Title: Why does WP include javascript in header?
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Why does WP include javascript in header?

 *  [r3plicant](https://wordpress.org/support/users/r3plicant/)
 * (@r3plicant)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-does-wp-include-javascript-in-header/)
 * I thought it was best to include javascript immediately before </body>

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 *  [Christine Rondeau](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crondeau/)
 * (@crondeau)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-does-wp-include-javascript-in-header/#post-2612204)
 * Opinions vary in that matter. Some people prefer the footer, others prefer the
   header. We’re humans, we all like different things. 🙂
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-does-wp-include-javascript-in-header/#post-2612213)
 * It also depends upon the javascript. Some scripts need to be placed in the head
   section of a page because the generation of the page’s content depends upon the
   javascript being pre-loaded.

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

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 * Last activity: [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-does-wp-include-javascript-in-header/#post-2612213)
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