Technology history for independent.gov.uk
Stack size over time
From 12 detected technologies in Aug 2018 to 65 in Jun 2026 (peak 66).
Currently detected
- Google Analytics since Aug 2018
- Apache HTTP Server since Aug 2018
- jQuery since Aug 2018
- jQuery Migrate since Aug 2018
- MySQL since Aug 2018
- PHP since Aug 2018
- Nginx since Aug 2018
- WordPress since Aug 2018
- Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) since Aug 2018
- Yoast SEO since Aug 2018
- WP Engine since May 2019
- Bootstrap since Jul 2019
- Google Font API since Jul 2019
- Google Tag Manager since Jul 2019
- Modernizr since Jul 2019
- W3 Total Cache since Jul 2019
- Twitter since Jul 2019
- OWL Carousel since Jul 2019
- Font Awesome since Sep 2019
- GOV.UK Frontend since May 2020
- CIVIC since Aug 2020
- Babel since Dec 2020
- Sucuri since Feb 2021
- Amazon Web Services since Jun 2021
- Amazon CloudFront since Jun 2021
- Twitter Ads since Jun 2021
- Cloudflare since Jul 2021
- Google Remarketing Tag since Jul 2021
- Amazon ALB since Sep 2021
- core-js since Sep 2021
- Gravity Forms since Oct 2021
- Preact since Oct 2021
- Cart Functionality since Nov 2021
- wpBakery since Jan 2022
- ExactMetrics since Feb 2022
- TablePress since Feb 2022
- Contact Form 7 since Apr 2022
- jQuery CDN since Apr 2022
- Colorlib Shapely since May 2022
- Django since Aug 2022
- PWA since Aug 2022
- Python since Aug 2022
- Microsoft 365 since Aug 2022
- Wagtail since Aug 2022
- Open Graph since Sep 2022
- HTTP/3 since Sep 2022
- HSTS since Sep 2022
- RSS since Dec 2022
- Cloudflare Bot Management since Dec 2022
- Netlify since Sep 2024
- Hammer.js since Sep 2024
- Priority Hints since Oct 2024
- Amazon SES since Oct 2024
- Akismet since Dec 2024
- Plausible since May 2025
- reCAPTCHA since Oct 2025
- WordPress Block Editor since Nov 2025
- Sentry since Nov 2025
- Elementor since Mar 2026
- Redis since Mar 2026
- Redis Object Cache since Mar 2026
- WordPress Multisite since Mar 2026
- WP Rocket since Mar 2026
- VideoJS since Apr 2026
- Plyr since Jun 2026
Previously used
- All in One SEO Jul 2024 to Mar 2026 · 1 yr
- CivicTheme Jan 2023 to Mar 2026 · 3 yrs
- Oxygen Feb 2021 to Mar 2026 · 5 yrs
- Drupal Feb 2020 to Nov 2025 · 5 yrs
- IIS Feb 2020 to Nov 2025 · 5 yrs
- Microsoft ASP.NET Feb 2020 to Nov 2025 · 5 yrs
- Plesk Feb 2020 to Nov 2025 · 5 yrs
- Windows Server Feb 2020 to Nov 2025 · 5 yrs
- ZURB Foundation May 2023 to Apr 2024 · 11 mo
- YouTube May 2021 to Aug 2023 · 2 yrs
- C Feb 2023 to Feb 2023 · 1 mo
- Kinsta Mar 2020 to Jan 2023 · 2 yrs
- Choices Feb 2021 to Dec 2022 · 1 yr
- Cloudflare Network Error Logging Apr 2022 to Oct 2022 · 6 mo
- OpenSSL Jul 2019 to Jul 2022 · 3 yrs
- UNIX Jul 2019 to Jul 2022 · 3 yrs
- Azure Jan 2022 to Jan 2022 · 1 mo
- Wheelio Sep 2021 to Oct 2021 · 1 mo
- MailChimp Feb 2021 to Aug 2021 · 6 mo
- WordPress Super Cache Aug 2018 to Jul 2021 · 2 yrs
- Select2 Jun 2021 to Jun 2021 · 1 mo
- Java Feb 2020 to Feb 2021 · 1 yr
- OpenGSE Feb 2020 to Feb 2021 · 1 yr
- Cufon Aug 2018 to Jul 2019 · 11 mo
Timeline
2026 2 added · 8 dropped
- added Plyr Jun 2026 · Video players
- dropped All in One SEO May 2026 · WordPress plugins
- dropped CivicTheme May 2026 · UI frameworks
- dropped Oxygen May 2026 · WordPress plugins
- dropped Drupal Apr 2026 · CMS
- dropped IIS Apr 2026 · Web servers
- dropped Microsoft ASP.NET Apr 2026 · Web frameworks
- dropped Plesk Apr 2026 · Hosting panels
- added VideoJS Apr 2026 · Video players
- dropped Windows Server Apr 2026 · Operating systems
2025 2 added
2024 6 added · 1 dropped
- added Akismet Dec 2024 · WordPress plugins
- added Amazon SES Oct 2024 · Email
- added Priority Hints Oct 2024 · Performance
- added Hammer.js Sep 2024 · JavaScript libraries
- added Netlify Sep 2024 · PaaS
- added All in One SEO Jul 2024 · WordPress plugins
- dropped ZURB Foundation Jun 2024 · UI frameworks
2023 3 added · 4 dropped
- dropped YouTube Oct 2023 · Video players
- dropped C Aug 2023 · Programming languages
- added ZURB Foundation May 2023 · UI frameworks
- dropped Kinsta Mar 2023 · PaaS
- added C Feb 2023 · Programming languages
- dropped Choices Feb 2023 · JavaScript libraries
- added CivicTheme Jan 2023 · UI frameworks
2022 9 added · 6 dropped
- dropped Cloudflare Network Error Logging Dec 2022 · Issue trackers
- dropped OpenSSL Dec 2022 · Web server extensions
- added RSS Dec 2022 · Miscellaneous
- dropped UNIX Dec 2022 · Operating systems
- added HSTS Sep 2022 · Security
- added HTTP/3 Sep 2022 · Miscellaneous
- added Open Graph Sep 2022 · Miscellaneous
- added Microsoft 365 Aug 2022 · Webmail
- added PWA Aug 2022 · Miscellaneous
- dropped Azure Jul 2022 · PaaS
- dropped Java May 2022 · Programming languages
- dropped OpenGSE May 2022 · Web servers
- added Cloudflare Network Error Logging Apr 2022 · Issue trackers
- added ExactMetrics Feb 2022 · Analytics
- added TablePress Feb 2022 · WordPress plugins
2021 18 added · 7 dropped
- dropped Wheelio Dec 2021 · Widgets
- added Cart Functionality Nov 2021 · Ecommerce
- added Oxygen Nov 2021 · WordPress plugins
- added Gravity Forms Oct 2021 · Miscellaneous
- dropped MailChimp Oct 2021 · Marketing automation
- dropped Oxygen Oct 2021 · Page builders
- added Preact Oct 2021 · JavaScript libraries
- dropped Sucuri Oct 2021 · CDN
- added Amazon ALB Sep 2021 · Load balancers
- added core-js Sep 2021 · JavaScript libraries
- added Wheelio Sep 2021 · Widgets
- dropped WordPress Super Cache Sep 2021 · Caching
- dropped Select2 Aug 2021 · JavaScript libraries
- added Babel Jul 2021 · Miscellaneous
- added Google Remarketing Tag Jul 2021 · Retargeting
- added Amazon CloudFront Jun 2021 · CDN
- added Amazon Web Services Jun 2021 · PaaS
- added Select2 Jun 2021 · JavaScript libraries
- added Twitter Ads Jun 2021 · Advertising
- added YouTube May 2021 · Video players
- dropped Babel Apr 2021 · Miscellaneous
- added Choices Feb 2021 · Miscellaneous
- added MailChimp Feb 2021 · Marketing automation
- added Oxygen Feb 2021 · Page builders
- added Sucuri Feb 2021 · CDN
2020 3 added
- added CIVIC Aug 2020 · Cookie compliance
- added GOV.UK Frontend May 2020 · Miscellaneous
- added Kinsta Mar 2020 · PaaS
2019 20 added · 2 dropped
- dropped WP Engine Oct 2019 · PaaS
- dropped Cufon Sep 2019 · Font Scripts
- added Font Awesome Sep 2019 · Font Scripts
- added Google Font API Jul 2019 · Font Scripts
- added Google Tag Manager Jul 2019 · Tag Managers
- added OpenSSL Jul 2019 · Web Server Extensions
- added Twitter Jul 2019 · Widgets
- added UNIX Jul 2019 · Operating Systems
- added W3 Total Cache Jul 2019 · Cache Tools
- added WP Engine May 2019 · PaaS
- added Apache HTTP Server Mar 2019 · Web Servers
- added Cufon Mar 2019 · Font Scripts
- added Google Analytics Mar 2019 · Analytics
- added jQuery Mar 2019 · JavaScript Libraries
- added jQuery Migrate Mar 2019 · JavaScript Libraries
- added MySQL Mar 2019 · Databases
- added Nginx Mar 2019 · Web Servers
- added PHP Mar 2019 · Programming Languages
- added Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) Mar 2019 · Miscellaneous
- added WordPress Mar 2019 · Blogs
- added WordPress Super Cache Mar 2019 · Cache Tools
- added Yoast SEO Mar 2019 · SEO