Use Google Libraries

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Directory rank vs rivals

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 98% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

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1. ★★★★★ robkipa

   2.0y 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)

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2. ★★★★★ rngala

   3.4y ago

   Plugin has not been updated in awhile – 6 years+How to fix: WordPress post edit area – white text white backgroundYou 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.

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3. ★★★★★ Posandu

   5.0y ago

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4. ★★★★★ Preston Reyes

   7.4y ago

   this plugin no longer works at all. dont even bother to install. it has not been updated in 2 years.

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5. ★★★★★ eduardbein

   8.1y ago

   Интересно в каком веке она перестала работать и почему она находится в топе ?!)) 😊

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6. ★★★★★ joshmakar

   8.5y ago

   Tested this plugin on a local installation of WP 4.9.4 using the Twenty Seventeen theme but could not get it to work. Installed plugin, refreshed site and launched the Chrome inspector. Searched “jquery” and found where jquery is being loaded from the wp-includes folder. Thanks for writing the plugin! If I’m able to get this plugin to work, I’ll come back and update my review.

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7. ★★★★★ Antony Agnel

   8.6y ago

   Works as described.

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8. ★★★★★ Daniel

   9.1y ago

   feels like Mario Kart on my multisite now 🙂 thanks a lot!

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.6.2.3 Updated supported version. used archive.org to get around link that’s now malware 1.6.2.3
2. — Version 1.6.2.1 Bypass functionality when running under 4.2+ until next version to avoid breaking sites. 1.6.2.1
3. — Version 1.6.2 added some missing jQuery UI modules (hopefully fixes issues from support forums I couldn’t reproduce previously). 1.6.2
4. — Version 1.6.1 same as 1.6 (due to SVN issue with 1.6) 1.6.1
5. — Version 1.6 Drop support for PHP4, and WordPress clean up PHP 5.x strict issues 1.6
6. — Version 1.5.2 using protocol-relative URLS with WordPress >= 3.5 use WordPress provided is_ssl rather than custom check (only for WordPress Detect if ‘jquery’ is a meta-script registration, and actual jQuery is loaded as ‘jquery-core’ 1.5.2

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

Translated into 7 languages, 6 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2024-05-23 20K+ → 10K+ down after 553 days in tier
2. 2022-11-17 30K+ → 20K+ down

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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• Speculative Loading 70K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
• Async JavaScript 70K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags D
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• J jQuery Updater 20K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A

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Use Google Libraries: 10K+ active installs, 4.4★ (47 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/use-google-libraries