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 ...
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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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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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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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Load minimum WordPress environment
I made my own upload service for my website that is separate from WP, but uses WP to provide low level db functions and user verification. To do that, I include wp-load.php in my main script ...
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Using jQuery to delete data stored in wp_options
I wonder if anyone could advise me further on my problem. Part of my plugin stores log files for debugging purposes. I have successfully displayed them in a (div#log) in my admin page using jquery ...
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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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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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Making my AJAX powered WordPress Crawlable
I read the following and try to apply this scheme to my website running WordPress: http://code.google.com/intl/fr-CA/web/ajaxcrawling/index.html
If you visit my website at http://www.visualise.ca/ ...
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How to manage ajax calls and JSON in wordpress
I have a custom post type that i want to access through jQuery - preferably using JSON.
So first things first. creating a function that returns/echos json is easy enough, but how would I access it ...
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Help with 4.6. Attachment response object in JSON API plugin
I am a big fan of the JSON API plugin. The developer did a great job and I thank him very much. I am learning how to work with json and jquery and am trying to limit the information I get back from ...
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How to make comments work for a post loaded per Ajax?
I am currently loading a single post using ajax. While the post loading works ok, I cannot get the comments to load. Here is my code:
My javascript to load the post:
<script>
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Can I use the same nonce for multiple requests on the same page?
Or does this break the purpose of the nonce, which I admint I don't quite understand it? :)
For example on two ajax requests that run on page load, or when something is clicked:
$.ajax({
type: ...
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What is the simplest ajax upload plugin or script to be used with wordpress?
I'm trying to use image upload in my theme's options page and haven't found yet a simple ajax upload script with many tutorials or a good documentation, I just want a simple straightforward script so ...
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How to get a unique nonce for each Ajax request?
I've seen a couple of discussions about getting Wordpress to regenerate a unique nonce for subsequent Ajax requests, but for the life of me I can't actually get Wordpress to do it-- every time I ...
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Open a Thickbox with content trough AJAX
I added a custom button to the TinyMCE editor, and I want to open WP's Thickbox when I click on it.
How can I make it so that the tb_show() function loads the content I want with ajax?
// the ajax
...
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WordPress Ajax Data Security
I am aware of nonces to check for intentions but can't make any sense if I can use them to restrict for database reads somehow? I mean, I am fetching records from the database using AJAX but I don't ...
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Ajax in a settings page (update_option is undefined)
I'm making a request to my plugin's php file via ajax and it's supposed to save some data with update_option(), but php throws an error:
Call to undefined function update_option()
I'm guessing that ...
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Help making my pagination plugin better
I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask for this kind of help since is not an actual question but hopefully I can learn a thing or two.
I'm developing a plugin (my first one) inspired in the ...
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Upload post thumbnail from the front end
We would like users to be able to upload the post thumbnail when editing posts. How would this be done. I would imagine it would make use of the ajax functions of wordpress.
Any ideas,
Marvellous
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How can I fetch loop of post titles via AJAX?
I have a list of the most recent post titles in sidebar.php. Here is an example of how that code looks:
<?php $args = array('posts_per_page' => 20); ?>
<?php $sidebar = new ...
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How can I make an Ajax login form work with FORCE_SSL_ADMIN enabled?
I'm working on a site that requires an https secured admin area and a secure front-end area as well where private information will be shown. My preference for user login is an Ajax-enabled widget that ...
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post formats - how to switch meta boxes when changing format?
Problem
After realizing that post formats are pretty popular, but only a extremly rough drawn concept, i see that users will run into possible traps.
Post format ...
uses post meta fields & ...
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How to override WP_DEBUG for Ajax responses?
It is highly recommended practice (that I completely agree with) to develop with WP_DEBUG enabled. However it is merely inconvenient to see not yet fixed warnings in pages, but in Ajax responses they ...
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Call to undefined function add_action()
I created a Theme Options page where the user can edit some of the theme settings. Now I'm trying to save this options asynchronously but it seems I have some problems integrating the handler file ...
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Enable Submit Comment Without Page Reload (Using Ajax)?
When user writes a comment and hits the submit button, WordPress reloads the page, before the comment is shown to the user.
Is there an Ajax-based solution that allows users to submit questions ...
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Allow only new sub-pages to be created
Here is an amazing solution to restrict the creation of new parent pages, and I would want to use it, but the newly created sub-pages are saved only as drafts and this was not solved (see last ...
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next_posts_link not working for loop called with ajax
On my homepage I display a loop of posts that I allow to be replaced by ajax search results and other custom loops. Those results are returned in a template with a custom wp_query. The issue is ...
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Including Wordpress in RESTful API
I'm using a great little open-source product called Restler to provide a RESTful API to a Wordpress application. In order for this to work I want to be able to load the Wordpress environment within a ...
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AJAX search on post pages by custom post type
I'm having an issue creating an ajax search on my single post pages. I need to limit the search results to the custom post types "fod_videos" and "post" and category 12. My issue is the search is ...
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Saving (Updating) Post / Page Edits With AJAX
One of the major frustrations while editing posts/pages is that after saving, two things happen:
The admin page is reloaded, which takes time
More importantly, the cursor position is lost
If ...
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wp_get_attachment_image returns different image size
It is a bug?
wp_get_attachment_image( $attachment_id, 'post-thumb-size-small');
Same code, called in template, and in AJAX call returns same image SRC, but different image width and height.
dumb ...
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Infinite scroll / lazy loading with NextGen Gallery
I'm working on a project for a friend that involves a massive page with 3,000+ photos. See: http://www.thepurplepixie.com/projects/purple-pixies-people-project/
Currently, I have pagination set to 50 ...
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Prevent reload confirmation after AJAX save
I am saving information in the admin panel via ajax. The problem I'm running in to is the "Are you sure you want to navigate away from this page" popup appear, even though everything has been saved. ...
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Admin ajax request return 0 with die()
So i'm using this configuration for an AJAX call in the administrative area (like this):
add_action( 'admin_head', 'ajaxPerNgg' );
function ajaxPerNgg(){ ?>
<script type="text/javascript" >
...
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How to make ajax call in wordpress in right way?
I am trying to using jquery ui tabs with ajax calls to run a function. Here is the code i am using:
function ajax_load_user_feed(){
if(isset($_GET['type'])) $type = $_GET['type'];
...
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Use AJAX in shortcode
I have the following code to the shortcode to display a random quote.
Question: how to make a button display a new random quote? I mean, that would hit the button and show you a new quote (without ...
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the_title() and the_permalink() won't work on AJAX calls
I've run into a strange problem.
I have a custom loop built with get_posts that works fine when loading the page normally:
<?php
$rows = get_posts(array(
'post_type' => ...
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Template issues getting ajax search results
I'm trying to put search results into a div with ajax. The issue is I'm getting errors saying undefined function have_posts() when the the search template is accessed. It also took issue with ...
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Ajax and autocomplete
I got a set of meta boxes on a custom post type. Two of them are simple input/text-type fields, that should have autocompleted input:
A) Another Custom Post Type
B) Users
Now I have the problem ...
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Load entire NextGEN gallery from single thumbnail?
I'm using Alex Rabe's NextGEN Gallery in a lot of client sites as a centralized image repository, and am finding I often need to load an entire gallery into a lightbox (invoked via a single ...
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Why might a plugin's 'do_shortcode' not work in an AJAX request?
tl;dr: Contact Form 7's shortcode doesn't work in an AJAX request when called with do_shortcode
functions.php
add_action('wp_ajax_ps_get_survey_form', 'ps_get_survey_form');
...
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WordPress function that makes HTML safe to be sent via AJAX request
What is correct way to send HTML back to an AJAX request in WordPress?
I currently have this:
add_action( 'wp_ajax_nopriv_get-location-info', 'sc_locations_get_location_info' );
add_action( ...
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How do I hook an Ajax request into a PHP callback?
Following the directions here http://codex.wordpress.org/AJAX_in_Plugins#Ajax_on_the_Administration_Side
I wrote this code:
EDITED TO INCLUDE DIE(), STILL NOT WORKING
function my_button() {
echo
...
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AJAX function returning -1
I recently developed a small plugin for my site, that uses AJAX, and now I am trying to implement the same AJAX techniques for the same site's templates, but I keep getting -1 as the result, here is ...
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Is it safe to assume that a nonce may be validated more than once?
From what I have gathered, once a nonce is generated it is valid for reuse for the next 48 hours.
Is it safe to code with this in mind? I'm writing a plugin that does a bit of toing and froing with ...
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Add a preview to a Wordpress Control Panel
I'm trying to create a new wordpress template and inside it I added a Control Panel, inside this control panel there is an option that allows user to choose where he want's to place a on a map, I try ...
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Can I load posts via Ajax?
I would like to make a portfolio page where each entry (a post) would be fetched using Ajax.
This way I would have an image gallery, but in which I not only would have images but also the ...
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Make a video post redirect to next post after completion
I want to make video posts redirect to the next video post in it's category after it's over. I use both youtube videos and directly uploaded videos both of which I already know how to pull the ...
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WP List Table custom quick edit box - post meta data missing and columns change on submit
I have extended class WP_List_Table to create a custom sortable table of posts along with a quick edit box with custom meta boxes.
The meta boxes populate and save but when I click submit the field ...
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wp-admin - save options without refreshing?
I have my own plugin options page, but when users hit "Save" button the whole page refreshes.
Is there a way of changing my script below to something that will for example popup yellow box saying ...
