How to Add jQuery Effects to Your WordPress Blog Without Installing Plugins

In my previous post I explained why it’s better to add functionality to your blog by customizing functions rather than installing plugins.
For the sake of example, I’ll present a method to add lightbox effect (FancyBox jQuery plugin to be exact) to post images without using a WordPress plugin.

The FancyBox for WordPress plugin does a good job in integrating the FancyBox jQuery plugin into your blog.
However, I don’t like the fact that the files fancybox.css and fancybox.js are loaded for each and every page in my blog, even ones that don’t have images in them!

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• Category: Tutorials
• Tags: fancybox, hacks, jquery, lightbox, performance