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Hi Guys,
I am trying to implement the masonry plugin on my blog but I can't seem to get it working.

Below is my code. Any clues as to what I am doing wrong ?

$(window).load(function () {

$('#content').masonry({columnWidth: 185});

});

Cheers,
vishal

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Good find by and useful hint from . The symptoms you described usually come down to one of three things: a conflict over the $ alias (so $(...) isn't jQuery), script order / multiple jQuery copies, or Masonry running before images have their final size. The shortest, robust fixes are: ensure jQuery loads once and before the Masonry script, avoid $ collisions, and initialize Masonry after images finish loading.

A practical pattern that covers those cases is to run Masonry inside a noConflict-safe wrapper and use the imagesLoaded helper so the column math has correct image dimensions:

(function($){
  var $grid = $('#content'); // make sure selector matches your HTML

  $grid.imagesLoaded(function(){
    $grid.masonry({
      itemSelector: '.post',   // match your items
      columnWidth: 185,
      percentPosition: true
    });
  });

})(jQuery);

Quick troubleshooting checklist:

  • Open DevTools console and fix any JS errors (e.g. "masonry is not a function" means the plugin either didn’t load or was loaded before jQuery).
  • Verify only one copy of jQuery is included.
  • If another library claims $, use jQuery or a closure as above. See jQuery.noConflict.
  • Make images responsive or constrained (e.g. img{max-width:100%;height:auto;}) so they don’t break column calculations.
  • Check Masonry version and options against the docs: Masonry docs and use imagesLoaded when images are involved.

Those steps cover the common gaps not spelled out earlier and should prevent the race conditions and conflicts that stop Masonry from laying out correctly.

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Vishalkhialani,

I wonder if it's because the images are wider than the column width?

Try experimenting by setting all the images to 185px or less.

Airshow

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Hi,
It was a conflict issue I cannot use $(window) instead I had to use jQuery(document)

Its working now.

Cheers,
vishal

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