Force Refresh

79 Quality Score

Active Installs

16/30

With 4,000 active installs and a low public footprint, the plugin has a niche but real audience, which is reflected in a modest popularity score.

Update Freshness

25/25

The plugin was updated on 2026-06-13 and is tested against WordPress 7.0 with PHP 7.4 as the minimum, signalling active and forward-compatible maintenance.

User Rating

15/15

All 12 reviewers rated it perfectly, earning a full ratings score, though the sample size is small enough that this should be read with some caution.

Support Health

8/15

With zero support threads opened and zero resolved, there is simply no data to evaluate, so the support health score sits at a neutral middle value.

WP Compatibility

15/15

The plugin supports modern WordPress 7.0 and PHP 7.4, and its narrow scope means very little surface area for compatibility conflicts.

Scores higher than 69% of indexed plugins

About

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

Active Installs 4k+

Rating ★★★★★ 5/5

Last Updated 2026-09-13 5:56pm GMT

Requires WordPress 5.9+

Tested Up To 7.1

Requires PHP 7.4+

✓ No known vulnerabilities

What It Does

Force Refresh gives site administrators a manual control to push a full or page-specific refresh request to visitors currently viewing the site. In practice, an editor clicks a button in wp-admin and every browser session loading that URL reloads on demand. It works well as a simple trigger for sites where the underlying content changes faster than a typical cache would serve.

Who It's For

This plugin is built for operators of live or frequently updated sites such as breaking news desks, sports scoreboards, live event coverage, live auctions, and stock or weather tickers where editors need a quick way to force currently watching visitors to see the newest content without waiting for cache TTLs to expire. It suits small teams that do not need a full live-reload framework and just want a button to push a refresh.

Who Should Skip It

If your site is mostly static content, a blog, a portfolio, or any page where visitors do not need second-by-second updates, this plugin adds nothing useful and may cause unnecessary reloads that hurt the experience. Anyone already running a robust frontend live-update system, like a WebSocket-based solution or a headless stack with reactive data, will also not benefit from forcing full page reloads.

The Bottom Line

Force Refresh is a focused, well-maintained utility that does one thing and does it cleanly, which is why it earns an overall Quality Score of 78.63/100 despite a small install base. Its perfect rating from a limited pool of 12 users is encouraging but not yet definitive proof of reliability at scale. For the right use case, it is a lightweight, sensible choice; for static sites, it is unnecessary overhead.

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