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I'm trying to load a script from functions.php just when I'm on the front page. I set a static page called "home" in the reading options.

The home page loads the front-page.php template correctly but the conditional script loading doesn't work.

This is what I have in my functions.php file:

wp_register_script('nivoslider', get_bloginfo('template_url').'/js/libs/nivoslider.js', false, false, true);

if (is_front_page()) {   
   wp_enqueue_script('nivoslider'); 
}

Why isn't this loading as expected? What's happening here?

This is my init_scripts function:

function init_scripts() {
    if (!is_admin()) {

        /* Modernizr
         */
        wp_register_script('modernizr', get_bloginfo('template_url').'/js/libs/modernizr.js');

        /* jQuery
        */
        wp_deregister_script('jquery');
        wp_register_script('jquery', 'http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js', false, false, true);

        /* Nivo Slider 
        */
        wp_register_script('nivoslider', get_bloginfo('template_url').'/js/libs/nivoslider.js', false, false, true);

        /* Custom scripts
         */
        wp_register_script('plugins', get_bloginfo('template_url').'/js/plugins.js', false, false, true);
        wp_register_script('script', get_bloginfo('template_url').'/js/script.js',false, false, true);

        wp_enqueue_script('modernizr');       
        wp_enqueue_script('jquery');
        wp_enqueue_script('plugins');
        wp_enqueue_script('script');

        if (is_front_page()) {   
            wp_enqueue_script('nivoslider'); 
        }
    }
}
add_action('init', 'init_scripts');
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If you are doing this directly in functions.php you are doing it wrong. It is too early for conditional tags to work.

This should be hooked to wp_enqueue_scripts, see wp_enqueue_script() docs.

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  • I don't quite understand what I'm doing wrong. I updated the question with my functions.php init_scripts function. All my other scripts load just fine.
    – elclanrs
    Commented Sep 7, 2011 at 22:39
  • @elclanrs...your updated code looks good. I'm guessing Rarst thought you were not wrapping the code in a function that was called with a hook.
    – tollmanz
    Commented Sep 8, 2011 at 0:02
  • Still doesn't work with the code posted above...
    – elclanrs
    Commented Sep 8, 2011 at 4:38
  • @elclanrs as per my answer this needs to be hooked to wp_enqueue_scripts, not init.
    – Rarst
    Commented Sep 8, 2011 at 7:21
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Try using is_home() instead of is_front_page. There is a subtle difference between the two (http://nspeaks.com/1069/difference-between-is_home-and-is_front_page/), which might account for your difficulties.

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  • Nop. is_home() is for the blog posts home page if I understand correctly. is_front_page() should work but it doesn't. And is_page('Home') doesn't work either...
    – elclanrs
    Commented Sep 8, 2011 at 4:39
  • Can you do var_dump(is_front_page()) to see if the variable is correct? You may even want to do global $wp_query; var_dump($wp_query); to further explore if there is something unusual occurring with the query vars.
    – tollmanz
    Commented Sep 8, 2011 at 5:18
  • It returns FALSE, wtf! I don't get it!
    – elclanrs
    Commented Sep 8, 2011 at 5:28
  • Should i try re-installing WP?
    – elclanrs
    Commented Sep 8, 2011 at 5:30
  • No...that's unnecessary. Can you show me what global $wp_query; echo '<pre>'; var_dump($wp_query); echo '</pre>'; prints out? Perhaps do a pastebin or add it to the original question.
    – tollmanz
    Commented Sep 8, 2011 at 5:37

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