Question

I’m in the backend of WordPress, trying to create a metabox. I put this code at the top of the metabox so that I can use some jQuery to create it:

if (is_admin()){
    wp_deregister_script( 'jquery' );
    wp_register_script( 'jquery', 'http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.6/jquery.min.js');
    wp_enqueue_script( 'jquery' );
}

I am getting a “jQuery is not defined” error. I tried changing it to the $ as well, and get the same error – “$ is not defined”

EDIT: My actual jQuery code looks like this:

<script type="text/javascript">
    $(document).ready(function(){
        $('#add_person').click(function(){      
            $('#management').append('<div class="person"><a href="#" class="remove_person button">Remove Person</a>' + '<p><label for="_name">Name</label><br/>' + '<input type="text" id="_name" name="_name[]" size="25" /></p></div>');
            return false;
        });
        $('.remove_person').live('click',function () {
            $(this).parent().remove();
            return false;
        });
    });
</script>

Why is this happening? I checked in developer (chrome extension) and jQuery is listed as a resource so it is recognizing it, but am still getting this error. Any thoughts?

Thanks!

Answer 1

If you are seeing jquery.min.js in the resources area, and you are getting a jQuery is undefined error, that typically means that jQuery is being included farther down the page than your code.