I finally found some documentation regardng this. It seems that using
jQuery inconjuction with Wordpress is fine however, you must use
jQuery () instead of $. Further details also suggest that Wordpress
won't register a jQuery plugin.

On Feb 4, 6:43 pm, MH1988 <m.lawrencehu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Oh, thank you for responding back. I didn't think I would get a reply
> at all.
>
> The problem I am having seems to be that jQuery + the jQuery Cycle
> plugin with simple fade and prev/next transitions does not work at
> all. My main reason for using it is I would like to include it in each
> Wordpress post when I want to present images. This is my page here: <a
> href="http://www.culturesinbetween.net/NEWWEBSITE/archives/260";>page</
> a>
>
> I have embedded jQuery v. 2.34 and the Cycle plugin v. 1.3.1
>
> What I have done is evoked the function within the header.php file.
> The only thing I have done is put in the <div>'s in the Wordpress post
> but nothing works.
>
> I've put overflow: hidden for the <div>
>
> I don't know why but works perfectly for users using Indexhibit
> (www.indexhibit.org)
>
> Mike
>
> On Feb 4, 3:20 am, "Penner, Matthew" <mpen...@valverde.edu> wrote:
>
> > Is jQuery working at all?  I've noticed that WordPress can be very
> > intrusive when you put javascript in posts.  When I would first write a
> > post with js embedded it would work, but the instant I edited it online
> > the "helpful" editor textbox would reformat my js and break it.
>
> > If you want your gallery to be a permanent fixture (ie. On the side bar
> > rather than just a single post) I would suggest you edit your theme
> > directly.  This should avoid any WordPress issues.
>
> > Matt Penner
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:jquery...@googlegroups.com] On
>
> > Behalf Of MH1988
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 5:58 AM
> > To: jQuery (English)
> > Subject: [jQuery] Using jQuery with Wordpress
>
> > I am having problems using jquery with wordpress. I would like to use
> > the simple gallery plugin but it will not fade in/out my images. Help?

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