Posts tagged: script

Adding JavaScript and CSS files to a WordPress site through direct <script> and <link> tags hard-coded into a theme template is one of the most common mistakes made by developers coming to WordPress from static HTML or non-CMS backgrounds. It works on the surface, but it bypasses the entire WordPress asset management system and creates…

In HTML5 the type attribute on <script> and <style> tags is redundant — text/javascript and text/css are the defaults. The W3C Markup Validator raises a warning for every such attribute, and older versions of WordPress and some plugins still output them. You can strip them with an output buffer filter.

By default, WordPress enqueues scripts in the order they are registered. Sometimes a script must load last — after jQuery and all other plugins have added their scripts to the page. Using wp_enqueue_scripts with a high priority and the wp_footer hook gives you full control over script loading order.