Thanks,
Jean

Hey Jean,

You can request any one of the various libraries WordPress comes
pre-packaged with using the wp_enqueue_script function in your theme or
plugins' functions.php file:

http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_enqueue_script#Defau...

This section of the codex outlines the various libraries you can utilize
and all you have to do is use the corresponding handle as an argument in
the function. I would write a function that handles loading of all my
frontend scripts and hook into 'wp_enqueue_scripts' to load them on the
frontend. A basic implementation could look something like this:

<?php

   // Add necessary JS scripts to frontend
   add_action('wp_enqueue_scripts', 'MYTHEME_frontend_js_scripts');

   function MYTHEME_frontend_js_scripts() {
     wp_enqueue_script('jquery');
     wp_enqueue_script('jquery-ui-core', false, array('jquery'));
     wp_enqueue_script('jquery-ui-mouse',false , array('jquery'));
     wp_enqueue_script('thickbox');
     wp_enqueue_script('jquery-hotkeys',false , array('jquery'));
   }

?>

The same could be done for a plugin or theme requiring certain libraries
on the admin side by hooking into the 'admin_enqueue_scripts' action.

Hope this helps,

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