Technology history for theurbanist.org

2026 15 added · 2 dropped

• added Cloudinary Jun 2026 · CDN
• dropped Cloudinary May 2026 · CDN
• dropped 33Across Mar 2026 · Advertising
• added AOS Mar 2026 · JavaScript libraries
• added Cloudinary Mar 2026 · CDN
• added Ghost Mar 2026 · CMS
• added jsDelivr Mar 2026 · CDN
• added LazySizes Mar 2026 · JavaScript libraries
• added Node.js Mar 2026 · Programming languages
• added OpenResty Mar 2026 · Web servers
• added Popper Mar 2026 · Miscellaneous
• added Prism Mar 2026 · Miscellaneous
• added React Mar 2026 · JavaScript frameworks
• added Stripe Mar 2026 · Payment processors
• added Tinybird Mar 2026 · Analytics
• added Varnish Mar 2026 · Caching
• added Amazon ALB Feb 2026 · Load balancers

2025 16 added · 11 dropped · 1 switched

• added Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) Dec 2025 · Font scripts
• dropped DoubleClick Campaign Manager (DCM) Nov 2025 · Advertising
• dropped Google AdSense Nov 2025 · Advertising
• added Mautic Oct 2025 · Marketing automation
• added Cloudflare Sep 2025 · CDN
• added Cloudflare Bot Management Sep 2025 · Security
• added DoubleClick Campaign Manager (DCM) Sep 2025 · Advertising
• dropped GiveWP Sep 2025 · WordPress plugins
• dropped Mautic Sep 2025 · Marketing automation
• dropped Moment.js Sep 2025 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped React Sep 2025 · JavaScript frameworks
• dropped Stripe Sep 2025 · Payment processors
• dropped ZURB Foundation Sep 2025 · UI frameworks
• added Google AdSense Aug 2025 · Advertising
• added Adobe Audience Manager Jul 2025 · Segmentation
• dropped Amazon ALB Jul 2025 · Load balancers
• added Mautic Jul 2025 · Marketing automation
• dropped LiveIntent Jun 2025 · Advertising
• switched jQuery UI → Moment.js Apr 2025 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped Popup Maker Apr 2025 · WordPress plugins
• added React Apr 2025 · JavaScript frameworks
• added ZURB Foundation Apr 2025 · UI frameworks
• added Amazon ALB Mar 2025 · Load balancers
• added jQuery UI Feb 2025 · JavaScript libraries
• added Popup Maker Feb 2025 · WordPress plugins
• added Amazon S3 Jan 2025 · CDN
• added Amazon Web Services Jan 2025 · PaaS
• added Microsoft ASP.NET Jan 2025 · Web frameworks

2024 13 added · 15 dropped · 2 switched

• dropped jQuery UI Dec 2024 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped Microsoft ASP.NET Dec 2024 · Web frameworks
• dropped Popup Maker Dec 2024 · WordPress plugins
• added LiveIntent Nov 2024 · Advertising
• switched Lodash → jQuery UI Oct 2024 · JavaScript libraries
• added Microsoft ASP.NET Oct 2024 · Web frameworks
• added Popup Maker Oct 2024 · WordPress plugins
• dropped Cloudflare Sep 2024 · CDN
• dropped Cloudflare Bot Management Sep 2024 · Security
• dropped Microsoft ASP.NET Sep 2024 · Web frameworks
• dropped Oracle Moat Measurement Sep 2024 · Analytics
• added Lodash Aug 2024 · JavaScript libraries
• added All in One SEO Jul 2024 · WordPress plugins
• added Oracle Moat Measurement Jul 2024 · Analytics
• dropped Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) Jul 2024 · Font scripts
• added Cloudflare Jun 2024 · CDN
• added Cloudflare Bot Management Jun 2024 · Security
• added Microsoft ASP.NET Jun 2024 · Web frameworks
• dropped Amazon ALB May 2024 · Load balancers
• dropped Amazon Web Services May 2024 · PaaS
• dropped Cloudflare May 2024 · CDN
• dropped Cloudflare Bot Management May 2024 · Security
• switched Sovrn → ID5 May 2024 · Advertising
• added Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) May 2024 · Font scripts
• added Microsoft Clarity Apr 2024 · Analytics
• dropped Microsoft ASP.NET Mar 2024 · Web frameworks
• dropped Adobe Audience Manager Feb 2024 · Segmentation
• dropped Oracle Moat Measurement Feb 2024 · Analytics
• added Amazon ALB Jan 2024 · Load balancers
• added Amazon Web Services Jan 2024 · PaaS

2023 60 added · 23 dropped

• added Adobe Audience Manager Dec 2023 · Segmentation
• added Cloudflare Dec 2023 · CDN
• added Cloudflare Bot Management Dec 2023 · Security
• dropped Hammer.js Dec 2023 · JavaScript libraries
• added Microsoft ASP.NET Dec 2023 · Web frameworks
• added Oracle Moat Measurement Dec 2023 · Analytics
• added Priority Hints Dec 2023 · Performance
• dropped Select2 Dec 2023 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped Underscore.js Dec 2023 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped Amazon ALB Nov 2023 · Load balancers
• dropped Amazon Web Services Nov 2023 · PaaS
• dropped FullCalendar Nov 2023 · Widgets
• dropped jQuery UI Nov 2023 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped OWL Carousel Nov 2023 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped TypeScript Nov 2023 · Programming languages
• dropped jsDelivr Oct 2023 · CDN
• dropped Font Awesome Sep 2023 · Font scripts
• dropped Jetpack Sep 2023 · WordPress plugins
• dropped TablePress Sep 2023 · WordPress plugins
• dropped WordPress Super Cache Sep 2023 · WordPress plugins
• added Amazon ALB Aug 2023 · Load balancers
• added Amazon Web Services Aug 2023 · PaaS
• added WP Fastest Cache Aug 2023 · WordPress plugins
• dropped Amazon ALB Jun 2023 · Load balancers
• dropped Amazon Web Services Jun 2023 · PaaS
• added Google Publisher Tag Jun 2023 · Advertising
• added jsDelivr Jun 2023 · CDN
• dropped Popup Maker Jun 2023 · WordPress plugins
• dropped Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) Jun 2023 · Font scripts
• added 33Across May 2023 · Advertising
• added Amazon Advertising May 2023 · Advertising
• added AppNexus May 2023 · Advertising
• added comScore May 2023 · Analytics
• added Contact Form 7 May 2023 · WordPress plugins
• added core-js May 2023 · JavaScript libraries
• added Criteo May 2023 · Advertising
• added Font Awesome May 2023 · Font scripts
• added FullCalendar May 2023 · Widgets
• added GiveWP May 2023 · WordPress plugins
• added Google Analytics May 2023 · Analytics
• added Google Font API May 2023 · Font scripts
• dropped Google Publisher Tag May 2023 · Advertising
• added Google Tag Manager May 2023 · Tag managers
• added GumGum May 2023 · Advertising
• added Hammer.js May 2023 · JavaScript libraries
• added HSTS May 2023 · Security
• added Jetpack May 2023 · WordPress plugins
• added jQuery May 2023 · JavaScript libraries
• added jQuery Migrate May 2023 · JavaScript libraries
• added jQuery UI May 2023 · JavaScript libraries
• added MailChimp May 2023 · Marketing automation
• added Mediavine May 2023 · Advertising
• added MonsterInsights May 2023 · WordPress plugins
• added MySQL May 2023 · Databases
• added Nginx May 2023 · Web servers
• added Open Graph May 2023 · Miscellaneous
• added OpenX May 2023 · Advertising
• added OWL Carousel May 2023 · JavaScript libraries
• added PHP May 2023 · Programming languages
• added Prebid May 2023 · Advertising
• added PubMatic May 2023 · Advertising
• added reCAPTCHA May 2023 · Security
• added RSS May 2023 · Miscellaneous
• added Rubicon Project May 2023 · Advertising
• added Select2 May 2023 · JavaScript libraries
• added Snowplow Analytics May 2023 · Analytics
• added Sovrn May 2023 · Advertising
• added Stripe May 2023 · Payment processors
• added TablePress May 2023 · WordPress plugins
• added TripleLift May 2023 · Advertising
• added TypeScript May 2023 · Programming languages
• added Underscore.js May 2023 · JavaScript libraries
• added WordPress May 2023 · CMS
• added WordPress Super Cache May 2023 · WordPress plugins
• added Amazon ALB Apr 2023 · Load balancers
• added Amazon Web Services Apr 2023 · PaaS
• dropped C Apr 2023 · Programming languages
• dropped Moat Apr 2023 · Analytics
• added Popup Maker Apr 2023 · WordPress plugins
• added C Feb 2023 · Programming languages
• added Moat Feb 2023 · Analytics
• dropped Amazon ALB Jan 2023 · Load balancers
• dropped Amazon Web Services Jan 2023 · PaaS

2022 46 added · 22 dropped

• added 33Across Dec 2022 · Advertising
• added FullCalendar Dec 2022 · Widgets
• added Hammer.js Dec 2022 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped Popup Maker Dec 2022 · WordPress plugins
• added RSS Dec 2022 · Miscellaneous
• added TypeScript Dec 2022 · Programming languages
• added HSTS Sep 2022 · Security
• added Open Graph Sep 2022 · Miscellaneous
• added Contact Form 7 Aug 2022 · WordPress plugins
• added core-js Aug 2022 · JavaScript libraries
• added Font Awesome Aug 2022 · Font scripts
• added GiveWP Aug 2022 · WordPress plugins
• 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 jQuery UI Aug 2022 · JavaScript libraries
• added MailChimp Aug 2022 · Marketing automation
• added Mediavine Aug 2022 · Advertising
• added MonsterInsights Aug 2022 · WordPress plugins
• added MySQL Aug 2022 · Databases
• added Nginx Aug 2022 · Web servers
• added OWL Carousel Aug 2022 · JavaScript libraries
• added PHP Aug 2022 · Programming languages
• added reCAPTCHA Aug 2022 · Security
• added Select2 Aug 2022 · JavaScript libraries
• added Stripe Aug 2022 · Payment processors
• added TablePress Aug 2022 · WordPress plugins
• added Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) Aug 2022 · Font scripts
• added Underscore.js Aug 2022 · JavaScript libraries
• added WordPress Aug 2022 · CMS
• added WordPress Super Cache Aug 2022 · WordPress plugins
• dropped Google Remarketing Tag Jul 2022 · Retargeting
• added Amazon ALB Jun 2022 · Load balancers
• added Amazon Web Services Jun 2022 · PaaS
• dropped BuddyPress Jun 2022 · WordPress plugins
• dropped 33Across May 2022 · Advertising
• dropped Amazon Advertising May 2022 · Advertising
• dropped Criteo May 2022 · Advertising
• dropped Google Publisher Tag May 2022 · Advertising
• dropped OpenX May 2022 · Advertising
• dropped Prebid May 2022 · Advertising
• dropped PubMatic May 2022 · Advertising
• added reCAPTCHA May 2022 · Security
• dropped Rubicon Project May 2022 · Advertising
• dropped Snowplow Analytics May 2022 · Analytics
• added GiveWP Apr 2022 · Payment processors
• dropped Cloudflare Mar 2022 · CDN
• dropped Cloudflare Bot Management Mar 2022 · Security
• added Criteo Mar 2022 · Advertising
• dropped GumGum Mar 2022 · Advertising
• dropped Lodash Mar 2022 · JavaScript libraries
• added OpenX Mar 2022 · Advertising
• added Snowplow Analytics Mar 2022 · Analytics
• dropped Twitter Mar 2022 · Widgets
• dropped Twitter Ads Mar 2022 · Advertising
• dropped YouTube Mar 2022 · Video players
• dropped Babel Feb 2022 · Miscellaneous
• added BuddyPress Feb 2022 · WordPress plugins
• added Contact Form 7 Feb 2022 · WordPress plugins
• dropped Google AdSense Feb 2022 · Advertising
• added MailChimp Feb 2022 · Email
• added Mediavine Feb 2022 · Advertising
• added MonsterInsights Feb 2022 · Analytics
• added Rubicon Project Feb 2022 · Advertising
• added TablePress Feb 2022 · WordPress plugins
• dropped Wheelio Jan 2022 · Widgets

2021 21 added · 13 dropped

• added WordPress Super Cache Nov 2021 · Caching
• added jQuery UI Oct 2021 · JavaScript libraries
• added Lodash Oct 2021 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped WordPress Super Cache Oct 2021 · Caching
• added Amazon Advertising Sep 2021 · Advertising
• added core-js Sep 2021 · JavaScript libraries
• added Wheelio Sep 2021 · Widgets
• dropped Lodash Aug 2021 · JavaScript libraries
• added Twitter Aug 2021 · Widgets
• added Twitter Ads Aug 2021 · Advertising
• added 33Across Jul 2021 · Advertising
• added Babel Jul 2021 · Miscellaneous
• added Google AdSense Jul 2021 · Advertising
• added Google Remarketing Tag Jul 2021 · Retargeting
• added Google Tag Manager Jul 2021 · Tag managers
• added Prebid Jul 2021 · Advertising
• added PubMatic Jul 2021 · Advertising
• added Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) Jul 2021 · Font scripts
• added Lodash Jun 2021 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped Google Tag Manager May 2021 · Tag managers
• dropped Lodash May 2021 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped Quantcast Measure Apr 2021 · Analytics
• dropped Babel Mar 2021 · Miscellaneous
• added Lodash Mar 2021 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped Prebid Mar 2021 · Advertising
• dropped Quantcast Choice Mar 2021 · Cookie compliance
• dropped Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) Mar 2021 · Miscellaneous
• added Google Publisher Tag Feb 2021 · Advertising
• dropped Redis Feb 2021 · Databases
• dropped Redis Object Cache Feb 2021 · Caching
• dropped Twitter Feb 2021 · Widgets
• added Babel Jan 2021 · Miscellaneous
• dropped Google AdSense Jan 2021 · Advertising
• added jQuery Migrate Jan 2021 · JavaScript libraries

2020 13 added · 9 dropped

• added Google Tag Manager Dec 2020 · Tag managers
• dropped jQuery UI Dec 2020 · JavaScript libraries
• added Prebid Dec 2020 · Advertising
• added Quantcast Choice Dec 2020 · Cookie compliance
• added Quantcast Measure Dec 2020 · Analytics
• dropped Slick Dec 2020 · JavaScript libraries
• added Twitter Dec 2020 · Widgets
• dropped Google Tag Manager Nov 2020 · Tag managers
• added Font Awesome Oct 2020 · Font scripts
• dropped Gravatar Oct 2020 · Miscellaneous
• dropped jQuery Migrate Oct 2020 · JavaScript libraries
• added jQuery UI Oct 2020 · JavaScript libraries
• added Slick Oct 2020 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped Twitter Oct 2020 · Miscellaneous
• added Redis Sep 2020 · Caching
• added Redis Object Cache Sep 2020 · Caching
• added Twitter Aug 2020 · Miscellaneous
• dropped jQuery UI Apr 2020 · JavaScript Libraries
• dropped Twitter Apr 2020 · Miscellaneous
• added YouTube Mar 2020 · Video Players
• added jQuery UI Feb 2020 · JavaScript Libraries
• dropped YouTube Feb 2020 · Video Players

2019 19 added · 3 dropped

• dropped Yoast SEO May 2019 · SEO
• dropped Disqus Apr 2019 · Comment Systems
• added Google Tag Manager Apr 2019 · Tag Managers
• dropped jQuery UI Apr 2019 · JavaScript Libraries
• added Google AdSense Mar 2019 · Advertising Networks
• 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 MySQL Mar 2019 · Databases
• added Nginx Mar 2019 · Web Servers
• added PHP Mar 2019 · Programming Languages
• added Stripe Mar 2019 · Payment Processors
• added Twitter Mar 2019 · Widgets
• added Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) Mar 2019 · Miscellaneous
• added Underscore.js Mar 2019 · JavaScript Libraries
• added WordPress Mar 2019 · CMS
• added WordPress Super Cache Mar 2019 · Cache Tools
• added Yoast SEO Mar 2019 · SEO
• added YouTube Mar 2019 · Video Players
• added jQuery UI Feb 2019 · JavaScript Libraries

2018 2 dropped

• dropped Font Awesome Nov 2018 · Font Scripts
• dropped OWL Carousel Nov 2018 · Widgets