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wp_print_head_scripts()

wp_print_head_scripts(): string[]

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Prints the script queue in the HTML head on the front end.

Description

Postpones the scripts that were queued for the footer.
wp_print_footer_scripts() is called in the footer to print these scripts.

Return

string[] Handles of the scripts that were printed.

Source

function wp_print_head_scripts() {	global $wp_scripts;	if ( ! did_action( 'wp_print_scripts' ) ) {	/** This action is documented in wp-includes/functions.wp-scripts.php */	do_action( 'wp_print_scripts' );	}	if ( ! ( $wp_scripts instanceof WP_Scripts ) ) {	return array(); // No need to run if nothing is queued.	}	return print_head_scripts(); }

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Hooks

do_action( ‘wp_print_scripts’ )

Fires before scripts in the $handles queue are printed.

UsesDescription
did_action()wp-includes/plugin.php

Retrieves the number of times an action has been fired during the current request.

print_head_scripts()wp-includes/script-loader.php

Prints the script queue in the HTML head on admin pages.

do_action()wp-includes/plugin.php

Calls the callback functions that have been added to an action hook.

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Used byDescription
_wp_get_iframed_editor_assets()wp-includes/block-editor.php

Collect the block editor assets that need to be loaded into the editor’s iframe.

Changelog

VersionDescription
2.8.0Introduced.

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