Auto Refresh Plus adds intelligent monitoring on top of refresh controls, allowing you to detect changes on a webpage based on keywords, expressions, or content updates. Instead of simply refreshing at intervals, it enables the extension to react to specific conditions such as text appearing, disappearing, or changing, making it ideal for tracking availability, price updates, notifications, or dynamic content. With multiple monitoring modes, detection methods, and advanced options, it provides precise control over when and how actions should be triggered during the refresh process.
Auto Refresh Plus provides multiple refresh methods to match how different websites load and update content. Choosing the right refresh type ensures accurate and efficient monitoring.
Full Page Refresh reloads the entire webpage, similar to pressing the browser refresh button. All content, scripts, and layout elements reload from scratch. This method is best for traditional websites where updates require a full reload. It provides reliable results but may reset unsaved inputs or temporary data.
XHR Refresh updates only specific parts of the page without reloading everything. It uses background requests to fetch updated content while keeping the page stable. Scroll position remains unchanged and form inputs are preserved. This is ideal for modern websites such as dashboards, live feeds, and AJAX-based platforms.
Configuration
Auto Refresh Plus provides different monitoring modes to detect changes on a webpage based on your needs. You can track specific text or detect any change in page content.
Alert on Keyword Found sends a notification when specific text appears on the page after refresh. This is commonly used for tracking product availability, ticket releases, or special offers.
Alert on Keyword Lost sends a notification when specific text disappears from the page. This helps monitor when items go out of stock, notices are removed, or offers expire.
Custom Monitor (Track Any Change) detects any change in the page without requiring keywords. The extension compares content between refresh cycles and triggers an alert when a difference is found. This is useful when updates are unpredictable.
Keyword Detection
When using keyword-based monitoring, you can define text or patterns that trigger alerts. Keywords can be simple text like "In Stock" or "Add to Cart", or advanced formats such as Regular Expressions (Regex), XPath, or CSS selectors.
Multiple keywords can be added to monitor different conditions at the same time. Each keyword acts as a trigger condition.
For Custom Monitor, keyword configuration is not required since detection is based on overall page changes.
Configuration
Auto Refresh Plus allows you to choose how changes are detected on a webpage using the Change Detection Method feature. This defines whether the extension monitors visible page content or the underlying source code.
This option helps you select the most accurate detection method based on how a website updates its content. It can be configured per URL from the extension popup, allowing different pages to use different methods.
Visual Detection monitors changes in what is visible on the page, including text, layout, images, buttons, and other on-screen elements. This is ideal for tracking updates exactly as a user would see them, such as product availability, price changes, or content updates.
Source Code Detection monitors changes in the page’s underlying HTML, scripts, or styles. Instead of focusing on visible content, it analyzes the structure of the page to identify modifications. This is useful for advanced monitoring where updates occur in the background or at the code level.
Configuration
Auto Refresh Plus allows you to define default target keywords that automatically trigger refresh behavior when detected on a webpage. You can set one or multiple keywords in General Settings underPredefined. Once configured, the extension continuously checks for these keywords on supported pages.
When any of the defined keywords appear on a webpage, Auto Refresh Plus will automatically start refreshing the page based on your default time interval. This removes the need to manually start monitoring and ensures instant response when important content becomes available.
This feature is especially useful for tracking events such as product availability, ticket releases, or status changes where specific text indicates an update.
Configuration
Auto Refresh Plus allows you to create a keyword template to quickly fill monitoring inputs when setting up Page Monitor. You can define your most commonly used keywords in General Settings under Page Monitor. These keywords act as a reusable template, saving you from entering the same values repeatedly.
When configuring Page Monitor from the extension popup, you can click "Use Default Keywords" to instantly populate the monitoring input with your saved template. This makes setup faster and ensures consistency across different pages. You can still edit, add, or remove keywords after applying the template, giving you full flexibility for page-specific monitoring.
This feature is especially useful when you frequently monitor similar conditions such as product availability, hiring updates, or status changes across multiple websites.
Configuration
Auto Refresh Plus supports multiple expression types to help you define precise monitoring conditions when using Page Monitor. You can start with simple keywords or use advanced expressions depending on your needs.
For most users, Plain Text is the easiest and most commonly used option. You can simply enter keywords such as:
This works well for general monitoring and does not require any technical knowledge.
For advanced users, Auto Refresh Plus supports more powerful expression types:
These advanced methods allow you to monitor complex websites, track structured content, and detect changes that may not be visible through simple keyword matching.
Example advanced use cases:
To make advanced monitoring easier, you can use ready-made expressions from the Ready Expressions library: Ready Made Expressions
You can also generate custom expressions using the AI Expression Generator: AI Expression Generator
This allows both normal and advanced users to create powerful monitoring rules without needing deep technical knowledge.
Auto Refresh Plus allows you to continue refreshing a page even after a monitored keyword is detected. By default, some monitoring setups stop once the trigger condition is met. When this option is enabled, the refresh cycle continues so you can keep tracking further changes.
This is useful when updates can occur multiple times and you do not want monitoring to stop after the first detection. For example, if a product goes in and out of stock, the extension can continue refreshing and trigger alerts each time the keyword appears instead of stopping after the first match.
You can also control repeated keyword detection using the Skip Repeated Keyword option. When enabled, the extension ignores keywords that were already detected in the previous refresh cycle, preventing duplicate alerts for the same unchanged content. When disabled, alerts may trigger again if the same keyword is detected repeatedly.
This setting can be configured per page from the extension popup or set globally from General Settings for all monitored websites.
Configuration
Auto Refresh Plus allows you to detect keyword matches in real time while the page is refreshing. Instead of waiting for the refresh cycle to complete, the extension continuously checks for changes and triggers alerts the moment a match is found. This significantly reduces response time when monitoring fast-changing pages.
For example, during a flash sale or ticket release, availability may appear and disappear within seconds. With real-time detection enabled, the extension can instantly detect the keyword and trigger an alert without waiting for the refresh cycle to finish.
This option can be enabled per page from the extension popup, allowing you to use real-time monitoring only where faster detection is required.
Configuration
Auto Refresh Plus allows you to run keyword detection only after the webpage has fully loaded. Some websites load important content with a delay or through dynamic scripts, which means keywords may not be available immediately when the refresh starts.
If detection runs too early, the extension may miss the keyword because the content has not yet appeared on the page. When this option is enabled, the extension waits for the page content to load before running detection. You can define the wait time in seconds based on how long the page takes to load its content.
For example, on an eCommerce page where product availability appears a few seconds after load, setting a delay ensures the keyword is detected correctly.
This setting can be enabled per page from the extension popup, allowing you to apply it only where delayed content loading is expected.
Configuration
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Refresh Controls
Auto Refresh Plus includes all tools related to managing how and when a webpage refreshes, offering options such as predefined intervals, custom timing, random refresh patterns, countdown timers, and refresh limits. These controls allow you to fine-tune refresh behavior based on your needs, whether you want consistent updates, controlled timing, or more dynamic refresh patterns, giving you full flexibility and precise control over how the extension operates.
URL & Tab Automation
Auto Refresh Plus extends refresh controls with advanced automation features that manage how specific URLs and browser tabs behave during refresh cycles. It allows you to automatically start refresh on selected URLs, manage active tabs, handle URL changes and redirections, and detect conditions such as captchas or error pages. These features are designed for more advanced use cases, giving you greater control and automation over multiple tabs and dynamic browsing scenarios beyond basic interval-based refreshing.
Advanced Monitoring
Auto Refresh Plus enhances Page Monitor by adding more precise control and automated actions when changes are detected. It allows you to focus on specific areas of a webpage, highlight detected keywords, automatically scroll to matched content, and even trigger actions like auto-clicking. These features are designed for users who need faster response, better visibility, and deeper control over how monitoring behaves on dynamic or complex pages.
Alerts & Notifications
Auto Refresh Plus keep you informed when a monitored event occurs by delivering instant updates through multiple channels. Whether it’s a keyword detection, page change, captcha, or error condition, you can receive alerts via browser notifications, email, webhook integrations, or automatic window focus. These features ensure you never miss important updates and can respond quickly, even when the tab is inactive or running in the background.