Tab Reloader (page auto refresh)

Name: Tab Reloader (page auto refresh)
Rating: 4.166666666666667 (150 reviews)
Author: tlintspr

An easy-to-use tab reloader with custom reloading time for individual tabs and more!

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Tab Reloader is a powerful Chrome extension designed to auto-refresh your browser tabs with customizable and variable intervals, ensuring pages stay up-to-date effortlessly. It supports setting individual reload times with random variations on each tab, reloading based on URL or hostname matching, reloading while tabs are active or inactive, and restoring reload jobs after a browser restart.

This extension features a toolbar panel for easy management of reload jobs, allows reloading from the tab context menu, displays countdown badges, runs custom JavaScript on reloads, and offers fine-grained control with policies to prevent reloads during specific times or on certain URLs. It also supports reloading of local files, reloading discarded tabs, batch setting reload jobs on multiple tabs, and limiting reload counts. Whether you need to monitor live data, refresh dynamic content, or automate repetitive reloads, Tab Reloader provides a flexible, user-friendly solution.

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By:

tlintspr

Users:

100,000+

Rating:

4.17

(150) 1 new ratings

Version:

0.6.5 Last updated: 2025-05-14

Creation date:

2020-06-01

Risk:

Permissions:

storage
tabs
alarms
webNavigation
contextMenus
idle
scripting
offscreen
declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess

Size:

620.54K

Email:

tl*****@gmail.com

Full description:

Source:

Chrome Web Store

Updated:

14 hours ago

Ranking

# 2,117 ▼ 4

Other rankings

#241 in Functionality & UI ▼ 1

#8 in reload keyword 40 ▲ 2

#17 in browser tab keyword 57 ▲ 11

#18 in auto refresh keyword 65 ▲ 4

#18 in refresh keyword 63 ▲ 4

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Tab Reloader (page auto refresh) (v0.6.5)

80,508+ 4.01

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Tab Reloader (page auto refresh) (v0.6.5)

54,340+ 4.00

(23)

User reviews

Tab Reloader is praised for its simplicity, customizability, and usefulness in keeping sessions alive and updating page content automatically. However, multiple users report inconsistent behavior in Chrome/Brave browsers where the extension fails to reload tabs reliably or stops after a single reload. Some advanced features have issues, such as respecting tab activity or very short intervals. Despite some bugs and glitches, especially after updates, many users find it superior to alternatives and helpful for monitoring changing web content.

Pros

Simple and effective functionality for auto-reloading tabs as needed.
Customizable settings including refresh intervals and conditional actions based on tab activity or content changes.
Helps maintain login sessions on websites that log out automatically due to inactivity.
User-friendly and practical for monitoring dynamic content such as job postings or messaging platforms.
Free with useful features like random variation in reload times.

Cons

Inconsistent performance in Chrome and Chromium-based browsers like Brave, sometimes failing to reload or reloading irregularly.
Reload only happens once or sporadically stops working after a period of use.
Certain features such as 'Do not reload if tab is active' or short interval reloads (less than 30 seconds) may not function properly.
Cache is not always preserved on reload, causing data loss in some cases.
Recent updates may have introduced bugs affecting reliability.

Recent reviews

As others have mentioned, on Chrome (Or Brave), it sometimes works, but sometimes doesn't I didn't even notice it until recently as I use it to refresh a webpage for work and I thought something was odd, as I wasn't getting many items to action But digging a bit deeper it just stops working all of a sudden, the timer will countdown, reset, but nothing happens Works fine in Firefox though

Adam D, 2025-05-16

not working ..... reloading 1 time only then got stuck

jannat shah, 2025-04-04

I had a job board that posts new jobs as they come in. This reloader helped me get the jobs as they become available. I have been using it for years. Great extension.

Gerard Michael, 2025-03-23

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Tab Reloader (page auto refresh) requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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Risk likelihood

Tab Reloader (page auto refresh) has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.
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