Ajax Load More – Infinite Scroll, Load More, & Lazy Load

Changelog

7.8.4 – April 20, 2026

• FIX: Various security fixes.

7.8.3 – February 19, 2026

• NEW: Added new fallback for missing template files.
• NEW: Added alm_create_templates hook to disable the automatic creation of templates on the fly.
• UPDATE: Various code cleanup tasks.

7.8.2 – January 28, 2026

• UPDATE: Various security fixes.

7.8.1 – January 9, 2026

• UPDATE: Updated core plugin to support Next Page version 1.10.0.
• UPDATE: Code cleanup and dependency updates.

7.8.0 – December 19, 2025

• NEW: Added prefetch functionality to Ajax Load More. Prefetching data will load the next set of posts into memory before the user interacts with the Load More button.
  To enable prefetching, add the prefetch="true" parameter to your ALM shortcode.
• UPDATE: Code cleanup and various UI/UX improvements throughout the plugin.

7.7.2 – December 11, 2025

• UPDATE: Updated SinglePosts fetch to use REST API endpoint to support custom post types.
• Updated Axios and other project dependencies to latest versions.
• UPDATE: WordPress 6.9 compatibility updates.
• FIX: Added fix for touchstart event listener to use passive option for better performance on touch devices.

7.7.1 – November 26, 2025

• UPDATE: Added cache support to REST API queries.
• UPDATE: Various code cleanup and refactoring.

7.7.0 – November 12, 2025

• UPGRADE NOTICE: Cache users must update to Cache 3.0 or greater when updating core Ajax Load More or the cache will no longer function.
• NEW: Added required updates and new functionality for new Cache add-on 3.0.
• UPDATE: Code cleanup and organization throughout core plugin.

7.6.3 – October 31, 2025

• HOTFIX: Fixed issue with Preloaded and Filter add-on facets not initializing correctly on page load.

7.6.2 – October 6, 2025

• FIX: Fixed issue with License page displaying incorrect products in some instances.
• UPDATE: Various UI/UX updates and improvements.

7.6.1 – September 17, 2025

• UPDATE: Added functionality required for latest Filters add-on updates.
• UPDATE: Various security fixes.

7.6.0.2 – September 13, 2025

• UPDATE: Additional tweaks and improvements to normalize the new loading styles.

7.6.0.1 – September 12, 2025

• NEW: Further optimization and modernized the Load More button and Infinite Scroll styles/animations with new SVG based spinners.
• UPDATE: Removed button_loading_label and prev_button_loading_label parameters as these are no longer in used with the new loader styles.

7.6.0 – August 18, 2025

• NOTICE: This Ajax Load More update includes to the button animations and loading styles. It’s possible that your existing loading style may have be affected.
• NEW: Modernized the Load More button and Infinite Scroll styles/animations with new SVG based spinners.
• UPDATE: Automatically set pause_override to true if loading style is infinite.
• UPDATE: Removed .more classname from Ajax Load More button.
• UPDATE: Modernized and cleaned up CSS for various other ALM elements and features.
• FIX: Fixed issue with Query Loop add-on loading standard Ajax Load More in Block Editor due to changes in the Block Editor.
• FIX: Fixed accessibility issue when moving user focus with Preloaded active.
• FIX: Fixed issue with new Templates add-on throwing a PHP error if a template does not exist.

7.5.0 – July 23, 2025

• NEW: Added required updates for the new Templates add-on.
• FIX: Fixed template issue where alias was not live updating in the Templates admin.
• UPDATE: Various UI/UX updates, bug fixes, and improvements.

7.4.2 – June 10, 2025

• FIX: Fixed issue with registering the load_text_domain() function.
• UPDATE: Updated functions to get the querystring with the SEO and Single Posts Add-on. [DONE]
• UPDATE: Various updates UI/UX updates to the core plugin.

7.4.1 – June 6, 2025

• UPDATE: Updated license handling functionality to reduce failed attempted to activate licenses.
• UPDATE: Various code cleanup and UI updates throughout the plugin.
• UPDATE: Secuirty fixes.

7.4.0.1 – May 27, 2025

• HOTFIX: Quick hotfix for potential fatal error.

7.4.0 – May 27, 2025

• NEW: Added required updates for table layouts and paging add-on.
• NEW: Added required updates for background processing feature of the Filters add-on.
• UPDATE: Added support for iframe block editor and rendering Ajax Load More Block.
• FIX: Fixed issue with default values on archive templates adding a duplicate query param.
• FIX: Fixed issue with load_plugin_textdomain warning.
• FIX: Fixed potential issue with core and filters ALM blocks throwing admin error.
• Fix: Fixed PHP warning due to registering the text domain.
• UPDATE: Various code cleanup and UI updates throughout the plugin.

7.3.1.3 – May 15, 2025

• UPDATE: Various security fixes.

7.3.1.2 – May 11, 2025

• HOTFIX: Revert change to fix load_plugin_textdomain warning. This update caused a fatal error. Sorry about that. Will fix the warning in the next release.

7.3.1.1 – May 10, 2025

• UPDATE: Various security fixes.
• UPDATE: Updated Axios NPM package.
• FIX: Fixed issue with load_plugin_textdomain warning.

7.3.1 – February 12, 2025

• UPDATE: Updated new Date Query feature to parse compare value. This was previously not functioning as expected. e.g. `[ajax_load_more date_query=”2024-01-01;2020-01-01″ date_query_compare=”>=;<=” date_query_relation=”OR”]
• NEW: Added date_query_column parameter to allow for querying the post_date or post_modified column. e.g. `[ajax_load_more date_query=”2020-01-01″ date_query_column=”post_modified”]
• HOTFIX: Fixed issue with conflicting wp-block-query class the new Query Loop add-on.

7.3.0 – February 6, 2025

• NEW: Added Date Query support with date_query, date_query_before and date_query_after parameters.
• UPDATE: Various admin UI/UX updates and code cleanup throughout plugin.

7.2.0.1 – January 22, 2025

• HOTFIX: Fixed potential issue with the parsing of meta_query and tax_query parameters when using Preloaded add-on.

7.2.0 – January 17, 2025

• NEW: Added required updates for the new Query Loop add-on.
• NEW: Added new alm_single_post_querystring hook to remove the querystring from Single Post add-on URLs.
• NEW: Added preview functionality for previewing an ALM instance while building a shortcode.
• NEW: Added new template parameter to the core ALM shortcode. This new parameter will normalize the template selection and replace the repeater and theme_repeater parameters.
• NEW: Added new ALM core parameters, urls, prev_button_label, prev_button_loading_label, and prev_button_done_label. These new parameters can be used in the near future with various add-ons.
• UPDATE: Various admin UI/UX updates throughout plugin.
• FIX: Fixed issue with Users extension showing mising license notice in admin.

7.1.4 – December 4, 2024

• UPDATE: Updated Axios HTTP library to latest version.
• UPDATE: Added feature to re-save default Repeater Template if template was deleted from the filesystem.
• UDPATE: Modified the alm db columns to match upcoming Templates add-on requirements.
• UPDATE: Added functionality required for Elementor Add-on update to support loading previous posts on paged results.
• UPDATE: Started integration with Query Loop block and Ajax Load More.
• FIX: Fixed z-index issue with ALM navigation in WP admin.
• FIX: Added fix for load_plugin_textdomain php notice.
• FIX: Fixed issue with Preloaded amount being 0 and no post remaining.
• FIX: Fixed issue with Comments add-on and allowing for a default post ID.
• UPDATE: Code cleanup and other minor bug fixes.
• UPDATE: Various admin UI/UX updates.

7.1.3 – October 1, 2024

• UPDATE: Various security fixes.

7.1.2 – May 30, 2024

• FIX: Fixed issue with full article loading in Next Page add-on.
• UPDATE: Various security fixes.

7.1.1 – May 10, 2024

• UPDATE: Added required functionality and support to allow for Next Page add-on to be used with Single Posts for full article loading with split pages.
• UPDATE: Various UI/UX improvements for the plugin admin.

7.1.0.1 – March 21, 2024

• HOTFIX: Hotfix for missing css_classes parameter in 7.1.0 release.

7.1.0 – March 21, 2024

• NEW: Added Ajax Load More block for the WordPress Block Editor. ALM instances are now able to be rendered inside the Block Editor.
• NEW: Added Ajax Load More Filters block for the WordPress Block Editor. When activated, ALM Filters can be rendered inside the Block Editor using the Filters block.
• NEW: Added new wrapper_classes parameter that injects classnames onto the top level ajax-load-more-wrap container.
• NEW: Added new alm_user_role filter to allow developers to change the user role required to access the Ajax Load More admin. Default is edit_theme_options.
• UPDATE: Various security fixes with regards to accessing layouts and directory paths.
• UPDATE: Added support for caching Filter add-on facets with the Cache add-on.
• FIX: Fixed bug with Next Page add-on disabling the Load More button early when there were pages remaining.
• UDPATE: Various UI/UX updates throughout plugin admin and frontend.

7.0.3 – February 15, 2024

• FIX: Added fix for Paging add-on scrolling to top of listing on initial page load when paging_scroll was true.
• FIX: Fixed issue with undefined post_count when loading Ajax Load More with Ajax/HTTP request.

7.0.2 – February 8, 2024

• NEW: Added ‘alm_licensing_sslverify’ hook to allow users to disable SSL verification when checking for updates.
• NEW: Added new Paging add-on parameter paging_container_classes used for adding CSS classes to the paging HTML container.
• NEW: Added support for Elementor Loop Grid widget when using Elementor add-on.
• FIX: Fixed issue with Elementor add-on potentially not disabling the Load More button when no content remains.
• SECURITY: Various security fixes for admin level plugin settings.

7.0.1 – January 23, 2024

• HOTFIX: Fixed issue with Filters add-on that would appear when using the Paging add-on. Filters would remain disabled after interacting with a filter due to a missing callback function.
• HOTFIX: Fixed issue with display of Single Posts data when being used with Elementor.

7.0.0 – January 16, 2024

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6.0.0 – June 11, 2023

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5.0.0 – March 8, 2019

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4.0 – November 5, 2018

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2.0 – June 20, 2014

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