It does, have you look at Bainternet’s solution to this question and my answer to this question?
To summarise, you need to post the request to the WordPress’ admin-ajax url. If the ajax is for use on the admin-side then this url should already be available as the javascript variable ajaxurl
. If this is for use on the front-end then you’ll want to get the admin url:
<?php echo admin_url('admin-ajax.php'); ?>
inside your javascript file (see my solution linked above). WordPress then files the following actions:
//for logged in users only
add_action('wp_ajax_MY_ACTION', 'my_ajax_function');
//for non-logged in users
add_action('wp_ajax_nopriv_MY_ACTION', 'my_ajax_function');
Where MY_ACTION
is the action sent with the AJAX request. You can hook the function that deals with the request, (in this example my_ajax_function
) onto the appropriate hook(s). This function should echo the response.
For more information see the above answers, and the Codex on Ajax in WordPress.