[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #60478: Upgrade to jQuery 4.0 (was: Upgrade to JQuery 4)

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#60478: Upgrade to jQuery 4.0
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 Reporter:  nickchomey               |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  task (blessed)           |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                   |   Milestone:  7.0
Component:  External Libraries       |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                   |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch needs-       |     Focuses:  javascript,
  testing                            |  performance
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Changes (by TobiasBg):

 * type:  enhancement => task (blessed)


Old description:

> JQuery just released a beta version of jQuery v4. Is this something that
> wp core will be looking to implement?
>
> https://blog.jquery.com/2024/02/06/jquery-4-0-0-beta/

New description:

 Version 4.0.0 of jQuery has been released.
 https://blog.jquery.com/2026/01/17/jquery-4-0-0/

 Previously:
 ~~~JQuery just released a beta version of jQuery v4. Is this something
 that wp core will be looking to implement?~~~
 https://blog.jquery.com/2024/02/06/jquery-4-0-0-beta/

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Comment:

 For updating the jQuery version in WordPress, package.json and script-
 loader.php need to get the new version string.

 Related: #59227, #58083, #58203, #57324, #56451, #52707, #51812, #50564,
 #37110.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/60478#comment:35>
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