Technology history for thistlebend.org

2026 5 added · 1 dropped

• added Cloudflare Jun 2026 · CDN
• dropped reCAPTCHA Apr 2026 · Security
• added OptinMonster Mar 2026 · Marketing automation
• added OptinMonster plugin Mar 2026 · WordPress plugins
• added React Mar 2026 · JavaScript frameworks
• added styled-components Mar 2026 · JavaScript frameworks

2025 14 added · 11 dropped · 1 switched

• added Akismet Dec 2025 · WordPress plugins
• added core-js Dec 2025 · JavaScript libraries
• added Gravity Forms Dec 2025 · WordPress plugins
• switched Really Simple SSL & Security → reCAPTCHA Dec 2025 · Security
• added Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) Dec 2025 · Font scripts
• dropped Akismet Nov 2025 · WordPress plugins
• dropped core-js Nov 2025 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped Gravity Forms Nov 2025 · WordPress plugins
• dropped reCAPTCHA Nov 2025 · Security
• dropped MailChimp for WooCommerce Sep 2025 · WordPress plugins
• dropped Yoast SEO Jul 2025 · WordPress plugins
• added All in One SEO Jun 2025 · WordPress plugins
• added Open Graph May 2025 · Miscellaneous
• added Stripe May 2025 · Payment processors
• added WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway May 2025 · WordPress plugins
• added Yoast SEO May 2025 · WordPress plugins
• dropped Lodash Apr 2025 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped Open Graph Apr 2025 · Miscellaneous
• dropped WP-Optimize Apr 2025 · WordPress plugins
• dropped Yoast SEO Apr 2025 · WordPress plugins
• dropped Yoast SEO Premium Apr 2025 · SEO
• added Akismet Mar 2025 · WordPress plugins
• added LazySizes Mar 2025 · JavaScript libraries
• added Lightbox Mar 2025 · JavaScript libraries
• added MailChimp for WooCommerce Mar 2025 · WordPress plugins
• added Underscore.js Mar 2025 · JavaScript libraries

2024 4 added · 9 dropped

• dropped Akismet Jun 2024 · WordPress plugins
• dropped Lightbox Jun 2024 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped MailChimp for WooCommerce Jun 2024 · WordPress plugins
• dropped Underscore.js Jun 2024 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped WordPress Super Cache Jun 2024 · Caching
• added Lodash May 2024 · JavaScript libraries
• added WP-Optimize May 2024 · WordPress plugins
• added Really Simple SSL & Security Apr 2024 · Security
• dropped LazySizes Feb 2024 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped WPMU DEV Smush Feb 2024 · WordPress plugins
• dropped Jetpack Jan 2024 · WordPress plugins
• added WordPress Super Cache Jan 2024 · Caching
• dropped ZURB Foundation Jan 2024 · UI frameworks

2023 44 added · 11 dropped

• added Google Analytics Dec 2023 · Analytics
• added Priority Hints Dec 2023 · Performance
• added reCAPTCHA Dec 2023 · Security
• added Akismet Oct 2023 · WordPress plugins
• added core-js Oct 2023 · JavaScript libraries
• added Gravity Forms Oct 2023 · WordPress plugins
• added ZURB Foundation Oct 2023 · UI frameworks
• dropped ExactMetrics Aug 2023 · WordPress plugins
• dropped Google Analytics Aug 2023 · Analytics
• dropped Akismet Jul 2023 · WordPress plugins
• dropped Cloudflare Jul 2023 · CDN
• dropped Cloudflare Bot Management Jul 2023 · Security
• dropped core-js Jul 2023 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped Gravity Forms Jul 2023 · WordPress plugins
• dropped Vimeo Jul 2023 · Video players
• dropped ZURB Foundation Jul 2023 · UI frameworks
• added LazySizes Jun 2023 · JavaScript libraries
• dropped Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) Jun 2023 · Font scripts
• added WPMU DEV Smush Jun 2023 · WordPress plugins
• added Akismet May 2023 · WordPress plugins
• added Apache HTTP Server May 2023 · Web servers
• added Cart Functionality May 2023 · Ecommerce
• added Chart.js May 2023 · JavaScript graphics
• added Cloudflare May 2023 · CDN
• added Cloudflare Bot Management May 2023 · Security
• added core-js May 2023 · JavaScript libraries
• added ExactMetrics May 2023 · WordPress plugins
• dropped Extendify May 2023 · WordPress plugins
• added GoDaddy May 2023 · Hosting
• added Google Analytics May 2023 · Analytics
• added Google Font API May 2023 · Font scripts
• added Gravity Forms May 2023 · WordPress plugins
• added Isotope May 2023 · JavaScript libraries
• added Jetpack May 2023 · WordPress plugins
• added jQuery May 2023 · JavaScript libraries
• added jQuery Migrate May 2023 · JavaScript libraries
• added Lightbox May 2023 · JavaScript libraries
• added lit-element May 2023 · JavaScript libraries
• added lit-html May 2023 · JavaScript libraries
• added MailChimp May 2023 · Email
• added MailChimp for WooCommerce May 2023 · WordPress plugins
• added Microsoft 365 May 2023 · Webmail
• added MySQL May 2023 · Databases
• added Open Graph May 2023 · Miscellaneous
• added PHP May 2023 · Programming languages
• added RSS May 2023 · Miscellaneous
• added Underscore.js May 2023 · JavaScript libraries
• added Vimeo May 2023 · Video players
• added WooCommerce May 2023 · Ecommerce
• added WordPress May 2023 · CMS
• added Yoast SEO May 2023 · WordPress plugins
• added Yoast SEO Premium May 2023 · SEO
• added ZURB Foundation May 2023 · UI frameworks
• added ZURB Foundation Mar 2023 · UI frameworks
• added Chart.js Feb 2023 · JavaScript graphics

2022 32 added · 4 dropped · 1 switched

• dropped Google Tag Manager Dec 2022 · Tag managers
• added RSS Dec 2022 · Miscellaneous
• dropped Sucuri Nov 2022 · WordPress plugins
• switched Nginx → Apache HTTP Server Oct 2022 · Web servers
• added Open Graph Sep 2022 · Miscellaneous
• added Akismet Aug 2022 · WordPress plugins
• added Cart Functionality Aug 2022 · Ecommerce
• added Cloudflare Aug 2022 · CDN
• added Cloudflare Bot Management Aug 2022 · Security
• added core-js Aug 2022 · JavaScript libraries
• added ExactMetrics Aug 2022 · WordPress plugins
• added Extendify Aug 2022 · WordPress plugins
• added GoDaddy Aug 2022 · Hosting
• added Google Analytics Aug 2022 · Analytics
• added Google Font API Aug 2022 · Font scripts
• added Google Tag Manager Aug 2022 · Tag managers
• added Gravity Forms Aug 2022 · WordPress plugins
• added Isotope Aug 2022 · JavaScript libraries
• added Jetpack Aug 2022 · WordPress plugins
• added jQuery Aug 2022 · JavaScript libraries
• added jQuery Migrate Aug 2022 · JavaScript libraries
• added Lightbox Aug 2022 · JavaScript libraries
• added MailChimp Aug 2022 · Email
• added MailChimp for WooCommerce Aug 2022 · WordPress plugins
• added Microsoft 365 Aug 2022 · Webmail
• added MySQL Aug 2022 · Databases
• added Nginx Aug 2022 · Web servers
• added PHP Aug 2022 · Programming languages
• added Sucuri Aug 2022 · WordPress plugins
• added Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) Aug 2022 · Font scripts
• added Vimeo Aug 2022 · Video players
• added WooCommerce Aug 2022 · Ecommerce
• added WordPress Aug 2022 · CMS
• added Yoast SEO Aug 2022 · WordPress plugins
• added Yoast SEO Premium Aug 2022 · SEO
• dropped Google Remarketing Tag Jul 2022 · Retargeting
• dropped React Jul 2022 · JavaScript frameworks

2021 5 added · 3 dropped

• dropped Wheelio Nov 2021 · Widgets
• added React Oct 2021 · JavaScript frameworks
• added Vimeo Oct 2021 · Video players
• dropped Babel Sep 2021 · Miscellaneous
• added core-js Sep 2021 · JavaScript libraries
• added Wheelio Sep 2021 · Widgets
• dropped Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) May 2021 · Miscellaneous
• added Google Tag Manager Feb 2021 · Tag managers

2020 1 added · 1 dropped

• added Cart Functionality Aug 2020 · Ecommerce
• dropped Yoast SEO Jul 2020 · SEO

2019 17 added · 2 dropped

• dropped WordPress Super Cache Dec 2019 · Cache Tools
• dropped Google Tag Manager Aug 2019 · Tag Managers
• added MailChimp Jul 2019 · Marketing Automation
• added WordPress Super Cache Apr 2019 · Cache Tools
• added Google Analytics Mar 2019 · Analytics
• added Google Font API Mar 2019 · Font Scripts
• added Google Tag Manager Mar 2019 · Tag Managers
• added Gravity Forms Mar 2019 · Miscellaneous
• added jQuery Mar 2019 · JavaScript Libraries
• added jQuery Migrate Mar 2019 · JavaScript Libraries
• added Lightbox Mar 2019 · JavaScript Libraries
• added MySQL Mar 2019 · Databases
• added Nginx Mar 2019 · Web Servers
• added PHP Mar 2019 · Programming Languages
• added Sucuri Mar 2019 · CDN
• added Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) Mar 2019 · Miscellaneous
• added WooCommerce Mar 2019 · Ecommerce
• added WordPress Mar 2019 · Blogs
• added Yoast SEO Mar 2019 · SEO