WordPress

By Chuck Hersey, Owner & Technical Lead at Team 218 A business spends $5,000 building a WordPress site. It launches well. Six months later, it’s still fast and looking good. Nobody budgets for year-two plugin conflicts when they’re excited about launch day. But most WordPress sites fail quietly, long before anyone expected them to. By […]

By Kim Hersey, Partner & UX Lead at Team 218 Shopping for a WordPress care plan feels a lot like buying insurance. You’re comparing things you hope you never need, using terms you’re not sure mean what you think they mean, from companies whose prices range from $15 a month to $300 a month with […]

By Chuck Hersey, Owner & Technical Lead at Team 218 Your site is showing a Google warning. Or your host suspended the account. Or a client texted you asking why your website is redirecting to a pharmacy. If your WordPress site was hacked, you’re in the right place. Finding out is step one. Here’s the […]

By Kim Hersey, Partner & UX Lead at Team 218 You opened your own website on your phone last week and watched the spinner go. You didn’t time it, but it felt long. Long enough to make you wonder what your customers think when they land on a slow WordPress site. A slow website isn’t […]

Most people think clicking “Install WordPress” means the job is done. It doesn’t. That button gives you a default configuration that is slow, insecure, and SEO-blind. At Team 218, we’ve deployed WordPress for over a decade, and the difference between a site that performs and one that limps comes down to what happens in the […]

As a small business owner, choosing the right platform for your website can be a daunting task. With so many options available, it’s essential to pick a solution that is both user-friendly and scalable. WordPress has emerged as one of the most popular platforms for small businesses worldwide. Let’s explore why WordPress is the best […]