Title: insert a script in a post
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# insert a script in a post

 *  Resolved [antr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/antr/)
 * (@antr)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insert-a-script-in-a-post/)
 * I need to insert a javascript in a post.
    However, even if I write it in html
   format, when saving WP converts the <script>…</script> into <p><script>…</script
   ></p> and so the javascript is not recognized as a script. I could make a template
   ad hoc but in the template hierarchy scheme [http://codex.wordpress.org/images/1/18/Template_Hierarchy.png](http://codex.wordpress.org/images/1/18/Template_Hierarchy.png)
   there is only one template: single.php and I cannot discriminate between posts.
   So far, I have created a page, since pages accept ad hoc templates with their
   current name, but they haven’t tags and categories, so I don’t like the solution
   too much. Is there any way to insert a script in a post, or to make and activate
   a specific template for a post accepting javascript?

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insert-a-script-in-a-post/#post-1426726)
 * You have to add js to a template file. You can add it to single.php and limit
   it to a specific post using a [conditional](http://codex.wordpress.org/Conditional_Tags#A_Single_Post_Page).
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Javascript](http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Javascript)
 *  [richardcalahan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/richardcalahan/)
 * (@richardcalahan)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insert-a-script-in-a-post/#post-1426828)
 * create a function in your functions.php file, for example:
 *     ```
       <?php function script_to_post(){
       $content = get_the_content();
       $postOutput = $content;
       $postOutput = preg_replace('/<p><script>/', '<script>' ,$postOutput);
       $postOutput = preg_replace('/<\/script><\/p>/', '<\/script>',$postOutput);
   
       echo $postOutput;
   
       } ?>
       ```
   
 * call script_to_post() (or whatever you want to call it) in your loop instead 
   of the_content();
 * This function will strip the <p></p> tags from any <script></script> tags!
 *  Thread Starter [antr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/antr/)
 * (@antr)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insert-a-script-in-a-post/#post-1426840)
 * Thanks, solved loading an external script file with
    <script type=”text/javascript”
   src=”MyScriptFile”></script> and then calling a function with another </script
   type=”text/javascript”>MyFunction();</script> WP inserts two  in the post where
   I have added these two lines but it is an acceptable drawback.
 *  Thread Starter [antr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/antr/)
 * (@antr)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insert-a-script-in-a-post/#post-1426910)
 * The ditor eaten two *br* tag in the last sentence. Nevertheless I hope it is 
   understandable.
    Many thanks also to Richard for his suggestion which I have 
   read only two minutes ago.

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