{"id":29062,"date":"2014-03-26T03:47:52","date_gmt":"2014-03-25T16:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/problogger.com\/?p=29062"},"modified":"2017-02-14T12:34:42","modified_gmt":"2017-02-14T01:34:42","slug":"the-problogger-infinite-scroller-wordpress-plugin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/problogger.com\/the-problogger-infinite-scroller-wordpress-plugin\/","title":{"rendered":"The ProBlogger Infinite Scroller WordPress Plugin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week we made out first plugin available on the ProBlogger Community: an Infinite Scroll Wordpess Plugin<\/span>.\u00a0It’s a plugin we’ve been using on Digital Photography School<\/a>\u00a0since we redesigned it late last year.<\/p>\n

With each of these plugins we release we want to share why we’re using it on our own sites, and also give you some options on how you can the techniques yourself (community member or not).<\/p>\n

The infinite scroll plugin is does one very simple task: as you reach the bottom of a page (typically an archive of posts), it will automatically load in some additional posts. Once you get to the end of the new list, it will load more until you run out of posts.<\/p>\n

For a demo, scroll to the bottom of this page<\/a> on dPS. If you want a super crazy version check out the front page of mashable.com<\/a><\/p>\n

With an infinite scroll, you’re essentially doing away with the need for ‘pagination’ which are those “next page” and numbered buttons you often come across. Sites like Google Image Search, Facebook, and Pinterest all use this infinite scroll technique.<\/p>\n

It’s something that has actually been around for quite a while, and I’m often surprised it’s not as widespread as perhaps it should be. This is because are both downsides and upsides for a plugin like this.\n<\/p>\n

The upside:<\/strong><\/h2>\n