,maraidb,Magento

May 12, 2022

By Luke Cavanagh

WP Images: Regenerating WordPress Images with WP-CLI

The most common reason you would need to regenerate your image thumbnails for your media library on your site would be to add custom image sizes or change the image sizes in your theme for your WooCommerce Store

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May 12, 2022

By Luke Cavanagh

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.

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April 27, 2022

By Luke Cavanagh

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.

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plugin,Security,WordPress security

April 08, 2022

By Luke Cavanagh

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.

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legacy,improvements,portal,navigation,Nexcess

March 23, 2022

By Luke Cavanagh

Set WordPress Maintenance Mode Using WP-CLI

Enable maintenance mode on your site during scheduled maintenance and for other valid reasons using the WordPress Command Line Interface (WP-CLI) with ease.

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March 17, 2022

By Luke Cavanagh

WordPress Fixes: Troubleshooting WP-CLI Issues

Critical errors can be resolved by debugging your WordPress website, and those errors are often evidenced by the WP-CLI not being able to execute a command.

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WordPress

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troubleshooting wordpress,wp-cli

February 09, 2022

By Luke Cavanagh

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.

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WooCommerce

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WooCommerce,validar

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