Remove jQuery Migrate
A very lightweight plugin that removes jQuery Migrate script from your WordPress site's front end.
5(7 reviews)
·3.0K+ active installs·Updated 3 years agoAs of April 2026, Remove jQuery Migrate is a WordPress jquery plugin with 3.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 7 reviews. It has been downloaded 38K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.6+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2017. Last updated 3 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are down 27% this week. Top alternative: Enable jQuery Migrate Helper.
5/57 reviews
3.0K+active installs
38K+total downloads
9 yearssince 2017
Overview
This plugin removes jQuery Migrate script (jquery-migrate.min.js or jquery-migrate.js) from your WordPress site’s front end when the plugin is active. To bring back the removed jQuery Migrate script, simply deactivate this plugin.
To check whether jQuery Migrate is required in the front end, you could use the development version of jQuery Migrate (unminified version) by temporarily turning on SCRIPT_DEBUG mode in wp-config.php file. The development version shows warnings in the browser console when removed and/or deprecated jQuery APIs are used.
For more info about jQuery Migrate, visit here.
Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Still working for me on WP 6.8.1
by Brian Shim·10 months ago
This plugin is still doing its job of removing jquery-migrate from my sites with WordPress V6.8.1 – I confirmed by looking at the source code before and after activation. Many thanks!
good
by cantoostinato8989·5 years ago
This plugin works very good with WP 4.9, but i can say that it is usless with WP 5.5
And they say – with the WordPress 5.5 update, the migration tool known as jquery-migrate is no longer enabled by default.
Perfect!
by Selah·5 years ago
Did exactly what I needed it to do after the update to WordPress 5.6 broke my site due to the jQuery Migrate plugin.
It does the job!
by gtamborero·6 years ago
Works correctly up to WordPress 5.2.2 and probably more
Very lightweight – only a dozen lines of code
by roam92·7 years ago
Does what it says, stops the jquery-migrate JavaScript library from loading on your WordPress website.
It’s recommended to delete such unneeded calls & loads if your visitor-facing site uses jQuery, but none of your plugins require the jQuery Migrate library.
“What is jQuery Migrate? The jQuery Migrate module (jquery-migrate.min.js) is a javascript library that preserves compatibility of jQuery code developed for versions of jQuery older than 1.9. JQuery Migrate also allows developers to detect deprecated code that is no longer supported by the latest jQuery libraries and to adapt it according to the newest versions of jQuery 1.9 and higher.”
jQuery is currently on version 3.x, so modern plugins should not need the migrate library. But if something does happen to break, then you can always uninstall this plugin.
Download Trends
Today: 13Yesterday: 12This week: 84Period total: 3K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.6+ requiredTested up to 6.1.10 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.0
100.0%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.0.3
- Minor code improvement
- Tested up to WordPress 6.0
Contributors
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