Auto Refresh Plus | Page Monitor Autor: kalu

Auto Refresh Plus | Page Monitor

A professional Chrome Extension (Manifest V3) for automatically refreshing web pages with advanced monitoring and content detection features.

Developer: Mukesh Kumar Makwana — mkblackhat1@gmail.com



Installation (Load Unpacked)

1. Open Chrome and navigate to chrome://extensions
2. Enable Developer Mode (top-right toggle)
3. Click Load unpacked
4. Select the auto refresh folder (this directory)
5. The extension icon will appear in the toolbar

Features Implemented

| # | Feature | Status |
|---|---------|--------|
| 1 | Default Time Interval (presets + custom h/m/s) | ✅ |
| 2 | Random Interval (min/max range, anti-bot) | ✅ |
| 3 | Set Refresh Count (0 = infinite) | ✅ |
| 4 | Visual Timer Overlay (draggable, color-coded) | ✅ |
| 5 | Auto Stop on User Interaction (click/type) | ✅ |
| 6 | Countdown Timer Mode (delay before refresh) | ✅ |
| 7 | Hard Refresh / Bypass Cache | ✅ |
| 8 | Auto-Start URLs (wildcard patterns) | ✅ |
| 9 | Refresh Predefined Pages (open + auto-refresh) | ✅ |
| 10 | Active Tabs List (popup, with timer countdown) | ✅ |
| 11 | Page Monitor (Find / Lost / Any Change modes) | ✅ |
| 12 | Supported Expressions (Normal/Custom/XPath/Regex) | ✅ |
| 13 | XHR Refresh (partial page update) | ✅ |
| 14 | Refresh on Predefined Keywords (passive) | ✅ |
| 15 | Auto-Click on Keyword Element | ✅ |
| 16 | Alerts: Push Notification + Sound + Email | ✅ |
| 17 | Custom Hotkeys (5 configurable shortcuts) | ✅ |



File Structure

auto refresh/
├── manifest.json # MV3 manifest
├── background.js # Service worker (alarms, storage, tab management)
├── content.js # Injected into pages (timer, monitor, scroll)
├── icons/
│ ├── icon16.png
│ ├── icon32.png
│ ├── icon48.png
│ └── icon128.png
├── sounds/
│ ├── alert.mp3 # Default bell sound
│ ├── ding.mp3
│ ├── chime.mp3
│ └── alarm.mp3
├── popup/
│ ├── popup.html # Extension popup
│ ├── popup.css # Dark-mode popup styles
│ └── popup.js # Popup controller
└── options/
├── options.html # Full settings page
├── options.css # Settings page styles
└── options.js # Settings controller




Default Keyboard Shortcuts

| Action | Shortcut |
|--------|----------|
| Start Interval Refresh | Alt+Shift+S |
| Start Random Refresh | Alt+Shift+R |
| Start Countdown Mode | Alt+Shift+C |
| Stop All Refresh | Alt+Shift+X |
| Kill / Mute Sound | Alt+Shift+M |

Customize at chrome://extensions/shortcuts



Privacy

• ❌ No user data collected
• ❌ No tracking or analytics
• ❌ No third-party servers
• ❌ User full control stat and stop
• ✅ All data stored locally in chrome.storage.local
• ✅ Only anonymous error data via Google Analytics (optional)