I've created a child of a WordPress theme and now I'm trying to insert custom JavaScript into the home page by modifying functions.php of the child. However, my script is not being loaded and I'm not sure why. I've inserted 'echo' statements into the php code and it seems like
add_action( 'wp_enque_scripts', 'video_bg', 10);
fails to call
video_bg()
Here's the functions.php of my child:
<?php
add_action( 'after_setup_theme', 'post_theme_setup' );
if ( !function_exists( 'post_theme_setup' )):
function post_theme_setup(){
function video_bg() {
wp_enque_script( 'myVideo', get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . '/JS/filmScript.js', array('jquery'), '1.0.0', false );
echo '<script>console.log("Script added?")</script>';
}
add_action( 'wp_enque_scripts', 'video_bg', 10);
echo '<script>console.log("Loop Entered")</script>';
}
endif;
And here's what the console is telling me:
Loop Entered (index):1
JQMIGRATE: Migrate is installed, version 1.4.1 jquery-migrate.min.js?ver=1.4.1&nocache=1:2
Could anyone please tell me why video_bg() never gets called? Or is the problem in something else?
If the function isn't called when you added it some add_action, there are 2 possible cases: 1. You entered wrong action/filter hook name. 2. Your loaded page doesn't trigger that hook.
In this case you did the 1st. There is not a hook called: wp_enque_scripts, there is not a function called wp_enque_scripts. Change them to wp_enqueue_scripts.
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'video_bg', 10);
add_action( 'after_setup_theme', 'post_theme_setup' );
if ( !function_exists( 'post_theme_setup' )):
function post_theme_setup(){
function video_bg() {
wp_enqueue_scripts( 'myVideo', get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . '/JS/filmScript.js', array('jquery'), '1.0.0', false );
echo '<script>console.log("Script added?")</script>';
}
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'video_bg', 10);
echo '<script>console.log("Loop Entered")</script>';
}
endif;
You can also optimize your code like that:
add_action( 'after_setup_theme', 'post_theme_setup' );
if ( !function_exists( 'post_theme_setup' )):
function post_theme_setup(){
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'video_bg', 10);
echo '<script>console.log("Loop Entered")</script>';
}
endif;
function video_bg() {
wp_enqueue_scripts( 'myVideo', get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . '/JS/filmScript.js', array('jquery'), '1.0.0', false );
echo '<script>console.log("Script added?")</script>';
}