Leverage the new script API strategy feature to defer front end scripts #253
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This PR adds the
defer
attribute to the front end scriptjs/rank-math.js
enqueued inincludes/frontend/class-frontend.php
.Context
WordPress introduced a new strategy feature in the Script API in version 6.3. See this post for more details. Even though
js/rank-math.js
is only enqueued when the wp-admin bar is shown, it still seems helpful to leveragedefer
and switch away from the booleanin_footer
setting.Note that this PR includes a version check and slightly different behavior for 6.3 vs. 6.4 where a potential regression is fixed.
Summary
Test instructions
data-wp-strategy="defer
indicating the API has added the attribute.