Posts Tagged "jquery"



jQuery CDNs and WordPress theme conflicts

Since the recent update of version 3.4, many users have started to experience issues with their sites not working correctly, particularly due to JavaScript features such as datepickers, autocompleters, etc. failing to work as before.

For plugin developers like myself, it’s a pain in the @!+ as I’m now seeing users run into this problem on a daily basis for a few weeks now, and it has become obvious that the problem in every case is the forced loading of jQuery library files from CDNs, particularly Google.

The aim of loading jQuery libraries from external sources is to speed up page loading time, so no wonder why theme makers jump at this quick speed upgrade.

However, whilst there’s nothing wrong with doing this theoretically, they way they’re going about it couldn’t be more wrong! The various misleading posts circulating the web are most likely the cause of such a widespread problem, and now we’re starting to see the consequences as time passes.

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