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Load google jquery api

  1. Hi.
    After reading your post today, I have become unsure of the way I load jquery in my themes.
    http://www.gravityhelp.com/gravity-forms-v1-6-4-2-released/. (By the way, I tried to post a comment on that page, but my comment was not submitted).
    I have always loaded jQuery from Google's API, because I wanted to use the latest version at the time of developing the site, plus I thought there were some speed advantages in doing so. I might be very wrong. :-)

    This is how I do it:

    add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'load_javascript_files' );
    /**
    * Load scripts
    */
    function load_javascript_files() {
    	if (!is_admin()) {
    
    		wp_deregister_script('jquery');
    
    		wp_register_script('jquery', 'https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.2/jquery.min.js', false, '1.7.2', false);
    		wp_enqueue_script('jquery');
    
    	}
    }

    Do you advice not to do this or what is your opinion on this method?

    Thanks
    Vayu

    Posted 12 years ago on Tuesday May 8, 2012 | Permalink
  2. I just saw that Carl answered this indirectly in a thread on another site here:
    http://wpcandy.com/teaches/how-to-load-scripts-in-wordpress-themes#comment-517876

    Thank you Carl for elaborating on this. It makes a lot of sense. I never thought of the complications it can cause.

    Vayu

    Posted 12 years ago on Wednesday May 16, 2012 | Permalink