Why are you using /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php from normal website? | WordPress.org

Resolved QDog
(@qdog)

3 years, 9 months ago

Hi,

on my WP installation I’m hiding the wp-admin directory for not logged in users. Therefore I cannot use ajax from your plugin since you are using the /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php for loading stuff in the frontend. Why?

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Plugin Contributor Anantajit JG
(@anantajitjg)

3 years, 9 months ago

Hi,

Please note that every WordPress plugin uses either admin-ajax.php or WordPress REST API for handling requests in a site within WordPress. We use admin-ajax.php as default, and in any future versions, we will also add support for WP REST API for form submission. Both are safe and accepted standards for handling the requests. If you are using any popular security plugin, then the admin-ajax.php file will be automatically handled with an exception (e.g. wp_doing_ajax) if you hide the wp-admin endpoints. One such example is WPS Hide Login. We hope this clears your doubt.

Resources
https://codex.wordpress.org/AJAX_in_Plugins
https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_doing_ajax/

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