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Ghost Update

Name: Ghost Update
Author: CaphLabs

Auto-refresh post/page, encourage recrawls by refreshing timestamps and optionally notifying Google. Boost SEO visibility without changing your conten …

Ghost Update ranks #58,607 among WordPress.org plugins with 1+ active installations, a 1/5 rating from 0 reviews, and was last updated Jan 27, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.9 (Current: 7.1)

v1.2.2 Current Version v1.2.2

Updated 7 months ago Last Update on 27 Jan, 2026

Refreshed 17 hours ago Last Refreshed on

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.2.2
Last Updated: Jan 27, 2026
Requires WP: 5.8+
Tested Up To: 6.9
PHP Version: 7.2 or higher
Author: CaphLabs

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Ghost Update

Ghost Update refreshes your post/page post_date and post_modified fields on a schedule (e.g. every 8 hours). Optionally, it will also notify Google using the Indexing API to request a recrawl.

No. It does not alter content, metadata, taxonomy, SEO fields, or anything else. It only updates timestamps and optionally triggers a Google ping.

Ghost Update enforces 1 request every 10 minutes. This is to protect your quota and avoid abuse detection. If an update is triggered while in cooldown, the post is still refreshed — but the Google ping is skipped and logged as: 🔒 Cooldown active. Skipping GSC for post ID 1234.

Yes — exclude any number of posts or pages via ID in the plugin settings.

Create a Google Cloud project Enable the Indexing API Create a service account, and download the .json key Upload it in the plugin settings Add the client_email from the .json file as an Owner in your Google Search Console property

Open your .json file and find: "client_email": "your-service-account@project.iam.gserviceaccount.com" Go to Google Search Console → Settings → Users and Permissions Click Add User and paste the service account email Set permission to Owner

You don’t need it. Just uploaded securely via the plugin settings. this will add the file to "your-site"/uploads/ghostupdate

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