wp_dequeue_script( string $handle )

Removes a previously enqueued script.

Description

See also

Parameters

$handlestringrequired
Name of the script to be removed.

Source

function wp_dequeue_script( $handle ) {
	_wp_scripts_maybe_doing_it_wrong( __FUNCTION__, $handle );

	wp_scripts()->dequeue( $handle );
}

Changelog

VersionDescription
3.1.0Introduced.

User Contributed Notes

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    Dequeue a script

    /**
     * Dequeue the jQuery UI script.
     *
     * Hooked to the wp_print_scripts action, with a late priority (100),
     * so that it is after the script was enqueued.
     */
    function wpdocs_dequeue_script() {
    	wp_dequeue_script( 'jquery-ui-core' );
    }
    add_action( 'wp_print_scripts', 'wpdocs_dequeue_script', 100 );

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