Technology history for thecatholicthing.org

2026 4 added

• added Amazon S3 Feb 2026 · CDN
• added Amazon Web Services Feb 2026 · PaaS
• added Google Hosted Libraries Feb 2026 · CDN
• added ProfilePress Feb 2026 · WordPress plugins

2025 8 added · 6 dropped · 1 switched

• added Cloudflare Browser Insights Nov 2025 · Analytics
• switched reCAPTCHA → HSTS Nov 2025 · Security
• dropped Jetpack Oct 2025 · WordPress plugins
• added Jetpack Jul 2025 · WordPress plugins
• dropped LazySizes Jul 2025 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped Google Hosted Libraries Jun 2025 · CDN
• added Stripe Jun 2025 · Payment processors
• added WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway Jun 2025 · WordPress plugins
• added LazySizes May 2025 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped ProfilePress May 2025 · WordPress plugins
• dropped WP Engine Apr 2025 · PaaS
• added Matomo Analytics Mar 2025 · Analytics
• added Slick Mar 2025 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped Akismet Feb 2025 · WordPress plugins
• added HTTP/3 Jan 2025 · Miscellaneous

2024 7 added · 8 dropped

• dropped CodeMirror Dec 2024 · Editors
• added Site Kit Nov 2024 · WordPress plugins
• dropped Vimeo Nov 2024 · Video players
• added WordPress Block Editor Jul 2024 · Page builders
• added PWA Jun 2024 · Miscellaneous
• added CodeMirror May 2024 · Editors
• dropped Lodash May 2024 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped React May 2024 · JavaScript frameworks
• added Amazon Associates Feb 2024 · Affiliate programs
• dropped Jetpack Feb 2024 · WordPress plugins
• added Lodash Feb 2024 · JavaScript libraries
• added React Feb 2024 · JavaScript frameworks
• dropped ZURB Foundation Feb 2024 · UI frameworks
• dropped Amazon Associates Jan 2024 · Affiliate programs
• dropped Nginx Jan 2024 · Web servers

2023 40 added · 7 dropped · 1 switched

• dropped Amazon S3 Dec 2023 · CDN
• dropped Amazon Web Services Dec 2023 · PaaS
• added Akismet Oct 2023 · WordPress plugins
• added jQuery UI Oct 2023 · JavaScript libraries
• added Popup Maker Oct 2023 · WordPress plugins
• added Priority Hints Oct 2023 · Performance
• added Svelte Sep 2023 · JavaScript frameworks
• dropped jQuery UI Aug 2023 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped Popup Maker Aug 2023 · WordPress plugins
• dropped HTTP/3 Jun 2023 · Miscellaneous
• added reCAPTCHA Jun 2023 · Security
• dropped Akismet May 2023 · WordPress plugins
• added Amazon Associates May 2023 · Affiliate programs
• added Amazon S3 May 2023 · CDN
• added Amazon Web Services May 2023 · PaaS
• added Bootstrap May 2023 · UI frameworks
• added Cloudflare May 2023 · CDN
• added core-js May 2023 · JavaScript libraries
• added Font Awesome May 2023 · Font scripts
• added Google Analytics May 2023 · Analytics
• added Google Font API May 2023 · Font scripts
• added Google Hosted Libraries May 2023 · CDN
• added Google Tag Manager May 2023 · Tag managers
• added Gravity Forms May 2023 · WordPress plugins
• dropped HSTS May 2023 · Security
• added Jetpack May 2023 · WordPress plugins
• added jQuery May 2023 · JavaScript libraries
• added jQuery UI May 2023 · JavaScript libraries
• added MailChimp May 2023 · Marketing automation
• added MailChimp for WooCommerce May 2023 · WordPress plugins
• added MySQL May 2023 · Databases
• added Nginx May 2023 · Web servers
• added Open Graph May 2023 · Miscellaneous
• switched C → PHP May 2023 · Programming languages
• added Popper May 2023 · Miscellaneous
• added Popup Maker May 2023 · WordPress plugins
• added ProfilePress May 2023 · WordPress plugins
• added RSS May 2023 · Miscellaneous
• added Select2 May 2023 · JavaScript libraries
• added Vimeo May 2023 · Video players
• added WooCommerce May 2023 · Ecommerce
• added WordPress May 2023 · CMS
• added WP Engine May 2023 · PaaS
• added Yoast SEO May 2023 · WordPress plugins
• added YouTube May 2023 · Video players
• added ZURB Foundation May 2023 · UI frameworks
• added HSTS Mar 2023 · Security
• added ZURB Foundation Mar 2023 · UI frameworks

2022 37 added · 3 dropped

• dropped Amazon S3 Dec 2022 · CDN
• dropped Amazon Web Services Dec 2022 · PaaS
• dropped Cloudflare Network Error Logging Dec 2022 · Issue trackers
• added RSS Dec 2022 · Miscellaneous
• added Akismet Sep 2022 · WordPress plugins
• added HTTP/3 Sep 2022 · Miscellaneous
• added jQuery UI Sep 2022 · JavaScript libraries
• added Open Graph Sep 2022 · Miscellaneous
• added Popup Maker Sep 2022 · WordPress plugins
• added Amazon Associates Aug 2022 · Affiliate programs
• added Amazon S3 Aug 2022 · Miscellaneous
• added Amazon Web Services Aug 2022 · PaaS
• added Bootstrap Aug 2022 · UI frameworks
• added Cloudflare Aug 2022 · CDN
• added Cloudflare Network Error Logging Aug 2022 · Issue trackers
• added core-js Aug 2022 · JavaScript libraries
• added Font Awesome Aug 2022 · Font scripts
• added Google Analytics Aug 2022 · Analytics
• added Google Font API Aug 2022 · Font scripts
• added Google Hosted Libraries Aug 2022 · CDN
• added Google Tag Manager Aug 2022 · Tag managers
• added Gravity Forms Aug 2022 · WordPress plugins
• added Jetpack Aug 2022 · WordPress plugins
• added jQuery Aug 2022 · JavaScript libraries
• added MailChimp Aug 2022 · Marketing automation
• added MySQL Aug 2022 · Databases
• added PHP Aug 2022 · Programming languages
• added ProfilePress Aug 2022 · WordPress plugins
• added Select2 Aug 2022 · JavaScript libraries
• added WordPress Aug 2022 · CMS
• added WP Engine Aug 2022 · PaaS
• added Yoast SEO Aug 2022 · WordPress plugins
• added YouTube Aug 2022 · Video players
• added Amazon S3 May 2022 · Miscellaneous
• added Amazon Web Services May 2022 · PaaS
• added core-js Mar 2022 · JavaScript libraries
• added Gravity Forms Mar 2022 · WordPress plugins
• added Cloudflare Network Error Logging Feb 2022 · Issue trackers
• added Google Hosted Libraries Feb 2022 · CDN
• added Jetpack Feb 2022 · WordPress plugins

2021 4 added · 3 dropped

• dropped Wheelio Dec 2021 · Widgets
• added Yoast SEO Nov 2021 · SEO
• added Wheelio Sep 2021 · Widgets
• dropped Yoast SEO Sep 2021 · SEO
• added Amazon Associates Jul 2021 · Affiliate programs
• dropped Nginx May 2021 · Reverse proxies
• added Cloudflare Apr 2021 · CDN

2020 2 added

• added Google Tag Manager Nov 2020 · Tag managers
• added WP Engine Mar 2020 · PaaS

2019 14 added · 3 dropped

• dropped Gravatar Nov 2019 · Miscellaneous
• dropped WP Engine Oct 2019 · PaaS
• added WP Engine May 2019 · PaaS
• dropped Disqus Apr 2019 · Comment Systems
• added Bootstrap Mar 2019 · Web Frameworks
• 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 MailChimp Mar 2019 · Marketing Automation
• added MySQL Mar 2019 · Databases
• added Nginx Mar 2019 · Web Servers
• added PHP Mar 2019 · Programming Languages
• added WordPress Mar 2019 · CMS
• added Yoast SEO Mar 2019 · SEO
• added YouTube Mar 2019 · Video Players

2018 5 added

• added Gravatar Dec 2018 · Miscellaneous
• added Disqus Jun 2018 · Comment Systems
• added Google Analytics Jun 2018 · Analytics
• added MySQL Jun 2018 · Databases
• added PHP Jun 2018 · Programming Languages