[wp-hackers] Optimize wp_register_script and, wp_enqueue_script functions

[Chip Bennett]

As of WordPress 3.3., shortcodes can enqueue scripts inline.

Chip

On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 12:18 PM, zhaiziming at gmail.com <zhaiziming at gmail.com
> wrote:

> Thank you for both comments. The problem of these solutions is that
> developer or blogger have to go through the plugin code and write a filter
> function by themselves. The shortcode solution is better, but in some cases
> you can't put all js files in the footer.
> Would be better to let plugin authors to do this, and bind (or register)
> js files to specific pages not all?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ziming Zhai
>
>
> On 1/25/12 6:24 PM,zhaiziming at gmail.com  wrote:
>
>  Hey all,
>>
>> As I know, most of the plugins use wp_register_script() and
>> wp_enqueue_script() to add js files into frontend pages. The current
>> functionality will affect page load speed if you use many plugins. The
>> problem is if you enqueue a js file, it will add this file to all the
>> frontend pages, no matter if it is been used in these pages or not.
>> For example, I add a plugin to vote categories which has two script
>> files. They should be only been added in the category page, but turn
>> out wordpress adds to all the pages like index, post and page. It is
>> not good for site performance.
>> My current solution is to write a function to deregister all the
>> scripts and add them back on different pages, and then hook this
>> function to init action.
>>
>> It would be great if wp_register_script and wp_enqueue_script have the
>> feature to target the script to specific pages. Ultimately, it would
>> be even great if wordpress support javascript lazy load (on demand). I
>> am sure we will get a lot of performance benefits from it.
>>
>> Any suggestions and comments?
>>
> Here's an excellent article from Scribu:
>
> http://scribu.net/wordpress/**optimal-script-loading.html<http://scribu.net/wordpress/optimal-script-loading.html>
>
> - Jackson
>
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