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How can I enqueue scripts and styles correctly in my custom theme?

Asked on Oct 26, 2025

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Enqueuing scripts and styles in a WordPress theme ensures they are loaded properly and without conflicts. This is typically done in the theme's functions.php file using WordPress functions like wp_enqueue_script and wp_enqueue_style.

<!-- BEGIN COPY / PASTE -->
    function my_theme_enqueue_scripts() {
      wp_enqueue_style('my-style', get_stylesheet_uri());
      wp_enqueue_script('my-script', get_template_directory_uri() . '/js/my-script.js', array('jquery'), null, true);
    }
    add_action('wp_enqueue_scripts', 'my_theme_enqueue_scripts');
    <!-- END COPY / PASTE -->

Additional Comment:

Use wp_enqueue_scripts action to load scripts and styles properly.
Ensure dependencies are correctly specified in the third parameter of wp_enqueue_script.
Set the last parameter of wp_enqueue_script to true to load scripts in the footer.
Use get_stylesheet_uri() for the main stylesheet and get_template_directory_uri() for other files.

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