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When we are developing Themes, we are taught to enqueue the jQuery library if necessary, because no jQuery library is available on the front-end of WordPress (if I'm not wrong). But when we are into the Admin Panel of WordPress, WP is using jQuery for various purposes — WordPress back-end, by core, already loading jQuery into its admin area.

So, when we are developing Back-end features for a Theme or Plugin, and we are in need of loading jQuery, is that possible to load jQuery library from WordPress bundle?

I'm asking this because in one of my under-dev. plugin, I added jQuery library-

  • from the jQuery CDN,
  • and as a fallback, from the plugin bundle (using this SO thread)

Now, on every page-refresh my admin panel hits the jQuery CDN, and takes the jQuery lib file from the CDN. If there's no internet connection the php-file-read throws a debug error, but the jQuery loads from my plugin bundle.

But if we can load jQuery from the WP bundle, it'll save time and load of a page, I think.

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    why can't you use wp_enqueue_script( 'jquery' );? May 23, 2014 at 12:00
  • @MortalViews Thanks a lot. That IS the correct answer. Actually I tried that before, but somehow that time it didn't work. Anyways, can you please put that comment as an Answer so that I can mark it as an accepted answer? May 23, 2014 at 12:19

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You can load jQuery library using wp_enqueue_script.

jQuery library is registered by default, and the handle is 'jquery'.

for more info check: Handles and Their Script Paths Registered by WordPress and the list at the end of wp_enqueue_script

Note: it is jquery (not jQuery)

code:

 wp_enqueue_script( 'jquery');

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