Questions tagged [ajax]
Ajax - The core of WordPress uses Ajax only in the administration screens. For instance, Ajax is used for instant updates when you are doing comment moderation, and when you are adding and deleting items from lists such as categories, blogroll, and posts; Ajax is also the technology behind the auto-save functionality on post and page editing screens. Several themes and plugins also use Ajax; for instance, some post rating plugins.
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Ajax takes 10x as long as it should/could
I have just hit my first serious issue with WordPress and for someone that enjoys Ajax this is a biggy.
I have an Ajax request that is taking 1.5 seconds to complete while using the Ajax API.
If I ...
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What's the preferred method of writing AJAX-enabled plugins?
I'm wondering what the preferred method is for dealing with AJAX calls. Should one use the same plugin php file to process the POST or a separate one? Which is cleaner or safer?
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Admin Ajax is returning 0
I am relatively new to jQuery and AJAX in particular. I have a small issue with the return value always being 0, though I think this is actually the success message and it's not returning anything.
I ...
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ajaxurl not defined on front end
I am trying to create a ajaxform on the front side. I am using the code
jQuery.ajax(
{
type: "post",
dataType: "json",
url: ajaxurl,
data: ...
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How to check if I am in admin-ajax.php?
Right now for my plugin, I am using in_admin() to determine if the user is in the frontend of the site or in the admin area. However, the problem occurs when plugins use admin-ajax.php to process ajax ...
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Ajax call always returns 0
I have a problem with AJAX returning 0 always!
I have done everything by the book and can't figure out what is wrong? Please help!!
Here is my Ajax call:
//Pass data through AJAX
var ...
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Does the functions.php file ever get called during an AJAX call? Debug AJAX
Trying to figure out an issue a fellow programmer is having. I was wondering if the functions.php file get called at all when you do admin side AJAX? I know that when you do an AJAX call a part of ...
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How to load wp_editor() through AJAX/jQuery
I have a theme that is custom developed and really complex. One of the things that I have is multiple content areas where users can specify content for specific tabs. I load multiple instances of ...
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Best way to end WordPress ajax request and why?
Considering regular WordPress ajax requests like these:
add_action( 'wp_ajax_merrychristmas_happynewyear', array( $this, 'merrychristmas_happynewyear' ) );
add_action( '...
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400 bad request on admin-ajax.php only using wp_enqueue_scripts action hook
I've been working on ajax lately. The tutorials you find on the net are all very similar and quite easy to implement.
But I always get a bad request 400 on my ajax-admin.php file.
After a long and ...
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Why does WordPress add 0 (zero) to an Ajax response?
Unless I end Ajax processing function by exit() or die(), the Ajax function receives desired and correct output but following by 0.
Any idea why is that happening?
Is that meant to be like that or ...
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How does admin-ajax.php work?
We are having some issues with an external developer.
We want to limit access to the wp-admin site to internal access only (via VPN). Simply so it will not be attacked by external users. We can ...
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Adding admin-ajax.php to the frontend. Good or bad idea?
I love admin-ajax.php. But I hate having to localize in order to point frontend scripts to it, and I wish there was an equivalent, easy-to-find file for themes. (It also just bothers me to see ...
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How to load wp_editor via AJAX
Does anyone know how o load wp_editor via AJAX in WordPress?
My markup and editor is getting loaded properly but editor controls are not getting loaded properly, it may be because Javascript is not ...
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How to cache json with wp-super cache
In a new project we are using wp-super-cache (the client's preferred plugin) to create the static html files for custom content types. But we are trying to figure out if everything is being cached ...
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