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caroline
6,974 PointsHow does WordPress 'know' which hook to use?
I don't know if I'm missing something obvious here, but I'm wondering how add_action ( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'wpt_theme_styles'); knows to use the wp_head() hook so that the stylesheet URLs are outputted to header.php. Similarly, how does add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'wpt_theme_js' ); know to use the wp_footer() hook so that the js is loaded into the footer?
Clearly WordPress 'knows' that this should be the case, but I can't understand how. I couldn't find anything obvious in the codex. Can anyone help? Thanks!
caroline
6,974 Pointscaroline
6,974 PointsI've worked it out now - wp_enqueue_style is automatically added to header.php (so uses wp_head() ), and wp_enqueue_script will either load in the header or footer depending on the last parameter and whether it is set to true or false - I remember Zac covered this in an earlier video.
More here https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/basics/including-css-javascript/
I'll leave this here in case it helps anyone else.