Technology history for rotb.org

2026 2 added

• added Jetpack Mar 2026 · WordPress plugins
• added Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) Jan 2026 · Font scripts

2025 4 added · 5 dropped · 1 switched

• dropped Gravatar Dec 2025 · Miscellaneous
• dropped reCAPTCHA Dec 2025 · Security
• dropped WPForms Dec 2025 · WordPress plugins
• switched Underscore.js → Lodash Nov 2025 · JavaScript libraries
• added Yoast SEO Nov 2025 · WordPress plugins
• dropped Google Tag Manager Sep 2025 · Tag managers
• added CookieYes Jun 2025 · Cookie compliance
• dropped Select2 Jun 2025 · JavaScript libraries
• added Gravatar May 2025 · Miscellaneous
• added YouTube Apr 2025 · Video players

2024 5 added · 1 dropped

• dropped Jetpack Nov 2024 · WordPress plugins
• added Facebook Pixel May 2024 · Analytics
• added Jetpack Mar 2024 · WordPress plugins
• added Cloudflare Feb 2024 · CDN
• added Cloudflare Bot Management Feb 2024 · Security
• added MonsterInsights Feb 2024 · WordPress plugins

2023 10 added · 5 dropped

• dropped Cloudflare Oct 2023 · CDN
• dropped Cloudflare Bot Management Oct 2023 · Security
• added Swiper Oct 2023 · JavaScript libraries
• added Priority Hints Sep 2023 · Performance
• dropped WP Rocket Aug 2023 · WordPress plugins
• added Aweber Jul 2023 · Email
• added Cloudflare Jul 2023 · CDN
• added Cloudflare Bot Management Jul 2023 · Security
• added core-js Jul 2023 · JavaScript libraries
• added jQuery UI Jul 2023 · JavaScript libraries
• added Select2 Jul 2023 · JavaScript libraries
• added Twitch Player Jul 2023 · Video players
• dropped BuddyPress May 2023 · WordPress plugins
• added RSS May 2023 · Miscellaneous
• dropped C Apr 2023 · Programming languages

2022 28 added · 10 dropped

• dropped Gravatar Dec 2022 · Miscellaneous
• added Open Graph Sep 2022 · Miscellaneous
• added Astra Aug 2022 · WordPress themes
• added Elementor Aug 2022 · Page builders
• added Font Awesome Aug 2022 · Font scripts
• added GoDaddy Aug 2022 · Hosting
• added Google Analytics Aug 2022 · Analytics
• added Google Font API Aug 2022 · Font scripts
• added Google Tag Manager Aug 2022 · Tag managers
• added Google Workspace Aug 2022 · Webmail
• added Gravatar Aug 2022 · Miscellaneous
• added jQuery Aug 2022 · JavaScript libraries
• added jQuery Migrate Aug 2022 · JavaScript libraries
• added MySQL Aug 2022 · Databases
• added Nginx Aug 2022 · Web servers
• added PHP Aug 2022 · Programming languages
• added reCAPTCHA Aug 2022 · Security
• added Underscore.js Aug 2022 · JavaScript libraries
• added WordPress Aug 2022 · CMS
• added WP Engine Aug 2022 · PaaS
• added WP Rocket Aug 2022 · WordPress plugins
• added WPForms Aug 2022 · WordPress plugins
• dropped Tailwind CSS Jun 2022 · UI frameworks
• dropped anime.js Apr 2022 · JavaScript graphics
• dropped Aweber Apr 2022 · Email
• dropped Google Remarketing Tag Apr 2022 · Retargeting
• dropped jQuery UI Apr 2022 · JavaScript libraries
• added reCAPTCHA Apr 2022 · Security
• dropped Smash Balloon Instagram Feed Apr 2022 · WordPress plugins
• added Tailwind CSS Apr 2022 · UI frameworks
• dropped Twitch Player Apr 2022 · Video players
• dropped Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) Apr 2022 · Font scripts
• added WP Rocket Mar 2022 · WordPress plugins
• added anime.js Feb 2022 · JavaScript graphics
• added Smash Balloon Instagram Feed Feb 2022 · WordPress plugins
• added Twitch Player Feb 2022 · Video players
• added WPForms Feb 2022 · WordPress plugins
• dropped Swiper Slider Jan 2022 · Miscellaneous

2021 20 added · 12 dropped · 2 switched

• added Aweber Dec 2021 · Email
• dropped Wheelio Dec 2021 · Widgets
• added Astra Nov 2021 · WordPress themes
• dropped core-js Nov 2021 · JavaScript libraries
• added Google Analytics Oct 2021 · Analytics
• added Google Remarketing Tag Oct 2021 · Retargeting
• added Google Tag Manager Oct 2021 · Tag managers
• dropped YouTube Oct 2021 · Video players
• dropped Backbone.js Sep 2021 · JavaScript frameworks
• added core-js Sep 2021 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped Google Ads Conversion Tracking Sep 2021 · Analytics
• dropped Google Analytics Sep 2021 · Analytics
• dropped Google Remarketing Tag Sep 2021 · Retargeting
• dropped Google Tag Manager Sep 2021 · Tag managers
• dropped reCAPTCHA Sep 2021 · Security
• added Wheelio Sep 2021 · Widgets
• switched Divi → Elementor Aug 2021 · Page builders
• added Font Awesome Aug 2021 · Font scripts
• added Google Font API Aug 2021 · Font scripts
• added Gravatar Aug 2021 · Miscellaneous
• added jQuery UI Aug 2021 · JavaScript libraries
• added Swiper Slider Aug 2021 · Miscellaneous
• dropped TrackJs Aug 2021 · Analytics
• switched MediaElement.js → YouTube Aug 2021 · Video players
• added Google Ads Conversion Tracking Jul 2021 · Analytics
• added Google Remarketing Tag Jul 2021 · Retargeting
• added Backbone.js Jun 2021 · JavaScript frameworks
• added Divi Jun 2021 · Page builders
• added MediaElement.js Jun 2021 · Video players
• added Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) Jun 2021 · Font scripts
• added Underscore.js Jun 2021 · JavaScript libraries
• added jQuery Migrate Mar 2021 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped MediaElement.js Mar 2021 · Video players
• dropped Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) Mar 2021 · Miscellaneous

2020 6 added · 5 dropped

• dropped jQuery Migrate Oct 2020 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped Sucuri Oct 2020 · CDN
• added reCAPTCHA Sep 2020 · Security
• added WP Engine Sep 2020 · PaaS
• added TrackJs Jul 2020 · Analytics
• dropped Apache HTTP Server Jun 2020 · Web Servers
• dropped Font Awesome May 2020 · Font Scripts
• added Google Analytics May 2020 · Analytics
• dropped Google Font API May 2020 · Font Scripts
• added Nginx May 2020 · Reverse proxies
• added Sucuri May 2020 · CDN