Question

I’ve not really found a definitive answer for this question. I’ve had to edit jQuery plugins to replace instances of $. This, for me at least, is a serious issue. Anyone coming after me, if going to have a nightmare to maintain of upgrade my work. I use a lot of plugins.

Is this really the only option?

Answer 1

If the plugin is poorly written then I guess you could try using the jQuery.noConflict method.

If it’s properly written you don’t need it because it will already wrap all $ usages in an anonymous method:

(function( $ ) {
  $.fn.myPlugin = function() {

    // Do your awesome plugin stuff here

  };
})( jQuery );