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title: "Load More loads nothing or repeats the same items"
date: 2026-09-06
author: "nK"
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# Load More loads nothing or repeats the same items

## Symptom

The Load More button spins and adds nothing, or it adds the first page again.

## Cause

- A page cache that ignores the page parameter and serves page one for every request.
- A random order, which cannot be paginated: the same item can come back on the next page.
- Before 3.8.0, inline CSS or JavaScript on the page containing the text `<body`.

## Fix

1. Update to 3.8.0 or newer.
2. Add `vp_page`, `vp_filter` and `vp_sort`, along with `vp-*-page`, `vp-*-filter` and `vp-*-sort`, to the query-string allow list of your caching plugin or CDN.
3. Choose an order other than random on a paginated gallery.

The pagination options themselves are described on [Pagination](https://www.visualportfolio.com/docs/gallery-blocks/layout-elements/pagination/).