Need function to Auto refresh the Wordpress text widget every 30 seconds

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  1. #1
    I want to auto refresh my text widget every 30 seconds. Because my affiliate team asking me to auto refresh the text widget every 30seconds.
    Any write function for me to auto refresh the text widget every 30 seconds
     
    tech13, Jul 25, 2014 IP
  2. PoPSiCLe

    PoPSiCLe Illustrious Member

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    Unless you want to reload the page every time (probably not), you need to use javascript for this. You're in the wrong forum. Javascript / jQuery -> is over there.
     
    PoPSiCLe, Jul 25, 2014 IP
  3. chrisnagios

    chrisnagios Member

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    #3
    using plain html (place in <head>):
    <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="30">

    using php:
    <?php
    $page = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];
    $sec ="30";
    header("Refresh: $sec; url=$page");
    ?>
     
    chrisnagios, Aug 11, 2014 IP
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    NetStar Notable Member

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    Ignore chrisnagios's answer. It makes no sense to refresh the whole page if you want a specific section to update. Like Popsicle suggested you need to use Ajax. It most likely can be done rather easily. Look up Ajax.
     
    NetStar, Aug 11, 2014 IP
  5. tricks2

    tricks2 Active Member

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    I recently noticed auto reload widgets plugin on WordPress plugin directory. I think this plugin help you to auto reload any widgets including affiliates widgets. :)
    ref: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-auto-reload-widgets/
     
    tricks2, Oct 3, 2014 IP