{"id":124739,"date":"2026-07-29T18:57:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T18:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/?p=124739"},"modified":"2026-07-29T18:57:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T18:57:23","slug":"jquery-ui-updated-to-1-14-2-in-wordpress-7-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2026\/07\/29\/jquery-ui-updated-to-1-14-2-in-wordpress-7-1\/","title":{"rendered":"jQuery UI updated to 1.14.2 in WordPress 7.1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WordPress 7.1 includes an update to the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.jqueryui.com\/2026\/01\/jquery-ui-1-14-2-released\/\">latest stable version of jQuery UI<\/a>, 1.14.2 from version 1.13.3. This update drops support for all versions of Internet Explorer &amp; Edge Legacy which is inline with the <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/handbook\/best-practices\/browser-support\/\">WordPress Browser Support Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This update sets <code>jQuery.uiBackCompat<\/code> to be equal to true to ensure that code written for the jQuery 1.11 <span tabindex='0' class='glossary-item-container'>API<span class='glossary-item-hidden-content'><span class='glossary-item-header'>API<\/span> <span class='glossary-item-description'>An API or Application Programming Interface is a software intermediary that allows programs to interact with each other and share data in limited, clearly defined ways.<\/span><\/span><\/span> continues to function as expected. Additionally, <code>$.fn._form<\/code>, <code>$.ui.ie<\/code>, <code>$.ui.safeActiveElement<\/code>, and <code>$.ui.safeBlur<\/code> <a href=\"https:\/\/jqueryui.com\/upgrade-guide\/1.14\/#removed-apis\">have been removed<\/a>. WordPress <span tabindex='0' class='glossary-item-container'>core<span class='glossary-item-hidden-content'><span class='glossary-item-header'>Core<\/span> <span class='glossary-item-description'>Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.<\/span><\/span><\/span> does not use any of these functions, but you should check your code and update it accordingly if it does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See <a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/changeset\/62747\">[62747]<\/a> for the specific changes and <a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/62757\">#62757<\/a> for more background information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><em>props <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/masteradhoc\/\" class=\"mention\"><span class=\"mentions-prefix\">@<\/span>masteradhoc<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/joedolson\/\" class=\"mention\"><span class=\"mentions-prefix\">@<\/span>joedolson<\/a><em> for review<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"o2-appended-tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/tag\/7-1\/\" class=\"tag\"><span class=\"tag-prefix\">#<\/span>7-1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/tag\/dev-notes\/\" class=\"tag\"><span class=\"tag-prefix\">#<\/span>dev-notes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/tag\/dev-notes-7-1\/\" class=\"tag\"><span class=\"tag-prefix\">#<\/span>dev-notes-7-1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/tag\/external-libraries\/\" class=\"tag\"><span class=\"tag-prefix\">#<\/span>external-libraries<\/a><\/p><nav class='o2-post-footer-actions'><ul class='o2-post-footer-action-row'><li class='o2-post-footer-action'><a href=\"https:\/\/login.wordpress.org\/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmake.wordpress.org%2Fcore%2F2026%2F07%2F29%2Fjquery-ui-updated-to-1-14-2-in-wordpress-7-1%2F%23respond&#038;locale=en_US\" title=\"Login to Reply\"  class=\"genericon  genericon-reply\"  data-action=\"login-to-reply\"  data-actionstate=\"default\" >Login to Reply<\/a><\/li><\/ul><div class='o2-post-footer-action-likes'><\/div><ul class='o2-post-footer-action-row'><\/ul><\/nav>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WordPress 7.1 includes an update to the latest stable version of jQuery UI, 1.14.2 from version 1.13.3. 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