Title: Why use wp_enqueue_script()?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Why use wp_enqueue_script()?

 *  [discern](https://wordpress.org/support/users/discern/)
 * (@discern)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-use-wp_enqueue_script/)
 * Can anyone offer a good reason to use wp_enqueue_script()? If I control the theme’s
   header, footer and other PHP scripts (and I don’t call this function), why wouldn’t
   I use script tags directly? Is there ever a situation where WordPress would throw
   in another script tag to, say, jQuery?
 * I realize there are a lot of scripts included in the wp-includes directory, but
   it would seem I have less control of which version is called if I use wp_enqueue_script().
   I understand using it in a plugin, but a theme?
 * I’m open to it, but I guess I just don’t see a clear rationale behind using it
   in a WordPress _theme_.

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 *  [ancawonka](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ancawonka/)
 * (@ancawonka)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-use-wp_enqueue_script/#post-1412235)
 * Hi there,
 * I’m learning about this as well, and here’s what I understand…
 * Plugins can load additional scripts, which might conflict with what you’re adding
   in your theme.
 * Check out the discussion on this post:
 * [http://digwp.com/2009/06/including-jquery-in-wordpress-the-right-way/](http://digwp.com/2009/06/including-jquery-in-wordpress-the-right-way/)
 * It pertains to JQuery, but I think it applies to other scripts as well.

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