I am trying to load my sidebars in my while loop by using if statements that call them after a certain number of posts. It's important to note that I am using AJAX code (provided below) to load in posts on scroll and I believe it may be causing the issue.
Though they are sidebars, they are not physically a sidebar but rather content loaded between posts.
I've tried for a week to locate the problem but I cannot seem to get the sidebars to load with AJAX as a if statement in the while loop.
Important to note: The sidebar will load after the number of posts if it's not loaded through AJAX. So if it's in the initial load, the sidebars load. But when you continue to scroll to say the third or fourth bar it will not load and the AJAX will only load the (parts/content).
I need to either be able to resolve the if statement so it works within the while loop that loads through AJAX or I'm open to an alternate solution as long as it doesn't remove the AJAX.
A lot of work has been put into making this loop work and help is greatly appreciated!
front-page.php
<?php
$current_page = max( 1, get_query_var( 'paged' ) );
$the_query = new WP_Query( array(
'cat' => '-21',
'post_type' => 'post',
'posts_per_page' => 5,
'paged' => $current_page,
'tax_query' => array(
array(
'taxonomy' => 'topics',
'operator' => 'NOT EXISTS',
'field' => 'term_id',
'terms' => $term_id
)
)
) );
wp_localize_script( 'my_loadmore', 'misha_loadmore_params', array(
'ajaxurl' => admin_url( 'admin-ajax.php', 'relative' ),
'posts' => json_encode( $the_query->query_vars ),
'current_page' => $current_page,
'max_page' => $the_query->max_num_pages
) );
?>
<div id="main" class="container-fluid">
<?php if ($the_query->have_posts()) : ?>
<?php $count = 0; ?>
<?php while ($the_query->have_posts()) : $the_query->the_post(); get_template_part( 'parts/content', get_post_format() ); ?> <!-- This parts/content loads -->
<?php $count++; ?>
<!-- the dynamic_sidebar does not load -->
<?php if ($count == 2 && is_active_sidebar('sidebar1') ) : ?>
<div class="side-container first-side">
<?php dynamic_sidebar('sidebar1'); ?>
</div>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php if ($count == 10 && is_active_sidebar('sidebar2') ) : ?>
<div class="side-container first-side">
<?php dynamic_sidebar('sidebar2'); ?>
</div>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php if ($count == 20 && is_active_sidebar('sidebar3') ) : ?>
<div class="side-container third-side">
<?php dynamic_sidebar('sidebar3'); ?>
</div>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php wp_reset_postdata(); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
</div><!-- END CONTAINER -->
parts/content -- this loads as expected including code if it's helpful
<div class="row post"> <!-- Post is mentioned in the below JS to load -->
<div class="col-sm-5">
<h2>Text</h2>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-7">
<h3>text</h3>
</div>
</div><!-- END ROW-->
sidebar code - works when initially loaded but doesn't when AJAX calls on this code such as the last two sidebars in front-page.php
<?php
$term = get_term_by( 'slug', get_query_var( 'term' ), get_query_var( 'taxonomy' ) ); ?>
<?php while( $flexible_posts->have_posts() ) : $flexible_posts->the_post(); global $post; ?>
<div class="sidebar-area">
//sidebar code here
}
endwhile;
?>
myloadmore.js - AJAX Call
jQuery(function($){
var canBeLoaded = true,
bottomOffset = 2000;
$(window).scroll(function(){
if ( misha_loadmore_params.current_page >= misha_loadmore_params.max_page ) {
return;
}
var data = {
'action': 'loadmore',
'query': misha_loadmore_params.posts,
'page' : misha_loadmore_params.current_page
};
if( $(document).scrollTop() > ( $(document).height() - bottomOffset ) && canBeLoaded == true ){
$.ajax({
url : misha_loadmore_params.ajaxurl,
data: data,
type: 'POST',
beforeSend: function( xhr ){
// AJAX call is in process, we shouldn't run it again until complete
canBeLoaded = false;
},
success:function(data){
if( data ) {
$('#main').find('div.post:last-of-type').after( data ); // where to insert posts
canBeLoaded = true; // the ajax is completed, now we can run it again
misha_loadmore_params.current_page++;
bottomOffset = ( $( '#main > div.post:last' ).offset() || {} ).top
}
}
});
}
});
});
functions.php - Added for further context
function misha_my_load_more_scripts() {
wp_register_script( 'my_loadmore', get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . '/js/myloadmore.js',
array( 'jquery' ), '', true );
wp_enqueue_script( 'my_loadmore' );
}
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'misha_my_load_more_scripts' );
function misha_loadmore_ajax_handler() {
$args = json_decode( wp_unslash( $_POST['query'] ), true );
$args['paged'] = $_POST['page'] + 1; // load the next page
$the_query = new WP_Query( $args );
if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) :
while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : $the_query->the_post();
get_template_part( 'parts/content', get_post_format() );
endwhile;
endif;
wp_die();
}
add_action( 'wp_ajax_loadmore', 'misha_loadmore_ajax_handler' ); // Authenticated users
add_action( 'wp_ajax_nopriv_loadmore', 'misha_loadmore_ajax_handler' ); // Non-authenticated users
