diff --git a/admin-ui.php b/admin-ui.php
index b089663..33e0de3 100644
--- a/admin-ui.php
+++ b/admin-ui.php
@@ -556,6 +556,7 @@ function fwp_syndication_manage_page_links_table_rows( $links, $page, $visible =
 
 	<td><div style="float: right; padding-left: 10px">
 	<input type="submit" class="button" name="update_uri[<?php print esc_html( $link->link_rss ); ?>]" value="<?php esc_html_e( 'Update Now' ); ?>" />
+	<input type="submit" class="button button-primary" name="update_uri[<?php print esc_html($link->link_rss); ?>]" value="<?php _e('Force Update Now'); ?>" style="background: #EE0606;" />
 	</div>
 				<?php
 				fwp_links_table_rows_last_updated( $o_s_link );
diff --git a/feedwordpresssyndicationpage.class.php b/feedwordpresssyndicationpage.class.php
index fec88a4..c909256 100644
--- a/feedwordpresssyndicationpage.class.php
+++ b/feedwordpresssyndicationpage.class.php
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 define( 'FWP_PROJECT_WEBSITE_URL', 'https://fwpplugin.com/' );
 
 define( 'FWP_UPDATE_CHECKED',	'Update Checked' );
+define( 'FWP_FORCE_UPDATE_CHECKED', 'Force Update Checked' );
 define( 'FWP_UNSUB_CHECKED',	'Unsubscribe' );
 define( 'FWP_DELETE_CHECKED',	'Delete' );
 define( 'FWP_RESUB_CHECKED',	'Re-subscribe' );
@@ -205,9 +206,14 @@ function updates_requested()
 		endif;
 
 		$update_set = array();
+		$update_single_action = false;
+
 		if ( $fwp_update_invoke != 'get' ) :
 			if  ( is_array( MyPHP::post( 'link_ids' ) )
-			and ( MyPHP::post( 'action' ) == FWP_UPDATE_CHECKED ) ) :
+			and (
+				(MyPHP::post('action')==FWP_UPDATE_CHECKED)
+				or (MyPHP::post('action')==FWP_FORCE_UPDATE_CHECKED)
+			)) :
 				// Get single link ID or multiple link IDs from REQUEST parameters
 				// if available. Sanitize values for MySQL.
 				$link_list = $this->requested_link_ids_sql();
@@ -232,12 +238,20 @@ function updates_requested()
 
 				$targets_keys = array_keys( $targets );
 				$first_key = reset( $targets_keys );
+				$update_single_action = $targets[$first_key];
+
 				if ( !is_numeric( $first_key) ) : // URLs in keys
 					$targets = $targets_keys;
 				endif;
 				$update_set = $targets;
 			endif;
 		endif;
+
+		if (MyPHP::post('action')==FWP_FORCE_UPDATE_CHECKED or $update_single_action === 'Force Update Now'):
+			echo "<p>Force Updating feeds.</p>";
+			add_filter('syndicated_item_force_update', '__return_true');
+		endif;
+
 		return $update_set;
 	}
 
@@ -858,6 +872,7 @@ function display_button_bar( $showInactive ) {
 		<input class="button-secondary" type="submit" name="action" value="<?php print esc_attr( FWP_DELETE_CHECKED ); ?>" />
 		<?php else : ?>
 		<input class="button-secondary" type="submit" name="action" value="<?php print esc_attr( FWP_UPDATE_CHECKED ); ?>" />
+		<input class="button-primary" type="submit" name="action" value="<?php print esc_attr(FWP_FORCE_UPDATE_CHECKED); ?>" style="background:#EE0606" />
 		<input class="button-secondary delete" type="submit" name="action" value="<?php print esc_attr( FWP_UNSUB_CHECKED ); ?>" />
 		<?php endif ; ?>
 		</div> <!-- class="alignleft" -->
diff --git a/syndicatedpost.class.php b/syndicatedpost.class.php
index 6548aef..e76629b 100644
--- a/syndicatedpost.class.php
+++ b/syndicatedpost.class.php
@@ -1303,6 +1303,11 @@ function freshness ($format = 'number') {
 						.')'
 					);
 
+				elseif (apply_filters('syndicated_item_force_update', false, $this->item, $old_post)) :
+					$updated = true;
+					$updatedReason = ' is being force updated';
+					$live = true;
+
 				// The date does not indicate a new revision, so
 				// let's check the hash.
 				else :