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Robert – How to add custom Javascript to a WordPress theme?
- Download code to computer
- Add downloaded Javascript to theme folder (I like to put this in a JS folder, inside the theme folder)
- Open up functions.php file in theme file. If this file doesn’t exist, create one
- Add the following code to enqueue the script. This will add the javascript properly and not conflict with WordPress core javascript files
<?php wp_enqueue_script( accordian, get_template_directory_uri() . '/js/accordian.js', jquery, false, true ); ?>
Here is the code from the codex
<?php wp_enqueue_script( $handle, $src, $deps, $ver, $in_footer ); ?>
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Hey Dustin! Thanks for the episode.
Dec 12, 2013Just curious, to avoid adding to the functions.php file, could you instead create a plugin for “custom scripts” to run this extra java script and any others that you may want to add? I feel like I’ve heard that method is also a good one:-). Just curious. Have a good one!
Nate Finch indeed. since the javascript is theme dependent, it’s okay to have it in the functions.php. If this would be something you’d always want on your site, then I’d recommend creating a custom functionality plugin.
Dec 14, 2013