10 Best Ajax Load More Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Ajax Load More has 30,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Ajax Load More
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Load More Products for WooCommerce
Closest match4.9 (274) 20,000+ active installsLoad products from next page via AJAX with infinite scrolling or load more products button
Shares the ajax load more, infinite scroll, lazy load tags on WordPress.org. About half the installs, rated 4.9 against 4.8, last updated 11 days ago.
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4.5 (73) 5,000+ active installsAdd Load More button for your blog post, custom type, Comments, page, Category, Recent Posts, Woocommerce Product, custom Div or whatever you want.
Shares the ajax load more, infinite scroll, load more tags on WordPress.org. 5,000+ installs against 30,000+, rated 4.5 against 4.8, last updated November 19, 2025.
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YITH Infinite Scrolling
Paid version available4.3 (46) 10,000+ active installsAdd infinite scrolling to archive post or shop page.
Shares the infinite scroll, load more tags on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, last updated 12 days ago.
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4.3 (21) 10,000+ active installsCatch Infinite Scroll is a WordPress plugin that allows you to add the magic of infinite scrolling with several customization options on your website …
Shares the infinite scroll, load more tags on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, last updated May 21, 2026.
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4.8 (206) 20,000+ active installsHigh performance YouTube video, playlist and audio-only embeds which don't slow down your blog and offer optimal accessibility.
Shares the lazy load tag on WordPress.org. About half the installs, last updated 18 days ago.
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4.0 (53) 10,000+ active installsLazy load images to improve page load times and server bandwidth. Images are loaded only when visible to the user.
Shares the lazy load tag on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, rated 4.0 against 4.8, no update since November 22, 2018.
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4.6 (572) 100,000+ active installsA multi-featured plugin to embed YouTube in WordPress. Embed a video, YouTube channel gallery, playlist, or YouTube livestream. Defer JavaScript too!
Shares the lazy load tag on WordPress.org. About 3.3 times the installs, rated 4.6 against 4.8, last updated today.
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LazyLoad Plugin – Lazy Load Images, Videos, and Iframes
4.2 (139) 100,000+ active installsThe best free lazy load plugin for WordPress. Lazy load images, videos, and iframes to improve performance and Core Web Vitals scores.
Shares the lazy load tag on WordPress.org. About 3.3 times the installs, rated 4.2 against 4.8, last updated October 17, 2025.
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ShortPixel Adaptive Images – WebP, AVIF, CDN, Image Optimization
4.8 (144) 10,000+ active installsStart serving properly sized, smart cropped & optimized images, plus CSS, JS and fonts from our CDN with a click; Automatic AVIF & WebP support.
Shares the lazy load tag on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, last updated 18 days ago.
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4.5 (23) 9,000+ active installsActivate this plugin to disable the Lazy Loading feature that was added in WP v5.5.
Shares the lazy load tag on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, last updated July 18, 2026.
Switching from Ajax Load More: common questions
What is the best alternative to Ajax Load More?
Load More Products for WooCommerce is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 20,000+ active installs with a 4.9 out of 5 rating.
Which Ajax Load More alternative has the most users?
Embed Plus for YouTube Gallery, Livestream and Lazy Loading with Facades, with 100,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Ajax Load More alternative is rated highest?
Load More Products for WooCommerce, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 274 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Ajax Load More alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Ajax Load More score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Ajax Load More on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Load More Products for WooCommerce is the closest match to Ajax Load More by the data we track, and Embed Plus for YouTube Gallery, Livestream and Lazy Loading with Facades has the widest reach with 100,000+ active installs. Embed Plus for YouTube Gallery, Livestream and Lazy Loading with Facades shipped the most recent release, on September 6, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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