Title: Force Refresh Author: jordanleven Published: October 8, 2017 Last modified: March 10, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/force-refresh/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=2376720) ![](https://ps.w.org/force-refresh/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=2428247) # Force Refresh By [jordanleven](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jordanleven/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/force-refresh.2.16.1.zip) * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/force-refresh/#description) * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/force-refresh/#reviews) * [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/force-refresh/#installation) * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/force-refresh/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/force-refresh/) ## Description 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](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/force-refresh). * Feature requests can be made [on GitHub](https://github.com/jordanleven/force-refresh/issues). Force Refresh is an open-source plugin, and PRs are welcomed! ## Screenshots * [[ * Under Tools, you’ll find all settings for Force 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. * [[ * To refresh a single page or post, locate the “Force Refresh” section under any page. * [[ * Want to see the latest features? Clicking “View Release Notes” will display the most recent features and fixes for Force Refresh. * [[ * 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. ## 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.” ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8989d601dfa211be6b1db79a8cf113951ff86f68215ed79fcde5936bdeb4ffac? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Works perfectly](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-perfectly-2719/)󠁿 [Jack Climax](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kaku571/) December 27, 2023 Best Plugin to remotely refresh all without disabling or clearing CDN caches ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4ffcdf9b0c1649ac7e8f64253a35f1b286589c0dc2a6796068e7f8f683316375? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Fantastic plugin and support!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fantastic-plugin-and-support-118/)󠁿 [laserstore](https://profiles.wordpress.org/laserstore/) August 9, 2023 1 reply Excellent tool and amazing support! Thanks for the great work with the community! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1494f1378beaf990271ef2b4d82c845ec632fa252dfd14c9b99aa0cdce10ed13? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Works well](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-well-2584/)󠁿 [stv11c](https://profiles.wordpress.org/stv11c/) July 11, 2022 Nice Plugin, thank you! It would be great to have a few more visibility settings in the Tools > Force Refresh section. For example, show/hide for Posts, Pages, CPTs. I have hidden it on Posts from the Screen Options, but need to do this for all Users. Reason being, the Posts for this particular website are shown in a Carousel, and not the individual Posts page, so clicking the force refresh button does not work in that instance, but may make my client think they have refreshed it. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/da929105e393c5f6f9df6c125e85c8898d840e6a8f0d320e46ccac4815c036b6? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Fantastic plugin. Does the job perfectly](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fantastic-plugin-does-the-job-perfectly/)󠁿 [marccuypers](https://profiles.wordpress.org/marccuypers/) August 7, 2021 THis plugin does perfectly what is supposed to do. I had a little trouble after installing but was helped very fast en clear by Jorden Leven. This plugin does wat now other can. Marc Cuypers ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/488adc450af0366597c75a3596a2df6fb3d44dec58bd0fc06da4f65dacf1cfa8? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Saved my day!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/saved-my-day-46/)󠁿 [rengland77](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rengland77/) March 9, 2021 Thanks for making this. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/57a45d2ec71fba32f8106de3be3c887c89da5e7468bbd3eb21c6a850835260d0? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Just what I needed – great plugin!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/just-what-i-needed-great-plugin-2/)󠁿 [knuppi](https://profiles.wordpress.org/knuppi/) October 6, 2020 Really really good!!! Thank you!!! [ Read all 12 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/force-refresh/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Force Refresh” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ jordanleven ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jordanleven/) [Translate “Force Refresh” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/force-refresh) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/force-refresh/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/force-refresh/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/force-refresh/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/force-refresh/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 2.16.1 _Released on March 10, 2026_ **Bug Fixes** * Performance enhancements and bug fixes. #### 2.16.0 _Released on February 24, 2026_ **New Features** * Update minimum PHP version to 8.2. #### 2.15.0 _Released on February 24, 2026_ **New Features** * Update minimum WordPress version to 6.3. #### 2.14.0 _Released on November 29, 2025_ **New Features** * Add support for WordPress 6.9. #### 2.13.2 _Released on August 29, 2025_ **Bug Fixes** * Resolve issue activating plugin on PHP 8.2. #### 2.13.1 _Released on August 9, 2025_ **Bug Fixes** * Performance enhancements and bug fixes. #### 2.13.0 _Released on April 21, 2025_ **New Features** * Add support for WordPress 6.8. #### 2.12.1 _Released on January 12, 2025_ **Bug Fixes** * Performance enhancements and bug fixes. #### 2.12.0 _Released on October 28, 2024_ **New Features** * Add support for WordPress 6.7. #### 2.11.1 _Released on September 15, 2024_ **Bug Fixes** * Performance enhancements and bug fixes. #### 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. ## Meta * Version **2.16.1** * Last updated **4 weeks ago** * Active installations **4,000+** * WordPress version ** 6.3 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.9.4** * PHP version ** 8.2 or higher ** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/force-refresh/) * Tags * [refresh](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/refresh/)[reload](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/reload/) [single page application](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/single-page-application/) * [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/force-refresh/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 12 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/force-refresh/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/force-refresh/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/force-refresh/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/force-refresh/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/force-refresh/reviews/?filter=1) [Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/force-refresh/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/force-refresh/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ jordanleven ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jordanleven/) ## Support Issues resolved in last two months: 1 out of 2 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/force-refresh/)