Topic: Loading Default JavaScript Libraries In Footer of WordPress?

[D.i M.e]

In this post you showed how to load custom JavaScript in footer, but what about default scripts, like jQuery, Prototype... ?

I tried, for example,

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wp_enqueue_script('jquery', '', '', '', true); but without success.

Thanks in advance

[GaMerZ]

jquery cannot be loaded in the footer. It will not work.

[D.i M.e]

Thank you for quick answer. Why jQuery can't load in the footer? I tried other default scripts with this code but they are too loaded in header.

[GaMerZ]

I can't really put that into words, jQuery is important and sometimes before the footer is reached you need to do something with jQuery and hence it has to be loaded in the header.

[D.i M.e]

I meant, is technically impossible to load it in footer in WordPress or it is only advisable not to load in footer? (btw, Twitter loads it in footer )

But how to load any of the default scripts in footer, not just jQuery?

[GaMerZ]

Twitter does not use any jQuery function before jQuery is loaded I think. I think they mainly use jQuery for AJAX.

You can try:

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wp_enqueue_script('jquery', false, array(), false, true);
I have not tried loading any of the default script in the footer yet.

[D.i M.e]

Twitter does not use any jQuery function before jQuery is loaded I think. I think they mainly use jQuery for AJAX.

I too want to use it for AJAX and since that action is done by user when page is loaded, I thought to speed up page loading by moving jQuery to footer. If theme or another plugin don't have in_footer value, then jQuery would load in head and everything should work fine (at least I think that footer/header including of scripts works in WordPress).

You can try:

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wp_enqueue_script('jquery', false, array(), false, true);

Unfortunately, it doesn't works. Thanks anyway.

[GaMerZ]

You can enqueue a new jQuery 2 object, but I guess you have to modify all the scripts that uses jquery as the dependency.

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wp_enqueue_script('jquery-2', 'wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.js', array(), '1.3.2', true);