change order of add_action hooks for jquery to be loaded first

Question

a slider plugin puts its javascript “right before the closing body-tag” using an add_action() hook like this:

protected static function addAction($action,$eventFunction){
    add_action( $action, array(self::$t, $eventFunction) );         
}

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UniteBaseClassRev::addAction('wp_footer', 'putJavascript');

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public function putJavascript(){
    $urlPlugin = UniteBaseClassRev::$url_plugin."rs-plugin/";
    ?>
    <script type='text/javascript' src='<?php echo $urlPlugin?>js/jquery.themepunch.plugins.min.js?rev=<?php echo GlobalsRevSlider::SLIDER_REVISION; ?>'></script>
    <script type='text/javascript' src='<?php echo $urlPlugin?>js/jquery.themepunch.revolution.min.js?rev=<?php echo  GlobalsRevSlider::SLIDER_REVISION; ?>'></script>
    <?php
}

the theme I use also uses add_action() to unregister the wordpress jquery and use its own:

function FoundationPress_scripts() {
// deregister the jquery version bundled with wordpress
wp_deregister_script( 'jquery' );
// enqueue modernizr, jquery and foundation
wp_enqueue_script( 'modernizr', get_template_directory_uri() . '/js/modernizr/modernizr.min.js', array(), '1.0.0', false );
wp_enqueue_script( 'jquery', get_template_directory_uri() . '/js/jquery/jquery.min.js', array(), '1.0.0', true );
wp_enqueue_script( 'foundation', get_template_directory_uri() . '/js/app.js', array('jquery'), '1.0.0', true );
}
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'FoundationPress_scripts' );

now what happens is that the slider scripts are loaded before the jquery is loaded and therefore do not work:

so my question is how I can change the order of the add_action() hooks to be fired. any other solution to solve this is fine.

Answer 1

I think the real answer here, is to have the plugin author load scripts properly using wp_enqueue_script().

Or, you could change the theme enqueue code to output jquery to the header by changing to this (not great for performance reasons, but relatively simple):

wp_enqueue_script( 'jquery', get_template_directory_uri() . '/js/jquery/jquery.min.js', array(), '1.0.0', false );

Or, you could rewrite the plugin code so that it uses the enqueue process.