Title: wp_script_modules
Published: April 3, 2024
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# wp_script_modules(): 󠀁[WP_Script_Modules](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_script_modules/)󠁿

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_script_modules/?output_format=md#description)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_script_modules/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_script_modules/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_script_modules/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_script_modules/?output_format=md#changelog)

[ Back to top](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_script_modules/?output_format=md#wp--skip-link--target)

Retrieves the main [WP_Script_Modules](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_script_modules/)
instance.

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_script_modules/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

This function provides access to the [WP_Script_Modules](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_script_modules/)
instance, creating one if it doesn’t exist yet.

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_script_modules/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 [WP_Script_Modules](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_script_modules/)
The main [WP_Script_Modules](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_script_modules/)
instance.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_script_modules/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    function wp_script_modules(): WP_Script_Modules {
    	global $wp_script_modules;

    	if ( ! ( $wp_script_modules instanceof WP_Script_Modules ) ) {
    		$wp_script_modules = new WP_Script_Modules();
    	}

    	return $wp_script_modules;
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/script-modules.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/script-modules.php#L23)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/script-modules.php#L23-L31)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_script_modules/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Used by | Description | 
| [wp_deregister_script_module()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_deregister_script_module/)`wp-includes/script-modules.php` |

Deregisters the script module.

  | 
| [wp_register_script_module()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_register_script_module/)`wp-includes/script-modules.php` |

Registers the script module if no script module with that script module identifier has already been registered.

  | 
| [wp_enqueue_script_module()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_enqueue_script_module/)`wp-includes/script-modules.php` |

Marks the script module to be enqueued in the page.

  | 
| [wp_dequeue_script_module()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_dequeue_script_module/)`wp-includes/script-modules.php` |

Unmarks the script module so it is no longer enqueued in the page.

  | 
| [WP_Block::render()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_block/render/)`wp-includes/class-wp-block.php` |

Generates the render output for the block.

  |

## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_script_modules/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [6.5.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/6.5.0/) | Introduced. |

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