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HTML

<a href="/link-der-aufgerufen-werden-soll.html" id="id-des-elements-das-geklickt-wird">ich werde automatisch geklickt</a>

<h3>Clickcounter: <span id="counter">0</span></h3>

CSS

/* optical demo */
body{
  padding: 1em;
}
a{
  padding:1em 1.5em;
  background:#123456;
  border-radius:5px;
  color:#FFFFFF;
}

.clicked{
  /* taken from https://projects.verou.me/css3patterns/#stairs */
  background:linear-gradient(63deg, #333333 23%, transparent 23%) 7px 0, linear-gradient(63deg, transparent 74%, #333333 78%), linear-gradient(63deg, transparent 34%, #333333 38%, #333333 58%, transparent 62%), #E6763d;
background-size: 16px 48px;
}

JavaScript

(function(){
  var trigger = document.querySelector('#id-des-elements-das-geklickt-wird'),
      delay = 750; // ms millisekunden
 
  setInterval(function(){
    trigger.click();
  }, delay);
})();

// zusatzeffekt damit das klicken sichtbar wird
(function(){
  var trigger = document.querySelector('#id-des-elements-das-geklickt-wird'),
      counter = document.querySelector('#counter'),
      delay = 75,
      timeout;
  
  trigger.addEventListener('click', function(event){
    var count = parseInt(counter.innerText);
    
    timeout = clearTimeout(),
    
    trigger.classList.add('clicked');
    timeout = setTimeout(function(){
      trigger.classList.remove('clicked');
    }, delay);
    
    counter.innerHTML = count+1;
    event.preventDefault();
  });
})();