Title: Do I need these scripts?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Do I need these scripts?

 *  [aemberline](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aemberline/)
 * (@aemberline)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/do-i-need-these-scripts/)
 * I just realized that using wordpress adds a bunch of extra file size to my websites…
   not good! When I check the document size, the list includes about 75kb of scripts,
   including two 30kb ones:
 * /wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.form.js?ver=2.02
    wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.
   js?ver=1.2.6
 * Do I need these? I don’t use javascript at all, and my site works fine with javascript
   turned off. Why do they need to be loaded?
 * The site is graphics heavy, so I need to cut the document size down wherever 
   I can. Please help!
 * This is my site: [http://www.thelostworkshop.com/design](http://www.thelostworkshop.com/design)

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 *  Thread Starter [aemberline](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aemberline/)
 * (@aemberline)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/do-i-need-these-scripts/#post-992581)
 * Does nobody know anything about this or am I posting in the wrong place?
 *  [t31os](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t31os/)
 * (@t31os)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/do-i-need-these-scripts/#post-992582)
 * I’m just checking what files reference those scripts for you… bear with me one
   minute…
 *  [t31os](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t31os/)
 * (@t31os)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/do-i-need-these-scripts/#post-992583)
 * I think the admin section uses the JQuery….
 * **First script referenced in the following file..**
    wp-includes\script-loader.
   php
 * **Second script referenced in the following files..**
    wp-includes\script-loader.
   php wp-admin\js\revisions-js.php
 * I can’t tell you if you can get away with removing them, however above are the
   only files that reference the mentioned scripts…
 *  Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * (@otto42)
 * WordPress.org Admin
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/do-i-need-these-scripts/#post-992584)
 * The jquery script does not get loaded into the normal public-viewable page unless
   your theme or one of your plugins loads it itself.
 * It is needed for the admin pages, but that’s wholly different.
 *  Thread Starter [aemberline](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aemberline/)
 * (@aemberline)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/do-i-need-these-scripts/#post-992596)
 * How would I be able to tell if a plugin was loading it?
    As far as I know my 
   theme isn’t loading it – It’s a modified version of the basic theme. Does the
   basic theme load it?
 *  [Saurus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saurus/)
 * (@saurus)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/do-i-need-these-scripts/#post-992600)
 * Go to your dashboards plugins page and then edit plugins tab. Look through the
   various plugin codes and see if there are any references to those files.
 *  Thread Starter [aemberline](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aemberline/)
 * (@aemberline)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/do-i-need-these-scripts/#post-992657)
 * Aha! It was the Contact Form 7 plugin causing the jquery stuff to load on every
   page of my site. Arg!
 * I really want to have a contact form, but if it’s going to add 60kb of extra 
   bandwidth to every page then it’s not worth it. Anybody have any ideas of a better
   way to have a contact form?
 * Thanks for all your help.
 *  [gariben](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gariben/)
 * (@gariben)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/do-i-need-these-scripts/#post-992660)
 * How do we use the Google’s jQuery library to save bandwidth?
 * Thanks, Mike

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 * [file size](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/file-size/)
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 * [jquery](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/jquery/)
 * [page load](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/page-load/)

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