Comparison · generated on request
Force Refresh vs Live Auto Refresh (Hot Reload / Live Reload for WordPress Developers)
Both plugins as this registry currently observes them. Figures come from the same daily snapshot, so they are directly comparable, which two separate wordpress.org pages, read minutes apart, are not.
| Force Refresh | Live Auto Refresh (Hot Reload / Live Reload for WordPress Developers) | |
|---|---|---|
| What it does | Force Refresh lets you request page refreshes for visitors viewing your site, whether you want to refresh the whole site or a single page. | Instantly reloads the browser when theme or plugin files are edited, or when content is saved. |
| Active installs | 4,000+ | 100+ |
| Rating | 5.0★ (12) | 4.3★ (6) |
| Last release | 26 days ago | 3 months ago |
| Current owner | jordanleven | perron |
| Added to directory | 08 Oct 2017 | 25 Oct 2023 |
| Tested up to | WP 7.1 | WP 7.0.4 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.0 |
Install figures are rounded by WordPress.org to one significant digit, so a gap smaller than a band step is not a difference. Nothing here ranks the two plugins or recommends either, and no link on this page earns anything.
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Records: Force Refresh · Live Auto Refresh (Hot Reload / Live Reload for WordPress Developers)