How to put my javascript in the footer

Question

I just want to ask on how to print script 'javascript' at the footer using simple plugin. I'm using WordPress 3.0 any ideas?

Answer 1

For an external javascript file to be linked in the footer, use this (>= WP2.8)

function my_javascripts() {
    wp_enqueue_script( 'the-script-handle', 
                       'path/to/file.js', 
                       array( 'jquery','other_script_that_we_depend_on' ), 
                       'scriptversion eg. 1.0', 
                       true);
}
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'my_javascripts' );

That last true means that the script should be put at the wp_footer() hook.

Answer 2

Hum may be it's too late to answer, but if anyone else comes here with the same problem :

There is a plugin to do this : http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/footer-javascript/

Or you can doing this manually by adding this short code in your functions.php :

/**
 * Automatically move JavaScript code to page footer, speeding up page loading time.
 */
remove_action('wp_head', 'wp_print_scripts');
remove_action('wp_head', 'wp_print_head_scripts', 9);
remove_action('wp_head', 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 1);
add_action('wp_footer', 'wp_print_scripts', 5);
add_action('wp_footer', 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 5);
add_action('wp_footer', 'wp_print_head_scripts', 5);

Answer 3

Use a functions.php file inside your theme template add this :

<?php

function add_this_script_footer(){ ?>

[YOUR JS CODE HERE]

<?php } 

add_action('wp_footer', 'add_this_script_footer'); ?>

Hope it helps!