Title: Conditionally Adding Scripts and Styles after "wp_enqueue_scripts" still ok?
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Conditionally Adding Scripts and Styles after "wp_enqueue_scripts" still ok?

 *  [Michael Nelson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mnelson4/)
 * (@mnelson4)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/conditionally-adding-scripts-and-styles-after-wp_enqueue_scripts-still-ok/)
 * This question is similar to [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/conditionally-adding-scripts-and-styles-if-shortcode-present-1?replies=2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/conditionally-adding-scripts-and-styles-if-shortcode-present-1?replies=2),
   but I’m looking for an updated response, or possibly to update the documentation
   to clarify the current status.
 * Regarindg the function wp_enqueue_script, the docuemntation at [https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_enqueue_script](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_enqueue_script)
   says
 * > The function should be called using the wp_enqueue_scripts action hook if you
   > want to call it on the front-end of the site, like in the examples above. To
   > call it on the administration screens, use the admin_enqueue_scripts action
   > hook. For the login screen, use the login_enqueue_scripts action hook. Calling
   > it outside of an action hook can lead to problems, see the ticket #11526 for
   > details.
 * However, before ticket 11526 was created, ticket 9346 allowed you to enqueue 
   scripts for the footer AFTER the scripts in the header had already been outputted.
   See [https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/9346](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/9346)
 * So is it “doing it wrong” to enqueue scripts after the scripts have already been
   outputted in the head?
 * And enqueueing styles is another issue: is it ok to enqueue styles after they’re
   normally outputted in the head? I see this function in `class.wp-styles.php`:
 *     ```
       public function do_footer_items() { // HTML 5 allows styles in the body, grab late enqueued items and output them in the footer.
               $this->do_items(false, 1);
               return $this->done;
           }
       ```
   
 * Implying it’s ok to output css after the head, but only for html5.
 * So my understanding is that scripts CAN be enqueued after “wp_enqueue_scripts”
   but they are of course limited to appearing in the footer. And styles CAN also
   be enqueued after “wp_enqueue_scripts” but there might be a sub-optimal user 
   expeirence (eg the page might begin unstyled).
 * If that’s right, can someone update the developer.wordpress.org doc?

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 * [wp_enqueue_script](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wp_enqueue_script/)
 * [wp_enqueue_scripts](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wp_enqueue_scripts/)
 * [wp_enqueue_style()](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wp_enqueue_style/)

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 * Last activity: [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/conditionally-adding-scripts-and-styles-after-wp_enqueue_scripts-still-ok/)
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