Wordpress 3.0.5 doesn't work with jQuery 1.6.2

[jjwp]

When I had Wordpress version (3.0.5+dfsg-1ubuntu1) installed on Ubuntu oneiric and jQuery 1.6.2 installed in /usr/share/javascript/jquery, I would get jQuery syntax errors on the Admin pages, and the 'Edit' links under 'Publish' group wouldn't work properly. I reverted to jQuery 1.4.2 and everything worked as expected.

My jquery.js is linked from the wordpress directory to the /usr/share/javascript/jquery directory.

It would be nice if wordpress would work with jQuery 1.6/1.7, or if it could give a warning if the wrong version is being used. It was interesting that the URL to load jQuery appeared to specify 1.4.2, but it didn't fail when 1.4.2 wasn't found.

[SergeyBiryukov]

WordPress 3.3 comes with jQuery 1.7: #19144

[dd32]

Unfortunately in rich web applications, writing one version to support the alterations made in a future release is not entirely possible. It's worth noting, that you're using a customised version of WordPress as well, not an "official" release, and as a result, we don't technically support that configuration.

I'd highly suggest you stop using the Ubuntu 3.0 package and instead install the latest WordPress 3.2.1 release available from ​http://wordpress.org/ instead, as it's tested and comes packaged with it's own copy of all the files it requires, not only that, but I can't list the number of bugs fixed between 3.0 and 3.2.1.