Force Refresh

July 07, 2024

Force Refresh Plugin

Force Refresh is a simple plugin that allows you to force a page refresh for users currently visiting your site on a per-page or post basis.

Force Refresh is the best plugin for requesting browsers to refresh their page. Perfect for single-page applications or pages that bring in feeds, this simple plugin will allow you to force a page refresh for users currently visiting any page of your site.

Features

  • Support for both parent and child themes.
  • Allows an admin to simply click a button to request browsers to refresh their page. This is done within your selected customized client-side refresh interval.
  • Ability to add refreshing capabilities to any role using the “Invoke Force Refresh” capability.
  • Ability to refresh on a per-page or post basis.
  • Customizable client-side refresh intervals, including the ability to customize any refresh interval between 30 seconds and four hours.

Feature Requests and Bug Reports

  • Please report any bugs you encounter under the Support tab.
  • Feature requests can be made on GitHub. Force Refresh is an open-source plugin, and PRs are welcomed!

Installation

Upload the Force Refresh plugin to your site, and then simply activate it. To force a refresh, just navigate to “Tools”, click on “Force Refresh” and click the button that says, “Refresh Site.”

Screenshots

  1. Under Tools, you'll find all settings for Force Refresh.

    Under Tools, you'll find all settings for Force Refresh.

  2. You can choose from popular refresh intervals or specify a custom one. After clicking, "Refresh site", you'll receive confirmation that you've requested connected browsers to refresh.

    You can choose from popular refresh intervals or specify a custom one. After clicking, "Refresh site", you'll receive confirmation that you've requested connected browsers to refresh.

  3. To refresh a single page or post, locate the "Force Refresh" section under any page.

    To refresh a single page or post, locate the "Force Refresh" section under any page.

  4. Want to see the latest features? Clicking "View Release Notes" will display the most recent features and fixes for Force Refresh.

    Want to see the latest features? Clicking "View Release Notes" will display the most recent features and fixes for Force Refresh.

  5. If you're having trouble, clicking on "Troubleshooting" will allow you to view the current settings for Force Refresh and allow you to enter Debugging Mode — an enhanced browser console logging mode that can be used to diagnose issues.

    If you're having trouble, clicking on "Troubleshooting" will allow you to view the current settings for Force Refresh and allow you to enter Debugging Mode — an enhanced browser console logging mode that can be used to diagnose issues.

Changelog

2.11.0

Released on July 7, 2024

New Features

  • Add support for WordPress 6.6.

2.10.2

Released on May 27, 2024

Bug Fixes

  • Performance enhancements and bug fixes.

2.10.1

Released on March 24, 2024

Bug Fixes

  • Performance enhancements and bug fixes.

2.10.0

Released on March 24, 2024

New Features

  • Add support for WordPress 6.5.

Bug Fixes

  • Update error message when missing build files.

2.9.4

Released on February 10, 2024

Bug Fixes

  • Resolve issue loading icons.

2.9.3

Released on December 9, 2023

Bug Fixes

  • Resolve issue viewing release notes.

2.9.2

Released on November 17, 2023

Bug Fixes

  • Add missing refresh interval in admin message.
  • Fix button text in Refresh from Admin Bar.
  • Resolve infinite refreshing on search pages.
  • Resolve issue requesting page refreshes.
  • Resolve saving Refresh from Admin Bar options.

2.9.1

Released on November 10, 2023

Bug Fixes

  • Fatal error when loading Force Refresh.

2.9.0

Released on November 10, 2023

New Features

  • Add support for WordPress 6.4.

2.8.3

Released on September 9, 2023

Bug Fixes

  • Performance enhancements and bug fixes.

2.8.2

Released on August 9, 2023

Bug Fixes

  • Displaying multiple periods in release notes.
  • Issue with typed returns in PHP 7.4.

2.8.1

Released on August 5, 2023

Bug Fixes

  • Performance enhancements and bug fixes.

2.8.0

Released on August 5, 2023

New Features

  • Add link for leaving reviews.
  • Add support for custom refresh intervals.
  • Add support for viewing plugin release notes.

Bug Fixes

  • Issue dismissing admin notifications.
  • Issue with logo animations.

2.7.0

Released on July 26, 2023

New Features

  • Add support for WordPress 6.3.

2.6.1

Released on March 4, 2023

Bug Fixes

  • Performance enhancements and bug fixes.

2.6.0

Released on June 11, 2022

New Features

  • Add troubleshooting page link to admin page.

Bug Fixes

  • Update directions for sites with no name.

2.5.2

Released on January 23, 2022

Bug Fixes

  • Address issue with production build.

2.5.1

Released on January 23, 2022

New Features

  • Update Heath troubleshooting section.
  • Update WordPress version requirements.

2.5.0

Released on January 8, 2022

New Features

  • Alert user when plugin is outdated.

2.4.0

Released on December 4, 2021

New Features

  • Add additional debug logs.
  • Add support for troubleshooting screen.

Bug Fixes

  • Exit force refresh if success is false.
  • Remove nonce for client-side calls.

2.3.0

Released on March 7, 2021

Bug Fixes

  • Address issue with default refresh intervals.
  • Update button text in Admin Bar.

2.2.0

Released on November 29, 2020

New Features

  • Add support for WordPress 5.5.3.
  • Update Admin UI to use Vue instead of Handlebars.

Bug Fixes

  • Address issue with encoded post names.

2.1.6

Released on September 29, 2020

Bug Fixes

  • Issue with refresh interval being ignored.

2.1.5

Released on September 17, 2020

Bug Fixes

  • Address issue running plugin in PHP 7.2.

2.1.4

Released on September 16, 2020

Bug Fixes

  • Address refresh loop bug when activating.
  • Issue displaying default refresh intervals.

2.1.3

Released on September 16, 2020

Bug Fixes

  • Address refresh permissions issue.

2.1.2

Released on September 7, 2020

Bug Fixes

  • Performance enhancements and bug fixes.

2.1.1

Released on September 7, 2020

Bug Fixes

  • Performance enhancements and bug fixes.

2.1.0

Released on October 19, 2018

New Features

  • Add support to request refreshes on custom post types.

2.0.0

Released on October 11, 2018

New Features

  • Move from Xamin to LightnCandy for HTML templates.

1.1.2

Released on February 28, 2018

Bug Fixes

  • Performance enhancements and bug fixes.

1.1.1

Released on February 28, 2018

Bug Fixes

  • Performance enhancements and bug fixes.

1.0.0

Released on October 5, 2017

New Features

  • Initial release.

Details

  • Version: 2.11.0
  • Active installations: 4,000
  • WordPress Version: 5.2
  • Tested up to: 6.6.1
  • PHP Version: 7.4

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