This document provides an introduction to AJAX in WordPress. It explains that AJAX allows for asynchronous requests that do not require a page reload. It describes how AJAX works, with the client sending a request to the server, the server processing it, responding, and the client receiving the response using JavaScript. In WordPress, AJAX is implemented using jQuery to make GET/POST requests to the admin-ajax.php file, with callbacks to handle the response. Examples are provided and further reading suggested, including using AJAX without admin-ajax and processing forms with AJAX and the REST API.