Title: wp_print_scripts places jquery function above jquery src Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # wp_print_scripts places jquery function above jquery src * Resolved [Glenn Ansley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blepoxp/) * (@blepoxp) * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_print_scripts-jquery-function-above-jquery-src/) * Hi, I’m trying to add some jQuery script (a simple alert at this point) to my header, but when I use wp_print_scripts it places it above the code that links the jQuery file. * If I use admin_head instead of wp_print_scripts, everything works find because my code is placed lower then the JS link in the section of the page. * Any ideas? Here is my code for inserting: * ``` ....inside my plugin class function adminHead() { wp_enqueue_script('jquery'); ?> * ``` ``` * Any help would be great. Thanks. Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) * Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/) * (@otto42) * WordPress.org Admin * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_print_scripts-jquery-function-above-jquery-src/#post-742564) * > _I’m trying to add some jQuery script (a simple alert at this point) to my > header, but when I use wp\_print\_scripts it places it above the code that > links the jQuery file._ * That’s correct. Short answer, don’t do that. 😉 * Long answer, use the admin_head action for inserting script code directly into the page, and use [wp_enqueue_script](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_enqueue_script) for inserting script code from a *.js file into the page. * The admin_head action happens after the print scripts action does, and even WordPress itself uses that to insert javascript code (examine wp-admin/index.php closely). * For external script files, wp_enqueue_script allows you to specify dependancies, which are used to ensure that the scripts loaded that way load in the correct order. You can safely call the wp_enqueue_script function from a function added to the admin_print_scripts action hook (or anytime earlier, for that matter). It’ll work. * Thread Starter [Glenn Ansley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blepoxp/) * (@blepoxp) * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_print_scripts-jquery-function-above-jquery-src/#post-742570) * ahh… that makes sense now. * So, if I want to run a specific JS function in my that is located in an external library or something, I should 1) use admin_print_scripts to include the link to the library with the function and then 2) use admin_head to perform the call the specific function? I think that’s right. * Thanks again. Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) The topic ‘wp_print_scripts places jquery function above jquery src’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [javascript](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/javascript/) * [jquery](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/jquery/) * [wp_print_scripts](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wp_print_scripts/) * 2 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [Glenn Ansley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blepoxp/) * Last activity: [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_print_scripts-jquery-function-above-jquery-src/#post-742570) * Status: resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics