jQuery $(document).ready () fires twice

The easy solution is to set a global flag so that it only runs once:

var pageInitialized = false;
$(function()
{
    if(pageInitialized) return;
    pageInitialized = true;
    // Put your init logic here.
});

It’s sort of hack-ish, but it works.

Reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10727002/jquery-document-ready-fires-twice

Thanks to https://stackoverflow.com/users/334053/qjake