Upgrading jQuery: Working Towards a Healthy Web

jQuery’s influence on the web will always be evident. When it was first introduced in 2006, jQuery became a fundamental tool for web developers almost immediately. It simplified JavaScript programming, making it easier to manipulate HTML documents, handle ... more

jQuery 4.0.0 BETA!

jQuery 4.0.0 has been in the works for a long time, but it is now ready for a beta release! There’s a lot to cover, and the team is excited to see it released. We’ve got bug fixes, performance improvements, and some breaking changes. We removed support ... more

jQuery 3.7.1 Released: Reliable Table Row Dimensions

jQuery 3.7.1 has been released! This release fixes a regression from jQuery 3.6.0 that resulted in rounded dimensions for <tr /> elements in Chrome and Safari. Also, a (mostly) internal Sizzle method, jQuery.find.tokenize that was on the jQuery ... more

jQuery 3.7.0 Released: Staying in Order

jQuery 3.7.0 is now available! This release has it all: bug fixes, a new method, and a performance improvement! We even dropped our longtime selector engine: Sizzle. Or, I should say, we moved it into jQuery. jQuery no longer depends on Sizzle as a separate ... more

jQuery 3.6.4 Released: Selector Forgiveness

If you’ve been following along with recent jQuery releases, we have been working on how to address the recent addition of some new selectors in browsers, especially :has . jQuery 3.6.3 settled on the strategy of using native CSS.supports to determined ... more

jQuery 3.6.3 Released: A Quick Selector Fix

Last week, we released jQuery 3.6.2. There were several changes in that release, but the most important one addressed an issue with some new selectors introduced in most browsers, like :has() . We wanted to release jQuery 3.6.3 quickly because an issue ... more

jQuery 3.6.2 Released!

You probably weren’t expecting another release so soon, but jQuery 3.6.2 has arrived! The main impetus for this release was the introduction of some new selectors in Chrome. More on that below. As usual, the release is available on our cdn and the npm ... more

jQuery 3.6.1 Maintenance Release

jQuery 3.6.1 has been released! It’s been a while since our previous release. We were looking at fixing some elusive edge cases related to focus and blur, but we never quite got the fix right. If there’s any area of jQuery that’s hard to change, it’s ... more

jQuery maintainers continue modernization initiative with deprecation of jQuery Mobile

By: Michal Golebiowski-Owczarek, Felix Nagel, and the jQuery team Editor’s Note: the following blog post was originally published to the OpenJS Foundation Blog . jQuery maintainers are continuing to modernize its overall project that still is one of ... more

jQuery maintainers update and transition jQuery UI as part of overall modernization efforts

By: Michal Golebiowski-Owczarek, Felix Nagel, and the jQuery team Editor’s Note: the following blog post was originally published to the OpenJS Foundation Blog . The jQuery project is actively maintained and widely implemented — it’s used by 73% of 10 ... more

jQuery project updates addressing temporary CDN issues

As part of its ongoing infrastructure updates, the jQuery infrastructure team is making configuration and deployment changes to address intermittent outages reported by some users. The issue is the result of faulty IP allowlisting which affects users ... more

jQuery 3.6.0 Released!

jQuery 3.6.0 has been released! In jQuery 3.5.0, the major change was a security fix for the html prefilter. This release does not include a security fix, but does have some good bug fixes and improvements. We still have our eyes on a jQuery 4.0 release, ... more

jQuery 3.5.1 Released: Fixing a Regression

I’ve never gotten to say this on a jQuery release, but May the 4th be with you! A short time ago in a galaxy exactly like this one, we released jQuery 3.5.0. We have a quick fix for a regression in that release. Specifically, we had changed our internal ... more

jQuery 3.5.0 Released!

jQuery 3.5.0 has been released! As usual, the release is available on our cdn and the npm package manager. Other third party CDNs will probably have it soon as well, but remember that we don’t control their release schedules and they will need some time. ... more

jQuery 3.4.1: triggering focus events in IE and finding root elements in iOS 10

Hello again! jQuery 3.4.0 was released just three weeks ago, but we’ve had a few issues reported that warranted a patch release. Thank you to everyone that reported issues and helped us get these fixed quickly. Here are the changes: Triggering focus ... more

jQuery 3.4.0 Released

jQuery has a new release! It’s been a while since our last release, but we expect this to be the last minor release in the 3.x branch, and then we will move on to the overhaul that will be jQuery 4.0. But before we get to 4.0, we’re excited to share ... more

Bad map file for jQuery 1.9.1 in the jQuery CDN

Quite a while back, Mike Taylor pointed out that the jQuery CDN has a minified copy of jQuery 1.9.1 with an incorrect map file reference. Basically, it refers to the map for jQuery 1.11.1, and that’s just wrong. If you are trying to debug a site that ... more

jQuery 3.3.1 – fixed dependencies in release tag

We encountered an issue in the release for jQuery 3.3.0, so we’ve immediately released another tag. The code itself is identical, but our release dependencies (only used during release) were added to the dependencies of the jQuery package itself due ... more

jQuery 3.3.0 – A fragrant bouquet of deprecations and…is that a new feature?

It’s been a while since the last jQuery release, but the Core team hasn’t been idle. We’ve got an all new minor release for you, and it’s even got a new feature in it! The .addClass() , .removeClass() , and .toggleClass() methods now accept an array ... more

jQuery 3.2.1 Is Now Available, With Some Hotfixes

jQuery 3.2.1 is now available! This release comes with some hotfixes for regressions that were introduced in the 3.2.0 build four days ago. We wanted to release this patch as quickly as possible to squash any bugs you may have experienced when upgrading. ... more

jQuery 3.2.0 Is Out!

jQuery 3.2.0 has been released! This release includes some bug fixes, improvements, and some deprecations. There should be no compatibility issues if upgrading from jQuery 3.0+. If you haven’t yet upgraded to jQuery 3+, please have a look at the 3.0 ... more

jQuery 3.1.1 Released!

jQuery 3.1.1 is now available! This release includes some bug fixes and improvements. As with all patch version releases, there are no new features or intended compatibility issues (if upgrading from jQuery 3.0+) in this release. We fixed a selector ... more

The jQuery Foundation and Standards

Over the years the jQuery Foundation has worked to give web developers a meaningful voice in the standards process. That’s why we’re excited to help formally establish our involvement in chapters.io, an effort that allows us to work with meetups and ... more

jQuery 3.1.0 Released – No More Silent Errors

Not so long ago, we released jQuery 3.0. One of the major features of jQuery 3.0 was a small rewrite of jQuery Deferreds. Specifically, we made them compatible with the Promises/A+ spec. That basically meant that errors had to be silenced and passed ... more

jQuery 3.0 Final Released!

jQuery 3.0 is now released! This version has been in the works since October 2014. We set out to create a slimmer, faster version of jQuery (with backwards compatibility in mind). We’ve removed all of the old IE workarounds and taken advantage of some ... more

jQuery 3.0 Release Candidate…Released!

Welcome to the Release Candidate for jQuery 3.0! This is the same code we expect to release as the final version of jQuery 3.0 (pending any major bugs or regressions). When released, jQuery 3.0 will become the only version of jQuery. The 1.12 and 2.2 ... more

jQuery 1.12.4 and 2.2.4 Released

jQuery 1.12.4 and 2.2.4 have been released! These are small releases with a couple bug fixes. We fixed a sticky issue for those using the AMD source and a “:visible” selector bug in 1.12.3. If you need any help upgrading, check out the newest release ... more

jQuery Migrate 1.4.1 released, and the path to jQuery 3.0

Version 1.4.1 of the jQuery Migrate plugin has been released. It has only a few changes but the most important of them fixes a problem with unquoted selectors that seems to be very common in some WordPress themes. In most cases Migrate can automatically ... more

ESLint Joins the jQuery Foundation

After last week’s announcement that JSCS is merging with ESLint, this week the ESLint team is announcing that they are bringing their project to the jQuery Foundation. We are very excited to be the providers of a long-term, openly governed home for ESLint. ... more

jQuery 1.12.3 and 2.2.3 Released

jQuery 1.12.3 and 2.2.3 have been released! These are small releases with a couple bug fixes. There was a minor issue that made the 1.x branch inconsistent with 2.x and a recently-introduced bug in both branches that affected the .load method. We do ... more