As of April 2026, Force Update Check for Plugins and Themes is a WordPress check plugin with 200 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 5 reviews. It has been downloaded 5.7K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0+ and PHP 5.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2021. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: WP-Cron Status Checker.
5/55 reviews
200active installs
5.7K+total downloads
5 yearssince 2021
Overview
Force Update Check for Plugins and Themes forces WordPress to run a theme and plugin update check whenever you visit the WordPress updates page (/wp-admin/update-core.php).
Force Update Check Features:
- Automatic checks (no need to click the “check again” button)
- No configurations or settings page
- Eliminates action for developer or QA
- Get new features and security patches faster
How it works
By default, WordPress checks for updates approximately every 12 hours. This plugin clears the theme/plugin updates cache and triggers a new update check each time the updates page is visited.
When activated on your site it runs automatically and has no configurations page or settings to worry about. Each time you visit the updates page WordPress will run a new check.
Force Update Check for Plugins an…
Ratings & Reviews
55 reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.0+ requiredTested up to 6.6.5 |
| PHP | 5.4+ required |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.0.1, March 9th, 2021
Update tested up to
1.0.0, January 28th, 2021
Initial Release
Contributors
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