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Time Interval

Automated web page refreshing with predefined or custom intervals ensures up-to-date info for tracking stocks, news, or sports.

Random Interval

Allows web pages to refresh at unpredictable times within a set range, which is ideal for avoiding detection and keeping data fresh.

Hard Refresh

Reload pages without relying on cached data, ensuring you access the latest content

Set refresh Numbers

Define how many times you want to refresh the specific webpage, empowering you to manage your browsing sessions efficiently.

Display Visual Timer

The visual timer shows the countdown on the webpage during refresh, which is ideal for tracking live events or auctions. Customize its display and enable it per URL.

Stop refreshing when interacting

Automatic refreshes pause when you click or type on a webpage, ensuring uninterrupted interaction with content and preventing refresh interruptions.

Countdown mode

Schedule page refreshes with the countdown timer. Set by hours for short-term needs or by date for long-term plans like product launches or events.

Active Tabs List

An active tabs list provides an overview of tabs set to auto-refresh, showing timers and settings for each. This is ideal for managing multiple data streams efficiently.

Auto start URLs list

Save time and effort by auto-refreshing predefined URLs upon browser startup. Explore the Auto Start URLs list in Auto Refresh Plus for seamless browsing

Refresh Predefined URL

Setting a predefined URL allows you to refresh a specific webpage automatically without opening it, ideal for frequent single-site refreshes and time savings.

URL Changes and Redirection Handling

Automatically follow site changes to new URLs, ensuring uninterrupted refresh tasks and continuous updates, which is crucial for professionals relying on real-time data.

Page Monitor

Stay alert to any webpage changes, making it easy to monitor when specific text appears or vanishes. This ensures you never miss critical updates.

Versatile Refresh Types for Page Monitor

Update specific webpage parts with a full page refresh or XHR Refresh, auto-click elements, and open monitored links in new tabs.

Monitor Types

Monitor specific webpage changes via visual elements or source code. Track layout, image, and text updates or behind-the-scenes HTML, JavaScript, and CSS changes.

Default Target Text / Keyword

Using a keyword template enhances website monitoring with ease. Customize and automate tracking across multiple sites effortlessly. Simplify your workflow today!

Continue Refreshing When the Keyword Found/Lost

Keep refreshing webpages even after specific keywords are detected or lost. Ideal for continuously monitoring breaking news, stock updates, or dynamic content changes.

Window Focus

The window focus feature automatically brings specific tabs into view for immediate attention when key updates occur, ensuring timely reactions to critical changes.

Refresh Predefined Text Keywords

Easily detect specific text changes on web pages. Set predefined keywords for instant alerts during browsing

Get Alerted via Push Notification and Email

Stay updated with instant notifications. Get alerts when changes occur on your monitored web pages, ensuring you never miss important updates

Supported Expressions for Page Monitor

Define complex conditions with supported expressions for precise webpage monitoring. Ideal for tracking dynamic content changes, price updates, and specific text appearances.

Execute Custom script

Execute custom scripts automatically upon page refresh to automate tasks and enhance functionality, perfect for tailored web interactions and dynamic content management.

Hotkeys

Enhance browsing efficiency with hotkeys for quick control. Set shortcuts for starting a time interval, initiating random intervals, activating timer mode, stopping intervals, and silencing notifications.

Your Settings in your control

Save and export customized settings for backup or sharing, and sync them across devices by logging in. Maintain uniform settings and switch between profiles easily.

Home Support Why Does Auto Refresh Plus Automatically Refresh Some Websites?

Why Does Auto Refresh Plus Automatically Refresh Some Websites?

If Auto Refresh Plus (ARP) starts refreshing certain websites without you clicking on the start button, here are some detailed steps to understand and resolve the issue:

1. Check for Predefined Keywords

Explanation: ARP might be set to detect specific keywords on a website, prompting an automatic refresh.

How to Check:

Open the Auto Refresh Plus extension.
Navigate to the settings or options menu.
Look for any predefined keywords that might be triggering the refresh.
Remove or modify these keywords if they are causing unintended auto-refreshes.
autorefresh.io/options/

You can use the provided shortcut link. This link will take you directly to the general settings page where you can adjust the "Predefined Text Keywords" feature as needed:

General Settings - Predefined Text Keywords

2. Verify Auto-Start URLs

Explanation: The website might be added to the Auto-start URLs list, causing it to refresh automatically when you open it.

How to Check:

Open the Auto Refresh Plus extension.
Go to the settings or options menu.
Locate the Auto-start URLs section.
Check if the website in question is listed here.
Remove the website from the list if you don't want it to auto-refresh.

autorefresh.io/options/

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Please note, the configuration for Auto-start URLs is available exclusively through the extension’s general settings and is not accessible via the extension popup (Browser action menu).

Auto start URLs list

Additional Tips

General Settings: Ensure your general settings are configured correctly. You can access these settings through the options button in the extension popup, on the Auto Refresh Plus website at the top right, or directly at https://autorefresh.io/options/.

By following these steps, you can better control when and how Auto Refresh Plus refreshes your websites, preventing any unintended automatic refreshes.