[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #44229: Use CDNs where possible to serve external assets like jQuery

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#44229: Use CDNs where possible to serve external assets like jQuery
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 Reporter:  jacklenox    |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General      |     Version:
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:               |     Focuses:
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Comment (by jacklenox):

 Replying to [comment:1 superpoincare]:
 > I think Wordpress' policy is to self host as much as possible. Google
 Fonts is an exception in bundled themes because the most optimal way
 involves doing a lot of user agent detection which is not easy to do and
 maintain.

 Yep, I understand. If it is the policy, I'm challenging it.


 > Having jQuery load from Google or some other CDN may not be preferable
 since many people use blockers such as uBlock Origin for which the expert
 setting is to block third party javascript.

 This is a good point. However, I suspect the vast majority of notable
 WordPress websites use some form of CDN for their assets, including
 JavaScript. The sort of person blocking any third party JS is probably
 also the sort of person who would understand why things might behave in an
 unusual way.

 > There are plugins available for loading jQuery from CDN and can also be
 done easily from the child theme.

 Yep, I mention doing it yourself at the top of the ticket. But my focus
 here is on the seismic shift that would happen if this was implemented at
 a core level.

 > (Incidentally Chrome doesn't like document.write, so you shouldn't use
 it).

 Sure, it's just a rudimentary example of a way that you could do a
 fallback.

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