This plugin updates jQuery to the latest stable version on your website.
As of April 2026, jQuery Updater is a WordPress jq plugin with 20K+ active installations and a 4.5/5 rating from 64 reviews. It has been downloaded 1.2M+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.0+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2011. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Downloads are down 9% this week.
This plugin updates jQuery to the latest official stable version, which is most likely not available within the latest stable release of WordPress.
jQuery Migrate is also included for backwards compatibility.
No files are replaced, therefore deactivation of this plugin returns your site to it`s original state.
Since WordPress 5.6 includes an up-to-date version of jQuery 3, upgrading shouldn’t`t be necessary in most cases.
Warning
If you are not familiar with beta testing, bugfixing, javascript or running bleeding edge software it`s not recommended.
I will not provide help on JavaScript and jQuery, only on plugin related issues (PHP)!
Reporting problems
Please post bug reports and request for help on WordPress.org Support Forums.
If you run into any bugs, turning this plugin off will…
这个插件会增加两个jQuery文件,而且不会删除旧的,本来一个jQuery变成了3个,我立即禁用了这个插件,结果新增的两个jQuery文件被删除了,可是这两个文件的链接还保留着,出现了两个404的jQuery文件。我无法解决这个问题,最后只得恢复了安装该插件之前的镜像才解决问题。
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Thanks to the developer!
There is no any type of code review before submit an update, my site broken twice after “wrong” update. I do not recommend this plugin.
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| WordPress | 6.0+ requiredTested up to 7.0 |
| PHP | 5.6+ required |
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