I suggest taking a look at [5 Tips for using jQuery with WordPress][1]. Among other things, it shows the code necessary to load jQuery from Google's library: function my_init() { if (!is_admin()) { // comment out the next two lines to load the local copy of jQuery wp_deregister_script('jquery'); wp_register_script('jquery', 'http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3.2/jquery.min.js', false, '1.3.2'); wp_enqueue_script('jquery'); } } add_action('init', 'my_init'); You could also check out the [Use Google Libraries][2] plugin. [1]: http://www.ericmmartin.com/5-tips-for-using-jquery-with-wordpress [2]: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/use-google-libraries/