The Query Loop block is hands down my favourite block (we all have favourite blocks right?). However… the default pagination that lives inside of the query block forces a page reload each time you navigate to a different page (and in my opinion, is less than pretty).
The WordPress Special Projects team have created a nifty little plugin which extends the pagination functionality and adds a “Load More” button to the query, instead of numbers. This also means, there is no page that reloads, it simply adds more results on the page you’re already on, which is UX a lot of folks are loving right now.
You can download and install the plugin from the WordPress.org plugin library. Once it’s enabled, head over to your query block in your post/page or template and you’ll see this setting in the pagination block:
And voila! Your pagination is now a customisable Load More button. Have a look at how it works in the video below. It doesn’t yet give you control of the CTA colour, it uses your theme’s default button colour, but I have no doubt that’s coming soon.
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