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I am using the following code and I can't see anything in the footer of my site on the front end where the wp_footer function is called. It does, however, appear before the opening <!DOCTYPE html> in the admin area.

function xyz_footer_print() {
    echo 'footer script here';
}
add_action( 'wp_footer', xyz_footer_print() );

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That's because you're not using add_action correctly, what you've written is functionally the same as this:

function xyz_footer_print() {
    echo 'footer script here';
}
$value = xyz_footer_print();
add_action( 'wp_footer', $value );

xyz_footer_print() immediately runs the function and returns nothing. As a result your add_action call says that on the wp_footer even, do nothing.

So you actually have 2 problems not 1, and if you check your PHP error log or install a tool such as query monitor/debug bar you'd see the warning/notice.

Instead actions always take the form:

add_action( 'action name', 'callable type value, aka the name of function to run when the action happens' );

That should give you enough information to fix this, but, it's the wrong way to put javascript in your footer. You should instead use a JS file and enqueue it the way webelaine suggested.

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  • Yeah, I managed to work that out and then forgot to update here! Cheers.
    – Badger
    Nov 25, 2022 at 20:43
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What's happening here is your echo is executing before anything else.

Try using the wp_enqueue_scripts hook instead of wp_footer, and instead of echo you will wp_enqueue_script().

<?php
// Using a different hook:
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'wpse_411187_script' );

function wpse_411187_script() {
    wp_enqueue_script(
        // "Handle" - a unique name for your script
        'xyz-footer-print',
        // Path to the JS file - adjust as needed
        plugins_url( 'build/xyz-footer-print.js', dirname( __DIR__ ) ),
        // Array of dependencies
        '',
        // Version number
        '1.0',
        // True to place the script the footer
        true
    );
}
?>
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  • Thanks, I would normally enqueue, but no access to ftp.
    – Badger
    Nov 25, 2022 at 21:02

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