My go-to WP plugin template solution is this one: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/oop-plugin-template-solution/ http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/oop-plug

My go-to WP plugin template solution is this one: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/oop-plugin-template-solution/ http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/oop-plugin-template-solu... As mmuro mentioned, including your own copy of jQuery is bad advice. Just ensure that the 3rd parameter of wp_enqueue_script() is array('jquery') if you are worried about the order your scripts are loaded.