Best refresh plugins for WordPress
The most popular refresh 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 Merge + Minify + Refresh (3K+) and Ajaxify Comments (3K+). All 16 plugins tagged “refresh” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 refresh plugins
- 1.
Force RefreshThe most installed refresh plugin, with 4K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 12 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 2.
Merge + Minify + Refresh3K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 68 reviews, updated 3 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.0.
- 3.
Ajaxify Comments3K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 91 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 4.
Easy Auto Reload1K+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 1 week ago.
- 5.
Live Auto Refresh (Hot Reload / Live Reload for WordPress Developers)100+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 6 reviews, updated 4 months ago.
- 6.
CSS & JS Refresher60+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 7.
Merge + Minify + Refresh Check DIVI10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.
- 8.
WP Scripts Updater10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1.
- 9.
Pull To Resfresh10+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
- 10.
Merge + Minify + Refresh Check Visual Composer10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.
All 16 plugins tagged “refresh”
Force Refresh
Down in the last 7 days:8#3,556by 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
Merge + Minify + Refresh
Down in the last 7 days:3#3,669by launchinteractive3 months ago
Merges/Concatenates CSS & Javascript and then minifies using Minify (for CSS) and Google Closure (for JS with Minify as a fallback).
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.2(68)
- Downloads
- 49/day
Ajaxify Comments
Up in the last 7 days:1#3,701by David Stone2 months ago
Ajaxify Comments speeds up your comment section, allowing for lazy loading comments, instant comment posting, and seamless success and error messages.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.8(91)
- Downloads
- 26/day
Easy Auto Reload
Down in the last 7 days:5#5,770by Ivijan-Stefan Stipic10 days ago
Auto-refresh your WordPress pages on user inactivity. Keep sessions alive, nonces fresh, and engagement high with this lightweight plugin.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 23/day
Live Auto Refresh (Hot Reload / Live Reload for WordPress Developers)
Up in the last 7 days:5#14,301by 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
- 6/day
CSS & JS Refresher
Up in the last 7 days:22#19,100by Faiz R1 year ago
CSS & JS Refresher is a WordPress plugin that ensures the latest CSS and JavaScript changes are always reflected without being cached by browsers.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Merge + Minify + Refresh Check DIVI
#32,894by launchinteractive6 years ago
Disable MMR when editing a page using the DIVI editor.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Scripts Updater
Up in the last 7 days:3,030#40,292by The Illusive Man13 years ago
Update Wordpress scripts and add some new by using this plugin.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Pull To Resfresh
Up in the last 7 days:3,549#40,458by joomlaforce12 years ago
Pull To Refresh for the web. Pull to refresh for Wordpress is cool plugin that adds Pull to Refresh feature for your web page.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Merge + Minify + Refresh Check Visual Composer
Up in the last 7 days:2,188#41,858by launchinteractive6 years ago
Disable MMR when editing a page using the Visual Composer editor.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
LH Fresh Content
#43,074by shawfactor4 years ago
LH Fresh Content checks if the page visitted is stale (or has been updated) and updates it in the background or alerts the visitor.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Force Transient Refresh
Up in the last 7 days:2,183#45,451by Zach Wills11 years ago
Clear all transients by adding a query string parameter (?ftr) to whatever URL you are trying to load. Not for use in production.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Trigger Browsersync
Down in the last 7 days:6,976#46,428by Patabugen4 years ago
Integrates WordPress with Browsersync to trigger events like Reload when you edit pages and settings.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Customizer Refresh
#47,203by kolakube8 years ago
Add a button that refreshes the live preview in the WordPress Customizer.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Merge + Minify + Refresh Check Beaver Builder
#48,071by launchinteractive6 years ago
Disable MMR when editing a page using the Beaver Builder editor.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day