Comments on: Use Google-Hosted JavaScript Libraries (…still the Right Way)

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:58:58 +0000

Great help! Thank you!

By: Jim Gaudet

Jim Gaudet — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:30:45 +0000

What about loading the scripts into the footer? I thought for page load times you should put your scripts before the end body tag.

Your thoughts?

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:16:13 +0000

Wouldn’t that be solved by just loading scripts at the bottom of the page above the /body tag? Then at least your site wouldn’t wait for the JS to load before loading everything else.

By: Gabe

Gabe — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:18:16 +0000

Regarding loading jQuery library from Google vs a locally stored version: I’m aware of all the benefits of this and switched to it for my work’s website.

But one morning shortly after that people started coming to me saying our site was down.

It was indeed not loading. A quick look at the browser’s status bar showed it was waiting for google.com. On a hunch I switched to a local copy of jQuery and the problem was fixed.

I read reports shortly after of the almighty Google experiencing some problems that day. I know it doesn’t happen often and may not happen again for a long time, but this was enough for me to stick to locally hosted versions for all my sites.

By: George Serradinho

George Serradinho — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:56:18 +0000

I’m using Thesis and I will be trying to see If I can change the way they are using js.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:25:20 +0000

Great thanks –
It occured to me after I posted that this is the way to go :)

By: Peter Wilson

Peter Wilson — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:40:22 +0000

You can solve that by setting your custom script as dependant on jQuery using the third variable. wp_register_script( 'custom', 'path/to/custom.js', array('jquery'), '1' );

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Tweets from purplehayz on 2009-06-26 « Aleph Naught & the Null Set — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:37:36 +0000

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By: Sarah

Sarah — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 07:11:32 +0000

Thanks for this.
Just a small issue-it loads below my custom script when it’s needed above!

By: Eduard Seifert

Eduard Seifert — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:47:16 +0000

Thanks a lot. One of the best hints i've seen in the last time. WP 2.8 should also be able to hook the scripts in the footer (before closing body), but right now, i haven't figured it out how to do it (take a look at lesterchan WP-Poll)