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When was html5.is.ed.ac.uk built?

Analyzed 9 November 2026. Re-analyze

Estimated launch

January 2019

Low confidenceLikely range: July 2018 – January 2019

Based on limited evidence, so treat the date as approximate.

BuiltWhen verified that html5.is.ed.ac.uk launched in January 2019 (48% confidence).

  • A weaker signal suggests an earlier date than the first archived copy, but nothing else confirms it.
Website age
~8 years
From estimated launch
Domain registered
Not found
First evidence
January 2019
Internet Archive (Wayback Machine)
Current version
No major change detected

History at a glance

The domain and the website have separate lives. Website age is measured from the launch, not from registration.

Domain registeredLikely launch rangeWebsite online

Timeline

  1. July 2018 – January 2019

    Estimated launch

    Based on: first archived copy of the website.

    Not certainView evidence

  2. November 2026

    Current website

    “H5P – CREATE, SHARE AND REUSE INTERACTIVE HTML5 CONTENT IN YOUR BROWSER”, built with WordPress

    ConfirmedVisit

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Detected on the live homepage — it runs on WordPress. Select a technology to see the evidence.

CMS
WordPresssince 2019, 100% confidence. Show evidence.
  • Generator meta tag names WordPress
  • Loads assets from /wp-content/ or /wp-includes/
  • Advertises the WordPress REST API
  • Link header advertises the WordPress REST API
  • 100% detection confidence
Web server
Apache, 90% confidence. Show evidence.
  • Server header is Apache
  • 90% detection confidence
JavaScript library
jQuerysince 2019, 85% confidence. Show evidence.
  • Loads a jQuery script
  • 85% detection confidence
Why we think it launched in 20193 pieces of evidence, each linked to its source
  • First archived copy of the website: January 2019.
  • Earliest copyright year on the site suggests 1999, but no other source confirms that earlier date.

  1. 1999

    Earliest copyright year on the site

    The site's copyright notice starts in 1999. This often marks when the site launched, but can also be a company's founding year.

    Disagrees, so not usedWebsite contentView source

  2. January 2019

    First archived copy of the website

    The earliest successful snapshot of the homepage showing real website content in the Internet Archive.

    The estimate is based on thisInternet Archive (Wayback Machine)View source

  3. January 2019

    WordPress first seen

    WordPress appears in archived copies of the site from this date.

    Background onlyInternet Archive (Wayback Machine)

What we checked

  • Domain registry (RDAP)Checked, nothing found
  • Internet Archive indexChecked
  • Live websiteChecked
  • Archived page comparisonChecked

29 months of archived homepage copies; 6 compared in detail. BuiltWhen estimates from observable evidence and can be wrong. How estimates work

Domain registrationNo registration record

No public registration record was found.

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