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Ajax Load More – Infinite Scroll, Load More, & Lazy Load v8.0.1

Add infinite scroll, lazy loading, and load more buttons to posts, pages, and WooCommerce products — fast and fully customizable for WordPress.

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  • Audit coverage Up to date 30 versions audited
  • On Plugin Auditor since Sep 8, 2026
  • Last audited Sep 8, 2026

Compatibility & requirements

The PHP and WordPress versions this plugin needs, and how current its version support is.

  • Requires PHP 5.6+
  • Requires WordPress 5.0+
  • Tested up to WP 7.0 WP 7.1.3 is current
  • Version adoption 45% run the current version

Audit scores by category

125 checks

How this plugin scores across the six areas we audit, from security to accessibility.

  • 79 Passed
  • 31 Warnings
  • 15 Failed
Security 59/100
Needs Improvement

22 of 37 checks passed.

Code Quality 67/100
Needs Improvement

41 of 61 checks passed.

Performance 75/100
Needs Improvement

9 of 12 checks passed.

Compatibility 50/100
Needs Improvement

3 of 6 checks passed.

Privacy 33/100
Poor

1 of 3 checks passed.

Accessibility 50/100
Needs Improvement

3 of 6 checks passed.

Code footprint

How much code ships in this plugin, and the file types that make it up.

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ZIP file size

1.4 MB

3.5 MB unzipped

Total files

180

across all file types

Lines of PHP

13,884

in 85 files Medium

File types

  • PHP
  • JS
  • JPG
  • PNG
  • Other

Top issues

The most important findings from the latest audit, ordered by severity.

  • 3 Critical
  • 522 High
  • 156 Medium
  • 86 Low

This is a preview of notable findings. Full file-level results, line numbers and code context are in the scan.

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How scores changed across versions

Across 30 audited versions of Ajax Load More – Infinite Scroll, Load More, & Lazy Load, Performance improved the most (+8). The largest regression was in Compatibility (-17). The codebase grew 8% in size.

Audited 7.1.3 → 8.0.1 · 30 versions

0 50 100 7.1.3 7.4.0.1 7.7.0 8.0.1

How issues changed across versions

Findings by severity for each audited version, so you can see which issues were fixed over time.

0 403 805 7.1.3 7.4.0.1 7.7.0 8.0.1

Download momentum

How fast this plugin is being installed lately, and whether that pace is rising or slowing.

Last 7 days

2,129

downloads

Today

397

downloads

Week over week

+4%

vs previous week

Month over month

−55%

vs previous month

Download trend: Declining. Abandonment risk: None.

Version intelligence

55% of installs run an older version

≈ 16.5K+ sites on a lower-scoring version.

  • Other
  • v5.5
  • v7.1
  • v7.8
  • v8.0

Ratings

287 ratings on WordPress.org

  • 5 269
  • 4 6
  • 3 1
  • 2 4
  • 1 7

Support: 0 / 1 threads resolved in the last two months

Maintenance & history

How actively this plugin is kept up, from its last update to its release history.

Last updated

1 mo ago

Jul 22, 2026

Actively maintained

Release cadence

~ every 23 days

average between releases

Total releases

151

since Jun 2014 · 12 yrs

Contributors & developers

The people credited with building and maintaining this plugin.

Running Ajax Load More in Your Site?

Our latest audit of Ajax Load More v8.0.1 flagged 767 issues. Scan your own copy to see each one with its exact file, line number, and a recommended fix.

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