Technology history for lowimpact.org

2026 2 added

• added Tailwind CSS Apr 2026 · UI frameworks
• added HSTS Mar 2026 · Security

2025 5 added · 4 dropped · 2 switched

• dropped Jetpack Dec 2025 · WordPress plugins
• dropped Priority Hints Dec 2025 · Performance
• added Cloudflare Browser Insights Nov 2025 · Analytics
• dropped Cart Functionality Aug 2025 · Ecommerce
• switched MailChimp for WordPress → Jetpack Jul 2025 · WordPress plugins
• added Cart Functionality Jun 2025 · Ecommerce
• added WordPress Block Editor Jun 2025 · Page builders
• dropped WordPress Block Editor Apr 2025 · Page builders
• switched MailChimp → MailerLite Mar 2025 · Marketing automation
• added MailChimp Feb 2025 · Marketing automation
• added MailChimp for WordPress Feb 2025 · WordPress plugins

2024 6 added · 5 dropped · 1 switched

• dropped Axios Dec 2024 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped Hotjar Dec 2024 · Analytics
• dropped Lodash Dec 2024 · JavaScript libraries
• added Contact Form 7 Nov 2024 · WordPress plugins
• added Litespeed Cache Nov 2024 · Caching
• added Priority Hints Nov 2024 · Performance
• switched Webpack → PWA Nov 2024 · Miscellaneous
• added reCAPTCHA Nov 2024 · Security
• added Site Kit Nov 2024 · WordPress plugins
• added WordPress Block Editor Nov 2024 · Page builders
• dropped Polyfill Jun 2024 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped reCAPTCHA Jun 2024 · Security

2023 3 added

• added Polyfill May 2023 · JavaScript libraries
• added reCAPTCHA May 2023 · Security
• added Hotjar Apr 2023 · Analytics

2022 27 added · 12 dropped

• dropped Cloudflare Network Error Logging Dec 2022 · Issue trackers
• dropped Google Tag Manager Nov 2022 · Tag managers
• added HTTP/3 Sep 2022 · Miscellaneous
• added Open Graph Sep 2022 · Miscellaneous
• added Alpine.js Aug 2022 · JavaScript frameworks
• added Axios Aug 2022 · JavaScript libraries
• added Cloudflare Aug 2022 · CDN
• added Cloudflare Network Error Logging Aug 2022 · Issue trackers
• added core-js Aug 2022 · JavaScript libraries
• added Google Analytics Aug 2022 · Analytics
• added Google Font API Aug 2022 · Font scripts
• added Google Tag Manager Aug 2022 · Tag managers
• added Lodash Aug 2022 · JavaScript libraries
• added MySQL Aug 2022 · Databases
• added PHP Aug 2022 · Programming languages
• added Webpack Aug 2022 · Miscellaneous
• added WordPress Aug 2022 · CMS
• added Yoast SEO Aug 2022 · SEO
• dropped Google Remarketing Tag Jul 2022 · Retargeting
• added Webpack Jul 2022 · Miscellaneous
• added MySQL Jun 2022 · Databases
• added PHP Jun 2022 · Programming languages
• added WordPress Jun 2022 · CMS
• added Yoast SEO Jun 2022 · SEO
• added Cloudflare Network Error Logging Feb 2022 · Issue trackers
• dropped Font Awesome Feb 2022 · Font scripts
• dropped jQuery Feb 2022 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped jQuery Migrate Feb 2022 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped MySQL Feb 2022 · Databases
• dropped PHP Feb 2022 · Programming languages
• dropped Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) Feb 2022 · Font scripts
• dropped WordPress Feb 2022 · CMS
• dropped WordPress Super Cache Feb 2022 · Caching
• dropped Yoast SEO Feb 2022 · SEO
• added Alpine.js Jan 2022 · JavaScript frameworks
• added Axios Jan 2022 · JavaScript libraries
• added Google Remarketing Tag Jan 2022 · Retargeting
• added Google Tag Manager Jan 2022 · Tag managers
• added Lodash Jan 2022 · JavaScript libraries

2021 7 added · 7 dropped

• dropped Wheelio Dec 2021 · Widgets
• dropped Babel Nov 2021 · Miscellaneous
• added WordPress Super Cache Nov 2021 · Caching
• added Yoast SEO Nov 2021 · SEO
• dropped WordPress Super Cache Oct 2021 · Caching
• dropped Yoast SEO Oct 2021 · SEO
• added core-js Sep 2021 · JavaScript libraries
• added Wheelio Sep 2021 · Widgets
• added Babel Jul 2021 · Miscellaneous
• added Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) Jul 2021 · Font scripts
• dropped Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) Mar 2021 · Miscellaneous
• dropped YouTube Mar 2021 · Video players
• added jQuery Migrate Feb 2021 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped jQuery Migrate Jan 2021 · JavaScript libraries

2020 1 added · 2 dropped · 2 switched

• dropped Facebook Oct 2020 · Widgets
• added Facebook Aug 2020 · Widgets
• switched Modernizr → jQuery UI Aug 2020 · JavaScript libraries
• switched jQuery UI → Modernizr Aug 2020 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped Gravatar Jun 2020 · Miscellaneous

2019 15 added · 1 dropped

• added WordPress Super Cache Sep 2019 · Cache Tools
• dropped WP Engine Jul 2019 · PaaS
• added WP Engine May 2019 · PaaS
• added YouTube May 2019 · Video Players
• added Cloudflare Mar 2019 · CDN
• added Font Awesome Mar 2019 · Font Scripts
• added Google Analytics Mar 2019 · Analytics
• added Google Font API Mar 2019 · Font Scripts
• added Gravatar Mar 2019 · Miscellaneous
• added jQuery Mar 2019 · JavaScript Libraries
• added jQuery Migrate Mar 2019 · JavaScript Libraries
• added MySQL Mar 2019 · Databases
• added PHP Mar 2019 · Programming Languages
• added Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) Mar 2019 · Miscellaneous
• added WordPress Mar 2019 · CMS
• added Yoast SEO Mar 2019 · SEO

2018 6 added · 1 dropped

• dropped Nginx Jul 2018 · Web Servers
• added Cloudflare Jun 2018 · CDN
• added Google Analytics Jun 2018 · Analytics
• added Gravatar Jun 2018 · Miscellaneous
• added MySQL Jun 2018 · Databases
• added PHP Jun 2018 · Programming Languages
• added Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) Jun 2018 · Miscellaneous