Hi @blackbird69 ,
Thanks for flagging this — you’re right, the countdown was stuck at 60 seconds no matter what value you entered in Settings → Reports → Auto Refresh. A bug in the JavaScript scheduler was ignoring the saved interval entirely.
We’ve fixed this in the upcoming 5.4.10 release. The auto-refresh now correctly uses the interval you set, and we also added a few quality-of-life improvements: it pauses when you hover over the Access Log or switch tabs, and your scroll position is preserved across refreshes.
We have a development build ready if you’d like to test it before the official release — you can grab it here: https://wp-slimstat.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/wp-slimstat-5.4.10.zip . Please note this is a development version. To install it, go to Plugins → Add Plugin → Upload Plugin, choose the wp-slimstat-5.4.10.zip file, and activate it. It will replace your current version.
We’d really appreciate your feedback on whether it solves the issue on your end.
Hi @blackbird69 ,
Just a quick update — the auto-refresh fix is now included in the stable 5.4.11 release, which you can grab through the regular WordPress update screen (Dashboard → Updates). No need to use the dev build anymore.
Along with the refresh fix, 5.4.11 also brings improvements to pagination, bot detection, and report accuracy — full details in the changelog.
Thanks again for reporting this one. Let us know if everything’s working as expected on your end!
Thanks! auto-refresh is now working.
Fantastic — glad to hear it’s working on your end! Thanks again for the clear bug report; it made the fix a lot easier to nail down.
Marking this one as resolved. Don’t hesitate to open a new thread if anything else comes up.
I have noticed that the refresh timer will stop counting and start over if the tab is not in focus in my Firefox browser. If I stay in the Realtime tab it works, but if I open a new tab to watch something else, auto-refresh will stop the count down in the background. When I return to the tab auto-refresh will start over on the count down.
It’s a minor issue but can get people confused over why the Realtime page never get refreshed when they use many tabs in their browsers as most people do.
