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How to Use AJAX in WordPress Plugins

If you're creating plugins for WordPress, chances are you'll need to use AJAX at some point. Today I want to share with you some of the best resources I've found while I was learning how to use AJAX in plugins myself. Hope you find them useful.
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If you’re creating plugins for WordPress, chances are you’ll need to use AJAX at some point. Today I want to share with you some of the best resources I’ve found while I was learning how to use AJAX in plugins myself. Hope you find them useful.

Pippin Williamson (Easy Digital Downloads) gives us a walkthrough of how to use AJAX in plugins and the WordPress admin:

Thomas Griffin (Soliloquy slider) gives a general overview on how to start off with using AJAX in plugins:

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A free book about using AJAX in WordPress, by Ronald Huereca:

WP Ajax

A two part series on WP Tuts+ by Tom McFarlin:

A Primer on AJAX in the WordPress Dashboard

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