Title: Infinite scroll repeats initial posts
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# Infinite scroll repeats initial posts

 *  [Kevin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/truheart/)
 * (@truheart)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/infinite-scroll-repeats-initial-posts/)
 * So I have tried to tackle this a couple of times and am just not having any luck.
   So right now I have archive pages set up so that when a user first visits the
   page, it will display the first three posts belonging to that archive. As they
   scroll down infinite scroll is supposed to kick in and then load 3 additional
   posts with each load. I also have a filter on the page so that users can filter
   posts by custom taxonomies, and then new posts load on the page using the same
   infinite scroll functionality.
 * So the problem is that although infinite scroll seems to be working fine for 
   the filtered results, it is giving me problems on the initial page load. Initially
   the page shows the first three posts, however when scrolling down infinite scroll
   kicks in and then repeats the same first three posts. You can see and example
   here: [http://projects.server291.com/nymj/category/clinical-article/](http://projects.server291.com/nymj/category/clinical-article/)
 * I am assuming there is something wrong with my code. Here it is relevant code.
   The only difference I can think of is that infinite scroll isn’t playing nice
   with the default query on the archive page. Just a though since it is working
   fine with the filter which is utilizing a custom WP_Query. Also, this is being
   used for a custom post type.
 * **Infinite Scroll Functions**
 *     ```
       /**
        * Infinite scroll rendering
        */
       function nymj_infinite_scroll() {
   
         // On issues archive
         // if( is_page_template( 'issues' ) ) {
   
         // }
   
         // Default archives
         if( is_archive() ) {
   
           while( have_posts() ) : the_post();
             include( locate_template( 'templates/article-snippet.php' ) );
           endwhile;
          }
   
       }
   
       /**
        * Infinite scroll functionality
        */
       add_theme_support( 'infinite-scroll', array(
           'type'           => 'scroll',
           'footer_widgets' => false,
           'container'      => 'infinite-scroll',
           'wrapper'        => false,
           'footer'         => false,
           'render'         => 'nymj_infinite_scroll',
           'posts_per_page' => 3
       ) );
       ```
   
 * **Initial Archive Loop**
 *     ```
       <div id="infinite-scroll" class="article-box__body has-custom-scrollbar">
   
         <?php
           if ( have_posts() ) :
             while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();
               include( locate_template( 'templates/article-snippet.php' ) );
             endwhile;
   
           endif;
         ?>
   
       </div>
       ```
   
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 *  Plugin Author [Jeremy Herve](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeherve/)
 * (@jeherve)
 * Jetpack Mechanic 🚀
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/infinite-scroll-repeats-initial-posts/#post-7503935)
 * The results will depend on the contents of `templates/article-snippet.php`. I
   would recommend that you make sure you don’t have anything that could customize
   the query in there.
 * I would also recommend against using the `infinite-scroll` ID, though, to avoid
   conflicts with other containers using that name. It might be best to stick with
   something like `archive-content`, for example.
 * Let me know if that helps!
 *  Thread Starter [Kevin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/truheart/)
 * (@truheart)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/infinite-scroll-repeats-initial-posts/#post-7503940)
 * Thanks, I really appreciate the quick response. Unfortunately neither of these
   seem to be causing the issue. Just in case I changed the ID, and article-snippet
   doesn’t really contain anything that would effect the query. Just in case here
   is the code (some custom functions but none that I would think would cause issues
   here:
 *     ```
       $fields = nymj_get_fields([
       	'pdf',
       	'localize--summary'
       ]);
       $cat = get_the_terms( get_the_id(), 'category' );
       $cat_name = sprintf( __( '%s', 'nymj' ), $cat[0]->name );
       $title = get_the_title();
       $authors = nymj_get_authors();
   
       $issue = get_the_terms( $current_id, 'issue' );
       $issue_date = get_field( 'meta_issue_published_date', 'issue_' . $issue[0]->term_id );
       $issue_date = sprintf( __( '%s', 'nymj' ), $issue_date );
   
       $url = get_post_permalink();
       $summary = $fields['summary'];
       if( !$summary ) {
       	$summary = nymj_make_summary( 150 );
       }
       ?>
   
       <!-- SINGLE SNIPPET -->
       <article class="article-snippet" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/MedicalScholarlyArticle">
   
       	<!-- Tag -->
       	<div class="article-snippet__tag" itemprop="articleSection"><?php echo $cat_name; ?></div>
   
       	<div class="article-snippet__content-wrap">
   
       		<!-- Title -->
       		<h3 class="article-snippet__title" itemprop="headline">
       			<span class="main"><?php echo $title; ?></span>
       		</h3>
   
       		<!-- Summary -->
       		<p class="article-snippet__summary" itemprop="description">
       			<?php echo $summary; ?>
       		</p>
   
       		<!-- Meta -->
       		<div class="article-snippet__meta">
   
       			<div class="authors">
       				<i><?php _e( 'by', 'nymj' ); ?></i>
       				<ul>
       					<li itemprop="author"><?php echo $authors[0]; ?></li>
       				</ul>
       			</div>
   
       			<div class="published" itemprop="datePublished">
       				<?php echo $issue_date; ?>
       			</div>
   
       			<div class="links">
       				<ul class="inline-list">
       					<li><?php if( function_exists( 'sharing_display' ) ) { sharing_display( '', true ); } ?></span></li>
       					<?php if( $fields['pdf'] ) { ?>
       						<li><a href="<?php echo $fields['pdf']['url']; ?>" title="<?php _e( 'Download the PDF', 'nymj' ); ?>" target="_blank"><i class="icon-pdf"></i><?php _e( 'PDF', 'nymj' ); ?></a></li>
       					<?php } ?>
       					<li><a href="<?php echo $url; ?>" itemprop="url"><?php _e( 'Read Full Text', 'nymj' ); ?></a></li>
       				</ul>
       			</div>
   
       		</div>
   
       	</div>
   
       </article>
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [Kevin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/truheart/)
 * (@truheart)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/infinite-scroll-repeats-initial-posts/#post-7503941)
 * Actually I forgot about this. It is a function to help with archive queries, 
   I am assuming this might be related:
 *     ```
       **
        * Archive queries
        */
       function nymj_query( $query ) {
   
         if( !is_admin() ) {
   
           if( $query->is_archive() || $query->is_search() ) {
   
             $query->set( 'post_type', array(
               'post',
               'articles'
             ) );
           }
         }
   
       }
       add_filter( 'pre_get_posts', 'nymj_query' );
       ```
   
 *  Plugin Author [Jeremy Herve](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeherve/)
 * (@jeherve)
 * Jetpack Mechanic 🚀
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/infinite-scroll-repeats-initial-posts/#post-7503948)
 * Could you try to remove that query modification, and let me know if it helps?
 *  Thread Starter [Kevin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/truheart/)
 * (@truheart)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/infinite-scroll-repeats-initial-posts/#post-7504068)
 * Thanks, the problem is for this site I need the main archive pages and searches
   to retrieve posts from the “articles” custom post type I set up. I might be missing
   another solution to this, but since it doesn’t seem like there will be a blog
   any time soon I figured it would be simplest to alter the main query on these
   pages.
 *  Thread Starter [Kevin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/truheart/)
 * (@truheart)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/infinite-scroll-repeats-initial-posts/#post-7504070)
 * Also, I just removed the query filter and tried the default archive for my articles
   post type. It gave the same result. Without any modifications to the main query,
   the archive is showing the initial 3 posts then infinite scroll reloads them 
   as it initializes, so the issue must be somewhere else.
 *  Plugin Author [Jeremy Herve](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeherve/)
 * (@jeherve)
 * Jetpack Mechanic 🚀
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/infinite-scroll-repeats-initial-posts/#post-7504140)
 * Could you contact us [via this contact form](http://jetpack.com/contact-support/),
   and send us a copy of your theme so we can run some more tests?
 * Thanks!
 *  [amycarolyn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amycarolyn/)
 * (@amycarolyn)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/infinite-scroll-repeats-initial-posts/#post-8718485)
 * I’m having the same exact issue but don’t see a resolution here. Was it resolved?
 *  Plugin Author [Jeremy Herve](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeherve/)
 * (@jeherve)
 * Jetpack Mechanic 🚀
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/infinite-scroll-repeats-initial-posts/#post-8720349)
 * [@amycarolyn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amycarolyn/) Could you follow
   the instructions I posted above to make sure the problem isn’t linked to your
   theme?
 * If that doesn’t help, could you send us a copy of your theme via [this form](http://jetpack.com/contact-support/)
   so we can take a closer look?
 * Thanks!
 *  [amycarolyn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amycarolyn/)
 * (@amycarolyn)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/infinite-scroll-repeats-initial-posts/#post-8722285)
 * It is the theme but I can’t figure out what would be conflicting. I’m not using
   a any custom queries (just the regular loop) and have Infinite Scroll implemented
   correctly in my theme as far as I can tell. I submitted a support request using
   the form. Thanks.

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