Removes jQuery from your frontend theme if no administrator is logged-in. jQuery will still be loaded and continue to work in you backend and when the …
As of April 2026, Remove jQuery from Theme is a WordPress jquery plugin with 100 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 2.4K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2021. Last updated 5 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Enable jQuery Migrate Helper.
Removes jQuery from your frontend theme if no administrator is logged-in. jQuery will continue to work in you backend and when the admin toolbar is visible. Plugins which depend on jQuery will not be loaded either.
This plugin does nothing more but this:
function init_without_jquery() {
if (!is_admin() AND !is_admin_bar_showing()) {
wp_deregister_script('jquery');
wp_register_script('jquery', false);
}
}
add_action('init', 'init_without_jquery');
| WordPress | 5.0+ requiredTested up to 5.6.17 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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