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How to include jquery and jquery ui (slider) properly in wordpress

Hi

I have a page in wordpress which i can get to work by doing the following and adding this directly to the page
  <!-- Load jQuery and jQuery UI -->
  <script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.9.1.js"></script>
  <script src="//code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.3/jquery-ui.js"></script>
        
  <!-- Load the jQuery UI CSS -->
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="//code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.3/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css" />

<script>
  <!-- jQuery UI Slider code -->
  $(function() { etc

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Ive tried adding the jquery properly in the functions file but it doesnt work

function my_scripts_method() {	
   		wp_deregister_script('jquery');
   		wp_register_script('jquery', "//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.9.1.js", false, null);
   		wp_enqueue_script('jquery');

		wp_deregister_script('jquery-ui');
		wp_register_script('jquery-ui', '//code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.3/jquery-ui.js', false, null);
		wp_enqueue_script('jquery-ui');
	}

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add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'my_scripts_method' );

But this doesnt work and I cant get a slider to dispay on my page as I can when include the files directly

thanks
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Jason C. LevineNo oneCommented:
WordPress includes JQuery and JQueryUI by default...it's part of the core load-in.

I'm thinking that by attempting to do the above you are a) breaking something and/or b) your slider is bombing out for a different reason.
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andiejeAuthor Commented:
Hi Jason

For one :) I couldnt get any jquery or jquery ui to work in wordpress even though it is supposed to be loaded by default. I could get it to work by adding jquery and jqueryui scripts directly to the page code from googls cdn  and it was fine.

I also managed to load jquery and jqueryui through the enqueue_scripts function so i could remove the includes from the page and that all works fine now. I believe you are supposed to do it like this in the functions file so that plugins dont cause conflicts.

However even though i have a working solution i am now most curious why jquery didnt work for me 'by default' in wordpress. Is there a setting in the admin panel or something i dont know about?

thanks
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Jason C. LevineNo oneCommented:
Nope, it should have just worked.  I wonder if the theme you are using unenqueued JQuery or some other weird thing?

Anyway, using enqueue is the correct way to go, so you figured it out.
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andiejeAuthor Commented:
I figured out the solution myself and posted the approach used
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