How can I make a function defined in jQuery.ready available globally?

Question

I have a function that strips the youtube id off a url. I then want to use this function 10 time per page (in the wordpress loop).

The function works great when I fe

Answer 1

You can simply add your function in the $.fn variable:

(function ($) {

   $.fn.getList = function() {
       // ...
   };

}(jQuery));

Example usage:

$().getList();

This is what you would typically do while creating a Basic Plugin for jQuery.