Magento 2 Ajax Extensions (login, cart, catalog, navigation and more)
By using AJAX, you can essentially improve the user experience your Magento 2 website with various asynchronous features related to login, cart, catalog, navigation, etc. Such features are based on a background exchange of data between apps and the server. Being widely used in Magento 1.X projects, AJAX is also available for 2.0. And instead of complicated customizations, you can rely on simple Magento 2 AJAX extensions described below. For appropriate Magento 1 modules, follow this link: Magento AJAX Extensions.
The post is divided into the following sections:
- Magento 2 AJAX Cart Extensions
- Magento 2 AJAX Catalog Scroll Extensions
- Magento 2 AJAX Layered Navigation Extensions
- Magento 2 AJAX One Step Checkout Extensions
- Magento 2 AJAX Popup Extensions
- Magento 2 AJAX Quick View Extensions
- Magento 2 AJAX Search Extensions
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Magento 2 AJAX Cart Extensions
AJAX Cart Pro for Magento 2 by AheadWorks
First of all we recommend you to pimp your cart with the help of AJAX Cart Pro for Magento 2 by AheadWorks. This Magento 2 AJAX module streamlines add-to-cart function and removes interruptions from the shopping process making your ecommerce experience flawless.
With AJAX Cart Pro, you provide your buyers with a convenient add-to-cart popup designed for selecting product options without visiting product pages. As for product data, the popup includes short descriptions, reviews, and ratings, so your customer can easily understand whether a certain item is useful or not.
And don’t forget about mobile friendly design, which makes your revamped Magento 2 cart suitable for all screen types. It is also necessary to mention that the extension supports all product types, so grouped, bundle, and configurable products are available in the popup as well.
As a store owner, you can decide whether you want the popup to be displayed for all products available on your website or just those products with options. The same is about product information: you can easily delete if from the block with this Magento 2 AJAX cart extension.
You can see all recent updates related to the module here: aheadWorks AJAX Cart Pro Magento 2 Extension.
AJAX Shopping Cart by Amasty
Amasty offers another reliable Magento 2 AJAX shopping cart extension which incorporates the same technology as the aforementioned tool. Thus, this Magento 2 AJAX module improves user experience by making the default shopping cart faster. Customers can select configurable options and edit items without wasting time on page reloads.
As for flexible extension options, AJAX Shopping Cart by Amasty provides a customizable block with related products, various display options, and other features.
These are other options from the backend provided by the Magento 2 AJAX cart module:
Alternatively, you can check the following AJAX cart extensions for Magento 2:
Magento 2 AJAX Catalog Scroll Extensions
Magento 2 Catalog AJAX Infinite Scroll by IBNAB
Now when you have a modern AJAX cart, it’s time to improve the default pagination of Magento 2. Therefore, we’d like to draw your attention to Magento 2 Catalog AJAX Infinite Scroll by IBNAB. This MAgento 2 AJAX extension will replace your existing pagination with infinite scrolling, automatically loading each next product page.
Core features of Magento 2 Catalog AJAX Infinite Scroll by IBNAB include:
- New products are loaded as the user scrolls down the page.
- No extra click is necessary.
- You can use the show / hide limiter.
- Custom CSS selector, image loader, and text loader.
Please note that you can use the extension in both category and search result views.
Amasty Infinite Scroll
This is another great alternative solution that adds AJAX-based infinite scrolling to your ecommerce website. The Magento 2 AJAX catalog module provides the “Back to top” button, information bar that shows current page, and two types of page loading: fully automated or based on the “Load next page” button. Besides, Amasty Infinite Scroll supports link sharing: the extension understands the customer’s current position and provides the appropriate link.
Other Magento 2 Catalog AJAX extension are:
Although Improved Layered Navigation for Magento 2 is not based on the AJAX technology, its previous version incorporates asynchronous JavaScript, so we hope for future updates which will make the Magento 2 module suitable for this post.
As for its current functionality, Improved Layered Navigation for Magento 2 allows your customers to search the catalog of your ecommerce website in the most comfortable and efficient way with the aid of different filters.
The extension’s top features include:
- Using multiselect option for filters;
- Searching by product attributes;
- Removing selected options.
And don’t forget about extremely easy extension setup and reliable support from Amasty.
Another extension that will essentially improve the way your customers shop on your Magento 2 website is aheadWorks Layered Navigation. The tool also eliminates reloads and provides the ability to set lots of fillters simultaneously in order to simplify the catalog page and leave only the desired products.
All filtered products are updated via the AJAX overlay avoiding page reloads as well as making products display much faster. Besides, there are AJAX-based requesting and rendering that make filtering even faster. As for configuration, it is extremely simple:
The updated functionality of the extension is described here.
Other Magento 2 AJAX Layered Navigation Extensions:
Magento 2 AJAX One Step Checkout Extensions
OneStepCheckout for Magento 2
We also recommend you to pay attention to the OneStepCheckout Magento 2 extension. Its predecessor is the most popular OSC module for 1.x, so the new generation of the extension should be even better.
Usually other OSC extensions also utilize AJAX, so we recommend you to check the following modules:
Magento 2 AJAX Popup Extensions
Popup Login Extension for Magento 2 by Plumrocket
Another important step in the development of your Magento 2 website is making the default login procedure user-friendly. Hence, there is a necessity to use the Ajax Popup Login Magento 2 extension. Designed to increase the number of registrations, this module adds a Magento popup window allowing your visitors to get registered rapidly.
Popup Login offers four different popup login methods:
- on page load;
- on page click;
- on page links click;
- manual.
In case of the first three methods, events that trigger popup are predefined. If you choose the manual display method, the login popup window appears on a custom event. For instance, it can be the action when your customer hits the ‘add to cart’ button.
As a Magento admin, you can can display the login form, the registration form, as well as the forgot password form in the popup window. As a customer, you can close the popup login box, but it will appear again if you trigger a popup display method.
Other Magento 2 AJAX popup extensions:
Magento 2 AJAX Quick View Extensions
Amasty Quick View
It is also necessary to tell a few words about the Amasty Quick View Magento 2 extension. Although it is not written that the tool incorporates AJAX, but it provides your customers with the ability to view product details and add them to cart right from a category page essentially improving the default user experience.
Magento 2 AJAX Search Extensions
There are lots of Magento 2 search modules that utilize AJAX in order to provide better shopping experience. You can find several Magento 2 AJAX search extensions below:
