force-refresh

Force Refresh

Force Refresh lets you request page refreshes for visitors viewing your site, whether you want to refresh the whole site or a single page.

20.7 opportunity score Open evidence Open API Open on WordPress.org

4.0Kactive installs

145.0Kdownloads

5.0rating

0unresolved threads

0complaints analyzed

12praise analyzed

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Download Momentum

180 days

3.2Krecent 30 days 3.5Kprevious 30 days -10.7%movement 19.2Kshown total

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mixed support · high severity · relevance 0.95

Plugin does not refresh

Plugin does not refresh: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Plugin does not refresh I’ve been using this plugin for a simple WP site that is displaying a schedule on several Samsung TV’s, using the “Internet” app on the TV.

mixed support · high severity · relevance 0.94

Critical error

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Critical error Hello!

mixed support · high severity · relevance 0.88

clear browser cache after checkout page leaved…

clear browser cache after checkout page leaved…: users show compatibility, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

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clear browser cache after checkout page leaved… hello i not know if your plugin can help me doing this… I’m using currency converter plugin with woocommerce geolocate (not geolocate for caching) and using also cache plugin and cdn… all pages and CART also visitor can choose currency (the first that comes if the one of the country where he was connected with

mixed support · high severity · relevance 0.82

Critical Error

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Critical Error Hi!

mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.85

Not working on Live site

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I have it running perfectly on a different website.

mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.85

This plugin does not work with your version of PHP.

This plugin does not work with your version of PHP.: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

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This plugin does not work with your version of PHP.

mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.85

Continual Refresh

Continual Refresh: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Having an issue I believe is with this plugin.

mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.85

Settings not updated?

Settings not updated?: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Settings not updated?

mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.84

Plugin won’t update | Am running PHP 2.4

Plugin won’t update | Am running PHP 2.4: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Plugin won’t update | Am running PHP 2.4 I am running v2.3 and am not able to update to current available version (v2.5.2) Message says PHP 2.4 or higher is required.

mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.84

dashboard doesn’t work

dashboard doesn’t work: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

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dashboard doesn’t work Since the last update, the wordpress dashboard doesn’t work.

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Live Auto Refresh (Hot Reload / Live Reload for WordPress Developers) praise owner · intel 45.4 · weakness 22.3

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question Latest PHP version not recognized? support · 2026-04-02T18:06:59+00:00 · low severity · page refresh

A Force Refresh update was blocked because WordPress still detected PHP 8.1.18 despite the user believing the host had upgraded to PHP 8.3.

Evidence: The Troubleshooting screen is showing PHP 8.1.18, which explains why the update is blocked.

setup compatibility support PHP version detection agency visual QA and update safety Evidence only

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mixed Works perfect on a Vanilla site but not on my template builder support · 2026-03-04T15:46:35+00:00 · medium severity · page refresh

The user likes the plugin but wants it to work with Breakdance Builder maintenance mode sites.

Evidence: Wish you could adapt it to also work on sites built with Breakdance Builder

compatibility missing feature quality Breakdance Builder compatibility agency visual QA and update safety Evidence only

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mixed Not working on Live site support · 2025-12-30T16:11:44+00:00 · medium severity · page refresh

Not working on Live site: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: I have it running perfectly on a different website.

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complaint Deprecated warnings support · 2025-08-15T15:07:05+00:00 · low severity · page refresh

Force Refresh emits PHP string interpolation deprecation warnings on activation and the maintainer offers a beta fix pending confirmation.

Evidence: I’m still getting these errors when activating this plugin.

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mixed The plugin does not work when activating the time support · 2025-06-26T21:53:55+00:00 · medium severity · page refresh

The plugin does not work when activating the time: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: The plugin does not work when activating the time Hi, I have your plugin installed on my WordPress, but it doesn’t work when I activate the timer.

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mixed Technical difficulties support · 2024-10-24T19:38:08+00:00 · medium severity · page refresh

Technical difficulties: users show bugs, compatibility, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Technical difficulties It throws a error on the latest: Unable to locate file /wp-content/plugins/force-refresh/includes/api/classes/class-api-handler-client.php It throws a error on the latest: Unable to locate file /wp-content/plugins/force-refresh/includes/api/classes/class-api-handler-client.php Hey @programmin , Hmm, I’m wondering if you accidently dele

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question Impact to Web Stats & Browser Cache support · 2024-06-22T16:06:15+00:00 · low severity · page refresh

Impact to Web Stats & Browser Cache: users show missing feature, support, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Impact to Web Stats & Browser Cache Perhaps a dumb question, but am I correct in assuming Force Refresh will impact the accuracy of web statistics as it will increase the number of page loads?

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question How to force refresh for all pages? support · 2024-02-10T02:34:11+00:00 · low severity · page refresh

How to force refresh for all pages?: question conversation with limited structured signal.

Evidence: How to force refresh for all pages? As the title says. Is this possible? Thanks As the title says. Is this possible? Thanks Hey @vnams , Yes, if you force refresh the entire site, that’ll invoke a refresh for all users connected to non-admin pages on the site. Hey @vnams , Yes, if you force refresh the entire site, that’ll invoke a refresh for all users conn

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mixed Admin Bar button support · 2024-02-06T20:17:06+00:00 · medium severity · page refresh

Admin Bar button: users show bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Do you mind downloading the beta here and confirm that it resolves your issue?

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neutral There was an issue refreshing your page. Please try again. support · 2024-01-05T22:58:50+00:00 · medium severity · page refresh

There was an issue refreshing your page. Please try again.: users show bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: There was an issue refreshing your page.

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praise Works perfectly (5 stars) review · 2023-12-27T17:31:58+00:00 · medium severity · page refresh

Works perfectly: users praise reliable, quality, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: Works perfectly Best Plugin to remotely refresh all without disabling or clearing CDN caches Best Plugin to remotely refresh all without disabling or clearing CDN caches

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mixed Settings not updated? support · 2023-11-15T09:43:17+00:00 · medium severity · page refresh

Settings not updated?: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Settings not updated?

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mixed Search page refresh for ever support · 2023-11-14T14:38:24+00:00 · medium severity · page refresh

Search page refresh for ever: users show bugs, support, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: I deactivated the plugin and page works.

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mixed Critical Error support · 2023-11-10T19:41:13+00:00 · high severity · page refresh

Critical Error: users show bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Critical Error Hi!

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mixed dashboard doesn’t work support · 2023-11-10T19:21:15+00:00 · medium severity · page refresh

dashboard doesn’t work: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: dashboard doesn’t work Since the last update, the wordpress dashboard doesn’t work.

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mixed Plugin does not refresh support · 2023-10-12T13:26:53+00:00 · high severity · page refresh

Plugin does not refresh: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Plugin does not refresh I’ve been using this plugin for a simple WP site that is displaying a schedule on several Samsung TV’s, using the “Internet” app on the TV.

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mixed Make it possible to set the number of updates per user support · 2023-09-28T09:04:06+00:00 · medium severity · page refresh

Make it possible to set the number of updates per user: users show bugs, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Make it possible to set the number of updates per user Hello!!

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mixed clear browser cache after checkout page leaved… support · 2023-08-12T08:27:05+00:00 · high severity · page refresh

clear browser cache after checkout page leaved…: users show compatibility, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: clear browser cache after checkout page leaved… hello i not know if your plugin can help me doing this… I’m using currency converter plugin with woocommerce geolocate (not geolocate for caching) and using also cache plugin and cdn… all pages and CART also visitor can choose currency (the first that comes if the one of the country where he was connected with

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praise Fantastic plugin and support! (5 stars) review · 2023-08-09T13:18:35+00:00 · medium severity · page refresh

Fantastic plugin and support!: users show support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Fantastic plugin and support!

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mixed Critical error support · 2023-08-06T20:43:21+00:00 · high severity · page refresh

Critical error: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Critical error Hello!

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