When you need your web page automatic refresh in 5 second or any second, use this meta tag. It’s a simple code, put it between HEAD tag in your web page. This script easy but powerful.
<HEAD> <meta http-equiv='refresh' content='2;url='file_name or URL'> </HEAD> // content = time (second) // file_name = name of file you want to refresh or redirect
Many websites use this scripts to redirect to another page or refresh the same page.
For example: My website updates in every 10 minutes and I want to show user my latest content then I put this script to my page and set it refreshs in every 10 minutes