WP AJAX Pagination vs Auto Infinite Scroll

Dave Hilditch •

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Comparing WP AJAX Pagination with Auto Infinite Scroll? This page breaks down the key differences and similarities so you can find the best fit for your WordPress or WooCommerce store.

Overview of WP AJAX Pagination

WP AJAX Pagination replaces standard WordPress pagination with AJAX-loaded pages and load-more buttons. It supports posts, pages, and custom post types with configurable triggers and smooth transitions.

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How Auto Infinite Scroll differs from WP AJAX Pagination

All plugins from Super Speedy Plugins share a SQL-first architecture and an uncompromising focus on performance — and Auto Infinite Scroll is no different. Here is what sets it apart:

Page-by-page navigation breaks browsing momentum, and losing their place after opening a product is worse. Auto Infinite Scroll appends the next archive page automatically or behind a Load More button, then restores the shopper’s saved position when they press Back.

How to choose between WP AJAX Pagination and Auto Infinite Scroll?

For stores where page speed translates directly into revenue, the comparison between WP AJAX Pagination and Auto Infinite Scroll is worth examining carefully. Auto Infinite Scroll's SQL-first design means performance is built into the architecture rather than bolted on afterwards. Every release is tested against a one-million-product WooCommerce catalogue, so performance scales with your store rather than against it. Try it on your staging environment using the free trial — you will see the difference immediately.

What do others say about Auto Infinite Scroll?

★★★★★
inkoop — September 2025

A must-have plugin if you use some option in Scalability Pro to speed up your webshop. But even without that, it really does what it says and makes the products endless scroll, making it faster for the client to scroll through the products.

★★★★★
walshie1987 — January 2018

After already seeing huge speed increases with the Scalability Pro plugin I decided to purchase the rest of the plugins in the WPI Performance Pack, including this Auto Infinite Scroll plugin. Within a few minutes I had configured the wrapper parameters and I was up an running. It works perfectly!! A great feature is when the user clicks on a product from the shop page and then clicks the "back" button this plugin remembers where they were on the shop page and saves them scrolling back down to where they were – this is something I've never seen before and I've used ALOT of infinite scrollers! By combining the plugins from the WPIntense I now have a WordPress site with over 5k items on an average server with load times of under 3secs! I really can't rate WPIntense enough. In a competitive online world customer experience is everything and WPIntense have realised this. Thanks for everything!

★★★★★
RENE JAKOB — September 2021

Due to the good experiences with other first-class plugins from wpintense (Scalability Pro, faster-woo-widgets), we immediately purchased the lifetime licence for WPI Auto Infinite Scroll without thinking. The plugin works great and is a good extension for our (especially mobile) visitors. The support (also individual problems) immediately responded to our wishes and also suggestions for improvement. A forum is available for customers, which provides solutions within a very short time!

What's new in Auto Infinite Scroll?

1.74.1

  • Fixed infinite scroll stopping after one page when a visitor jumps to the bottom with the End key or scrollbar and a sidebar is taller than the product list.

1.74.0

  • Restored loading AIS scripts and styles everywhere by default, with an optional setting to remove them from non-archive pages.
  • Added keep-script URL overrides that match from the start, with `*` wildcard support.

1.73 (14th September 2026)

  • Stopped WooCommerce subcategory tiles being appended again when loading more products
  • Fixed infinite scrolling retaining stale page numbers, previous links and WooCommerce result counts
  • Stopped loading the pagination scripts and styles on ordinary pages, so only listings that can actually page carry them
  • Added an ais_load_frontend_assets filter for themes that render their own paginated loop on an ordinary page
  • Tested up to WordPress 7.1
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