jQuery is not defined in Wordpress, but my script is enqueued properly

Question

I am trying to load a separate javascript file mobile-menu.js to my Wordpress theme. When I look at the console, it says, \"jQuery is not defined.\" However, I know that I e

Answer 1

You can try:

enqueue Jquery first.

wp_enqueue_script('jquery'); 

and then enqueuing the latter script with JQuery dependency in 3rd argument i.e array('jquery') that's what mostly people forget.

wp_enqueue_script( 'lapetitefrog-mobile-menu', get_template_directory_uri() . '/js/mobile-menu.js', array('jquery'), '1.0', true );