There are web pages that update information frequently as events occur. There are online auction sites, online sales, development of a concert, presidential elections, forums, stock market among others. If we are interested in the information on one of these sites, it is important that they are kept up to date. How useful it would be if we managed to update them automatically.
Using Chrome we can manually update these pages by pressing F5, but there is no possibility of doing it automatically with the browser’s own tools. Fortunately, there are extensions for Chrome developed by third parties that add this possibility to the browser and can be obtained from the Chrome Web Store. In this article we will talk about some of them.
For what types of Web pages is auto-refresh best?
The world is constantly evolving and changes occur in just moments and in different areas of life. The internet is no exception and website developers have to frequently update information as events unfold.
The automatic update of web pages is essential in online sites where changes are very frequent, in a matter of minutes or hours. For example, if you need to stay informed of the latest news, the websites you visit need to be kept up to date. If you want to be up to date with the latest offers of products for sale online, it is essential that the page is updated to the latest change, etc.
Does Google have automatic updating among its standard features?
From its native tools, Chrome cannot automatically update the tabs or pages that we visit. This does not mean that it cannot be done using other methods. There are extensions created by developers outside of Google that do this and are compatible with Chrome. Next, we will talk about some of them.
Which Google Web Store extensions are useful for automatically refreshing pages?
We must bear in mind that if we want to install extensions to Chrome, these are created by independent developers who reserve all copyrights. Although they add features to the Chrome browser, such as automatic updating of websites, they are not sponsored by Google. Next, we explain the most used.
Get to know the ChromeReload extension
ChromeReload is an extension that allows certain web pages, configured in advance, to be automatically updated without having to use the F5 key. With it you can configure the time intervals that we want a certain page to be updated. They can be periods of seconds, minutes, hours or days depending on what we need.
It is recommended to keep Chrome updated to install the extensions. The extensions must be installed from the Chrome virtual store by placing the name of the extension in the search engine. Once the extension appears in the search results, click on it and touch the Add to Chrome option in the blue box at the top right of the screen. In the new screen displayed, we apply Add extension and wait for the installation to complete.
The ChromeReload icon will appear next to the address bar. If you want to configure the automatic update interval of a certain website, you must press the extension icon and fill in the interval options that will appear. Then open the switch next to Enable Reloader for this tab and you’re good to go.
Learn how to use the browser extension: Auto-Reload
This is another open source extension that allows us to automatically update WordPress pages. This tool refreshes the page if after a predetermined period the user does not visit the website. This means that while the user is browsing the website or performing any action on it, that is, it is active, it will not be updated.
What is Auto Refresh Plus and how is it downloaded?
This Chrome extension is very useful when we want to keep up with information that is frequently updated by a certain website. It offers us several options for automatic updating of the site in question with intervals ranging from 5 seconds to 15 minutes.
Auto Refresh Plus can be set for individual tabs which will refresh based on the user’s default range for each tab. The page does not need to be active for the extension to update it automatically. We can even configure the extension in such a way that it sends us notifications whenever a page is updated.
The notifications will reach us through a pop-up window, a sound that can be configured to our liking or an email alert. To download this extension we can do it directly from the Chrome Web Store virtual store.
Extensions are definitely very useful tools that allow Chrome to increase its versatility and get more out of it. They can be easily deactivated, especially when we want to keep important information from a site. There is information that we can lose from some page once it is updated.
