jquery and wordpress enqueue

Question

If I enqueue jquery from my own server everything works fine and dandy:

add_action('init', 'headsetup');

function headsetup(){
wp_enqueue_script('jquery_script',get_template_directory_uri().'/js/jquery-.8.3.min.js');
}

but if I use the built in wordpress jquery everything falls over:

add_action('init', 'headsetup');

function headsetup(){
wp_enqueue_script('jquery');
}

Jquery is loading, I can see it in the site <head> but it's not triggering which means the scripts that follow don't work.

Any suggestion?

if your in firefox, press CTRL + SHIFT + K, it will tell you if jquery has loaded, then go from there — iConnor
– iConnor, Commented Mar 23, 2013 at 21:37
@Edgar: In functions.php. It works perfectly if I enqueue from my server but if I use the built in wordpress jquery it doesn't. The enqueue is in exactly the same place in functions.php — fisicx
– fisicx, Commented Mar 23, 2013 at 21:40
I mean where are you trying to use the jquery? In your admin pages? On all of your pages? — Edgar Allan Pwn
– Edgar Allan Pwn, Commented Mar 23, 2013 at 21:41

fisicx · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-01 14:31:44Z

1

Sorted!

All I had to do was change the way I called jquery.

Instead of:

$("somefunction")

It has to be:

jQuery("somefunction")

It's a wordpress thing...

answered Apr 1, 2013 at 14:31

fisicx

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