What powers explaininghistory.org?
Last seen Aug 2026 · 29 technologies across 18 categories
Analytics
CDN
CMS
Databases
Ecommerce
Font scripts
JavaScript libraries
Miscellaneous
PaaS
Page builders
Performance
Programming languages
Security
Web servers
Webmail
Widgets
WordPress plugins
AI Crawlers
Doesn't mention any of the 33 AI crawlers we track in its robots.txt; all are allowed by default. Checked Sep 2026.
- robots.txt found
- llms.txt found
- ai.txt not found
AI Crawlers
No AI crawlers blocked
Standards: llms.txt
Audience
- 65% desktop
- 35% phone
United Kingdom
United States
Australia
India
Where the site's Chrome visitors come from, largest estimated audience first.
Open Page Rank
3.24 / 10 · ranked #1,207,356 of all domains
39 referring domains · OpenPageRank
Core Web Vitals
| LCP | 1.9 s |
| INP | 50 ms |
| CLS | 0 |
| TTFB | 1200 ms |
Real user p75, Chrome UX Report, Aug 2026.
Page
- Language: English (United States)
- Weight: 0.9 MB · 36 requests
- WordPress theme: booknest · all themes
- Structured data: JSON-LD, OpenGraph, Twitter Cards
Homepage as crawled by the HTTP Archive, Sep 2026.
Organisation
- Nick Shepley
From the homepage's own structured data (Sep 2026).
Infrastructure
- DNS: WordPress.com DNS
- Email: Forward Email
- Email security: SPF (soft fail), DMARC monitor only
- SSL: Google Trust Services, ECDSA P256, expires Nov 2026
- Common Crawl link graph: rank 450,115, 2 hosts
- Verified with: Forward Email, Google
DNS records as swept Sep 2026, certificate as seen Sep 2026. How the web is hosted
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Recent changes
- detected Cart Functionality Aug 2026
- detected Cloudflare Jul 2026
- detected Cloudflare Bot Management Jul 2026
- detected ConvertKit Jul 2026
- dropped HTTP/3 Jul 2026
- dropped Preact Jun 2026
- detected Site Kit Jun 2026
- dropped MediaElement.js Feb 2026
- dropped React Feb 2026
- detected Yoast SEO Feb 2026
- dropped GoDaddy CoBlocks Jan 2026
- dropped YouTube Jan 2026
- detected Google Analytics Dec 2025
- detected Gutenberg Dec 2025
- detected Jetpack Dec 2025
- detected Jetpack Boost Dec 2025
- detected Popper Dec 2025
- detected Preact Dec 2025
- detected Priority Hints Dec 2025
- dropped Swiper Dec 2025
- detected Tippy.js Dec 2025
- detected Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) Dec 2025
- detected WordPress Block Editor Dec 2025