Force Refresh
by jordanleven · Uncategorized
Force Refresh lets you request page refreshes for visitors viewing your site, whether you want to refresh the whole site or a single page.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
A 88/100
no flags
Active installs
4K+
≈4.9K estimated
Momentum
-17%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “scheduled” for “force”. “scheduled” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #22. “force” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
88 health vs 58 average across 25,734 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.5%
of downloads still active
At least 4K of 157.3K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,766 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 12 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 48 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 12 reviews, smoothed to 4.27★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
1 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
39
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
21%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+0.0
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| page refresh your tag | #1 | #2 | up 1 |
| refresh your tag | #1 | #2 | up 1 |
| reload your tag | #2 | #1 | up 2 |
| live reload your tag | #2 | #3 | 0 |
| post refresh | #1 | #2 | up 1 |
| force | #5 | #10 | up 2 |
| viewing | #13 | #20 | up 1 |
| client side | #10 | #18 | down 2 |
| scheduled your tag | #22 | #21 | down 1 |
| bug report | #24 | #21 | 0 |
25 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 10 listed. 15 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Swap “scheduled” for “force”. “scheduled” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #22. “force” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 6.9K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
12
releases in the last 12 months
2mo ago
latest release · v3.2.1 · 13 Sep 2026
53
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “4K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 4.2 years ago; the previous band took 12 months to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.
Install history since 28 Oct 2020
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Jack Climax2.8y ago
Best Plugin to remotely refresh all without disabling or clearing CDN caches
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ laserstore3.2y ago
Excellent tool and amazing support! Thanks for the great work with the community!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ stv11c4.3y ago
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.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ marccuypers5.2y ago
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
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ rengland775.6y ago
Thanks for making this.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ knuppi6.1y ago
Really really good!!! Thank you!!!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Andrew Sheard6.5y ago
Many thanks @jordanleven for making a great plugin, which does exactly what it’s supposed to do. Really useful in these corona-crazy days when many of us suddenly find ourselves hosting timed live streams on our sites, and wanting to make the stream play without our users having to refresh the page themselves. If I can make one small suggestion: in Dashboard>Tools>Force Refresh please consider replacing the wording “Refresh interval” with “Refresh will occur within”. So that, with the specified time, it reads “Refresh will occur within 30 seconds” (or whatever). This avoids an unwanted implication that refreshes will repeatedly occur with a 30 second (or whatever) interval between them.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ wpu90006.6y ago
Force Refresh is brilliant. Before customers were not seeing the daily updates to the website because so many people do not refresh their browsers. They were not seeing the changes and new product added. Now I can push these changes through and customers are responding. An essential plugin for us now. Thank you!
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 3.1.1 Released on June 13, 2026 Changes Performance enhancements and bug fixes. 3.1.1
- — Version 3.1.0 Released on May 16, 2026 New Features Static file polling is now available as an opt-in setting. Enable it to reduce server load on high-traffic sites by serving version checks from a static file instead of a live API re 3.1.0
- — Version 3.0.0 Released on April 22, 2026 New Features Introducing scheduled refreshes. Plan site-wide refreshes in advance so they happen exactly when you need them. Force Refresh now supports a wider range of older WordPress and PHP 3.0.0
- — Version 2.17.0 Released on April 12, 2026 New Features Release notes are now grouped by minor version for easier browsing. You can also click any release to view the full details on the official GitHub repository. Changes Resolves an i 2.17.0
- — Version 2.16.2 Released on April 8, 2026 Changes Performance enhancements and bug fixes. 2.16.2
- — Version 2.16.1 Released on March 10, 2026 Changes Performance enhancements and bug fixes. 2.16.1
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
2 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Force Refresh lets you request page refreshes for visitors viewing your site, whether you want to refresh t..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("ideal for"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 2 lists.
- ! Enough to quote 838 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("live reload", "reload", "scheduled" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2022-08-18 3K+ → 4K+ up after 369 days in tier
- 2021-08-14 2K+ → 3K+ up
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Live Auto Refresh (Hot Reload / Live Reload for WordPress Developers) 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B -
Easy Auto Reload – Auto Refresh 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
LH Fresh Content 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags - R Reloadr for WordPress — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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WP Missed Schedule Posts 10K+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag D -
WP-Cron Status Checker 5K+ installs · 3.7★ · 1 shared tag B
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