Technology history for designboom.com
Stack size over time
From 6 detected technologies in May 2018 to 18 in Jun 2026.
Currently detected
- Cloudflare since May 2018
- WordPress since May 2018
- PHP since Jun 2018
- Google Analytics since Jun 2018
- MySQL since Jun 2018
- YouTube since Sep 2018
- Flickity since Sep 2020
- W3 Total Cache since Dec 2020
- Yoast SEO since Jul 2021
- Open Graph since Sep 2022
- Google Tag Manager since Oct 2023
- Cloudflare Bot Management since Oct 2023
- Google Publisher Tag since Apr 2024
- Matomo Analytics since Mar 2025
- Microsoft Clarity since Mar 2025
- Prebid since Aug 2025
- Confiant since Aug 2025
- Criteo since Apr 2026
Previously used
- Google AdSense Aug 2018 to May 2025 · 6 yrs
- Google Font API Sep 2020 to Apr 2025 · 4 yrs
- Funding Choices Aug 2024 to Sep 2024 · 1 mo
- reCAPTCHA Apr 2024 to Sep 2024 · 5 mo
- AppNexus Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 · 5 mo
- Cxense Oct 2023 to Nov 2023 · 1 mo
- Piano Oct 2023 to Nov 2023 · 1 mo
- Cloudflare Network Error Logging Feb 2022 to Oct 2022 · 8 mo
- Tailwind CSS Apr 2022 to Apr 2022 · 1 mo
- Alexa Certified Site Metrics Oct 2021 to Feb 2022 · 4 mo
- Wheelio Sep 2021 to Sep 2021 · 1 mo
- Bootstrap May 2018 to Aug 2020 · 2 yrs
- Facebook Jun 2018 to Aug 2020 · 2 yrs
- jQuery May 2018 to Aug 2020 · 2 yrs
- jQuery Migrate May 2018 to Aug 2020 · 2 yrs
- Modernizr May 2018 to Aug 2020 · 2 yrs
- DoubleClick Campaign Manager (DCM) Feb 2019 to Feb 2019 · 1 mo
Timeline
2026 2 added
2025 8 added · 5 dropped
- dropped YouTube Sep 2025 · Video players
- added Cloudflare Bot Management Aug 2025 · Security
- added Confiant Aug 2025 · Security
- added Google Publisher Tag Aug 2025 · Advertising
- added Prebid Aug 2025 · Advertising
- dropped Google AdSense Jul 2025 · Advertising
- added YouTube Jul 2025 · Video players
- dropped Google Font API Jun 2025 · Font scripts
- dropped YouTube May 2025 · Video players
- added Matomo Analytics Mar 2025 · Analytics
- added Microsoft Clarity Mar 2025 · Analytics
- added YouTube Feb 2025 · Video players
- dropped YouTube Jan 2025 · Video players
2024 5 added · 6 dropped
- dropped Funding Choices Nov 2024 · Cookie compliance
- dropped Google Publisher Tag Nov 2024 · Advertising
- dropped reCAPTCHA Nov 2024 · Security
- added Funding Choices Aug 2024 · Cookie compliance
- added Google AdSense Jul 2024 · Advertising
- dropped AppNexus May 2024 · Advertising
- added Google Publisher Tag Apr 2024 · Advertising
- added Google Tag Manager Apr 2024 · Tag managers
- added reCAPTCHA Apr 2024 · Security
- dropped Cloudflare Bot Management Jan 2024 · Security
- dropped Google Tag Manager Jan 2024 · Tag managers
2023 16 added · 2 dropped · 2 switched
- added YouTube Dec 2023 · Video players
- dropped YouTube Nov 2023 · Video players
- added AppNexus Oct 2023 · Advertising
- added Cloudflare Bot Management Oct 2023 · Security
- switched Piano Cxense Oct 2023 · Personalisation
- added Google Tag Manager Oct 2023 · Tag managers
- switched Cxense Piano Oct 2023 · Personalisation
- added Cloudflare May 2023 · CDN
- added Flickity May 2023 · JavaScript libraries
- added Google Analytics May 2023 · Analytics
- added Google Font API May 2023 · Font scripts
- added MySQL May 2023 · Databases
- added Open Graph May 2023 · Miscellaneous
- added PHP May 2023 · Programming languages
- added W3 Total Cache May 2023 · Caching
- added WordPress May 2023 · CMS
- added Yoast SEO May 2023 · WordPress plugins
- added YouTube May 2023 · Video players
- added W3 Total Cache Apr 2023 · Caching
- dropped W3 Total Cache Mar 2023 · Caching
2022 15 added · 5 dropped
- dropped Cloudflare Network Error Logging Dec 2022 · Issue trackers
- added Open Graph Sep 2022 · Miscellaneous
- added Cloudflare Aug 2022 · CDN
- added Cloudflare Network Error Logging Aug 2022 · Issue trackers
- added Flickity Aug 2022 · JavaScript libraries
- added Google Analytics Aug 2022 · Analytics
- added Google Font API Aug 2022 · Font scripts
- added MySQL Aug 2022 · Databases
- added PHP Aug 2022 · Programming languages
- added W3 Total Cache Aug 2022 · Caching
- added WordPress Aug 2022 · CMS
- added Yoast SEO Aug 2022 · WordPress plugins
- added YouTube Aug 2022 · Video players
- dropped Tailwind CSS Jun 2022 · UI frameworks
- dropped W3 Total Cache Jun 2022 · WordPress plugins
- dropped Alexa Certified Site Metrics Apr 2022 · Analytics
- added Tailwind CSS Apr 2022 · UI frameworks
- added YouTube Apr 2022 · Video players
- dropped YouTube Mar 2022 · Video players
- added Cloudflare Network Error Logging Feb 2022 · Issue trackers
2021 6 added · 4 dropped
- added W3 Total Cache Dec 2021 · Caching
- dropped Wheelio Nov 2021 · Widgets
- added Alexa Certified Site Metrics Oct 2021 · Analytics
- added Wheelio Sep 2021 · Widgets
- added Flickity Jul 2021 · JavaScript libraries
- added Yoast SEO Jul 2021 · SEO
- dropped W3 Total Cache Jun 2021 · Caching
- added W3 Total Cache Apr 2021 · Caching
- dropped Flickity Mar 2021 · JavaScript libraries
- dropped W3 Total Cache Feb 2021 · Caching
2020 5 added · 7 dropped
- added W3 Total Cache Dec 2020 · Caching
- dropped Bootstrap Oct 2020 · UI frameworks
- dropped Facebook Oct 2020 · Widgets
- dropped jQuery Oct 2020 · JavaScript libraries
- dropped jQuery Migrate Oct 2020 · JavaScript libraries
- dropped Modernizr Oct 2020 · JavaScript libraries
- added Flickity Sep 2020 · JavaScript libraries
- added Google Font API Sep 2020 · Font scripts
- added YouTube Jun 2020 · Video players
- dropped YouTube May 2020 · Video Players
- dropped Google AdSense Feb 2020 · Advertising Networks
- added YouTube Feb 2020 · Video Players
2019 12 added · 3 dropped
- dropped YouTube Dec 2019 · Video Players
- added YouTube Aug 2019 · Video Players
- dropped DoubleClick Campaign Manager (DCM) Apr 2019 · Advertising Networks
- dropped YouTube Apr 2019 · Video Players
- added Bootstrap Mar 2019 · Web Frameworks
- added Cloudflare Mar 2019 · CDN
- added Facebook Mar 2019 · Widgets
- added Google Analytics Mar 2019 · Analytics
- added jQuery Mar 2019 · JavaScript Libraries
- added jQuery Migrate Mar 2019 · JavaScript Libraries
- added Modernizr Mar 2019 · JavaScript Libraries
- added MySQL Mar 2019 · Databases
- added PHP Mar 2019 · Programming Languages
- added WordPress Mar 2019 · CMS
- added DoubleClick Campaign Manager (DCM) Feb 2019 · Advertising Networks
2018 7 added · 1 dropped
- added YouTube Dec 2018 · Video Players
- dropped YouTube Nov 2018 · Video Players
- added YouTube Sep 2018 · Video Players
- added Google AdSense Aug 2018 · Advertising Networks
- added Facebook Jun 2018 · Widgets
- added Google Analytics Jun 2018 · Analytics
- added MySQL Jun 2018 · Databases
- added PHP Jun 2018 · Programming Languages