WordPress AJAX Call (Step-by-Step Guide)

Using AJAX with WordPress can be a bit daunting if you don’t know where to start.

The WordPress Codex is not much help. It assumes you already know everything about WordPress. :)

If you’re new to AJAX or if you are just trying to figure out how to use AJAX with WordPress, I gotcha covered!

You'll be an WordPress AJAX Ninja in no time!

I also made a companion video on How to Make a Secure WordPress AJAX Call (with Nonces):

AJAX Tutorial Page & Example Files Download:

[roeeangel]

Your guide is AMAZING !!! Thank you so much, this is the only video that explain clearly how to do that.

[danielkndn]

You are going to heaven 🙏 Thank you very much!

[tanxyrogue]

you helped me understand ajax after years of struggling

[tahirhaithem]

Thanks <3 this was pretty helpful !!!

[gonzalog]

Like, commented and suscribed! Your work is awesome!

[taqimushaidi]

very very very very helpful. keep going and uploading videos like these.

[vividlearner]

Hi, i want to execute a shortcode (which yeilds a chart) when a button is pressed. how do i do it? i have been struggling for a couple of days now

[acidfather]

Can we use this for making the ajax call for ACF repeater fields?

[sahiku]

how to create a button that calls a custom ajax code for example when clicking that button, i want to call a wp rest api

[thomasorta]

I did that but the ajax function call the short+code and retun the html, but not refresh the page, why? I need to do someething after call the shortcode function?, the shorcode have parameter and I call cat="'. $valuebyparameterajax.'"]'), but not refresh the page, thanks

[vencesgrapikatv]

Hi sir, can you help me fix my problem in importing template from starter template, Because I cant import template it says: " We could not start the import process due to failed AJAX request and this is the message from WordPress: Error: 0 error "

[DopetheKid]

where did you get the information in the functions.php before you pasted the code in it?

[Olamilekanfinal]

please what is adding tei-ajax-post=1 to the end of my URL, i was able to discover it on google analytic

[VADIMAKE]

well ok, this override banana with apple i can do with simple js, would be much better to show how exactly you get something like post content on click or some post data... because i see your example of ajax but when thinking how to get some post data i'm stuck ...

[TristanCodes]

Download isn't working giving me a bad page 404

[kevin_neugebauer]

well sorry, I can't understand the positive comments here^^ in my opinion the explanation in this video is very superficial - for example, you don't explain why you need the "action" property (i don't know it why?), you don't explain why you write "wp_ajax_example_ajax_request", and you don't explain how it works^^

[ifelsedev]

Kindly speak English in neutral accent so as to understand easily.