Laughing Squid

Laughing Squid is a managed WordPress and cloud hosting provider founded in 1998. They are based in the United States and have been hosting WordPress sites since 2004. Their Managed WordPress plans are powered through a partnership with Pressable and include daily backups, free SSL via Let's Encrypt, server-level caching, a built-in CDN via StackPath, and Jetpack at no extra cost. They also offer traditional cloud hosting with PHP 8.x and MariaDB 10.x. The company runs a popular culture blog and uses hosting revenue to support it. Support is available Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 6 PM Eastern Time via a ticket-based help desk.