Title: Editing javascript in header
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Editing javascript in header

 *  [cflan12](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cflan12/)
 * (@cflan12)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-javascript-in-header/)
 * I want to add async attributes to certain scripts that are causing a slow render
   in the head of my page, suggested by google page insights. Opening the page source
   I can see
 * <script type=’text/javascript’ src=’[http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.4/jquery.min.js?ver=1.3.2′></script&gt](http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.4/jquery.min.js?ver=1.3.2′></script&gt);
   
   <script type=’text/javascript’ src=’wp-content/plugins/mailchimp/js/scrollTo.
   js?ver=1.3′></script>
 * and any other scripts I want to add my async attribute too. But when I attempt
   to edit the header file on the theme editor, its
 * <script type=”text/javascript” src=”<?php bloginfo(‘template_url’); ?>/js/font_museo_sans.
   js”></script>
    <script type=”text/javascript” src=”<?php bloginfo(‘template_url’);?
   >/js/jquery.cycle.all.min.js”></script> <script type=”text/javascript” src=”<?
   php bloginfo(‘template_url’); ?>/js/scrolltopcontrol.js”></script> <script type
   =”text/javascript” src=”<?php bloginfo(‘template_url’); ?>/js/preload.js”></script
   >
 * Can anyone point me in the direction of information regarding editing this in
   the header? Thank you

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 *  [Christopher Anderton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anderton/)
 * (@anderton)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-javascript-in-header/#post-4323792)
 * Cheers.
 * 1. The Jquery version you like to use is quite old.
    2. Don’t ever use the Google
   Jquery in WordPress (if you don’t have a really legit reason to). I know many
   who does, and the net is full of tutorials how you use Google CDN Jquery instead
   of the WordPress core one. It could break plugins and core functions in WordPress
   in worst case, it’s also blocked in some countries.
 * 3. As for the scripts. Don’t load them directly in the header. They should be
   enqueued in your themes functions.php so they load correctly and don’t create
   conflicts.
 *  More reading on this at [wpbeginner](http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-properly-add-javascripts-and-styles-in-wordpress/)
   and the [WordPress Codex ](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_enqueue_script)
 * For example. Open your functions.php file located in the theme folder. Look in
   it to see if the theme developer has left any hints of how to accomplish what
   you want.
 * Here is a quick example how it can look:
    [http://pastebin.com/EE97ixpB](http://pastebin.com/EE97ixpB)

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Christopher Anderton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anderton/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-javascript-in-header/#post-4323792)
 * Status: not resolved

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