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Asked: 2026-06-07T13:42:56+00:00

Is there any disadvantage to using wp_footer as the hook when enqueuing javascript files

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Is there any disadvantage to using wp_footer as the hook when enqueuing javascript files in a wordpress theme? I have about 5 files that I want to be enqueued in the footer but setting the wp_enqueue_script property for footer to true isn’t doing anything.

I have wp_footer() in my footer file and when I change the action to:

add_action('wp_footer', 'extra_scripts');

the scripts load fine in the footer. This is just for a demo and not anything more than just a front end display. Is there anything wrong with doing it this way to load the scripts in the footer?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You should enque what you can in the footer.
    To force this use:

    // force all JS to the footer
remove_action('wp_head', 'wp_print_scripts');
remove_action('wp_head', 'wp_print_head_scripts', 9);
remove_action('wp_head', 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 1);
add_action('wp_footer', 'wp_print_scripts', 5);
add_action('wp_footer', 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 5);
add_action('wp_footer', 'wp_print_head_scripts', 5);

    This way you can use the default wp_enqueue_scripts
    Do remember that some scritps need to be in the <head> like the HTML5 script of twentyeleven/twentyten

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