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WordPress WordPress Theme Development Building Out WordPress Navigation The wp_nav_menu Function

Posted by Johnny Garces
Johnny Garces
Courses Plus Student 8,551 Points

Menu navs don't appear: Uncaught TypeError: $ is not a function

I've enqueued my scripts and ported them over with wp_footer(). I've also added the no-conflict jquery and get the following message: Uncaught TypeError: $ is not a function at HTMLDocument.<anonymous> (app.js?ver=4.8.1:2) at i (jquery.js?ver=1.12.4:2) at Object.fireWith [as resolveWith] (jquery.js?ver=1.12.4:2) at Function.ready (jquery.js?ver=1.12.4:2) at HTMLDocument.K (jquery.js?ver=1.12.4:2)

Here's my function.php code:

<?php 
function wpt_theme_styles() {

    wp_enqueue_style( 'foundation_css', get_template_directory_uri() . '/css/foundation.css' );
    wp_enqueue_style( 'normalize_css', get_template_directory_uri() . '/css/normalize.css' );
    wp_enqueue_style( 'googlefont_css', 'http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Asap:400,700,400italic,700italic' );
    wp_enqueue_style( 'main_css', get_template_directory_uri() . '/style.css' );

}
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'wpt_theme_styles' );

function wpt_theme_js() {

    wp_enqueue_script( 'modernizr_js', get_template_directory_uri() . '/js/modernizr.js', '', '', false );  
    wp_enqueue_script( 'foundation_js', get_template_directory_uri() . '/js/foundation.min.js', array('jquery'), '', true );
    wp_enqueue_script( 'main_js', get_template_directory_uri() . '/js/app.js', array('jquery', 'foundation_js'), '', true );        

}
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'wpt_theme_js' );


 ?>

Here's my app.js 

jQuery(document).ready(function($) {

    $(document).foundation();

    $( ".nav-toggle" ).click(function() {
      $(this).toggleClass("open");
      $("nav").fadeToggle(100);

      return false;
    });
});

Any ideas as to why the nav link doesn't show when I click on the menu icon? thanks!

1 Answer

Wiktor Bednarz
Wiktor Bednarz
18,647 Points
Wiktor Bednarz
Wiktor Bednarz
18,647 Points

Hey there,

your problem lies within this line of your functions.php file:

wp_enqueue_script( 'main_js', get_template_directory_uri() . '/js/app.js', array('jquery', 'foundation_js'), '', true );

You've updated all other foundation_js values to foundation_min_js except this one.