Divi Theme & WordPress Maintenance Services in Iowa
What is included in Iowa website management? Team 218’s website management services in Iowa provide 24/7 security monitoring, weekly off-site backups, and safe WordPress/Divi updates. Plans start at $55/month and include content edits for text and images, ensuring local small businesses remain secure and up-to-date.
Team 218 Web Services provides comprehensive website maintenance, security updates, and daily backups for small businesses in Williamsburg, Iowa City, and throughout Eastern Iowa.
About Our Team
Kim and Chuck Hersey are the driving force behind Team 218. Kim brings a sharp design sense and meticulous attention to detail, ensuring every project is visually cohesive and purpose-driven. Chuck complements her creative direction with his technical expertise as a WordPress and Divi specialist, applying HTML, CSS, PHP, and JavaScript to build fast, functional, and results-focused websites. Together, they deliver clean, modern designs that perform as great as they look.
Kim Hersey and Chuck Hersey created this content.
You can contact us by email (kim@team218.com or chuck@team218.com).
You can also use our Contact Form or call or text 319-333-0815
Why Professional Maintenance Matters
| Stat | What It Means For You |
| 97% | Percentage of hacks caused by plugins you installed. |
| 39 Seconds | How often a bot attempts to guess your password. |
| -50% | The drop in traffic websites often see after a hack. |
Data sourced from the Wordfence 2025 Annual Threat Report.
Comprehensive Website Care
Security, Updates & Peace of Mind
Transparent Pricing: $55/mo
(No 'Call for Quote' Required).
- Weekly Cloud Backups (Stored Off-Site)
- 24/7 Uptime & Security Monitoring
- Safe Plugin & Theme Updates
- Content Edits Included (Text & Images)
- Monthly Activity Reports
- Local Iowa Support (No Call Centers)
The “Zero-Downtime” Protocol
Why We Never Update “Live”
Most budget maintenance services use automated bots to update your plugins. They click “Update All” and hope for the best. If a plugin conflicts with your theme, your live site crashes (the dreaded “White Screen of Death”).
At Team 218, we don’t gamble with your business. We use a Staging Environment Protocol typically reserved for enterprise-level agencies.
Our 4-Step Safety Workflow
1. The Clone (Staging Creation)
Before we touch a single file, we create a complete clone of your website in a secure, invisible “sandbox” environment. Your live website remains untouched and online while we work.
2. The “Sandbox” Update
We apply all WordPress core, plugin, and theme updates to this cloned Staging site first. If a plugin update causes a critical error or a layout shift, it happens in the sandbox—not on your live business site.
3. The Divi Visual Check
This is the Team 218 difference. Automated tools can’t “see” broken designs. As Divi experts, we manually log in and check your Staging site to ensure:
- The Visual Builder loads correctly.
- Global Headers & Footers are intact.
- Custom CSS in your Child Theme hasn’t been overwritten.
4. The Safe Push
Only after the Staging site is verified 100% bug-free do we push the changes to your live server.
⚠️ Why Staging Matters for Divi Users
Divi is a complex visual framework. A simple conflict between a caching plugin and the Divi Builder can break your site’s layout. By testing in a Staging Environment first, we catch these visual glitches before your customers ever see them. We stop the problem before it exists.
How Can We Help You? The answer is simple: By performing your website maintenance for you. You no longer have to update or install plugins. We will do that for you and keep your site secure. We’ll also make sure your site is backed up properly and we can provide you with a detailed report on site activity.
What You Get When You Hire Us
- Weekly Backups: Your site will be backed up every week on a schedule you define. This way, if anything goes wrong with your site, you’ll have a recent backup to restore from.
- Site Monitoring: We will monitor your site around the clock. If there are any issues, we’ll address them immediately for you.
- Security Patching: We’ll apply all security patches to your site as soon as they become available. This way, you won’t have to worry about any holes in your site’s security.
- Core File Updates: WordPress releases core file updates periodically. We’ll evaluate these updates and determine whether to apply the updates right away or if it might be better to wait and make sure there are no coding conflicts. This ensures you get the latest version of your website software which can make a world of difference in site performance.
- Plugin Updates: As needed, we’ll update all of your plugins. This way, you don’t have to worry about any outdated plugins slowing down your site.
- Content Updating: We’ll keep your content up-to-date as well. If there are any updates to pages, posts, images or other files on your site, we’ll make sure they are downloaded and installed on your site automatically.
- Monthly Reporting: You receive monthly reports on what we have done to manage your website.
We’ll Take Care of Your Website – You Focus on Running Your Business
What Is Website Maintenance?
Website maintenance is the practice of monitoring your site’s health through weekly backups, security patching, and core file updates to prevent downtime.
WordPress websites need constant monitoring and attention. Plugin updates, theme updates, core files updates all require users to keep things up to date to maximize site security. Website backups need to be completed and stored off site.
Website Management means taking care of all of the requirements created by the various updates and knowing what to do and when to do it.
Most small business owners don’t have the time or the expertise to effectively manage their own websites. That’s where we can help.
Our Website Maintenance Process
We install a small snippet of software on your website that allows us to monitor your website 24/7/365. Anytime a plugin, theme, or WordPress core update is issued, we receive a notification. Then we evaluate the update and determine if it should be applied immediately or if might be better to wait a day or two to ensure the update is bug-free.
In some situations we may create a staging site, apply the updates to the staging site and test them. After ensuring the updates are stable and do not compromise your website, we push the staging site to the live environment.
Our process means you no longer have to worry about keeping your website in good standing. A side benefit is that having an up to date website is a positive indicator to Google and may enhance your search visibility.
Do you support websites you didn't build?
Yes, we offer maintenance plans for existing WordPress sites, especially those built with Divi.
How much does website maintenance cost in Iowa?
Our plans are designed for small business budgets. Our plans start at just $50 per month.
If I need to change text or photos on my site, is that included?
Yes! Unlike other providers who only handle technical updates, our management plans include content updates. Just email us your new text or images, and we will handle the rest.
Do you provide reporting?
Yes, we provide monthly reports on maintenance activity.
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