Title: Right way to enqueue programatically?
Last modified: April 29, 2021

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# Right way to enqueue programatically?

 *  [oguruma](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oguruma/)
 * (@oguruma)
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/right-way-to-enqueue-programatically/)
 * I am adding a slider to my post template.
 * I have added the slider to a template_part in its own directory.
 * I only want to enqueue the slider’s javascript and css if that post has either
   a featured image, or a gallery (I use ACF to add the gallery to the post).
 * In the single template, I get_template_part(post-slider) if there is a featured
   image/gallery on that post.
 * Where is the best place to add wp_enqueue_script (the slider’s stuff)?
 * Is it safe to add it in the template_part that holds all of the sliders code?

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 *  [pelukho](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pelukho/)
 * (@pelukho)
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/right-way-to-enqueue-programatically/#post-14379557)
 * Hey. You can add condition `if ( is_page_template( 'your_custom_page_template.
   php' ) ) { wp_enqueue_your_style_and_scripts }` in your wp_enqueue_scripts action
    -  This reply was modified 5 years, 1 month ago by [pelukho](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pelukho/).
 *  Thread Starter [oguruma](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oguruma/)
 * (@oguruma)
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/right-way-to-enqueue-programatically/#post-14380093)
 * [@pelukho](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pelukho/) Sorry, I should have
   clarified….
 * The gallery template_part is inside my single.php.
 * So within single.php there is
 *     ```
       if ($gallery_images) {
       get_template_part('the_gallery_part')}
       ```
   
 * I _think_ it would work if I just added enqueue_scripts/styles right inside the
   the_gallery_part, since it’s only called if there is a gallery…
 *  Moderator [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * (@bcworkz)
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/right-way-to-enqueue-programatically/#post-14382131)
 * It’s too late to enqueue for head section scripts, but it might work for footer
   scripts. A bit unorthodox, but give it a try! It might work. I’m rather skeptical
   it’ll work, but it wouldn’t be the first time I’m wrong.
 * FWIW, the “proper” way is to place the code in a plugin or a theme’s functions.
   php and then conditionally enqueue. I’m not sure if the template has been decided
   at that point, but you can condition upon `get_queried_object_id()` if not. It’ll
   generally return single post/page IDs, but might also return term archive IDs.
   You can check against `get_queried_object()` instead if you need to check for
   more than just the ID.
 *  Thread Starter [oguruma](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oguruma/)
 * (@oguruma)
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/right-way-to-enqueue-programatically/#post-14384996)
 * [@bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/) Okay that makes sense.
   So it sounds like I can check with get_queried_object_id() and from there, check
   if there is an (acf) gallery in the post: if there’s an ACF gallery I can enqueue
   the css/js early enough to hook the head?
 *  Moderator [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * (@bcworkz)
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/right-way-to-enqueue-programatically/#post-14387995)
 * If you need to check for an ACF gallery in content, you could get the queried
   object itself instead of just the ID. Then you can directly check its post_content
   property for the gallery. But wouldn’t the gallery presence be implicit in the
   IDs you are checking against? Lets say galleries exist in post IDs 12, 34, 56.
   You could do something like
 *     ```
       if ( in_array( get_queried_object_id(), [12, 34, 56,]))
           wp_enqueue_script('foo'); // script previously registered
       ```
   
 * Of course hardcoding IDs that have galleries would be difficult to maintain. 
   It’d be better to get the IDs from somewhere easier to maintain. Either a manual
   settings field or maybe a transient option that’s regularly updated by a scheduled
   task which queries for such posts and saves the result.

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