Technology history for the-criterion.com

2026 9 dropped

• dropped Closure Library Jun 2026 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped Funding Choices Jun 2026 · Cookie compliance
• dropped Google AdSense Jun 2026 · Advertising
• dropped Google Analytics Jun 2026 · Analytics
• dropped Google Tag Manager Jun 2026 · Tag managers
• dropped reCAPTCHA Jun 2026 · Security
• dropped Site Kit Jun 2026 · WordPress plugins
• dropped AddToAny May 2026 · Widgets
• dropped AddToAny Share Buttons May 2026 · WordPress plugins

2025 5 added · 9 dropped

• dropped Tailwind CSS Dec 2025 · UI frameworks
• dropped Priority Hints Oct 2025 · Performance
• dropped WordPress Block Editor Oct 2025 · Page builders
• dropped FlexSlider Sep 2025 · Widgets
• dropped Font Awesome Sep 2025 · Font scripts
• dropped Jetpack Boost Sep 2025 · WordPress plugins
• added Tailwind CSS Sep 2025 · UI frameworks
• added Astra Aug 2025 · WordPress themes
• dropped Endurance Page Cache Aug 2025 · WordPress plugins
• added WP Fastest Cache Aug 2025 · WordPress plugins
• added Jetpack Boost Jul 2025 · WordPress plugins
• added Closure Library Apr 2025 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped Cloudflare Jan 2025 · CDN
• dropped Cloudflare Bot Management Jan 2025 · Security

2024 5 added · 1 dropped

• added Cloudflare Nov 2024 · CDN
• added Cloudflare Bot Management Nov 2024 · Security
• added WordPress Block Editor Jul 2024 · Page builders
• dropped Jetpack Jun 2024 · WordPress plugins
• added Really Simple SSL & Security Apr 2024 · Security
• added Funding Choices Feb 2024 · Cookie compliance

2023 6 added · 3 dropped · 1 switched

• dropped Amazon ALB Aug 2023 · Load balancers
• dropped Amazon Web Services Aug 2023 · PaaS
• added Priority Hints Aug 2023 · Performance
• added Amazon ALB Jun 2023 · Load balancers
• added Amazon Web Services Jun 2023 · PaaS
• added Google Tag Manager Jun 2023 · Tag managers
• added Jetpack May 2023 · WordPress plugins
• dropped C Apr 2023 · Programming languages
• added C Feb 2023 · Programming languages
• switched Apache HTTP Server → Nginx Feb 2023 · Web servers

2022 28 added · 3 dropped

• dropped core-js Dec 2022 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped Google Tag Manager Dec 2022 · Tag managers
• added RSS Dec 2022 · Miscellaneous
• added AddToAny Aug 2022 · Widgets
• added AddToAny Share Buttons Aug 2022 · WordPress plugins
• added Apache HTTP Server Aug 2022 · Web servers
• added Autoptimize Aug 2022 · WordPress plugins
• added Contact Form 7 Aug 2022 · WordPress plugins
• added core-js Aug 2022 · JavaScript libraries
• added Endurance Page Cache Aug 2022 · WordPress plugins
• added FlexSlider Aug 2022 · Widgets
• added Font Awesome Aug 2022 · Font scripts
• added Google AdSense Aug 2022 · Advertising
• added Google Analytics Aug 2022 · Analytics
• added Google Font API Aug 2022 · Font scripts
• added Google Tag Manager Aug 2022 · Tag managers
• added jQuery Aug 2022 · JavaScript libraries
• added jQuery Migrate Aug 2022 · JavaScript libraries
• added LazySizes Aug 2022 · Performance
• added MySQL Aug 2022 · Databases
• added PHP Aug 2022 · Programming languages
• added reCAPTCHA Aug 2022 · Security
• added Site Kit Aug 2022 · WordPress plugins
• added WordPress Aug 2022 · CMS
• dropped Google Remarketing Tag Jul 2022 · Retargeting
• added Endurance Page Cache May 2022 · WordPress plugins
• added reCAPTCHA Apr 2022 · Security
• added AddToAny Share Buttons Feb 2022 · WordPress plugins
• added Autoptimize Feb 2022 · Performance
• added Contact Form 7 Feb 2022 · WordPress plugins
• added LazySizes Feb 2022 · JavaScript libraries

2021 9 added · 5 dropped · 2 switched

• added Site Kit Nov 2021 · Analytics
• dropped Site Kit Oct 2021 · Analytics
• dropped Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) Oct 2021 · Font scripts
• dropped Babel Sep 2021 · Miscellaneous
• switched Lodash → core-js Sep 2021 · JavaScript libraries
• switched Wheelio → FlexSlider Sep 2021 · Widgets
• added Wheelio Sep 2021 · Widgets
• added Babel Jul 2021 · Miscellaneous
• added Google Remarketing Tag Jul 2021 · Retargeting
• added Google Tag Manager Jul 2021 · Tag managers
• added Site Kit Jul 2021 · Analytics
• added Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) Jul 2021 · Font scripts
• dropped Google Tag Manager Jun 2021 · Tag managers
• added Lodash Mar 2021 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) Mar 2021 · Miscellaneous
• added jQuery Migrate Feb 2021 · JavaScript libraries

2020 7 added · 5 dropped

• dropped jQuery Migrate Oct 2020 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped LiteSpeed Oct 2020 · Web servers
• dropped Yoast SEO Sep 2020 · SEO
• added Font Awesome Aug 2020 · Font scripts
• added Google Font API Aug 2020 · Font scripts
• added LiteSpeed Aug 2020 · Web servers
• added Google AdSense Jul 2020 · Advertising
• added Google Analytics Jul 2020 · Analytics
• added Google Tag Manager Jul 2020 · Tag managers
• added Yoast SEO Jul 2020 · SEO
• dropped CKEditor Jan 2020 · Rich Text Editors
• dropped Yoast SEO Jan 2020 · SEO