Trigger Browsersync for WordPress

Integrates WordPress with Browsersync to trigger events like reload when you edit pages.

The plugin also only triggers a reload for now. If you have requests or ideas for other functionality, get in touch.

Since you (should) disable this plugin on production sites, the WordPress stats won’t be reliable – if you find the plugin useful I’d really appreciate it if you’d let me know with a quick email or message!

Triggers By default the plugin will trigger a reload on these actions:

save_post – Editing posts/pages/custom posts etc

added_option – Changing settings

attachment_updated – Editing media fields (caption etc)

updated_postmeta – Covers many things, particularly regenerating media thumbnails. Some meta_fields are ignored (see trigger_browsersync_irrelevant_meta_keys)

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you can customise this as well as other Browsersync settings using filters:

add_filter('trigger_browsersync_reload_actions', function($filters) { // Remove a default. Bear in mind that one action you take (e.g. saving a page) // may trigger more than one hook. unset($filters['save_post']); // Add your own. The key name lets other filters remove it (like the line above) $filters['wp_logout'] = 'wp_logout'; return $filters; });

Ignoring Meta Keys Not all meta_key updates (triggered by updated_postmeta) have any impact on the front-end functioning of your site. You can customise which meta_key values are ignored with the trigger_browsersync_irrelevant_meta_keys filter: