Force Refresh Plugin

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!

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.”

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

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   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.

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

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

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   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.

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.