Title: Loading jQuery & javascript in footer
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Loading jQuery & javascript in footer

 *  [bopjo1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bopjo1/)
 * (@bopjo1)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/loading-jquery-javascript-in-footer/)
 * Hi, I would like to load the bundled jQuery and my other javascript files in 
   the footer. I put the following code in my functions.php and it loaded the javascript
   files in the footer via the wp_footer() hook. Is this the right way? Will it 
   cause conflicts with plugins?
 *     ```
       function load_javascript_files () {
       	wp_enqueue_script( 'jquery' );
       	wp_enqueue_script( 'bootstrap-js', get_template_directory_uri() . '/js/bootstrap.min.js' );
       }
   
        add_action( 'wp_footer', 'load_javascript_files' );
       ```
   

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 *  Moderator [Jose Castaneda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jcastaneda/)
 * (@jcastaneda)
 * THEME COFFEE MONKEY
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/loading-jquery-javascript-in-footer/#post-4639728)
 * You actually want to use `wp_enqueue_scripts` instead.
 * You can do it with just a few changes:
 *     ```
       function load_js_files(){
           wp_enqueue_script( 'bootstrap-js', get_template_directory_uri() . '/js/bootstrap.min.js', array( 'jquery' ), null, true );
       }
       add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'load_js_files' );
       ```
   
 * That way WordPress can handle any dependencies that are required by your files.(
   Which is what the `array( 'jquery' )` part does. 😉 And it will also load the
   files in sequence.
 *  Thread Starter [bopjo1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bopjo1/)
 * (@bopjo1)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/loading-jquery-javascript-in-footer/#post-4639735)
 * Thanks, I just tried your method and it loads bootstrap.min.js in the footer 
   all well and good, but not jquery. It still loads jquery in the head. I think
   the reason for that is because jQuery is pre-registered by WP core files without
   the parameter to load in the footer.
 * I’m trying to get them both to load in the footer, with jquery first (required
   when using bootstrap.min.js). So far, my code has been the only method i’ve found
   to load them both in the footer in the correct sequence.
 *  Moderator [Jose Castaneda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jcastaneda/)
 * (@jcastaneda)
 * THEME COFFEE MONKEY
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/loading-jquery-javascript-in-footer/#post-4639866)
 * You could try:
 *     ```
       function load(){
           wp_enqueue_script( 'jquery', '', '', '', true );
           wp_enqueue_script( 'bootstrap-js', get_template_directory_uri() . '/js/bootstrap.min.js', array( 'jquery' ), null, true );
       }
       ```
   
 * As you said it may cause some issues with plugins. That’s one way I can think
   of but I haven’t tried it yet. 🙂

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 * Last reply from: [Jose Castaneda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jcastaneda/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/loading-jquery-javascript-in-footer/#post-4639866)
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