Internet Defense League Cat Signal WordPress Plugin
A WordPress plugin to automatically load either the modal or the banner Cat Signal when there is an active campaign from the Internet Defense League.
The Internet Defense League is an online activist group organized to defend your online freedoms. When a bill is threatening to pass that would inhibit the way you live your online life, they put up the Cat Signal, a way to collectively black out or put notices on a large number of websites simultaneously.
This plugin adds the javascript for the Cat Signal to your site so you don't need to mess with the code. It's enqueued like any other javascript file and has an options page to select either the banner or the modal window option.
The current action centers around the Internet Slowdown campaign, to protest against cable companies that want to inhibit your browsing experience by enabling a "fast-lane" where service providers (like YouTube and Netflix) get priority access to faster speeds for a fee. Learn more on the
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Usage of Internet Defense League Cat Signal over time
June 2023 — July 2024Between June 2023 and July 2024 the number of sites running this plugin went from 165 to 101 — down 64 (-38.8%).
| Month | Sites | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | 101 | -5 |
| June 2024 | 106 | -1 |
| May 2024 | 107 | +0 |
| April 2024 | 107 | +0 |
| March 2024 | 107 | -11 |
| February 2024 | 118 | -3 |
| January 2024 | 121 | -17 |
| December 2023 | 138 | -11 |
| November 2023 | 149 | +0 |
| October 2023 | 149 | -7 |
| September 2023 | 156 | -7 |
| August 2023 | 163 | -1 |
| July 2023 | 164 | -1 |
| June 2023 | 165 | — |
Themes used with Internet Defense League Cat Signal
Detected most often on sites that run this plugin.
| # | Theme |
|---|---|
| 1 | Twentyeleven |
| 2 | Suffusion |
| 3 | Hueman |
| 4 | Twentyfourteen |
| 5 | Twentythirteen |
| 6 | Gridstack |
| 7 | Mystique |
| 8 | Bigfoot |
| 9 | Twentyfifteen |
| 10 | Colormag |
| 11 | Thesis_186 |
| 12 | Count-down |
| 13 | Ignite |
| 14 | Firmness |
| 15 | Twentyseventeen |
| 16 | Gridstack-child |
| 17 | Twentytwelve |
| 18 | Genesis |
| 19 | Virtue |
| 20 | Yoo_streamline_wp |
Sites running Internet Defense League Cat Signal
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