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This little tidbit I consider a golden nugget for those looking to optimize their website’s page speed. I ran into a situation recently (actually times) where I needed to defer some scripts down to the footer area. If you’ve been developing a while now, you know about render blocking scripts. Put simply, we want our DOM to load first before any scripts are executed.<\/p>\r\n

<\/p>\r\n

So there are two wordpress hooks you’re probably familiar with – they’re mentioned below.<\/p>\r\n

For CSS, we can utilize the functions below:<\/p>\r\n

\r\nwp_enqueue_style();\r\nwp_register_style();\r\n<\/pre><\/pre>\r\n
And for scripts:<\/p>\r\n
\r\nwp_enqueue_script\r\n<\/pre><\/pre>\r\n
That’s all good and dandy, but what about if we want to add script and\/or css properties? To add those extra properties we will need to utilize yet another WordPress function I didn’t even know existed.<\/p>\r\n
This may be useful when you’re looking to add extra properties\/attributes to your script tag. Some examples could be:<\/p>\r\n
defer<\/a><\/h2>\r\n
\r\n&amp;lt;script src=&amp;quot;defer-script.js&amp;quot; defer&amp;lt;\/script&amp;gt;\r\n<\/pre><\/pre>\r\n
async<\/a><\/h2>\r\n
\r\n&amp;lt;script src=&amp;quot;async-script.js&amp;quot; async&amp;lt;\/script&amp;gt;\r\n<\/pre><\/pre>\r\n
crossorigin<\/a><\/h2>\r\n
We see this used most often when calling files from a remote server ie. bootstrap, icons, libraries.<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\r\n&amp;lt;link rel=&amp;quot;stylesheet&amp;quot; href=&amp;quot;https:\/\/use.fontawesome.com\/releases\/v5.7.0\/css\/all.css&amp;quot; integrity=&amp;quot;sha384-lZN37f5QGtY3VHgisS14W3ExzMWZxybE1SJSEsQp9S+oqd12jhcu+A56Ebc1zFSJ&amp;quot; crossorigin=&amp;quot;anonymous&amp;quot;&amp;gt;\r\n\r\n<\/pre><\/pre>\r\n
script_loader_tag Usage<\/h2>\r\n
Alright now that we’ve got that squared away, we can dive into the function itself. Implementation quite similar to WordPress’s family of functions – first define the function. In our case, let’s call our function my_defer_scripts<\/strong><\/p>\r\n
Next, we want to define an array listing our scripts – let’s name it $defer_scripts<\/strong><\/p>\r\n
The return value is what’s most important – this is where we add the property. The working script below illustrates how straightforward this is.<\/p>\r\n
Finally, we pass our defined function onto WordPress’ filter function and voila – we’ve got the defer property added to our script tag.<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\r\nfunction my_defer_scripts($tag, $handle, $source) {\r\n\r\n    $defer_scripts = array( 'some-script', 'another-script' );\r\n\r\nif(in_array($handle, $async_scripts)) {\r\n    return '&amp;lt;script type=&amp;quot;text\/javascript&amp;quot; src=' . $src . ' defer&amp;gt;&amp;lt;\/script&amp;gt;';\r\n}\r\n\r\n    return $tag;\r\n}\r\nadd_filter( 'script_loader_tag', 'my_defer_scripts', 10, 3 );\r\n\r\n<\/pre><\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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