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Install, migrate, cache and troubleshoot WordPress and WooCommerce.

Install, migrate, cache and troubleshoot WordPress and WooCommerce.

Install WordPress with Softaculous

Install WordPress in a few minutes from cPanel using Softaculous, with the settings that matter for security and a working SSL certificate.

Move a local WordPress site to your hosting

Deploy a WordPress site built on your own machine to a cPanel account — files, database, wp-config and the URL rewrite that catches people out.

Install WordPress manually

Install WordPress by hand when you need control Softaculous does not give you — uploading the files, creating the database and running the installer.

Send WordPress email over SMTP

Configure WP Mail SMTP to send WordPress email through your WebGee mailbox, so contact forms and order confirmations stop landing in spam.

Use Redis object caching without LiteSpeed Cache

Set up Redis object caching on a WordPress site that uses a caching plugin other than LiteSpeed Cache, using the Redis Object Cache plugin.

Fix "missing the MySQL extension" in WordPress

Enable the nd_mysqli PHP extension so WordPress can reach its database, and resolve the utf8mb4 client library warning in Site Health.

Replace WP-Cron with a real cron job

WordPress runs scheduled tasks on page load, which slows busy sites and misses schedules on quiet ones. Move them to a system cron job instead.

Fix a slow WordPress admin with LiteSpeed Cache

A slow wp-admin under LiteSpeed Cache is usually an object cache extension enabled with nothing to connect to. Configure it, or turn the extension off.

WordPress sites missing from WordPress Manager

WordPress Manager only lists sites Softaculous installed. Scan for manual installations to bring the rest under management.

LiteSpeed Cache presets

Apply a pre-tuned set of LSCache settings in one click, choose the right level of risk for your site, and revert if it breaks something.

Use SVG images in WordPress

WordPress blocks SVG uploads by default for good reason. How to enable them safely with Safe SVG, and why not to use a plugin that simply allows the type.

LiteSpeed Cache or WP Rocket

Why LSCache is the better fit on WebGee's LiteSpeed servers, what WP Rocket still does well, and why you must not run both.

Fix "Unable to create directory"

WordPress cannot write to the uploads folder. How to correct file permissions, check the upload path, and rule out a full disk.

Install and enable LiteSpeed Cache

Turn on LSCache from cPanel or from WordPress, and understand what each section of the plugin does before you change anything.

Reset a WordPress admin password

Three ways back into a WordPress site you are locked out of, from the safest to the last resort.

Improve a slow WordPress or WooCommerce dashboard

Find what is actually making wp-admin slow, then fix it — in the order that finds the cause fastest rather than a list of everything possible.

Stop LiteSpeed cutting off long-running PHP scripts

Use the noabort and noconntimeout environment variables in .htaccess so backups, imports and WP-Cron finish instead of being killed part-way.

Optimise your WordPress database

Clear out post revisions, auto-drafts, spam and transients with the LiteSpeed Database Optimizer, and know which options are safe to run.

Enable WP_DEBUG and read the error log

Turn on WordPress debug logging to find the source of a white screen or a broken plugin, without showing errors to your visitors.

Fix "Script '26' Not Found" in WordPress Manager

What the error means when installing WordPress from the client area, and how to install successfully instead.

Migrate WordPress with Installatron

Import a WordPress site into your hosting account with Installatron, either from elsewhere on the same account or over FTP from another provider.

Disable LSCache

Turn LiteSpeed Cache off for a WordPress site that is already using it, and what to expect once you do.

Create a WordPress staging site with Softaculous

Clone your live site to a staging copy, test changes safely, then push the result back — and the merge choices that decide what actually moves.

Install a WordPress plugin over FTP

Upload a plugin by hand when it is too large for the dashboard uploader, or when the dashboard is not available.

Clone a WordPress site with WP Toolkit

Copy a WordPress installation to another domain or cPanel account using WP Toolkit in WHM, including Multisite networks Softaculous cannot handle.

Check whether LiteSpeed Cache is working

Confirm your pages are being served from LSCache using the response headers, and understand what a hit, a miss and no header at all each mean.

Fix MySQL errors when cloning WordPress in Softaculous

Softaculous cannot clone a Multisite network. What the missing-table error means, and which tool to use instead.

WordPress Multisite with subdomains

Point each Multisite subdomain at the network's document root in cPanel or DirectAdmin, so the sites resolve instead of 404ing.

Migrate WordPress with Softaculous remote import

Pull a WordPress site from another host into your WebGee account over FTP, with the field-by-field detail the form does not explain.

Fix a site stuck in maintenance mode

WordPress shows "Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance" when an update did not finish. Delete the .maintenance file to bring the site back.

Reset WordPress permalinks

Fix pages returning 404 when the home page works, by regenerating the rewrite rules — from the dashboard, or by restoring .htaccess if you cannot log in.

Prevent LSCache from auto-installing

Flag a WordPress installation so WebGee's automated process does not install LiteSpeed Cache on it, and set the same exclusion for every new account.

QUIC.cloud or Cloudflare

How the two CDNs differ for a LiteSpeed-hosted WordPress site, why running both is usually a mistake, and how to choose.