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.
Auto Refresh Plus allows you to automatically start refreshing specific webpages as soon as they are opened. This removes the need to manually start refresh each time and ensures your important pages are always up to date.
You can add single URLs or use wildcard patterns to apply refresh rules across multiple pages or entire websites. This gives you flexibility to target exactly what you want to monitor.
Wildcard URL examples:
You can also enable additional automation options. On Browser Restart will resume refreshing when the browser is reopened. On URLs Open will automatically start refreshing whenever a matching URL is opened in a new tab.
This feature is ideal for automating refresh on frequently used pages such as dashboards, listings, ticket availability pages, or live data platforms.
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Auto Refresh Plus provides an Active Tabs List to help you manage and monitor all tabs where auto refresh is currently running. It gives you a clear overview of active refresh tasks, including the remaining time until the next refresh.
This feature is useful when working with multiple tabs, allowing you to quickly switch to any tab, check its refresh status, or stop the refresh without searching manually.
Tabs With Alerts shows tabs where the Page Monitor has detected changes or triggered alerts. You can open these tabs instantly to review updates or close them directly from the list.
Tabs with Active Refresh displays all tabs that currently have auto refresh enabled. It also shows their refresh status, making it easy to manage or stop any active session.
You can also configure additional options from General Settings. Tabs With Alerts can be enabled or disabled, and Retain Alerted Tabs allows you to keep a record of alerted tabs for a set period, ensuring important updates are not missed.
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Auto Refresh Plus allows you to refresh a specific predefined URL without needing to open that page manually. Once configured, the extension will always refresh the selected page when you click Start, regardless of which website you are currently viewing.
For example, if google.com is set as the predefined URL and you are browsing another website, starting auto refresh will refresh google.com instead of the current page. This works as a quick shortcut for monitoring an important page you check frequently.
This feature is configured from General Settings and is not available in the extension popup.
Important: When enabled, only the predefined URL will be refreshed. Other webpages will not be affected while this setting is active. This option is recommended when you want to focus on monitoring a single specific page.
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Auto Refresh Plus ensures that auto refresh continues to work correctly on websites that change URLs or use redirects. Many modern websites automatically redirect users, update URLs after login, or use tracking links. This feature allows the extension to handle these changes without interrupting the refresh cycle.
You can choose how redirects should be handled.
Follow All Redirects allows the extension to follow any redirect and continue refreshing the final destination page. This is useful for login redirects, tracking links, or websites with dynamic URLs.
Follow Canonical URL keeps the refresh limited to the original URL you started with. Even if the page redirects, the extension continues refreshing the base URL. This is useful when you want strict control over a specific page.
You can also configure redirect behavior per page directly from the extension popup, allowing each URL to have its own rule.
For example:
This feature provides flexible and reliable control over refresh behavior on websites that frequently change URLs.
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Auto Refresh Plus automatically detects captcha challenges that appear during the refresh process. Some websites display captchas when they detect repeated requests or automated activity. This feature helps prevent unnecessary refresh loops and gives you time to respond.
When a captcha is detected, you can choose how the extension should behave.
Stop will immediately stop the refresh cycle, allowing you to solve the captcha without interruption.
Continue will keep the refresh running even if a captcha is detected. This is useful if you only want to be notified while maintaining the refresh process.
You can also enable an alarm notification that plays a sound when a captcha is detected. This ensures you are alerted even if you are not actively watching the tab.
This feature can be configured per website from the extension popup, giving you control over how each page handles captcha detection.
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Auto Refresh Plus automatically detects when a webpage returns an error response such as 404, 500, or other failed page states. This helps prevent unnecessary refresh cycles on pages that are temporarily or permanently unavailable.
When an error page is detected, you can choose how the extension should respond.
Stop will immediately stop the refresh cycle to avoid repeated requests on a broken page.
Continue will allow the refresh process to keep running even if an error is detected. This is useful when a page may temporarily fail but is expected to recover.
You can also enable an alarm notification that plays a sound when an error page is detected. This helps you quickly notice when a monitored page becomes unavailable.
This feature can be configured per website from the extension popup, giving you full control over how each page handles error detection.
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The Prevent System Sleep feature in Auto Refresh Plus ensures that your system stays awake while at least one tab is actively refreshing. This prevents interruptions caused by system sleep or standby mode, allowing your pages to continue updating without disruption.
When enabled, the system will remain active even if the screen turns off or remains idle, ensuring continuous refresh operations in the background. This is especially useful for long monitoring sessions, data tracking, or situations where you need updates to run unattended for extended periods.
This feature helps maintain reliability and consistency by ensuring that refresh tasks are not paused due to system inactivity.
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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.
Page Monitor
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.
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.