How to enable enqueue_script to work with a logged in user?

Question

I define the wp_enqueue_script in the pugin definition file and I can see my script being fired when I log in as admin, but not as a normal user. Why is this happening? And how can I enable scripts for all logged-in users, and not just admin? I did this on plugin file:

function enqueue_team_management_scripts() {
    wp_enqueue_script("team-scripts", plugin_dir_url(__FILE__) . "js/team-scripts.js");

}

add_action("wp_enqueue_scripts", "enqueue_team_management_scripts");

and this on my template page:

<button id="create_team" onclick="createTeam();" >CREATE TEAM</button>

When I click the button, nothing happens (error displays in firebug)>

Answer 1

Additionally, apart from the "where" of your wp_enqueue_script() function (i.e. theme, plugin, etc.), the "when" is also important, in terms of WP's Action Reference hooks, and the order in which they're fired.

There are 2 distinct script-related hooks, wp_enqueue_scripts and admin_enqueue_scripts, which allow for separation of scripts and styles depending on which view the user currently has.

If you're not hooking your wp_enqueue_script() function into one of these properly, this would be one potential cause of the problem.

Providing the code in question will help us find the answer.

EDIT: if you need/want the script to only be enqueued for logged-in, non-admin users, you can wrap it with a two-part conditional evaluator, similar to this:

if( is_user_logged_in() && !current_user_can( 'administrator' ) ) {
    // enqueue stuff goes here
}

That's the most basic method of testing the conditions you've provided, but it's important to note, there's better, more regimented, methods of determining a user's role type and capabilities, than current_user_can() as this simple function only returns the role type, and not specific capabilities that may have been added/removed to/from a role type via a plugin or customization elsewhere in the theme, and those changes may or may not impact your end goal.

Answer 2

To output your scripts for non-logged-in users, use a conditional in conjunction with wp_enqueue_script():

add_action('wp_enqueue_scripts','enqueue_my_script');
function enqueue_my_script(){
    if (!is_logged_in()) {
        wp_enqueue_script('my-script','YOUR SCRIPT URL');
    }
}

This will only enqueue the script for non-logged in users. If you remove the conditional, it will enqueue the script for everyone.

If you already have an script being enqueued only for admins, there is most likely a conditional is_logged_in() in your code. Try finding and removing that line of code.