Title: "This slideshow requires JavaScript."
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# "This slideshow requires JavaScript."

 *  [passtheboll](https://wordpress.org/support/users/passtheboll/)
 * (@passtheboll)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-slideshow-requires-javascript/)
 * I’ve tried everything I can think of to resolve this. I want to use the galleries/
   slideshows built in but I can’t get them to display.
 * Ex: [http://www.mpiwi.com/listings/2712-northview/](http://www.mpiwi.com/listings/2712-northview/)
 * I’ve tried on different browsers, different computers, and even mobile devices
   and it won’t work. I’m able to look at other sites that use the slideshows but
   not my own. Any help?

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 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-slideshow-requires-javascript/#post-3345665)
 * We can’t help with commercial themes.
    Contact your theme’s [vendors regarding](http://www.studiopress.com/)
   that theme.
 *  Thread Starter [passtheboll](https://wordpress.org/support/users/passtheboll/)
 * (@passtheboll)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-slideshow-requires-javascript/#post-3345737)
 * Are you saying it might be a conflict in my theme? If that’s the case then I’ll
   investigate that.
 *  [markcorder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markcorder/)
 * (@markcorder)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-slideshow-requires-javascript/#post-3345871)
 * I’m using Twenty-Twelve child them and I’m having the exact same problem. Happens
   in every browser – caches cleaned – everything updated, running WP 3.5.1 … and
   yes, Javascript is enabled.
 *  [kiloj757](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kiloj757/)
 * (@kiloj757)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-slideshow-requires-javascript/#post-3345876)
 * Same problem here [http://dynamicdraintechnologies.com/perma-liner-repair-virginia-beach-approval-cvs-pharmacy-5/](http://dynamicdraintechnologies.com/perma-liner-repair-virginia-beach-approval-cvs-pharmacy-5/)
 * But I don’t know how to turn on javascript
 *  [markcorder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markcorder/)
 * (@markcorder)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-slideshow-requires-javascript/#post-3345877)
 * [@kiloj757](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kiloj757/) : It’s almost always
   turned on by default, but do a search for “How to enable javascript for [your
   browser & version ]”
 *  [lizzie_p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lizzie_p/)
 * (@lizzie_p)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-slideshow-requires-javascript/#post-3345886)
 * I have the same issue using the built-in slideshow with the Atahualpa theme. 
   The problem is the same across several browsers, the error message as above. 
   I mainly use Google Chrome. Javascript is enabled in my browser. I have tried
   the wordpress debugging instructions at [http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Your_Browser_to_Diagnose_JavaScript_Errors](http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Your_Browser_to_Diagnose_JavaScript_Errors)
   but it did not solve the problem. I’ve taken the slideshow off the site now and
   replaced it with plain images but would really like to use the slideshow when
   it’s working properly.
 *  [markcorder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markcorder/)
 * (@markcorder)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-slideshow-requires-javascript/#post-3345887)
 * This is a bizarre problem and there are postings about it all over the web. Some
   folks report that it works sometimes but not always – they’ll make 5 slideshows
   where two of them will work and the other three won’t. I have _never_ seen it
   work! Current versions of Chrome, Firefox, IE and Opera won’t show it for me –
   either on a localhost setup or live-on-the-web. I’m running the latest WP, and
   a child-theme of TwentyTwelve with limited changes to the CSS and Functions –
   and nothing that should interfere with it that I can tell.
 * However, I’m of a mind that this slideshow is looking for a JS library that hasn’t
   been loaded or it can’t otherwise find. When I get time, I’m going to look into
   the template files and see if I can spot what-it-wants and where-its-supposed-
   to-be.
 * But maybe someone can beat me to it – any of you WP super-hacks know what JS 
   library WP’s Media Gallery Slideshow needs to use?
 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-slideshow-requires-javascript/#post-3345888)
 * Guys, you’re going to be much more visible to the forum community [if you create your own threads](http://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting).

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 * Last reply from: [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-slideshow-requires-javascript/#post-3345888)
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