{"id":5949965,"date":"2015-03-27T20:45:51","date_gmt":"2015-03-27T20:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/topic\/adding-the-datepicker-in-events-plugin\/"},"modified":"2016-08-22T19:06:37","modified_gmt":"2016-08-22T19:06:37","slug":"adding-the-datepicker-in-events-plugin","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/topic\/adding-the-datepicker-in-events-plugin\/","title":{"rendered":"Adding the datepicker in events plugin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi,<\/p>\n<p>I try to add the datepicker to the date field of my plugin but I cannot make it work.<\/p>\n<p>1) I enqueue scripts:<\/p>\n<pre><code>function enqueue_date_picker(){\n\twp_enqueue_script( &#039;my_script&#039;, plugins_url( &#039;\/js\/script.js&#039; , __FILE__ ), array(&#039;jquery&#039;, &#039;jquery-ui-core&#039;, &#039;jquery-ui-datepicker&#039;), &#039;1.0&#039;, true );\n\twp_enqueue_style(&#039;my_style&#039;, &#039;http:\/\/code.jquery.com\/ui\/1.11.4\/themes\/smoothness\/jquery-ui.css&#039;);\n}\nadd_action( &#039;admin_enqueue_scripts&#039;, &#039;enqueue_date_picker&#039; );<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>2) My input field:<\/p>\n<pre><code>&lt;input class=&quot;widefat&quot; id=&quot;date&quot; type=&quot;text&quot; name=&quot;date&quot; value=&quot;&lt;?php echo date( &#039;j F Y&#039;, $event_date ); ?&gt;&quot; \/&gt;<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>3) Added file called script.js in folder \/js with content:<\/p>\n<pre><code>$(function() {\n$( &quot;#date&quot; ).datepicker();\n})( jQuery );<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>I notice all scripts are loaded in head section of backend.<br \/>\nMy .js script file is loaded in footer section.<br \/>\nNothing happens when I click the date field.<br \/>\nSo what am I doing wrong here?<\/p>\n<p>Have a nice weekend!<\/p>\n<p>Guido<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-5949965","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-datepicker","topic-tag-event"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/5949965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/5949965\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5949965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}