Technology history for theobserver.com

2026 5 added · 5 dropped

• dropped YouTube Jun 2026 · Video players
• added Adobe Audience Manager Apr 2026 · Segmentation
• dropped Cart Functionality Apr 2026 · Ecommerce
• dropped Microsoft ASP.NET Apr 2026 · Web frameworks
• dropped Yoast SEO Mar 2026 · WordPress plugins
• added Cart Functionality Feb 2026 · Ecommerce
• dropped WP Fastest Cache Feb 2026 · WordPress plugins
• added YouTube Feb 2026 · Video players
• added Cloudflare Jan 2026 · CDN
• added Cloudflare Bot Management Jan 2026 · Security

2025 16 added · 18 dropped · 2 switched

• added AppNexus Dec 2025 · Advertising
• added Google Analytics Dec 2025 · Analytics
• added OpenX Dec 2025 · Advertising
• added Redis Dec 2025 · Databases
• added Redis Object Cache Dec 2025 · Caching
• added Rubicon Project Dec 2025 · Advertising
• added Tapad Dec 2025 · Advertising
• added Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) Dec 2025 · Font scripts
• added WP Fastest Cache Dec 2025 · WordPress plugins
• dropped YouTube Dec 2025 · Video players
• dropped HTTP/3 Nov 2025 · Miscellaneous
• switched LiteSpeed → Apache HTTP Server Oct 2025 · Web servers
• dropped Jetpack Sep 2025 · WordPress plugins
• added Microsoft ASP.NET Sep 2025 · Web frameworks
• dropped Amazon ALB Aug 2025 · Load balancers
• dropped Amazon Web Services Aug 2025 · PaaS
• dropped Google Analytics Aug 2025 · Analytics
• dropped Cart Functionality Jul 2025 · Ecommerce
• switched Site Kit → Jetpack Jul 2025 · WordPress plugins
• added Amazon ALB Jun 2025 · Load balancers
• added Amazon Web Services Jun 2025 · PaaS
• dropped Cloudflare Jun 2025 · CDN
• dropped Cloudflare Bot Management Jun 2025 · Security
• dropped GSAP Jun 2025 · JavaScript frameworks
• dropped OWL Carousel Jun 2025 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped Slider Revolution Jun 2025 · Widgets
• dropped Theme Horse NewsCard Jun 2025 · WordPress themes
• added YouTube Jun 2025 · Video players
• dropped 33Across May 2025 · Advertising
• dropped Amazon S3 May 2025 · CDN
• dropped Amazon Web Services May 2025 · PaaS
• added Cart Functionality May 2025 · Ecommerce
• dropped Facebook Login May 2025 · Authentication
• dropped MailChimp May 2025 · Marketing automation
• added GSAP Apr 2025 · JavaScript frameworks
• added Slider Revolution Apr 2025 · Widgets

2024 5 added · 8 dropped · 1 switched

• dropped Apache HTTP Server Dec 2024 · Web servers
• added HTTP/3 Nov 2024 · Miscellaneous
• added LiteSpeed Nov 2024 · Web servers
• dropped Criteo Oct 2024 · Advertising
• dropped VideoJS Oct 2024 · Video players
• dropped Jetpack Sep 2024 · WordPress plugins
• dropped Jetpack Boost Sep 2024 · WordPress plugins
• dropped AppNexus Jul 2024 · Advertising
• added OWL Carousel Jul 2024 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) Jul 2024 · Font scripts
• added WordPress Block Editor Jul 2024 · Page builders
• added AppNexus May 2024 · Advertising
• switched Font Awesome → Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) May 2024 · Font scripts
• dropped OWL Carousel Apr 2024 · JavaScript libraries

2023 45 added · 13 dropped

• dropped Adobe Audience Manager Sep 2023 · Segmentation
• dropped Snowplow Analytics Sep 2023 · Analytics
• added Priority Hints Aug 2023 · Performance
• added 33Across May 2023 · Advertising
• added Amazon S3 May 2023 · CDN
• added Amazon Web Services May 2023 · PaaS
• added Apache HTTP Server May 2023 · Web servers
• added Bootstrap May 2023 · UI frameworks
• added core-js May 2023 · JavaScript libraries
• added Criteo May 2023 · Advertising
• added DoubleClick Campaign Manager (DCM) May 2023 · Advertising
• added Endurance Page Cache May 2023 · WordPress plugins
• added Facebook Login May 2023 · Authentication
• added Font Awesome May 2023 · Font scripts
• added Google AdSense May 2023 · Advertising
• added Google Analytics May 2023 · Analytics
• added Google Font API May 2023 · Font scripts
• added Google Tag Manager May 2023 · Tag managers
• added Infolinks May 2023 · Advertising
• added Issuu May 2023 · Miscellaneous
• added Jetpack May 2023 · WordPress plugins
• added jQuery May 2023 · JavaScript libraries
• added jQuery Migrate May 2023 · JavaScript libraries
• added MailChimp May 2023 · Marketing automation
• added MediaElement.js May 2023 · Video players
• added MySQL May 2023 · Databases
• added Open Graph May 2023 · Miscellaneous
• added OWL Carousel May 2023 · JavaScript libraries
• added PHP May 2023 · Programming languages
• added Popper May 2023 · Miscellaneous
• added RSS May 2023 · Miscellaneous
• added Site Kit May 2023 · WordPress plugins
• added Theme Horse NewsCard May 2023 · WordPress themes
• dropped Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) May 2023 · Font scripts
• added VideoJS May 2023 · Video players
• added WordPress May 2023 · CMS
• added Yoast SEO May 2023 · WordPress plugins
• added Criteo Apr 2023 · Advertising
• added DoubleClick Campaign Manager (DCM) Apr 2023 · Advertising
• added Google AdSense Apr 2023 · Advertising
• added Google Tag Manager Apr 2023 · Tag managers
• added MediaElement.js Apr 2023 · Video players
• dropped WPForms Apr 2023 · WordPress plugins
• added Amazon S3 Mar 2023 · CDN
• added Amazon Web Services Mar 2023 · PaaS
• added MailChimp Mar 2023 · Marketing automation
• dropped OpenSSL Mar 2023 · Web server extensions
• dropped UNIX Mar 2023 · Operating systems
• dropped Criteo Feb 2023 · Advertising
• dropped DoubleClick Campaign Manager (DCM) Feb 2023 · Advertising
• added Facebook Login Feb 2023 · Authentication
• dropped Google AdSense Feb 2023 · Advertising
• dropped Google Tag Manager Feb 2023 · Tag managers
• added 33Across Jan 2023 · Advertising
• dropped Cloudflare Jan 2023 · CDN
• dropped Cloudflare Bot Management Jan 2023 · Security
• added Jetpack Jan 2023 · WordPress plugins
• dropped Mapbox GL JS Jan 2023 · Maps

2022 36 added · 14 dropped · 3 switched

• added Criteo Dec 2022 · Advertising
• added DoubleClick Campaign Manager (DCM) Dec 2022 · Advertising
• added Google AdSense Dec 2022 · Advertising
• added Google Tag Manager Dec 2022 · Tag managers
• dropped Jetpack Dec 2022 · WordPress plugins
• added RSS Dec 2022 · Miscellaneous
• dropped YouTube Dec 2022 · Video players
• added Cloudflare Nov 2022 · CDN
• switched Imperva → Cloudflare Bot Management Nov 2022 · Security
• dropped Criteo Nov 2022 · Advertising
• dropped DoubleClick Campaign Manager (DCM) Nov 2022 · Advertising
• dropped Google AdSense Nov 2022 · Advertising
• dropped Google Tag Manager Nov 2022 · Tag managers
• added Mapbox GL JS Nov 2022 · Maps
• added OpenSSL Nov 2022 · Web server extensions
• added Site Kit Nov 2022 · WordPress plugins
• added UNIX Nov 2022 · Operating systems
• added DoubleClick Campaign Manager (DCM) Sep 2022 · Advertising
• added Google AdSense Sep 2022 · Advertising
• added Open Graph Sep 2022 · Miscellaneous
• switched Nginx → Apache HTTP Server Aug 2022 · Web servers
• added Bootstrap Aug 2022 · UI frameworks
• added Endurance Page Cache Aug 2022 · WordPress plugins
• dropped Facebook Aug 2022 · Widgets
• dropped Facebook Login Aug 2022 · Authentication
• added Font Awesome Aug 2022 · Font scripts
• added Google Analytics Aug 2022 · Analytics
• added Google Font API Aug 2022 · Font scripts
• dropped Google Remarketing Tag Aug 2022 · Retargeting
• added Google Tag Manager Aug 2022 · Tag managers
• added Infolinks Aug 2022 · Advertising
• added Issuu Aug 2022 · Miscellaneous
• added Jetpack Aug 2022 · WordPress plugins
• added jQuery Aug 2022 · JavaScript libraries
• added jQuery Migrate Aug 2022 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped MediaElement.js Aug 2022 · Video players
• added MySQL Aug 2022 · Databases
• added OWL Carousel Aug 2022 · JavaScript libraries
• added PHP Aug 2022 · Programming languages
• added Popper Aug 2022 · Miscellaneous
• added Theme Horse NewsCard Aug 2022 · WordPress themes
• added Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) Aug 2022 · Font scripts
• added WordPress Aug 2022 · CMS
• added WPForms Aug 2022 · WordPress plugins
• added Yoast SEO Aug 2022 · WordPress plugins
• dropped YouTube Aug 2022 · Video players
• added Imperva Mar 2022 · Security
• dropped core-js Feb 2022 · JavaScript libraries
• switched Wheelio → Issuu Feb 2022 · Widgets
• added Jetpack Feb 2022 · WordPress plugins
• added Theme Horse NewsCard Feb 2022 · WordPress themes
• dropped Underscore.js Feb 2022 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped WooCommerce Feb 2022 · Ecommerce

2021 13 added · 4 dropped

• added WooCommerce Dec 2021 · Ecommerce
• added Apache HTTP Server Oct 2021 · Web servers
• added core-js Oct 2021 · JavaScript libraries
• added Underscore.js Oct 2021 · JavaScript libraries
• added Wheelio Sep 2021 · Widgets
• added Google Remarketing Tag Jul 2021 · Retargeting
• added Facebook Jun 2021 · Widgets
• added Facebook Login Jun 2021 · Social logins
• added Google Tag Manager Jun 2021 · Tag managers
• added MediaElement.js Jun 2021 · Video players
• added Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) Jun 2021 · Font scripts
• dropped Google Tag Manager May 2021 · Tag managers
• dropped Facebook Mar 2021 · Widgets
• dropped MediaElement.js Mar 2021 · Video players
• dropped Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) Mar 2021 · Miscellaneous
• added Google Tag Manager Feb 2021 · Tag managers
• added jQuery Migrate Jan 2021 · JavaScript libraries

2020 5 added · 7 dropped

• dropped jQuery Migrate Oct 2020 · JavaScript libraries
• added Bootstrap Aug 2020 · UI frameworks
• added OWL Carousel Aug 2020 · Widgets
• added YouTube Aug 2020 · Video players
• added Font Awesome Jul 2020 · Font scripts
• dropped Apache HTTP Server May 2020 · Web Servers
• dropped Font Awesome May 2020 · Font Scripts
• dropped Gravatar May 2020 · Miscellaneous
• dropped jQuery UI May 2020 · JavaScript Libraries
• dropped Statcounter May 2020 · Analytics
• added Apache HTTP Server Mar 2020 · Web Servers
• dropped Bootstrap Feb 2020 · Web Frameworks

2019 20 added · 4 dropped · 1 switched

• added Animate.css Dec 2019 · Web Frameworks
• dropped Apache HTTP Server Dec 2019 · Web Servers
• switched Animate.css → Bootstrap Dec 2019 · Web Frameworks
• dropped YouTube Nov 2019 · Video Players
• added Apache HTTP Server Sep 2019 · Web Servers
• dropped Apache HTTP Server Aug 2019 · Web Servers
• added Apache HTTP Server Jun 2019 · Web Servers
• added Facebook May 2019 · Widgets
• added YouTube Apr 2019 · Video Players
• dropped Facebook Mar 2019 · Widgets
• 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 jQuery Migrate Mar 2019 · JavaScript Libraries
• added jQuery UI Mar 2019 · JavaScript Libraries
• added MediaElement.js Mar 2019 · Video Players
• added MySQL Mar 2019 · Databases
• added Nginx Mar 2019 · Web Servers
• added PHP Mar 2019 · Programming Languages
• added Statcounter Mar 2019 · Analytics
• added Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) Mar 2019 · Miscellaneous
• added WordPress Mar 2019 · CMS
• added MediaElement.js Feb 2019 · Video Players