Technology history for smashingapps.com

2026 1 added

• added YouTube Jan 2026 · Video players

2025 8 added · 11 dropped

• dropped LiteSpeed Aug 2025 · Web servers
• dropped PayPal Aug 2025 · Payment processors
• dropped Cart Functionality Jul 2025 · Ecommerce
• added Hostinger CDN Jul 2025 · CDN
• added PayPal Jun 2025 · Payment processors
• dropped Hostinger CDN Mar 2025 · CDN
• dropped Litespeed Cache Mar 2025 · WordPress plugins
• dropped AddToAny Feb 2025 · Widgets
• added LiteSpeed Feb 2025 · Web servers
• dropped Pinterest Feb 2025 · Widgets
• added Cart Functionality Jan 2025 · Ecommerce
• added Cloudflare Jan 2025 · CDN
• added Cloudflare Bot Management Jan 2025 · Security
• dropped Contact Form 7 Jan 2025 · WordPress plugins
• dropped LiteSpeed Jan 2025 · Web servers
• added OneSignal Jan 2025 · Marketing automation
• added Swiper Jan 2025 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped TablePress Jan 2025 · WordPress plugins
• dropped WP-PageNavi Jan 2025 · WordPress plugins

2024 6 added · 12 dropped

• added WordPress Block Editor Jul 2024 · Page builders
• added Contact Form 7 Jun 2024 · WordPress plugins
• dropped Quantcast Measure Jun 2024 · Analytics
• added TablePress Jun 2024 · WordPress plugins
• added WP-PageNavi Jun 2024 · WordPress plugins
• dropped Autoptimize May 2024 · WordPress plugins
• dropped LazySizes May 2024 · Performance
• dropped Litespeed Cache May 2024 · WordPress plugins
• dropped Contact Form 7 Mar 2024 · WordPress plugins
• dropped core-js Mar 2024 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped Google AdSense Mar 2024 · Advertising
• dropped Google Analytics Mar 2024 · Analytics
• dropped Google Tag Manager Mar 2024 · Tag managers
• dropped jQuery Mar 2024 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped jQuery Migrate Mar 2024 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped reCAPTCHA Mar 2024 · Security
• added Autoptimize Feb 2024 · WordPress plugins
• added LazySizes Feb 2024 · Performance

2023 28 added · 8 dropped · 2 switched

• dropped Amazon ALB Dec 2023 · Load balancers
• dropped Amazon Web Services Dec 2023 · PaaS
• added Amazon ALB Oct 2023 · Load balancers
• added Amazon Web Services Oct 2023 · PaaS
• dropped React Sep 2023 · JavaScript frameworks
• switched Moment.js → core-js Jul 2023 · JavaScript libraries
• added Moment.js Jul 2023 · JavaScript libraries
• added React Jul 2023 · JavaScript frameworks
• dropped Amazon ALB Jun 2023 · Load balancers
• dropped Amazon Web Services Jun 2023 · PaaS
• added Contact Form 7 May 2023 · WordPress plugins
• added Google AdSense May 2023 · Advertising
• added Google Analytics May 2023 · Analytics
• switched Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) → Google Font API May 2023 · Font scripts
• added Google Tag Manager May 2023 · Tag managers
• added Hostinger May 2023 · Hosting
• added HTTP/3 May 2023 · Miscellaneous
• added jQuery May 2023 · JavaScript libraries
• added jQuery Migrate May 2023 · JavaScript libraries
• added LiteSpeed May 2023 · Web servers
• added Litespeed Cache May 2023 · WordPress plugins
• added MySQL May 2023 · Databases
• added Open Graph May 2023 · Miscellaneous
• added PHP May 2023 · Programming languages
• added Quantcast Measure May 2023 · Analytics
• added RankMath SEO May 2023 · WordPress plugins
• added reCAPTCHA May 2023 · Security
• added RSS May 2023 · Miscellaneous
• added Site Kit May 2023 · WordPress plugins
• dropped TablePress May 2023 · WordPress plugins
• added WooCommerce May 2023 · Ecommerce
• added WordPress May 2023 · CMS
• dropped WordPress Super Cache May 2023 · WordPress plugins
• dropped WP-PageNavi May 2023 · WordPress plugins
• added Litespeed Cache Apr 2023 · WordPress plugins
• added Amazon ALB Feb 2023 · Load balancers
• added Amazon Web Services Feb 2023 · PaaS
• added Google Tag Manager Feb 2023 · Tag managers

2022 28 added · 7 dropped · 2 switched

• dropped Google Tag Manager Dec 2022 · Tag managers
• dropped Litespeed Cache Dec 2022 · WordPress plugins
• added RSS Dec 2022 · Miscellaneous
• dropped core-js Nov 2022 · JavaScript libraries
• added RankMath SEO Nov 2022 · WordPress plugins
• added Hostinger Oct 2022 · Hosting
• added HTTP/3 Oct 2022 · Miscellaneous
• switched Apache HTTP Server → LiteSpeed Oct 2022 · Web servers
• added Litespeed Cache Oct 2022 · WordPress plugins
• added Site Kit Oct 2022 · WordPress plugins
• added Google Tag Manager Sep 2022 · Tag managers
• added Open Graph Sep 2022 · Miscellaneous
• added Amazon Advertising Aug 2022 · Advertising
• added Apache HTTP Server Aug 2022 · Web servers
• added Contact Form 7 Aug 2022 · WordPress plugins
• added core-js Aug 2022 · JavaScript libraries
• switched Amazon Advertising → Google AdSense Aug 2022 · Advertising
• added Google Analytics Aug 2022 · Analytics
• added Google Font API Aug 2022 · Font scripts
• added jQuery Aug 2022 · JavaScript libraries
• added jQuery Migrate Aug 2022 · JavaScript libraries
• added MySQL Aug 2022 · Databases
• added PHP Aug 2022 · Programming languages
• added Quantcast Measure Aug 2022 · Analytics
• added reCAPTCHA Aug 2022 · Security
• added TablePress Aug 2022 · WordPress plugins
• dropped Tailwind CSS Aug 2022 · UI frameworks
• added Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) Aug 2022 · Font scripts
• added WooCommerce Aug 2022 · WordPress plugins
• added WordPress Aug 2022 · CMS
• added WordPress Super Cache Aug 2022 · WordPress plugins
• added WP-PageNavi Aug 2022 · WordPress plugins
• dropped Google Tag Manager Jul 2022 · Tag managers
• dropped Google Remarketing Tag Apr 2022 · Retargeting
• added reCAPTCHA Apr 2022 · Security
• added Tailwind CSS Apr 2022 · UI frameworks
• dropped Wheelio Apr 2022 · Widgets

2021 3 added · 11 dropped

• dropped Amazon Associates Oct 2021 · Affiliate programs
• dropped Site Kit Oct 2021 · Analytics
• dropped WooCommerce Oct 2021 · Ecommerce
• dropped WordPress Super Cache Oct 2021 · Caching
• dropped Babel Sep 2021 · Miscellaneous
• added core-js Sep 2021 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped Quantcast Choice Sep 2021 · Cookie compliance
• added Wheelio Sep 2021 · Widgets
• dropped BuySellAds Aug 2021 · Advertising
• dropped Font Awesome Aug 2021 · Font scripts
• dropped Hotjar Aug 2021 · Analytics
• dropped Quantcast Choice Mar 2021 · Cookie compliance
• dropped Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) Mar 2021 · Miscellaneous
• added jQuery Migrate Feb 2021 · JavaScript libraries

2020 3 added · 5 dropped

• dropped comScore Dec 2020 · Analytics
• added WordPress Super Cache Nov 2020 · Caching
• dropped jQuery Migrate Oct 2020 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped WordPress Super Cache Oct 2020 · Caching
• dropped Yoast SEO Oct 2020 · SEO
• added comScore Sep 2020 · Analytics
• added Quantcast Choice Aug 2020 · Cookie compliance
• dropped React Aug 2020 · JavaScript frameworks

2018 6 added

• added Google AdSense Jul 2018 · Advertising Networks
• added Google Analytics Jun 2018 · Analytics
• added Hotjar Jun 2018 · Analytics
• added MySQL Jun 2018 · Databases
• added PHP Jun 2018 · Programming Languages
• added Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) Jun 2018 · Miscellaneous