Aside from dependency management, what advantage does wp_enqueue_script() have over adding scripts manually? I currently enqueue 5 scripts and am thinking of minimising HTTP requests by using an inline <script> tag instead. For the purposes of this discussion let’s forget HTTP/2. Ref: https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_enqueue_script/ 2 Answers 2 How about API? Let’s Check this example. $id = … Read more
My client has a site running the latest version of WordPress, with Thesis. Currently, jQuery is being loaded in the footer, as the very last script to be loaded. I’m not sure what is causing jQuery to load – possibly Thesis, or something else. We are adding a plugin, which has a script that loads. … Read more
I added the following code to my functions.php: if(!function_exists(‘bi_frontend_scripts’)) { function bi_frontend_scripts() { wp_enqueue_script(‘jquery’); // I originally wanted to do: wp_enqueue_script(‘jQuery.bxSlider’, get_bloginfo(‘template_url’).’/scripts/jquery.bxslider/jquery.bxslider.min.js’, array(‘jquery’)); } } add_action(‘wp_enqueue_scripts’, ‘bi_frontend_scripts’); But apparently neither of the scripts is being enqueued. I didn’t get what my problem was, so I added this script to find out if the hook is … Read more
I’m trying to add these custom CSS and JS (written inside a custom plugin) only add to a specific page. this is my code <?php function randomAlphaNumeric($length) { $pool = array_merge(range(0,9), range(‘a’, ‘z’),range(‘A’, ‘Z’)); $key=”; for($i=0; $i < $length; $i++) { $key .= $pool[mt_rand(0, count($pool) – 1)]; } return $key; } add_action(‘init’, ‘register_script’); function register_script(){ … Read more
I’m trying to dequeue some scripts from a plugin that I only need for the home page. For the home page, I’m using a file called front-page.php with this on top to make it a home template: <?php /* Template Name: Home */ ?> The function is removing the scripts, but it’s removing them on … Read more
hey guys, weird situation… I’m trying to use wp_ajax() for the first time. I’m normally using a normal jQuery ajax request but in my current case I get a lot of bugs so I thought about trying wp_ajax(). I don’t get it though! The following piece of code… // embed the javascript file that makes … Read more
I have a few scripts loading with my theme: // loading script.js <script type=”text/javascript” src=”https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/27397/script.js”></script> // doing something using script.js <script type=”text/javascript”> script-var: <?php echo get_option(‘script1-var’);?> </script> They work well, but when I do wp_enqueue_script instead of <script src=””> the script is loading AFTER in-line js content, so: // enqueuing script.js wp_enqueue_script(‘script-js’, get_template_directory_uri() .”/scripts/script.js”); // … Read more
Scenario: It is common that a JS dependency is bundled with a style file to work properly (just think about your favorite slideshow jQuery plugin). AFAIK, in this situation, the script and style have to be included in separate wp_enqueue_script and wp_enqueue_style calls. I am thinking about how to automate this process. A solution I … Read more
I want to add the media uploader in the theme options page. If I add following code in the options page, the media uploader works fine there, but it creates problem in the standard posts featured image. It does not let me select any image from there. Would it be because I’m adding it in … Read more
I have added a few meta boxes for the posts and pages, so I want to load a js script only on the Create/Edit post and page. How can I do that? Currently I’m using following but that loads the scripts in all pages in the admin. function my_meta_boxes() { add_meta_box(“post_meta”, “Meta”, “post_meta”, “post”, “normal”, … Read more