
Force Refresh Security & Risk Analysis
wordpress.org/plugins/force-refreshForce Refresh is a simple plugin that allows you to force a page refresh for users currently visiting your site on a per-page or post basis.
Is Force Refresh Safe to Use in 2026?
Generally Safe
Score 100/100Force Refresh has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.
The "force-refresh" plugin v2.16.1 exhibits a generally strong security posture based on the provided static analysis and vulnerability history. The absence of any identified AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, or cron events suggests a very limited attack surface. Furthermore, the code analysis shows a commendable lack of dangerous functions, no raw SQL queries (all are prepared statements), and no file operations or external HTTP requests. The presence of capability checks and the high percentage of properly escaped output further reinforce this positive assessment.
Key Concerns
- No nonce checks found
- Limited output escaping coverage
Force Refresh Security Vulnerabilities
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Output Escaping
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Maintenance & Trust
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Force Refresh Developer Profile
3 plugins · 4K total installs
How We Detect Force Refresh
Patterns used to identify this plugin on WordPress sites during automated security audits and web crawling.
Asset Fingerprints
/wp-content/plugins/force-refresh/dist/js/force-refresh-admin.js/wp-content/plugins/force-refresh/dist/js/force-refresh-client.js/wp-content/plugins/force-refresh/dist/js/force-refresh-admin.js/wp-content/plugins/force-refresh/dist/js/force-refresh-client.jsforce-refresh/dist/js/force-refresh-admin.js?ver=force-refresh/dist/js/force-refresh-client.js?ver=HTML / DOM Fingerprints
id="refresh-from-menubar"id="refresh-notification-container"id="force-refresh-meta-box"id="force-refresh-main"forceRefreshMain/wp-json/force-refresh/v1/refresh-site/wp-json/force-refresh/v1/refresh-page/wp-json/force-refresh/v1/options/wp-json/force-refresh/v1/debugging/wp-json/force-refresh/v1/schedule-refresh-site