Outdated Version of jQuery in Wordpress

Question

I have a plugin in wordpress (easy-fancy-box), which I think is adding this in my wp header. <script type='text/javascript' src='https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.6.4/jquery.min.js?ver=1.6.4'></script>

This version is outdated and is preventing me from using newer versions of jquery, (if i add version 1.8 of jquery, then the fancy box plugin fails. Is there a way to update the version which easy-fancy-box uses?

I have tried searching for this in all the plugin files, but cannot locate where it is on order to change it to the newer version

Answer 1

Are you sure that it is not you or another plugin that is adding the jQuery?

I just had a look at the plugin you linked to, and it just calls the jQuery you registered to in WordPress.

Example line 402 in easy-fancybox.php:

wp_enqueue_script('jquery.fancybox', plugins_url(FANCYBOX_SUBDIR.'/fancybox/jquery.fancybox-'.FANCYBOX_VERSION.'.pack.js', __FILE__), array('jquery'), FANCYBOX_VERSION);

jQuery is loaded as a dependency in that.

Look in your theme if you deregistered jQuery (using wp_deregister_script('jquery') )and registered it again to use Google's CDN.