ajax code

js

	function initInfiniteScroll(){
		var button = $( '.more-holder .more' );
		var page = 2;
		var loading = false;

		button.on( 'click', function(e){
			e.preventDefault();
			loading = true;
			var data = {
				action: 'load_more',
				query: loadmore.query,
				page : page
			};

			$.post(loadmore.url, data, function(res) {
				if( res.success) {
					$( '.post-list' ).append( res.data );
					initSavedTrips();
					page = page + 1;
					loading = false;

					if ( page > loadmore.max_page ) {
							button.parent().remove(); // if last page, remove the button
					}

				} else {
				// console.log(res);
				}
				}).fail(function(xhr, textStatus, e) {
				// console.log(xhr.responseText);
			});


		});

	};

load_more function

function ajax_load_more() {
	$args = isset( $_POST['query'] ) ? array_map( 'esc_attr', $_POST['query'] ) : array();
	$args['post_type'] = isset( $args['post_type'] ) ? esc_attr( $args['post_type'] ) : 'discover_item';
	$args['paged'] = esc_attr( $_POST['page'] );
	$args['post_status'] = 'publish';

	ob_start();
	$loop = new \WP_Query( $args );
	if( $loop->have_posts() ): while( $loop->have_posts() ): $loop->the_post();
		if( 'story' === $args['post_type'] ) :
			get_template_part( 'partials/story', 'list' );
		elseif( 'event' === $args['post_type'] ) :
			get_template_part( 'partials/event', 'list' );
		else :
			get_template_part( 'partials/post', 'list' );
		endif;
	endwhile; endif; wp_reset_postdata();
	$data = ob_get_clean();
	wp_send_json_success( $data );
	wp_die();
}

localize script

global $wp_query;

	$args = array(
		'url'   => esc_url( admin_url( 'admin-ajax.php' ) ),
		'query' => $wp_query->query,
		'max_page' => $wp_query->max_num_pages,
	);
	wp_localize_script( 'vp', 'loadmore', $args );