Title: remove a single script from wp head
Last modified: April 18, 2023

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# remove a single script from wp head

 *  [mottux](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mottux/)
 * (@mottux)
 * [3 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-a-single-script-from-wp-head/)
 * Among the javascript files loaded in the wp-head, one generates an error.
 *     ```wp-block-code
       <script async type='text/javascript' src='//xjquery.com/js/jquery-min-js'></script>
       ```
   
 * I can’t figure out which plugin loads it and how to delete it.
   The file links
   to an external library that doesn’t exist, the request is not resolved and slows
   down the loading of the site.
 * Is it possible to delete a single javascript file from wp-head?

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 *  [alithewpdev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alithewpdev/)
 * (@alithewpdev)
 * [3 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-a-single-script-from-wp-head/#post-16665299)
 * Hi [@mottux](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mottux/) You can try to deactivate
   the plugins one by one and see which plugin added this script.
 *  Thread Starter [mottux](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mottux/)
 * (@mottux)
 * [3 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-a-single-script-from-wp-head/#post-16665455)
 * Hi! Thanks for the advice. It’s something I’ve already thought about but haven’t
   tested yet. The number of plugins is very high and the site is an ecommerce with
   high traffic. I don’t want to risk creating an issue because the offline site
   would hurt the number of purchases.
   Also, even if I discovered the plugin, I 
   still couldn’t deactivate it so I would still have to find a way to remove that
   code.
 *  [plainrane](https://wordpress.org/support/users/plainrane/)
 * (@plainrane)
 * [3 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-a-single-script-from-wp-head/#post-16669843)
 * Can you download the plugins folder and use VS Code or something similar to do
   a folder search for `xjquery.com/js/jquery-min-js`? Once you know which plugin
   is doing it, you might be able to find an update for it. Since the script tag
   doesn’t have an id, whoever is using it must not be using `wp_enqueue_script`.
 *  Moderator [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * (@bcworkz)
 * [3 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-a-single-script-from-wp-head/#post-16671635)
 * Another way to isolate the plugin responsible is with the [Health Check & Troubleshooting plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/health-check/).
   Its troubleshooting mode impacts your view of the site only, everyone else sees
   your normal site. On entry, your view is switched to a default theme and all 
   plugins deactivated. The erroneous script will be gone. You can restore your 
   normal theme and and individual plugins through an admin bar item, one at a time,
   until the problem script reappears.
 *  Thread Starter [mottux](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mottux/)
 * (@mottux)
 * [3 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-a-single-script-from-wp-head/#post-16671698)
 * Searching within the downloaded backup files that script is not found.
 * Thanks bcworkz! I try now with this plugin that I did not know.

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 * [javascript](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/javascript/)
 * [wp-head](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wp-head/)

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