Never ever use your theme/plugin files directly for ajax calls, always use admin-ajax.php
. This is the only recommended way of doing ajax to ensure maximum compatibility with wordpress (including future versions) & 3rd party plugins/themes
The best/easiest way depends on the situation & is debatable but i would ask you to use admin-ajax.php
even if it is hard or inefficient
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