Title: Adding js file via plugin using wp_head action (doesn't work)
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Adding js file via plugin using wp_head action (doesn't work)

 *  Resolved [virgild](https://wordpress.org/support/users/virgild/)
 * (@virgild)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-js-file-via-plugin-using-wp_head-action-doesnt-work/)
 * I tried a bunch of examples and nothing seems to work. I simply want to load 
   a js in my blog. (but not in admin pages)
 * This is the code I added to the bottom of my plugin php file
 *     ```
       function load_js_file()
       {
       	wp_enqueue_script('jquery');
       	wp_enqueue_script('the_js', WP_PLUGIN_URL.'/my_plugin/my_javascript.js');
               echo "test";
       }
   
       add_action('wp_head', 'load_js_file');
       ```
   
 * It echoes the “test” but no script is loaded. I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong..
   Everything else works.

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 *  [Mark / t31os](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t31os_/)
 * (@t31os_)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-js-file-via-plugin-using-wp_head-action-doesnt-work/#post-1778987)
 * Update your enqueue line to read..
 *     ```
       wp_enqueue_script('the_js', plugins_url('/my_javascript.js',__FILE__) );
       ```
   
 * **NOTE:** Even when an enqueue points to an invalid path it still gets output
   into the source of the page, if you don’t see the script working, check the source
   and verify the javascript file’s include path is correct.
 *  Thread Starter [virgild](https://wordpress.org/support/users/virgild/)
 * (@virgild)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-js-file-via-plugin-using-wp_head-action-doesnt-work/#post-1778993)
 * Thanks Mark!! That works! I noticed that the script is also loading in wp-admin
   pages. Is there a way to load it just on the blog like index, single post, etc?
 *  [Mark / t31os](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t31os_/)
 * (@t31os_)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-js-file-via-plugin-using-wp_head-action-doesnt-work/#post-1779035)
 * You could put some [conditional tags](http://codex.wordpress.org/Conditional_Tags)
   around the enqueue.
 *  Thread Starter [virgild](https://wordpress.org/support/users/virgild/)
 * (@virgild)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-js-file-via-plugin-using-wp_head-action-doesnt-work/#post-1779067)
 * Thanks
 *  [Brayne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brayne/)
 * (@brayne)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-js-file-via-plugin-using-wp_head-action-doesnt-work/#post-1779248)
 * [@virgild](https://wordpress.org/support/users/virgild/) –
 *     ```
       function my_init() {
         if (!is_admin()) {
           wp_enqueue_script('the_js', plugins_url('/my_javascript.js',__FILE__) );
         }
       }
       add_action('init', 'my_init');
       ```
   
 * This works for me to keep the script on the front end.

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