Title: wp_enqueue_script problem
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# wp_enqueue_script problem

 *  Resolved [Lyden](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lyden/)
 * (@lyden)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_enqueue_script-problem/)
 * First post to WordPress forums…
 * Any ideas on why this would work:
 *     ```
       function add_header_scripts() {
       	echo '<script src="http://localhost:8888/wp-content/themes/myTheme/myScript.js" type="text/javascript"></script>';
       }
   
       add_action('wp_head', 'add_header_scripts');
       ```
   
 * But this does not:
 *     ```
       function add_header_scripts() {
       	wp_enqueue_script('month_angel', 'http://localhost:8888/wp-content/themes/myTheme/myScript.js');
       }
   
       add_action('wp_head', 'add_header_scripts');
       ```
   
 * Code is in functions.php.
 * I have also tried supplying values for all possible parameters of wp_enqueue_scripts
   including using null for $ver to avoid problems with appending version numbers
   to the script url.
 * Also, I know not to hardcode the url. I will use bloginfo once this problem is
   solved.
 * Thanks in advance!

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 *  Thread Starter [Lyden](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lyden/)
 * (@lyden)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_enqueue_script-problem/#post-1896016)
 * Edited
 *  Thread Starter [Lyden](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lyden/)
 * (@lyden)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_enqueue_script-problem/#post-1896024)
 * Solved it. For some reason, you can’t use the wp_head action. This is very unintuitive.
   You would think that since you include external scripts via <script> tags in 
   the head, you would use the wp_head action.
 * I changed:
    `add_action('wp_head', 'add_header_scripts');`
 * To:
    `add_action('init', 'add_header_scripts');`

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 * Last activity: [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_enqueue_script-problem/#post-1896024)
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