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How do I make a WP page (w/ dynamic content) auto-refresh every minute?

With PHP, I'd use a "Refresh:" header, and in HTML I could use a HTTP-EQUIV tag or something.

However, WP generates headers itself, and I can't tweak anything until the body, no?

I searched in vain for a plug-in that does this.

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Why not use javascript? – Wyck May 21 '11 at 3:24

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you can add <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="60"> to your header.php file in wordpress theme.

EDIT: I removed the last bit of code and just made a plugin with read me file and the functions you would want.

You can download the plugin from here WP Auto Refresh Plugin and install it from the beck-end. Note i did not create a graphical UI so the plugin will need to be modified from the file it self. Maybe ill develop a basic UI but for now i need to work on some other higher priority projects. the plugin can be found in your /wp-content/plugins directory under auto_refresh.

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just a side note i did try the plugin code and it works. Nice thing with this is it can be a plugin instead of a theme edit so no worries on updates and if you want to disable just disable it – xLRDxREVENGEx May 21 '11 at 4:28
OK, I did this and it worked (despite spewing out an error when I activated the plugin). How do I limit it to specific pages? I don't need them all refreshing every minute. Can I create "header-slug" pages, or does that only work for page-slug and post-slug? – barrycarter May 21 '11 at 11:44
are you wanting certain pages or certain posts? – xLRDxREVENGEx May 21 '11 at 14:42
Can you tell me what error it spit out at yeah – xLRDxREVENGEx May 21 '11 at 16:26
I updated my answer with a link to a plugin that should do what your looking for – xLRDxREVENGEx May 21 '11 at 16:53
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