Merge jQuery Manager for WordPress

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Let users control which version of jQuery and/or jQuery Migrate they want to use (on the front-end). Also, let them turn on/off jQuery and/or jQuery Migrate.

I have made a plugin which does this, and only on the front-end, the backend and the customizer is not affected, see link: GitHub - Remzi1993/jquery-manager: Manage jQuery and jQuery Migrate on a WordPress website, activate a specific jQuery and/or jQuery Migrate version. The ultimate jQuery debugging tool for WordPress

This plugin is an open source project, everybody is welcome to contribute (code).

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Read-only archive: Issues · ClassicPress/ClassicPress · GitHub

Author: Remzi Cavdar

Vote count: 3

Status: open

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Comments

Additional info and context: #45130 (Defer jQuery WordPress Admin & Customizer doesn't work properly) – WordPress Trac and #37110 (Update to jQuery 3.*) – WordPress Trac

~ posted by Remzi Cavdar

So in few words use the most updated version for jQuery in frontend that is something that theme can do without any issues. We can break compatibility if we choose to do that.
I am of the idea that is the theme that define the JS library and what CDN use.
Instead about the update of jquery it is something that we can plan, but I am not sure if put jQuery in the footer is the best option because generate a new print of the html layout and can create problems with accessibility.

~ posted by Daniele Scasciafratte

Not exactly, more like: Let users choose which version of jQuery they want to use.

• Some need an older version for compatibility reasons
• Others are optimizing for more speed and don’t want to include an old version of jQuery and/or jQuery Migrate
• And others want to completely remove it / turn it off because they don’t want use it

It is all about giving people a choice, an option. See my screenshots, I almost forgot to include them:

• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Remzi1993/wp-jquery-manager/master/assets/img/screenshot-1.jpg
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Remzi1993/wp-jquery-manager/master/assets/img/screenshot-2.jpg

~ posted by Remzi Cavdar

[viktor]

Since work is underway to migrate to jQuery 3 by backporting WordPress changes, it sounds like the petition no longer applies. If I’m mistaken, please do let me know and I will open it again.

[anon66243189]

With or without works for jQuery update underway this shouldn’t be put in core imo.
Next is “control version of php in core” and then “control version of codemirror” and then whatever else scripts or libraries it requires or brings with.

It’ll be a mess because most people (not even developers sometimes) understand what it can mean to change a version. And worse to have a different one in the backend as in the front)

So I agree this can stay closed. Not because it’ll be solved by works in jquery update but because it’s not a good idea, imo)