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ajax plugins
372 plugins in the directory carry the ajax tag. This page leads with what has moved in the last 90 days, because a ranked list of the biggest ones is available anywhere.
372
plugins
221,540+
combined reach
55
released in 90 days
70%
quiet 18 months+
5
movements in 90 days
What moved
Ownership changes, closures and long-silent plugins that shipped again, over a rolling 90-day window recomputed daily. Events older than 90 days drop off as new ones arrive. The part of this category that a directory listing cannot show. Nothing here says anything about intent.
| Date | Plugin | Installs | What happened |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Oct 2026 | Contact Form with Ajax | 10+ | released after a long silence |
| 08 Sep 2026 | Ajaxify Comments – Ajax and Lazy Loading Comments | 3,000+ | changed hands |
| 02 Sep 2026 | CPTA Pagination | 100+ | released after a long silence |
| 23 Aug 2026 | Massoftind Dynamic Content | fewer than 10 | reopened |
| 09 Aug 2026 | WP-Polls | 40,000+ | released after a long silence |
Most installed
The 50 most installed plugins carrying this tag, ordered by install band, which WordPress.org rounds to one significant digit. Ordering is adoption only. Nothing here is a recommendation, and no link on this page earns anything. The full directory, all categories together, is in the master list.
| Plugin | Installs | Rating | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|
| zipaddr-jp zipaddr-jp is a collaborative tool that automatically inputs addresses from postal codes. | 50,000+ | 5.0★ | 3 months ago |
| SearchWP Live Ajax Search Template powered live search for any WordPress theme. Does not require SearchWP, but will utilize it if available. | 40,000+ | 4.7★ | 3 months ago |
| WP-Polls Adds an AJAX poll system to your WordPress blog. You can also easily add a poll into your WordPress's blog post/page. | 40,000+ | 4.2★ | 2 months ago |
| WP-PostRatings Adds an AJAX rating system for your WordPress site's content. | 20,000+ | 4.4★ | 2 months ago |
| WPC AJAX Add to Cart for WooCommerce It is a highly effective plugin for helping online stores cut down the site’s loading time, improve the user experience, and increase sales. | 10,000+ | 4.4★ | 2 months ago |
| Ajax Cart AutoUpdate for WooCommerce A light plugin that automatically updates cart page and mini-cart when product quantity is changed. Removes the default "Update cart" button … | 7,000+ | 5.0★ | 5.5 years ago · quiet |
| Relevanssi Live Ajax Search Template powered live search for any WordPress theme. Compatible with Relevanssi search! | 7,000+ | 5.0★ | 6 months ago |
| Enable CORS Please read the plugin description before installing to ensure compatibility and avoid potential issues. This plugin will be free forever. | 6,000+ | 3.7★ | 11 days ago |
| Load More Anything Add Load More button for your blog post, custom type, Comments, page, Category, Recent Posts, Woocommerce Product, custom Div or whatever you want. | 5,000+ | 4.5★ | 12 months ago |
| Ajax Cart for WooCommerce AJAX cart for WooCommerce: totals update as soon as a quantity changes, plus a slide-in side cart that works with any theme. | 5,000+ | 4.4★ | 9 days ago |
| YMC Filter A powerful and flexible plugin to filter and display posts, custom post types, and other content in beautifully designed grid layouts. | 4,000+ | 4.8★ | 7 days ago |
| Nav Menu Collapse Adds functionality to collapse and expand nav menus within the WordPress admin. | 3,000+ | 5.0★ | 23 months ago · quiet |
| Ajaxify Comments – Ajax and Lazy Loading Comments Ajaxify Comments speeds up your comment section, allowing for lazy loading comments, instant comment posting, and seamless success and error messages. | 3,000+ | 4.8★ | 2 months ago |
| Simple Ajax Chat – Add a Fast, Secure Chat Box Display an Ajax-powered chat box anywhere. Lightweight, flexible, fast, and secure. Fully customizable with many options. | 2,000+ | 4.9★ | 2 months ago |
| WP Edit Username Easily Edit User Profile Username clicking a button. | 2,000+ | 5.0★ | 5 months ago |
| Ajax Archive Calendar Ajax Archive Calendar . | 1,000+ | 4.5★ | 15 months ago |
| Easy Featured Images Allows you to add and remove featured images from admin post lists. Works with AJAX and magic for your image assignment pleasure. | 1,000+ | 4.7★ | 11 years ago · quiet |
| WPC AJAX Search for WooCommerce WPC AJAX Search is an interaction search popup for WooCommerce. | 1,000+ | 5.0★ | 1 month ago |
| WP-CORS Allows AJAX requests from other sites to integrate content from your site using the CORS standard. | 1,000+ | 2.3★ | 3 years ago · quiet |
| AJAX Hits Counter + Popular Posts Widget Plugin counts posts views (hits) by using external AJAX based counter script of this plugin, which is best solution for caching whole page or using ot … | 900+ | 4.9★ | 5.5 years ago · quiet |
| SimpleModal Login SimpleModal Login provides a modal Ajax login, registration, and password reset feature for WordPress which utilizes jQuery and the SimpleModal jQuery | 700+ | 4.0★ | 8.5 years ago · quiet |
| Better Usability for WooCommerce Improve WooCommerce UX with AJAX cart updates, quantity buttons, streamlined checkout, and more — for a faster, smoother buying experience. | 700+ | 4.9★ | 8 days ago |
| Post Ratings Simple, developer-friendly, straightforward post rating plugin. Relies on post meta to store avg. rating / vote count. | 600+ | 4.5★ | 8.5 years ago · quiet |
| Search Live Help visitors find what they need faster with instant search results as they type, including excerpts and thumbnails. | 600+ | 5.0★ | 17 days ago |
| Nav Menu Item Duplicator A simple plugin that adds a duplicate button to each items on edit menu screen. | 500+ | 3.7★ | 8.5 years ago · quiet |
| sCode (Easy Shortcodes) Easy way to creat and manage shortcode from Admin panel site. | 400+ | 5.0★ | 5 years ago · quiet |
| WP Ajax Load More Pagination and Infinite Scroll Loading paged content with Ajax. | 400+ | 4.9★ | 5.5 years ago · quiet |
| WP Search Suggest Provides title suggestions while typing a search query, using the built-in jQuery suggest script. | 400+ | 4.6★ | 3 months ago |
| AJAX Calendar AJAX Calendar is a plugin that will display an AJAXified WordPress calendar. | 300+ | 3.7★ | 15 years ago · quiet |
| Ajax Dropdowns Display a group of posts that can be switched using dropdowns. | 300+ | 4.9★ | 9.5 years ago · quiet |
| AJAX Heartbeat Tool Provides a method of turning the WordPress heartbeat off as well as change some settings. | 300+ | 4.5★ | 5 years ago · quiet |
| Ajaxified Cart AJAX add-to-cart for WooCommerce: simple & variable products on archives/blocks via accessible modal and instant cart refresh. | 300+ | 4.8★ | 3 months ago |
| Contact Form X Displays a user-friendly contact form that your visitors will love. Lightweight, fast, secure, and accessible (ADA/WCAG compliant). | 300+ | 5.0★ | 4 months ago |
| Eonet Live Notifications Enables live notifications for all your users to get better interactions within your BuddyPress site. | 300+ | 3.5★ | 7.5 years ago · quiet |
| LH Multisite CORS Allows AJAX requests from other sites in your multisite network even if they are on another domain or subdomain | 300+ | 3.7★ | 4 years ago · quiet |
| Mihdan: Ajax Edit Comments Allow users to edit comments for a limited time, while admins can edit all comments. | 300+ | 4.4★ | 6.5 years ago · quiet |
| Add to Cart Ajax for Hello Elementor Add to Cart Ajax for WordPress Theme Hello Elementor / Mini Cart. | 200+ | 5.0★ | 6 days ago |
| Form Data Collector This plugin will help you to collect and store form data. | 200+ | — | 23 months ago · quiet |
| Infinite Scroll and Ajax Load More Infinite Scroll or Load more the post by the button click without paginations. | 200+ | 5.0★ | 16 months ago |
| Read More Right Here Automatically transform your 'more' links into "view right here" links that immediately display the rest of your entry. | 200+ | 5.0★ | 14 years ago · quiet |
| Ad Manager Manage ads on your website trough the WP dashboard. | 100+ | 5.0★ | 14 years ago · quiet |
| AJAX Comments Post comments quickly without leaving or refreshing the page. | 100+ | 1.0★ | 18 years ago · quiet |
| Contact Me Contact Me is an elegant and light AJAX contact form. Activate the plugin and insert simple short code [contactme] into posts/pages. | 100+ | — | 14 years ago · quiet |
| AJAX Manufactory This plugin allows you to create AJAX applications by simple way. It implements JSON data transfer, data escaping, error handling. | 100+ | 5.0★ | 7 years ago · quiet |
| AjaxPress – SPA & Ajax Navigation with Persistent Audio Player for Radio Keep radio, podcasts and audio playing while visitors browse. Ajax navigation turns your site into a fast single page application. | 100+ | 5.0★ | 1 month ago |
| Captcha Ajax Captcha with Ajax method for sending code. Logins, Contact forms, Comments, WooCommerce. Firewall and REST API. | 100+ | 4.7★ | 1 month ago |
| CPTA Pagination Simple custom post type ajax pagination | 100+ | 4.3★ | 2 months ago |
| Easy Thumbnail Switcher A simple plugin which adds ability to add/modify/remove featured image just from "All Posts" page on your dashboard. | 100+ | 5.0★ | 8.5 years ago · quiet |
| Image Wall Browse posts/pages by their images, displayed randomly on an infinitely scrollable page. The images link back to where they are attached. | 100+ | 4.9★ | 17 months ago |
| Just Contact Form Just ajax contact form with captcha, one shortcode and easy to use, without options and without complexity. | 100+ | 5.0★ | 10 years ago · quiet |
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