How do I add a simple jQuery script to WordPress?
Asked 07 September, 2021
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I read the Codex and a few blog posts about using jQuery in WordPress, and its very frustrating. I've got as far as loading jQuery in functions.php file, but all of the guides out there are crappy because they assume you already have a ton of WordPress experience. For instance, they say that now that I'm loading jQuery through the functions.php file, now all I have to do is load my jQuery.

How exactly do I do this? What files, specifically, do I add code to? How exactly do I add it for a single WordPress page?

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