Technology history for ricksteves.com

2026 15 added · 1 switched

• added hCaptcha Jun 2026 · Security
• added Apple Pay May 2026 · Payment processors
• added core-js May 2026 · JavaScript libraries
• added HTTP/3 May 2026 · Miscellaneous
• added JSS May 2026 · JavaScript frameworks
• added Judge.me May 2026 · Reviews
• added Loadable-Components May 2026 · JavaScript libraries
• added MUI May 2026 · UI frameworks
• added PayPal May 2026 · Payment processors
• added React May 2026 · JavaScript frameworks
• added Shop Pay May 2026 · Payment processors
• switched Cart Functionality → Shopify May 2026 · Ecommerce
• added Swiper May 2026 · JavaScript libraries
• added Apple iCloud Mail Apr 2026 · Webmail
• added Select2 Feb 2026 · JavaScript libraries
• added Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) Feb 2026 · Font scripts

2025 1 added · 1 dropped

• added Chart.js May 2025 · JavaScript graphics
• dropped MonsterInsights Jan 2025 · WordPress plugins

2024 1 dropped

• dropped Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) Jan 2024 · Font scripts

2023 4 added · 2 dropped

• added Priority Hints Dec 2023 · Performance
• dropped Extendify Jun 2023 · WordPress plugins
• dropped C Apr 2023 · Programming languages
• added C Feb 2023 · Programming languages
• added Cloudflare Feb 2023 · CDN
• added Cloudflare Bot Management Feb 2023 · Security

2022 32 added · 6 dropped · 2 switched

• dropped Cloudflare Dec 2022 · CDN
• dropped Cloudflare Bot Management Dec 2022 · Security
• dropped Google Tag Manager Dec 2022 · Tag managers
• dropped Mailgun Dec 2022 · Email
• added RSS Dec 2022 · Miscellaneous
• dropped Salesforce Dec 2022 · CRM
• added HSTS Sep 2022 · Security
• added MyFonts Sep 2022 · Font scripts
• added Open Graph Sep 2022 · Miscellaneous
• switched Facebook → AddToAny Aug 2022 · Widgets
• added AddToAny Share Buttons Aug 2022 · WordPress plugins
• added Algolia Aug 2022 · Search engines
• added Cart Functionality Aug 2022 · Ecommerce
• added Cloudflare Aug 2022 · CDN
• added Cloudflare Bot Management Aug 2022 · Security
• added Extendify Aug 2022 · WordPress plugins
• added Facebook Login Aug 2022 · Authentication
• added Google Font API Aug 2022 · Font scripts
• added Google Tag Manager Aug 2022 · Tag managers
• added Heroku Aug 2022 · PaaS
• added jQuery Migrate Aug 2022 · JavaScript libraries
• added Mailgun Aug 2022 · Email
• added MonsterInsights Aug 2022 · WordPress plugins
• added MySQL Aug 2022 · Databases
• added Nginx Aug 2022 · Web servers
• added PHP Aug 2022 · Programming languages
• added PWA Aug 2022 · Miscellaneous
• added Ruby on Rails Aug 2022 · Web frameworks
• added Salesforce Aug 2022 · CRM
• added Turbolinks Aug 2022 · Performance
• added Twenty Seventeen Aug 2022 · WordPress themes
• added Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) Aug 2022 · Font scripts
• added WordPress Aug 2022 · CMS
• switched Tailwind CSS → ZURB Foundation Aug 2022 · UI frameworks
• dropped Google Remarketing Tag Jul 2022 · Retargeting
• added Tailwind CSS Apr 2022 · UI frameworks
• added AddToAny Share Buttons Feb 2022 · WordPress plugins
• added Extendify Feb 2022 · WordPress plugins
• added MonsterInsights Feb 2022 · Analytics
• added Twenty Seventeen Feb 2022 · WordPress themes

2021 14 added · 7 dropped

• dropped Apache HTTP Server Dec 2021 · Web servers
• dropped Wheelio Dec 2021 · Widgets
• added Cloudflare Nov 2021 · CDN
• added Cloudflare Bot Management Nov 2021 · Security
• added Nginx Nov 2021 · Reverse proxies
• added Turbolinks Nov 2021 · Performance
• added Wheelio Sep 2021 · Widgets
• added Algolia Jul 2021 · Search engines
• added Cart Functionality Jul 2021 · Ecommerce
• added Google Remarketing Tag Jul 2021 · Retargeting
• added Ruby on Rails Jul 2021 · Web frameworks
• dropped Amazon Web Services Jun 2021 · PaaS
• dropped Cart Functionality Jun 2021 · Ecommerce
• added Facebook Login Jun 2021 · Social logins
• added Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) Jun 2021 · Font scripts
• dropped YouTube Jun 2021 · Video players
• added Google Tag Manager Mar 2021 · Tag managers
• dropped Ruby on Rails Mar 2021 · Web frameworks
• dropped Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) Mar 2021 · Miscellaneous
• added jQuery Migrate Feb 2021 · JavaScript libraries
• added YouTube Feb 2021 · Video players

2020 4 added · 3 dropped

• dropped YouTube Dec 2020 · Video players
• dropped jQuery Migrate Oct 2020 · JavaScript libraries
• added YouTube Oct 2020 · Video players
• dropped YouTube Sep 2020 · Video players
• added Amazon Web Services Aug 2020 · PaaS
• added Cart Functionality Aug 2020 · Ecommerce
• added Heroku Aug 2020 · PaaS

2019 21 added · 2 dropped · 1 switched

• dropped Font Awesome Nov 2019 · Font Scripts
• added AddToAny Mar 2019 · Widgets
• added Apache HTTP Server Mar 2019 · Web Servers
• added BrowserCMS Mar 2019 · CMS
• added Cowboy Mar 2019 · Web Servers
• added Crazy Egg Mar 2019 · Analytics
• added Erlang Mar 2019 · Programming Languages
• added Facebook Mar 2019 · Widgets
• added Google Analytics Mar 2019 · Analytics
• added Google Font API Mar 2019 · Font Scripts
• added jQuery Mar 2019 · JavaScript Libraries
• added jQuery Migrate Mar 2019 · JavaScript Libraries
• added jQuery UI Mar 2019 · JavaScript Libraries
• added Modernizr Mar 2019 · JavaScript Libraries
• added MySQL Mar 2019 · Databases
• added New Relic Mar 2019 · Analytics
• added PHP Mar 2019 · Programming Languages
• dropped RackCache Mar 2019 · Cache Tools
• added Ruby Mar 2019 · Programming Languages
• added Ruby on Rails Mar 2019 · Web Frameworks
• added Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) Mar 2019 · Miscellaneous
• added WordPress Mar 2019 · CMS
• switched MediaElement.js → YouTube Mar 2019 · Video Players
• added RackCache Jan 2019 · Cache Tools

2018 8 added

• added MediaElement.js Nov 2018 · Video Players
• added Crazy Egg Jun 2018 · Analytics
• added Erlang Jun 2018 · Programming Languages
• added Google Analytics Jun 2018 · Analytics
• added jQuery UI Jun 2018 · JavaScript Frameworks
• added Modernizr Jun 2018 · JavaScript Frameworks
• added New Relic Jun 2018 · Analytics
• added Ruby Jun 2018 · Programming Languages