Auto Refresh Post & Page

Auto Refresh Post & Page keeps your content fresh without visitors lifting a finger. Perfect for live blogs, score boards, dashboards, auction listings, stock tickers, queue displays and any page that changes frequently.

Version 2.0 is a complete rebuild with a modern settings dashboard and a set of features designed for real-world sites:

Dual refresh modes

• Full Page Reload — the classic, works everywhere.
• Smart Content Refresh (AJAX) — fetches the page in the background and swaps only the container you choose (e.g. #main-content). No flicker, no scroll jump. Falls back to a full reload automatically if the target can’t be found.

Visual countdown timer

• Optional progress bar (top or bottom of the page) or a floating circular widget.
• Pick your own accent color and label.

Smart pausing

• Pauses while a visitor is typing in a form or hovering the content area, so you never refresh someone mid-comment.
• Pauses in hidden browser tabs and resumes on return.
• Append ?no_refresh=true to any URL to disable refreshing for that visit.

User role exemptions

• Exclude Administrators, Editors or any role from being refreshed so nobody’s work gets interrupted.

Granular rules

• Global rules per post type with second/minute/hour intervals.
• Per-post overrides (custom interval, custom mode, or disable entirely) right in the post editor.

• A flexible shortcode for local control:

  [auto_refresh interval=”30″ mode=”ajax” target=”#main-content” show_timer=”true” style=”circle” color=”#45c4bc”]

Built for production

• Nonce and capability checks on every write operation.
• All input sanitized, all output escaped.
• Settings from version 1.x are migrated automatically.
• Clean uninstall — removes its own options and post meta.