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user1269625
user1269625

Reputation: 3209

wordpress + jquery syntax error

I got this code here...

<script type="text/javascript">
    $('document').ready(function() {
        alert($('.thickbox'));
    });
</script>

and I put this code in my wordpress theme footer.php file at the bottom. When I went to my page, the alert did not appear, I check my error console and found this error

TypeError: $ is not a function  

$('document').ready(function() {

what gives? my jquery file is in the header, so this should work...or is there a specfic way to put jquery in wordpress?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 829

Answers (3)

JKirchartz
JKirchartz

Reputation: 18042

Wordpress's packaged jQuery defaults to noConflict mode, use jQuery('document'), or wrap your code like

(function($) { 
    // Code that uses jQuery's $ can follow here.
})(jQuery);

or in your document ready like this:

jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
    // Code that uses jQuery's $ can follow here.
});

Upvotes: 6

gehsekky
gehsekky

Reputation: 3219

'$' is just an alias for 'jQuery'. if $('document') isn't working, try jQuery('document')

Upvotes: 1

Philippe Boissonneault
Philippe Boissonneault

Reputation: 3949

try jQuery instead of $

jQuery('document').ready(function($){
    alert($('.thickbox'));
});

Upvotes: 1

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