NO BUG: Infinite Scroll on Mobile

Bugs
1

I have infinite scroll enabled on a query loop. It works fine on desktop, but no extra posts appear after the initial 12 on mobile.

Is there something I need to do to make it work on mobile?

2

Hi Simon,
Thanks so much for your report!

I see the following error in the console:

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{
    "code": "rest_api_authentication_required",
    "message": "The REST API has been restricted to authenticated users.",
    "data": {
        "status": 401
    }
}

Are you using a performance or security plugin that blocks access to the REST API?
In Perfmatters, for example, there is a setting called “disabling REST Api for non Admin”.

Best regards,
timmse

3

Hello Sly, did you solve this issue? As I’m having the same issue right now and the solution from Timmse is not the issue in my case.

4

Hi, I’m sorry, I should have replied to my own post. Yes, I had the Rest API disabled and that affected loading on mobile only.

5

Thanks for the update. Indeed, it affects only mobile.

6

Hi all,

Is there any way we can get this to work while still disabling the rest api for security?

Edit:
I was able to create a utility plugin that disables all but the necessary API routes for non-logged-in users. This does allow the infinite scroll and load more to function, while securing your API details. You can also change the API url from /wp-json to something else for more obfuscation

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