[wp-hackers] Loading scripts in WordPress

[Chip Bennett]

Shortcodes are parsed at the the_content filter.

That said: you can simply call wp_enqueue_script() inside your shortcode
callback, which will ensure that your scripts only get enqueued when the
shortcode is parsed.


On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 3:20 PM, Dave Navarro <dave at topekadesign.com> wrote:

> At what point does WordPress process short codes in content?
>
> I have a short-code I created for displaying a custom Google map and I
> only want to load the necessary javascript files if the short-code is used
> on a page.  Are short-codes processed before the headers are sent to the
> browser or after?
>
> Thanks!
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