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There is an HTTP header flag which will automatically make the page refersh on it’s own .. https://www.i18nguy.com/markup/metatags.html .. that would have to be added somehow into your wordpress install and ONLY on the auction pages .. not sure if it’s even possible. Perhaps there’s an HTTP-META plugin for WP, that would be nice if you found one.

There are certainly HTML5/JS options that would allow persistent connections between machine and server that would allow changes to be reflected immediately across machines (think google docs), but it’s probably not high on a to do list as it’s quite complicated to put in place.

1) Rest assured, it’s not YOUR site.
2) I’m not familiar with the PRO features but I would doubt it.
3) I would guess not at all implemented, but in theory it is possible with arduous efforts.

jpf

Hi Cherub,

You are right that latest bid is not updated on other computer but my plugin is built to handle it in a different way. Here is how it works:

1. User A places bid of $100
2. User B is seeing $80 bid as suggestion. He goes ahead and places $80 bid. Plugin would now detect that a higher bid has already been placed, so it throws a popup saying a high bid has been placed and then it refreshes the auction page so that User B now sees correct bid.

Your ideal way of automatically updating other computers would involve polling mechanism which is way more technical as far as WP plugin is concerned and would make it bulky and slow down your site.

Try what I’ve suggested & you’ll see that it is fine the way it works.

Do let me know if you have any questions.

Cheers,
Nitesh