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Ajax Load More – Infinite Scroll, Load More, & Lazy Load
A powerful tool for developers who enjoy buying extra extensions.
Declining
81/100
It provides powerful Ajax loading and great support despite a steep learning curve and many paid extensions.
Active installs
~45,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 40k+
Rating
4.8★
287 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-39%
Declining fast
438 → 268 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORreviews unevenly distributed over time
- MINORdownloads down 39% vs a year ago
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Declining fast · -39% in the last year
438/day a year ago→268/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayAjax Load More is well-regarded as a flexible and reliable infinite scroll/load more plugin with responsive developer support, though some users find the setup too complex for simple use cases and note that meaningful customization options require paid add-ons.
What people like
- +Flexible and effective for AJAX load more and filtering functionality×4
- +Developer is responsive and provides helpful support×3
- +Good documentation with hooks and filters for customization
- +Perceived positive impact on page load performance
- +Pro version and add-ons extend functionality well×2
Common complaints
- −Free version lacks sufficient customization options, requiring paid add-ons for more control×2
- −Setup is not intuitive for simple use cases; basic functionality like a front-page load more button requires non-trivial configuration
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.74★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.80★
- 9%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-12-172025-03-112026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 287 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2025-08-21★★★★★like a dreamoleg.s
- 2025-05-07★★★★★Great plugingreencode
- 2025-03-31★★★★★Very goodLuiz Soares
- 2025-03-18★★★★★Fantastic!ldemaso
- 2025-03-07★★★★★Great plugin! Keep up the good workeclairzs
- 2025-02-10★★★★★Excelente plugin!murielariadna
- 2024-12-13★★★★★Works well and is highly customizableAbid
- 2024-12-13★★★★★Perfect Supportstepi1
- 2024-11-27★★★★★Can you put it in English?zebracrossing
- 2024-08-26★★★★★Excellent Pluginmarkifornia
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to Ajax Load More
Top Speed plugins, ranked by score.For developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
260
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
347
Prior 7-day baseline
218
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
829
Mean release-day peak (30d)
258
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-25.1%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
18%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.83
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
92%
5★ share in analyzed sample
9%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.77 → 4.74★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered