How to Use a Load More Block Together with Taxonomy Filter Blocks
In this guide, I will explain to you what to do if you’re trying to use the load more block together with some taxonomy filter plugins.
Depending on the taxonomy filter plugin you’re using you may face different kinds of issues (of course, I hope you do not, but since you’re reading this article, probably you do).
Let’s try to uncover them in this guide.
Third-party filter plugins
The thing is that I can not guarantee the compatibility of the load more block with every existing third-party filter plugin in the world.
You can easily check it this way:
- Is the load more button working by itself? – Great.
- Has the load more button stopped loading posts properly after you clicked something in the filter? – Then the questions are to the filter developer, not me.
Simple Taxonomy Filter Block
Do my taxonomy filter and load more blocks work together? – Sure thing, they do. However, there are some moments you need to keep in mind. I apologize in advance if my explanations are going to be slightly technical.
The taxonomy filter works purely based on the brand-new WordPress interactivity router, however, this router doesn’t support loading more posts at this moment, it supports navigation between pages (that’s why the “Pagination” block works great with filters), it even supports changing the number of displayed posts at once. However, if we change the number of displayed posts after clicking a load more button, the whole content area will be reloaded – it is not how a load more functionality works, you know.
What does it all mean? It means that when you add the taxonomy filter and load more blocks into the same “Query Loop” block, this checkbox will be checked and can not be unchecked:
After that – the load more will still work great but the taxonomy filter will work without AJAX.
Please keep an eye on new versions of my plugins, hopefully, the mentioned feature will be available in the WordPress core soon and I will add it to my plugin right after that.