About Jim King

I am the founder and president of Wheaton Website Services. Founded in 2008, Wheaton Website Services is a website design, development and hosting company. My first company was an online invitation and photo gift company started in 1997. That was my start with website design and development and where I learned to build websites that run flawlessly.

The WordPress Dashboard Tab You’ve Probably Never Clicked (But Should)

If you followed our last post and confirmed your website has a working backup, good, you've already covered one of the two things most site owners never check until something breaks. This post covers the other one: a tab sitting quietly in your WordPress dashboard called Site Health. Most people never click it. Nothing

By |2026-09-16T17:30:39-05:00August 26th, 2026|Security, Website Administration, WordPress Plugins|0 Comments

Do You Actually Have a Website Backup? Here’s How to Check (and Why It Matters)

If your website went down tomorrow, hacked, broken by a bad update, or just gone, how long could you go without it? An hour? A day? A week? The honest answer for a lot of small business owners is: they don't know, because they've never actually checked whether their site has a real backup.

Is Your Google Business Profile Actually Working for You? A 15-Minute Audit

If you set up your Google Business Profile when you first launched your business and haven't touched it since, you're not alone. Most small business owners treat it like a one-time task: fill it in, verify it, move on. The problem is that an outdated or incomplete profile can quietly work against you, even

By |2026-08-04T22:42:28-05:00July 6th, 2026|Branding, Marketing|0 Comments

Zen Cart 2.2.2 Gets Released

The Zen Cart development team has released Zen Cart version 2.2.2. This is a point release that follows 2.2.1, which was the more feature-rich update in the 2.2.x line. The 2.2.2 release itself is minor, containing a single fix to the zc_install version file. That said, if you are not yet running 2.2.x, there

By |2026-06-11T09:54:09-05:00June 11th, 2026|Upgrades & Patches, Zen Cart|0 Comments

Why AI Search Rewards the Businesses That Explain Themselves Clearly

If you have spent any time searching for something lately, you have probably noticed the change. You type a question into Google and, before you ever see a list of websites, you get a written answer right at the top. Ask ChatGPT or a similar tool the same question, and it just tells you

By |2026-06-07T12:47:12-05:00June 7th, 2026|Marketing, Web Design|1 Comment

Website Forms That Convert: Reducing Friction Without Losing Critical Customer Data

Every form on your website is a trade-off. Ask too many questions, and visitors abandon them before they finish. Ask too few, and you end up with a list of names you can’t really do anything with. The goal isn’t the shortest form or the longest form. It’s the form that gets you the

By |2026-04-29T10:46:57-05:00April 29th, 2026|Marketing, Web Design|0 Comments

Is Your Website Ready for AI Search? What Small Businesses Need to Fix Now

Search is changing, but the goal is not. Your website still needs to clearly explain what you do, show why someone should trust you, and make it easy for a visitor to take the next step. As AI-driven search becomes more common, small businesses with clear, useful, well-structured websites will be in a much

By |2026-03-20T18:50:22-05:00April 7th, 2026|Branding, Marketing, Web Design, Website Administration|2 Comments

What We Found In A Real-World Website Rescue And How To Avoid It

“It usually works” is not a strategy. It is a warning sign. We recently stepped into a client site that "mostly worked," but the owner kept dealing with problems that never fully went away. This post walks through what the business owner noticed, what we found under the hood, what we fixed, and what

By |2026-04-03T12:12:10-05:00March 3rd, 2026|Security, Website Administration|0 Comments

How to Choose the Right Plugins Without Slowing Down or Breaking Your Site

Plugins give your website a lot of its power. They add features, streamline workflows, and unlock capabilities that are not available out of the box. They can also be the reason your site is slow, unstable, or vulnerable. Every plugin you install adds code that needs to be loaded, updated, and maintained. If you are

By |2026-02-02T14:11:05-06:00February 1st, 2026|Security, Upgrades & Patches, WordPress, WordPress Plugins|0 Comments

Is Your Website Ready for a Fresh Start? 10 Things to Review for 2026

January is more than just a fresh calendar, it’s your best opportunity to make sure your website is working as hard as you are. Whether you run a service business or an online store, your website is your digital storefront. A neglected site can quietly chip away at your credibility, cost you leads, and

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