Grade A

jQuery Updater

Name: jQuery Updater
Rating: 4.4 (64 reviews)
Author: Ramoonus

⤓ Download v4.0.0 on WordPress.org ↗

by Ramoonusupdated 2026-02-26✨The Quiet Achiever

Fixes your JavaScript errors but watch out for those nasty 404 errors.

HealthyGrowing

76/100

It fixes compatibility issues quickly but leaves broken script references if you deactivate it.

Loved24/40

Trustworthy12/15

Fair & Honest13/15

Maintained15/18

Momentum12/12

✂️

You might not need this plugin. Its core job is small enough to live in your theme's functions.php.

Show the snippet

add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', function () {
    wp_deregister_script( 'jquery' );
    wp_deregister_script( 'jquery-core' );
    wp_deregister_script( 'jquery-migrate' );

    wp_register_script(
        'jquery-core',
        'https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.7.1.min.js',
        [],
        '3.7.1',
        false
    );
    wp_register_script(
        'jquery-migrate',
        'https://code.jquery.com/jquery-migrate-3.4.1.min.js',
        [ 'jquery-core' ],
        '3.4.1',
        false
    );
    wp_register_script( 'jquery', false, [ 'jquery-core', 'jquery-migrate' ], null, false );
} );

Keep in mind:Update the version numbers to whichever jQuery and jQuery Migrate releases you want to target.

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Active installs

~25,000

our estimate · wp.org shows 20k+

→ on track for 30k+in ~5 months

Rating

4.5★

64 ratings

Trend · vs a year ago

+62%

Growing fast

53 → 86 installs/day

Downloads over time

real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend

2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03

organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median

Growing fast · +62% in the last year

53/day a year ago→86/day today

Reviews

what people actually say

jQuery Updater is a simple plugin that silently replaces WordPress's bundled jQuery with a newer version, and while many users find it resolves JS-related compatibility issues instantly, a recurring caveat is that it can break sites and leaves behind broken script references if deactivated.

What people like

+Fixes real-world jQuery compatibility issues (e.g., WooCommerce images not loading, Safari content failures, EventON RSVP, Google PageSpeed errors) with no configuration needed.×5
+Works automatically on activation — no setup or manual steps required.×3

Common complaints

−Deactivating the plugin removes its added jQuery files but leaves the script tags in place, causing 404 errors and potentially breaking the site.
−Some users report the plugin does nothing visible and provides no options or UI feedback after installation, leaving them unable to confirm it worked.×2
−Site-breaking updates have been pushed without adequate code review, causing breakage on at least one user's site more than once.

Review trustMostly organic

4.44★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.50★
8%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
past spikeReview timing — up to 33% of all reviews landed in a single month

Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower

2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04

5★ reviews1–4★ reviews

All-time ratings · 64 total

5★

4★

3★

2★

1★

Latest reviews · 66 analyzed

2024-07-05★★★★★千万别安装 airgao
2023-11-19★★★★★stop error led69
2023-06-26★★★★★Jquery 3.7.0 w/o hassle!Jimmy Lee
2022-12-20★★★★★Not recommended Leonardo Feriato
2022-11-09★★★★★need plugin version for jquery version 3.6.0 in wordpress(6.1)luhgar
2022-10-27★★★★★The Plugin Did Nothing kariedan
2022-10-18★★★★★How to use?JWebber74
2022-07-30★★★★★Perfect mainpleine
2021-03-25★★★★★Excellent update fix expressnet
2020-10-01★★★★★Funciona perfectamente nawebgando

Releases

recent versions from WordPress.org SVN

2026-02-26v4.0.0
2025-12-01v3.6.2
2025-12-01v3.6.3
2025-12-01v3.6.4
2025-12-01v3.7.0
2025-12-01v3.7.1
2025-12-01v3.7.1.1
2025-12-01v3.7.1.2

For developers & the curious

the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary above

Download signals

Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.

Baseline · median of last 7 organic days

Prior 7-day baseline

Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days

224

Mean release-day peak (30d)

Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)

-3.3%

Week-over-week organic trend

Review signals

Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.

33%

Max month share · biggest single 30-day window

3.32

Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty

82%

5★ share in analyzed sample

Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity

—

Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo

4.48 → 4.44★

Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered