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title: "WordPress"
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description: "Includes Getting started with WordPress and WooCommerce hosting, How to Migrate a WordPress Site to cPanel, How to customize a WordPress site and the Nexcess MAPPS MU (must-use) plugin, How to empty cache: Magento 2 and WordPress cache and Nexcess Managed WordPress Email Management. 61 articles."
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# WordPress

Includes Getting started with WordPress and WooCommerce hosting, How to Migrate a WordPress Site to cPanel, How to customize a WordPress site and the Nexcess MAPPS MU (must-use) plugin, How to empty cache: Magento 2 and WordPress cache and Nexcess Managed WordPress Email Management. 61 articles.

## Articles

- [Getting started with WordPress and WooCommerce hosting](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/managed-wordpress/getting-started.md): There is a straightforward process for getting started — WordPress and WooCommerce hosting at Nexcess — with all the tools you need to run stellar websites on s…
- [How to Migrate a WordPress Site to cPanel](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/cms/wordpress/migrate-wordpress-cpanel.md): Do you need to migrate your WordPress site to cPanel? This tutorial shows you how to migrate your site into cPanel in eight easy steps.
- [How to customize a WordPress site and the Nexcess MAPPS MU (must-use) plugin](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/managed-woocommerce/plugin-management/customize-mu-plugin.md): Learn how to customize a WordPress site! Leverage the Nexcess MAPPS MU (must-use) plugin to enhance your site's performance, design, features, support, integrat…
- [How to empty cache: Magento 2 and WordPress cache](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/managed-magento/store-management/clear-cache.md): Learning how to empty the cache for Magento 2 and WordPress websites can help you propagate changes across your website much faster. Let's go over the details a…
- [Nexcess Managed WordPress Email Management](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/managed-wordpress/email-management.md): Manage email for your WordPress site. Configure reliable SMTP for transactional mail and learn about options for separate mailbox hosting.
- [Moving WordPress local development to your server](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/managed-woocommerce/store-management/migrate-local-dev-store.md): Transferring code from localhost to a live website is similar to migrating a website from one server to another. Move WordPress local development to Nexcess hos…
- [Introducing the easy-to-use Nexcess WordPress migration plugin](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/migrations/nexcess/migration-methods.md): Take advantage of our Migrate to Liquid Web & Nexcess WordPress migration plugin for swift website transfers. Our convenient plugin moves WordPress data/files t…
- [Nexcess-provided WordPress plugins for ecommerce and sites](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/managed-woocommerce/plugin-management/ecommerce-plugins.md): Configured using the Nexcess Installer, our managed WordPress and managed WooCommerce hosting plans at Nexcess come with multiple WordPress plugins for ecommerc…
- [Optimizing Managed WordPress using the W3 Total Cache plugin](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/managed-wordpress/plugin-management/w3-total-cache.md): This article will shed light on advanced caching options for WordPress — and how to leverage the robust caching-related functionality of the W3 Total Cache plug…
- [Why StellarSites Is the Best WordPress Hosting Solution for You](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/stellarsites/why-stellarsites-is-the-best-wordpress-hosting-solution-for-you.md): If you've ever tried building a WordPress site, you know the drill: juggling hosting settings, sorting out plugins, navigating theme chaos, and holding your bre…
- [How to set up Sylius hosting at Nexcess](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/cms/install-sylius.md): Explore the two Sylius hosting setup approaches at Nexcess of leveraging the flexible cloud platform or the non-cloud configuration via traditional "Nexcess Cla…
- [WordPress Caching: What Does Each Option Do](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/managed-woocommerce/store-management/caching-options.md): 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.
- [W3 Total Cache Optimization for Cloud Sites](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/cloud-sites/website-management/w3-total-cache-optimization-for-cloud-sites.md): Optimize your WordPress site on Cloud Sites using W3 Total Cache. Learn the exact General, Page Cache, Minify, and Browser Cache settings you need.
- [Managed WordPress & WooCommerce: How to make a WordPress site live](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/managed-magento/store-management/launch-store.md): Follow this 5-step guide to make your WordPress site live on Nexcess. Learn how to update DNS, configure the Master Domain, enable SSL, and flush the cache.
- [Cloning a WordPress Site & Moving It to a New Domain](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/cms/wordpress/self-service-migrations.md): Thinking about moving your WordPress site to a new domain? Follow these steps to migrate WordPress to a new domain successfully.
- [Managing Themes and Plugins With WP-CLI](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/cms/wordpress/managing-themes-and-plugins-with-wp-cli.md): Master WP-CLI to manage your WordPress site. Learn commands to list, install, update, and delete plugins and themes directly from the command line.
- [WordPress security features — changing security keys and salts](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/managed-wordpress/plugin-management/security-keys-salts.md): An essential WordPress security feature is the implementation of authentication keys and salts to safeguard the WordPress Admin Panel from unauthorized access b…
- [Change PHP Settings for WordPress in Cloud Sites](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/cloud-sites/website-management/php/change-php-settings-for-wordpress-in-cloud-sites.md): Update the PHP memory limit, max file size, post size and execution time for Wordpress in Cloud Sites.
- [Configure WordPress Multisite on Cloud Sites](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/cloud-sites/website-management/configure-wordpress-multisite-on-cloud-sites.md): To use WordPress Multisite on Cloud Sites, start by setting up WordPress Multisite and making the necessary global configuration changes. Afterward, implement t…
- [Use WP Super Cache in Cloud Sites](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/cloud-sites/website-management/use-wp-super-cache-in-cloud-sites.md): Optimize your WordPress site on Cloud Sites. Learn the exact WP Super Cache advanced settings, mod_rewrite rules, and preload configurations you need.
- [How to Delete Post Revisions using WP-CLI](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/cms/wordpress/delete-post-revisions-using-wp-cli.md): There may be times when you need to clean up post revisions created on your site. This is possible, using the commands already available in WP-CLI.
- [Best Practices: Enabling Automatic Updates in WordPress](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/cms/wordpress/best-practices-enabling-automatic-updates-in-wordpress.md): Learn how to enable automatic updates for WordPress core, plugins, and themes. Protect your site with these best practices for editing wp-config.php.
- [Understanding the WordPress database structure](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/cms/wordpress/troubleshooting/understanding-the-wordpress-database-structure.md): Learn about the WordPress database structure, key tables like wp_options, wp_users, & wp_posts, and how wp-config.php connects your site.
- [Troubleshooting: WP-CLI Isn’t Working](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/cms/wordpress/troubleshooting/troubleshooting-wp-cli-isnt-working.md): WP-CLI not working? Resolve path errors, PHP fatal errors, and conflicts. Learn to use the --debug flag and skip plugins to fix command line issues.
- [Optimizing WordPress Cron (WP-Cron) for Better Performance](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/cms/wordpress/troubleshooting/optimizing-wordpress-cron-wp-cron-for-better-performance.md): wp-cron optimization is vital for WordPress performance. Disable default wp-cron and set up a system cron job for reliable, efficient task scheduling.
- [Creating and Modifying Users With WP-CLI](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/cms/wordpress/troubleshooting/creating-and-modifying-users-with-wp-cli.md): Need to reset a password or create an admin without the dashboard? Use this guide to manage WordPress users directly from the terminal with WP-CLI.
- [What is WP-CLI?](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/cms/wordpress/what-is-wp-cli.md): WP-CLI is a specialized command line interface for WordPress, empowering users to interact with sites and databases via commands, offering enhanced control over…
- [Optimizing WordPress with Caching Plugins](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/cms/wordpress/optimizing-wordpress-with-caching-plugins.md): Let's review the configuration settings and other options for speeding up the page-loading performance of WordPress-powered websites by using caching plugins.
- [Optimize WordPress Database with WP-CLI Commands](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/cms/wordpress/optimize-wordpress-database.md): Optimize your WordPress database with WP-CLI and improve website performance. Learn how to create a searchable database in WordPress today.
- [Mitigating Common WordPress Brute Force Attacks](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/cms/wordpress/mitigating-common-wordpress-brute-force-attacks.md): Dealing with attacks on your WordPress site? Find solutions to quickly mitigate these attacks.
- [Liquid Web Terraform provider deploying WordPress](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/cms/wordpress/cloud-studio-deploy-wordpress.md): Our Terraform example of WordPress on Infrastructure as Code (IaC) will be helpful for website owners. Terraform simplifies the deployment and scalability of co…
- [Installing WordPress using WP-CLI](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/cms/wordpress/installing-wordpress-using-wp-cli.md): With your SSH credentials, learn how to install WordPress using the WordPress Command Line Interface (WP-CLI) after creating a database for the new WordPress in…
- [How to harden your WordPress site](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/cms/wordpress/how-to-harden-your-wordpress-site.md): Hardening is securing your WordPress site by reducing vulnerabilities through best practices, updates, and protective settings.
- [WordPress Overview](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/cms/wordpress.md): Master your WordPress site. From installation to performance tuning, our guides cover security, WP-CLI, migrations, and troubleshooting tips.
- [Understanding Your WordPress File Structure](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/cms/wordpress/troubleshooting/understanding-your-wordpress-file-structure.md): Mastering WordPress file structure is crucial for managing and troubleshooting your site. Learn about core files, plugins, themes, and key directories.
- [WordPress Troubleshooting](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/cms/wordpress/troubleshooting.md): Fix your broken WordPress site. Our troubleshooting guides show you how to debug errors, solve plugin conflicts, and repair core files quickly.
- [How to Create a Managed WordPress Plan](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/hosting-services/sites-and-stores/create-managed-wordpress-plan.md): Learn how to create a new WordPress Plan on your Nexcess account.
- [How to Deactivate all Plugins and Change the Active Theme Using phpMyAdmin](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/managed-wordpress/plugin-management/deactivate-all-wordpress-plugins-in-phpmyadmin.md): Being able to easily deactivate all active plugins on a site and change the active theme will make troubleshooting issues on your site a lot easier.
- [Nexcess Managed WordPress File Management](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/managed-wordpress/file-management.md): Manage your WordPress site's files. Use SFTP for direct access to themes and plugins, and the Media Library for your site's content.
- [Nexcess Managed WordPress Database Management](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/managed-wordpress/database-management.md): Manage your WordPress database on our platform. Learn to access phpMyAdmin, create backups, and optimize your database for site performance.
- [Nexcess Managed WordPress Backup and Restore](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/managed-wordpress/backup-and-restore.md): Manage backups for your WordPress site via our portal. Learn to create on-demand backups and easily restore your site to a previous version.
- [Nexcess: PHP Workers & WordPress Site Performance](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/managed-wordpress/website-management/php-workers.md): Learn what PHP workers are, why they're crucial for WordPress, and how they prevent website slowdowns.
- [Website Management in Managed WordPress](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/managed-wordpress/website-management.md): Control your Nexcess Managed WordPress site from the sites-portal.nexcess.com portal. Learn to update your domain, enable SSL, manage backups, and access WP-Adm…
- [Website comparison tool — using our Visual Comparison feature](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/managed-wordpress/plugin-management/visual-comparison.md): Before implementing any WordPress plugin changes, use a smart website comparison tool to visually show you how the future website will appear in comparison to t…
- [How to view your admin credentials in the Portal for your Managed WordPress or Managed WooCommerce New Install Site](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/managed-wordpress/website-management/admin-credentials.md): Learn how to view your admin user credentials — username and password — in the Nexcess Client Portal for your newly installed site with Managed WordPress or Man…
- [How to configure the Nexcess CDN with WordPress and WP Rocket](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/performance/content-delivery-networks-cdns/nexcess/wordpress-and-wp-rocket.md): Learn how to configure the Nexcess CDN with WordPress and the WP Rocket plugin.
- [How to configure the Nexcess CDN with WordPress and W3 Total Cache](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/performance/content-delivery-networks-cdns/nexcess/wordpress-and-w3-total-cache.md): Learn how to configure the Nexcess CDN with WordPress and W3 Total Cache plugin.
- [How to configure the Nexcess CDN with WordPress and WP Fastest Cache](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/performance/content-delivery-networks-cdns/nexcess/wordpress-and-wp-fastest-cache.md): Learn how to configure the Nexcess CDN with WordPress and WP Fastest Cache plugin.
- [How to configure the Nexcess CDN using the WordPress CDN Enabler by KeyCDN](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/performance/content-delivery-networks-cdns/nexcess/wordpress-and-cdn-enabler.md): At Nexcess, our hosting plans provide the WordPress CDN Enabler plugin by KeyCDN to facilitate the setup required to turn on your CDN in the context of your Nex…
- [How to configure the Nexcess CDN with WordPress and Swift Performance](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/performance/content-delivery-networks-cdns/nexcess/wordpress-and-swift-performance.md): Learn how to configure the Nexcess CDN with WordPress and the Swift Performance plugin.
- [Nexcess Managed WordPress Plugin Management](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/managed-wordpress/plugin-management.md): Take control of your Nexcess Managed WordPress plugins with our portal. Use safe, automated updates and leverage premium tools like SolidWP on your site.
- [Malware remediation service for managed WordPress/WooCommerce sites](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/hosting-services/sites-and-stores/malware-remediation-for-wordpress-and-woocommerce.md): Learn about the malware remediation service from Nexcess. Let us get your site back up and running fast. Our experts will keep your site running malware-free.
- [Adding a Site in Your Managed WordPress or WooCommerce Portal](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/nexcess/wordpressadd-a-domain.md): Adding a site in your Managed WordPress Portal or Managed WooCommerce Portal is an easy process that just takes a few steps using the Nexcess Client Portal that…
- [Support for Sites & Stores](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/support.md): Get support for your Sites & Stores plans. Learn how to open a ticket or start a chat directly from the sites-portal.nexcess.com portal.
- [Introducing SiteKeep for WordPress and WooCommerce websites](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/hosting-services/sites-and-stores/wordpress-woocommerce-maintenance-service-from-sitekeep.md): Stewarding optimal performance, the WordPress SiteKeep service monitors site heath, updates WordPress components, and implements necessary design/content tweaks…
- [Managed WordPress](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/managed-wordpress.md): Power your WordPress site with managed hosting. Get a high-performance, secure platform with a custom portal and automated update tools.
- [How to install WordPress](https://docs.nexcess.com/sites-stores/cms/wordpress/manual-wordpress-installation.md): Learn how Nexcess clients can install WordPress on their servers using SFTP.
- [Setting up WordPress Multisite](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/cms/wordpress/setting-up-wordpress-multisite.md): WordPress Multisite lets you manage multiple WordPress sites via a single control panel, sharing themes, plugins, and more.
- [Troubleshooting: Deactivating All Plugins in phpMyAdmin for WordPress](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/cms/wordpress/troubleshooting/troubleshooting-deactivating-all-plugins-in-phpmyadmin-for-wordpress.md): Locked out of WordPress? Learn how to deactivate all plugins via phpMyAdmin. Edit your database directly to regain dashboard access and fix errors.
- [WordPress Upgrade and Downgrade](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/cms/wordpress/troubleshooting/wordpress-upgrade-and-downgrade.md): Learn to upgrade/downgrade WordPress via WP-CLI, Softaculous, or Dashboard. Back up first & use troubleshooting tips for common update errors.
- [The wp-config.php in WordPress](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/cms/wordpress/wp-config-php.md): The wp-config.php file is vital for WordPress, controlling database settings, debugging, memory, security keys, URLs, and directory paths.