Remove jQuery Migrate
by Hendy Tan · Uncategorized
A very lightweight plugin that removes jQuery Migrate script from your WordPress site's front end.
49 health vs 56 average across 16,376 Uncategorized plugins
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 6.1.12.
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
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 1312 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
247
now · peak 2.1K
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
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.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2019-11-21 · 1,423 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Brian Shim1.3y 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 ↗ - ★★★★★ cantoostinato89895.4y 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 ↗ - ★★★★★ Selah5.6y 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 ↗ - ★★★★★ gtamborero7.1y ago
Works correctly up to WordPress 5.2.2 and probably more
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ roam927.5y 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 ↗ - ★★★★★ mariushosting8.6y ago
Awesome plugin, work perfect!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jat2478.8y 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!
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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
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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- 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 B
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