Move jQuery on *top* of footer

Question

I am using this code by Peter Wilson to move jQuery to footer:

function pwcc_jquery_to_footer( &$wp_scripts ) {
      if ( is_admin() ) {
        return;
      }  /* 
      Move jQuery to the HTML footer 
      This should be fine but may cause problems with some plugins as it potentially breaks backward compatibility. Well coded plugins should be good.

      doing_it_wrong_and_loving_it
      */
      $wp_scripts->add_data( 'jquery',         'group', 1 ); 
      $wp_scripts->add_data( 'jquery-core',    'group', 1 ); 
      $wp_scripts->add_data( 'jquery-migrate', 'group', 1 ); 
    }
    add_action( 'wp_default_scripts', 'pwcc_jquery_to_footer' );

It works in my Wordpress 4.5.2.

There is, however, one complication. It loads below Akismet's js file.

I need it to be above Akismet's js file, as it better optimizes minification by the plugin W3 Total Cache.

Any way to move it on top of the footer?

Answer 1

You can pass a priority parameter to add_action. I don't actually know what priority Akismet has (default is 10), but you could start by trying this:

add_action( 'wp_default_scripts', 'pwcc_jquery_to_footer', 9);