How to load default scripts included with WordPress correctly?

Hi @haha:

'admin_init' is definitely an\ workable way to load scripts but you might also want to take a look at this blog post and consider using the "admin_print_scripts-{$page}" hook instead which can allow you to only load on your page when you need it and not burden the other admin pages:

Here’s code from the blog post, albeit modified a bit:

$your_page = add_management_page('myplugin','myplugin',9,__FILE__,
               'yourplugin_admin_page');
add_action("admin_print_scripts-{$your_page}",'yourplugin_jquery_tabs_loader'); 
function yourplugin_jquery_tabs_loader() {
  // what your plugin needs in its <head>
}