jQuery(document).ready(function($){ jQuery('.ai-more').on('click', function() { // read the json that is in the ai-shortcode-data that contains all of the shortcode arguments var $ai = jQuery(this).closest(".ai-tweets"), $aimore = $ai.find('.ai-more'), lastIDData = $ai.find('.ai-twitter-item').last().attr('id'); //persistentIndex = $ai.find('.ai-twitter-item').length; ai_numberoftweets = $ai.find(".ai_numberoftweets").val(); ai_twitteruser = $ai.find(".ai_twitteruser").val(); jQuery.ajax({ url : ai.ajax_url, type : 'post', data : { action : 'ai_get_more_posts', ai_numberoftweets : ai_numberoftweets, ai_twitteruser : ai_twitteruser, last_id_data : lastIDData, }, success : function(data) { $ai.find(".ai-twitter-list").append(data); } }); // ajax call }); });