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This isn't a problem with a specific plugin, but with all of my plugins that use Ajax on the front-end (though surprisingly, none of the Ajax requests on the back-end are experiencing any issues). I'm working with plugins such as GD Star Rating and WP Polls, that all submit the user's response via an Ajax call, display a spinner while it waits for a result, and then displays the static result afterward.

All I get is the spinner, though the submission DOES WORK and the data IS being received and processed. Just the response never makes the round trip.

The only thing I can think of is that the SITE URL is www.mydomain.com but the HOME URL is www.mydomain.com/wordpress to correspond with the actual install location. I use a rewrite rule to make it look like the site is www.mydomain.com.

Does anyone have any suggestions about how I can fix the Ajax issue?

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Milan N., the author of the GD plugin series, just posted a "performance test" (which later came out is a review that checks if plugins meet his "guidelines"), that caused a lot of disgust. After some people read into his "guidelines" (how to optimize plugin loading), they - surprisingly - exposed themselves as pretty crappy. Just read "Preparing for optimization", where he writes an extremely complicated statement, instead of using basename( __FILE__ );. Maybe that's where the problems start? Have you tried it with deactivating the plugins? – kaiser Jan 9 '12 at 0:55
Thanks Kaiser, for your response. I look forward to reading Milan's expose :). However, I'm sure the problem is not with his plugin, since other plugins (not written by him) are experiencing similar errors. – Tom Auger Jan 20 '12 at 16:28
Have you turned off any plugins and try to use only one simple coded to test? Or maybe just write one yourself? Adding to nopriv hook isn't that hard ;) As Ajax runs via wp-load.php (which loads the whole core), there should be no issues with the rewrite rules. – kaiser Jan 20 '12 at 16:41

closed as too localized by toscho♦ Jul 29 '12 at 20:26

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