Best live reload plugins for WordPress
The most popular live reload plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Force Refresh leads with 4K+ active installs, ahead of Live Auto Refresh (Hot Reload / Live Reload for WordPress Developers) (100+) and Reloadify Frontend Sync (fewer than 10). All 3 plugins tagged “live reload” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 live reload plugins
- 1.
Force RefreshThe most installed live reload plugin, with 4K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 12 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 2.
Live Auto Refresh (Hot Reload / Live Reload for WordPress Developers)100+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 6 reviews, updated 4 months ago.
- 3.
Reloadify Frontend SyncFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 week ago.
All 3 plugins tagged “live reload”
Force Refresh
Down in the last 7 days:5#3,555by jordanleven1 month ago
Force Refresh lets you request page refreshes for visitors viewing your site, whether you want to refresh the whole site or a single page.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 5.0(12)
- Downloads
- 33/day
Live Auto Refresh (Hot Reload / Live Reload for WordPress Developers)
Up in the last 7 days:7#14,304by perron5 months ago
Instantly reloads the browser when theme or plugin files are edited, or when content is saved.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.3(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Reloadify Frontend Sync
Up in the last 7 days:2,177#66,332by Shaoun Chandra Shill11 days ago
Auto refresh WordPress frontend across browsers after saves in Elementor, Divi, Gutenberg, and more. Includes server and image optimization.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day