Remove jQuery Migrate
by Hendy Tan · Uncategorized
A very lightweight plugin that removes jQuery Migrate script from your WordPress site's front end.
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Health
D 48/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
3K+
≈3.5K estimated
Momentum
+29%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “disable jquery migrate”, “jquery” and “jquery migrate” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
48 health vs 58 average across 25,753 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →7.4%
of downloads still active
At least 3K of 40.6K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,772 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.1.16.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1376 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.1.16; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 7 reviews, smoothed to 4.21★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1376 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| disable jquery migrate your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| jquery your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| jquery migrate your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| remove your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| remove jquery migrate your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “disable jquery migrate”, “jquery” and “jquery migrate” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 2.1K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “3K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2.2 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 21 Nov 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Brian Shim1.4y 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!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ cantoostinato89895.6y 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.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Selah5.8y 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.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ gtamborero7.3y ago
Works correctly up to WordPress 5.2.2 and probably more
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ roam927.7y 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.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mariushosting8.8y ago
Awesome plugin, work perfect!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jat2478.9y ago
Thanks for this, I tried several code snippets to de-queue the jquery migrate process but none of them seemed to do the trick. Now I’m loading and processing one less js file!
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 6.0.3
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
2 of 8 pass · checked 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "A very lightweight plugin that removes jQuery Migrate script from your WordPress site's front end."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 663 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "disable jquery migrate", "remove jquery migrate" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-08-22 4K+ → 3K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-08-21 3K+ → 4K+ up after 11 days in tier
- 2024-08-10 4K+ → 3K+ down after 9 days in tier
- 2024-08-01 3K+ → 4K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-07-31 4K+ → 3K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-07-30 3K+ → 4K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-07-29 4K+ → 3K+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2024-07-26 3K+ → 4K+ up after 2 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Remove jQuery Migrate Safely 70+ installs · 3.6★ · 4 shared tags -
jQuery Manager for WordPress 7K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags C - W WP jQuery Plus 900+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D
- D Disable jQuery Migrate 100+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
- R Remove Jquery Migrate Log 40+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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Animate It! 20K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
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