Can’t deregister / dequeue scripts in WordPress
You are dequeuing before the script may even be enqueued. Test with a hook that is actioned after wp_enqueue_scripts to deque. https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_dequeue_script/ /** * Dequeue the jQuery UI script. * * Hooked to the wp_print_scripts action, with a late priority (100), * so that it is after the script was enqueued. */ function wpdocs_dequeue_script() { … Read more