First you need to write your script. In your theme folder create a folder called something like ‘js’. Create a file in that folder for your javascript. E.g. your-script.js. Add your jQuery script to that file (you don’t need <script> tags in a .js file). Here is an example of how your jQuery script (in wp-content/themes/your-theme/js/your-scrript.js) might … Read more

WordPress uses jQuery in noConflict mode by default. You need to reference it using jQuery as the variable name, not $, e.g. use [sourcecode language=”plain”]jQuery(document);[/sourcecode] [custom-related-posts title=”You may Also Like:” none_text=”None found” order_by=”title” order=”ASC”]

By default when you enqueue jQuery in WordPress you must use jQuery, and $ is not used (this is for compatibility with other libraries). Your solution of wrapping it in function will work fine, or you can load jQuery some other way (but that’s probably not a good idea in WordPress). If you must use document.ready, you can actually pass $ into … Read more