How can I use AJAX in child theme template?

It has nothing to do with child themes, the problem is here: add_action(“wp_ajax_nopriv_x_before_process”, “x_before_process”); Notice the nopriv, this is for logged out users, but it’s likely you are logged in This needs adding: add_action(“wp_ajax_x_before_process”, “x_before_process”); Note that this would not have been an issue if it was built using a more modern AJAX API such … Read more

AJAX call not initializing for non-admins in WordPress

There are several potential reasons for this issue: Permissions: Non-admin users may not have the necessary permissions to access the admin-ajax.php file, which is being called in your AJAX request. Make sure that the required permissions are set for the user roles other than admin. Authentication: Non-admin users may not be authenticated to access the … Read more

Load posts via AJAX without draft status

admin-ajax.php is treated as part of the admin, so protected statuses will be included. To solve this just explicitly define post_status as publish to only get published posts: $args = array( ‘post_type’ => ‘project’, ‘post_status’ => ‘publish’ ); Or, better yet, consider using the REST API for AJAX requests, instead of the aging admin-ajax.php approach. … Read more