Use Google Libraries
Allows your site to use common javascript libraries from Google's AJAX Libraries CDN, rather than from WordPress's own copies.
4.4(47 reviews)
·10K+ active installs·Updated 8 years agoAs of April 2026, Use Google Libraries is a WordPress cdn plugin with 10K+ active installations and a 4.4/5 rating from 47 reviews. It has been downloaded 748K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.4+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2008. Last updated 8 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are down 12% this week. Top alternative: W3 Total Cache.
4.4/547 reviews
10K+active installs
748K+total downloads
18 yearssince 2008
Overview
A number of the javascript libraries distributed with WordPress are also
hosted on Google’s AJAX Libraries API.
This plugin allows your WordPress site to use the content distribution
network side of Google’s AJAX Library API, rather than serving these files from your WordPress install directly.
This provides numerous potential performance benefits:
- increases the chance that a user already has these files cached
- takes load off your server
- uses compressed versions of the libraries (where available)
- Google’s servers are set up to negotiate HTTP compression with the requesting browser
For a more detailed look see Dave Ward’s 3 reasons why you should let
Google host jQuery for
you.
Supported Libraries and Components
Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Works with some modifications
by robkipa·1 year ago
Since this hasn’t been updated in forever, some modifications are needed to enable the plugin due to version checking. debug.log will show:
Not yet qualified with this version of WordPress. Bypassing UGL.
To fix: comment out lines 229-232 of use-google-libraries.php:
/*if ( version_compare( get_bloginfo( 'version' ), '4.8', '>=') ) {
self::debug( 'Not yet qualified with this version of WordPress. Bypassing UGL.' );
return;
}*/I can confirm jquery.js then loads from Google’s AJAX library (tested on WP 6.6.2)
This Plugin is Outdated!
by rngala·3 years ago
Plugin has not been updated in awhile – 6 years+
How to fix: WordPress post edit area – white text white background
You can actually select the white paragraph text to highlight it, and copy-paste it in a text editor, and fix the content or links – then paste it back. Just a quick, and live fix where WP’s displays white text on white background.
Not working anymore
by Posandu·4 years ago
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abandoned project
by Preston Reyes·7 years ago
this plugin no longer works at all. dont even bother to install. it has not been updated in 2 years.
Фиктивный плагин
by eduardbein·7 years ago
Интересно в каком веке она перестала работать и почему она находится в топе ?!)) 😊
Download Trends
Today: 15Yesterday: 16This week: 77Period total: 3K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.4+ requiredTested up to 4.7.33 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.6
97.8%
Other
2.2%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.6.2.3
- Updated supported version.
- used archive.org to get around link that’s now malware
Contributors
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