AjaxPress – AJAX Navigation, Instant Page Load & Persistent Player
by ArrayStory on WordPress.org
AJAX navigation for WordPress. Pages load instantly without refresh. Audio/video keeps playing while browsing. 14KB, no jQuery dependency.
Navigation settings
Your audio never stops. AjaxPress keeps music, podcasts, and radio streams playing while visitors browse your site.
Pages load in milliseconds. No refresh, no white screen – just instant content.
Radio, Podcast, or Music Site?
Install AjaxPress now. Your listeners will thank you.
- Stream keeps playing during navigation
- No interruption when browsing pages
- Works with HTML5, iframe embeds, Shoutcast, Icecast
How AjaxPress is Different
- Full page swap: All content updates instantly without page reload
- Persistent player: Media keeps playing during navigation
- AJAX forms: Forms and comments submit instantly
- WordPress native: Works seamlessly with most themes and builders
- No jQuery: Lightweight frontend, no dependency
- Size: Only 14KB frontend footprint
Flying Pages only prefetches. InstantClick and Swup need custom setup. AjaxPress works out of the box with persistent media playback.
Features
- AJAX navigation for WordPress – True SPA experience out of the box
- Persistent audio/video – Media keeps playing across pages
- Instant navigation – Content loads without page refresh
- Prefetch on hover – Pages preload before click
- AJAX forms – Contact Form 7, comments submit instantly
- Page transitions – Fade, slide, custom animations
- Progress bar – Visual loading indicator
- 14KB, no jQuery – Lighter than most plugins
Perfect For
- Radio stations – Live stream never stops
- Podcast sites – Episodes play uninterrupted
- Music portfolios – Seamless listening experience
- WooCommerce – Fast product browsing
- Blogs – Instant article switching
SEO & Crawl Safe
- Real URLs via History API (no hash routing)
- Meta tags update per page
- Search engines crawl normally
- Compatible with Yoast SEO, Rank Math
- Google Analytics supported
Who Should NOT Use This Plugin
- Sites with heavy inline JavaScript that can’t reinitialize
- Single-page sites with no internal navigation
- Sites requiring full page reload for tracking
- Developers needing manual History API control
Works With
WooCommerce, Elementor, Contact Form 7, Yoast SEO, Rank Math, WP Rocket, LiteSpeed Cache, Cloudflare.
Compatible with HTML5 players, Spotify, SoundCloud, YouTube embeds, Shoutcast, Icecast.
Performance
- 14KB frontend footprint
- No jQuery dependency
- Zero server overhead – just AJAX fetches
- Works with all caching plugins
