The oldest Ubuntu version still supported is 12.04 LTS which includes wordpress 3.3.1 and jquery 1.7.1
It appears that WordPress 3.3 supports jquery 1.7.1 https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.3 Therefore I'm closing this bug. ** Changed in: wordpress (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/816962 Title: libjs-jquery dependency provides wrong version of jquery. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wordpress/+bug/816962/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs