Jquery Requires The Word Jquery Instead Of $

I am working on a WordPress theme and I have included Jquery, // Waves wp_enqueue_style( 'APKMirror-wave', get_template_directory_uri() . '/inc/waves/waves.min.css');

Solution 1:

jQuery in WordPress runs in noConflict mode which means the global $ shortcut for jQuery isn't available. Use the document ready wrapper which will allow $ to be used as an alias for jQuery.

jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
    // Inside here $ can be used instead of jQuery.
});

Or

(function($) {
    // Use $ here.
})(jQuery);

Thanks to Paulpro for correctly pointing out that there is an alternative that can be used if you need to run the script before the rest of the DOM loads.