A Simplify Your Web plugin that tidies up jQuery loading: it keeps one copy of jQuery and jQuery UI, places it after MooTools, adds noConflict() and strips duplicates added by other extensions.
jQuery Easy is a plugin by Olivier Buisard (Simplify Your Web) that brings order to how jQuery is loaded on the site and in the backend. When a template and several extensions each add their own copy of the library, pages end up with duplicates, MooTools conflicts and JavaScript errors. The plugin leaves one copy of jQuery and jQuery UI in the right place. It matters most on sites that still run older extensions.
Features
- jQuery and jQuery UI loaded from the Google CDN or from the local server.
- jQuery placed after MooTools, with the noConflict() call added automatically.
- Removal of extra jQuery and jQuery UI copies and of noConflict() calls injected by others; chosen libraries can be protected from removal.
- A choice between the basic jQuery UI look and a custom theme.
- Experimental disabling of MooTools on the frontend.
- The plugin can be switched on or off per template or per page, with profiles holding different settings for different parts of the site.
- A report of what was changed, adding or removing scripts and stylesheets, and cleanup of leftover blank lines.
Compatibility
Joomla 4, 5 and 6 (JED also lists Joomla 3). Version 5.4.0, last updated in JED on 8 March 2026.
