Best post refresh plugins for WordPress
The most popular post refresh plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Auto Refresh Post & Page leads with 80+ active installs, ahead of Ghost Update (fewer than 10). All 2 plugins tagged “Post Refresh” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 post refresh plugins
- 1.
Auto Refresh Post & PageThe most installed post refresh plugin, with 80+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 months ago.
- 2.
Ghost UpdateFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
All 2 plugins tagged “Post Refresh”

Auto Refresh Post & Page
#17,906by Aasim Ghaffar3 months ago
Auto refresh posts and pages on a schedule — full reloads or seamless AJAX updates, countdown timers, role exclusions and smart pausing.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day

Ghost Update
#50,497by CaphLabs9 months ago
Auto-refresh post/page, encourage recrawls by refreshing timestamps and optionally notifying Google. Boost SEO visibility without changing your conten …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day