---
title: "Force WordPress Refreshes with Force Refresh"
description: "Sometimes, after adding news to your WordPress website you'll want to refresh your website in viewers' browser to ensure they're seen immediately. Below we'll cover achieving this with the Force..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/wordpress/force-wordpress-refreshes-with-force-refresh/
date: 2018-09-10
modified: 2021-08-16
author: "InMotion Hosting Contributor"
categories: ["WordPress Hosting", "WordPress Tutorials"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# Force WordPress Refreshes with Force Refresh

Sometimes, after [adding news to your WordPress website](/support/edu/wordpress/create-edit-pages-posts-wordpress/) you’ll want to refresh your website in viewers’ browser to ensure they’re seen immediately. Below we’ll cover achieving this with the [Force Refresh](https://wordpress.org/plugins/force-refresh/) plugin for those who need this done website-wide but manually instead of during set intervals.

## Install Force Refresh

1. [Log into your WordPress website directly](/support/edu/wordpress/logging-into-wordpress-dashboard/) or from [Softaculous](/support/edu/wordpress/how-to-log-into-wordpress-using-softaculous/).
2. Select **Plugins** from the sidebar and select **Add New**.
3. Search “*Force Refresh*” in the search bar.
4. Select **Install Now** to install the plugin. [![searching and installing Force Refresh](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/images/stories/wordpress-plugins/wp-force-refresh-1-install.png)](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/images/stories/wordpress-plugins/wp-force-refresh-1-install.png)
5. Select **Activate** in the same location. You can also enable it from **Installed Plugins** on the left. [![Activating Force Refresh post-installation](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/images/stories/wordpress-plugins/wp-force-refresh-2-activate.png)](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/images/stories/wordpress-plugins/wp-force-refresh-2-activate.png)

### Force Refresh for Current Viewers

1. On the left, hover over **Tools** and select **Force Refresh**. [![Selecting Force Refresh from Tools menu](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/images/stories/wordpress-plugins/wp-force-refresh-3-refresh-tool.png)](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/images/stories/wordpress-plugins/wp-force-refresh-3-refresh-tool.png)
2. Press **Refresh site** and await the prompt stating *You’ve successfully requested all browsers to refresh (version ######## ).* [![Force Refresh completion notification](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/images/stories/wordpress-plugins/wp-force-refresh-5-refreshed.png)](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/images/stories/wordpress-plugins/wp-force-refresh-5-refreshed.png)

This plugin allows you to force website updates immediately. To force certain webpages to refresh every *X* amount of seconds automatically, consider the [Refresh Post Page WUD](/support/edu/wordpress/auto-refresh-wordpress-with-refresh-post-page-wud/) plugin.