The following is the best way to go about it. Add the following to the theme’s functions.php file: if (!is_admin()) add_action(“wp_enqueue_scripts”, “my_jquery_enqueue”, 11); function my_jquery_enqueue() { wp_deregister_script(‘jquery’); wp_register_script(‘jquery’, “http” . ($_SERVER[‘SERVER_PORT’] == 443 ? “s” : “”) . “://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.1/jquery.min.js”, false, null); wp_enqueue_script(‘jquery’); } Replace the URL with the location of what version of jQuery you … Continue reading Include jQuery in WordPress Theme