www.harvard.edu Tech Stack

Live first-party scan of www.harvard.edu's tech stack. 11 technologies detected across 13 categories, via Wappalyzer fingerprinting + DNS CNAME + TLS certificate inspection. Last change: May 17, 2026 - www.harvard.edu added WordPress VIP. Scan timestamp: Jun 7, 2026.

HTTP 200 Last analyzed: Jun 7, 2026

Infrastructure Layer

Invisible to browser extensions — detected via DNS & TLS

WordPress VIP

Hosting, Managed WordPress
DNS

WordPress VIP

Hosting, Managed WordPress
DNS

Let's Encrypt

SSL/TLS certificate authority
TLS

Blogs

WordPress

CMS, Blogs
HTTP
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CMS

WordPress

CMS, Blogs
HTTP
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Databases

MySQL

Databases
HTTP
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Hosting

WordPress VIP

Hosting, Managed WordPress
DNS

JavaScript libraries

jQuery

JavaScript libraries
HTTP
cpe:2.3:a:jquery:jquery:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Managed WordPress

WordPress VIP

Hosting, Managed WordPress
DNS

Programming languages

PHP

Programming languages
HTTP
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Reverse proxies

Nginx

Web servers, Reverse proxies
HTTP
cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

SEO

Yoast SEO

SEO, WordPress plugins
HTTP

Yoast SEO Premium

SEO
HTTP

SSL/TLS certificate authority

Let's Encrypt

SSL/TLS certificate authority
TLS

Tag managers

Google Tag Manager

Tag managers
HTTP

Web servers

Nginx

Web servers, Reverse proxies
HTTP
cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

WordPress plugins

Google Tag Manager for WordPress

WordPress plugins
HTTP

Yoast SEO

SEO, WordPress plugins
HTTP

Tech Stack Changes

May 17, 2026 Added WordPress VIP (Hosting)
May 17, 2026 Updated Yoast SEO (SEO)
May 17, 2026 Updated Yoast SEO Premium (SEO)
Apr 12, 2026 Added Google Tag Manager for WordPress (WordPress plugins)
Apr 12, 2026 Added Yoast SEO (SEO)
Apr 12, 2026 Added Yoast SEO Premium (SEO)
Apr 12, 2026 Removed Google Tag Manager for WordPress:1.22.2 (WordPress plugins)
Apr 12, 2026 Removed Yoast SEO Premium:26.5 (SEO)
Apr 12, 2026 Removed Yoast SEO:26.5 (SEO)

Compare www.harvard.edu's Stack

How was this detected?

For www.harvard.edu, DetectZeStack identified 11 technologies: 9 via HTTP fingerprinting, 1 via TLS handshake, and 1 via DNS records.

Detection runs four independent layers in parallel: HTTP response headers, TLS handshake metadata, certificate issuer inspection, and DNS record lookups. The breakdown above shows which layers fired for this specific domain — some sites carry most of their fingerprint in HTTP, others rely heavily on infrastructure (DNS/TLS).

How www.harvard.edu compares

Symmetric diff between www.harvard.edu and similar sites detected on DetectZeStack.

vs waycoolcookingschool.com — 5 shared, 4 unique here, 4 unique there

Only on www.harvard.edu: Nginx, Yoast SEO Premium, Yoast SEO, Google Tag Manager

Only on waycoolcookingschool.com: MailChimp, cdnjs, Cloudflare, Cloudflare Browser Insights

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vs thehill.com — 8 shared, 3 unique here, 4 unique there

Only on www.harvard.edu: Yoast SEO, Google Tag Manager for WordPress, Yoast SEO Premium

Only on thehill.com: PerimeterX, OneSignal, React, OneTrust

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vs www.motherjones.com — 7 shared, 4 unique here, 4 unique there

Only on www.harvard.edu: Yoast SEO, Google Tag Manager, Google Tag Manager for WordPress, Yoast SEO Premium

Only on www.motherjones.com: Sailthru, HSTS, reCAPTCHA, Moment.js

View www.motherjones.com's full stack →

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What technologies does www.harvard.edu use?

www.harvard.edu uses 11 technologies across 13 categories. The full breakdown is listed above, organized by function. Each technology was identified through analysis of HTTP headers, DNS records, TLS certificates, and HTML content.

What CMS does www.harvard.edu use?

www.harvard.edu uses WordPress for content management. This was detected by analyzing HTTP response headers and HTML markup patterns.

How is www.harvard.edu's tech stack detected?

DetectZeStack identifies technologies on www.harvard.edu through multiple detection methods: HTTP response header analysis, HTML and JavaScript content scanning, DNS record lookups, and TLS certificate inspection. This multi-layered approach catches technologies that single-method tools miss.

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