jquery - '$ is not a function'             rev 17 january 2013


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this happens when ...

  * loading in wordpress. 
    "The jQuery library included with WordPress loads in 'no conflict'
    mode. This is to prevent compatibility problems with other javascript
    libraries that WordPress can load."


  * may happen in other circumstances, i don't know yet.

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fix it by ...

  replace the '$' with 'jQuery' (the object name).

  OR

  define the $:
   
   jQuery(document).ready(function($) {

    "the dollar $ object isn’t defined in WordPress jQuery (historical reasons)"
    so we define it here.

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example:

  // original:
  $(document).ready(function(){
      $(".privpol").colorbox({width:"50%", inline:true, href:"#popup"});
  }); 

  // change to:
  jQuery(document).ready(function(){
      jQuery(".privpol").colorbox({width:"50%", inline:true, href:"#popup"});
  }); 



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resources:

  https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_enqueue_script#jQuery_noConflict_wrappers
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written 17 january 2013
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