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GIF Blocker

Chrome extension by rynu.smith · Lifestyle · Art

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A Chrome extension in Lifestyle · Art with 4 000 users, a small but real audience.

Every site you visit. This extension can read and change the content of any page you open.

What the developer says, and 1 screenshot

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Users
4 000
Rating
3.6 (44 ratings)
Users, last 18 days
unchanged
Rating, last 30 days
Not watched long enough to say
Version
0.2.2
Updated in the store
2026-07-01
Published
2017-07-30
Manifest
V3
Browser access
5 permissions, 1 site pattern

How it has moved

Users
unchanged since 31.08
4k · 2 readings
  1. 2026-08-314k
  2. 2026-09-174k
Rating
unchanged since 31.08
reviewsrating 3.59 · 2 readings
  1. 2026-08-31reviews44rating3.59
  2. 2026-09-17reviews44rating3.59
Users
unchanged since 31.08
4k · 2 readings
  1. 2026-08-314k
  2. 2026-09-174k
Rating
unchanged since 31.08
reviewsrating 3.59 · 2 readings
  1. 2026-08-31reviews44rating3.59
  2. 2026-09-17reviews44rating3.59

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What it can reach

Every site you visit. This extension can read and change the content of any page you open.

  • Block or redirect requests by rules it declares in advance declarativeNetRequest
  • Run its own code on the pages it can access scripting
  • Act on the current tab, but only after you click it activeTab
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  • Add items to the right-click menu contextMenus
  • Store data in your browser storage

The full permission history for this extension

What changed recently

Nothing has moved on this listing since we started watching it.

The publisher

rynu.smith publishes 15 listings we track, 661k users between them.

  1. User-Agent Switcher and Manager rynu.smith · Productivity · Developer · published 2017-09-13 400k users ★ 4.3
  2. Open in PDF Reader rynu.smith · Productivity · Workflow · published 2017-08-18 90k users ★ 3.5
  3. Block Site rynu.smith · Make Chrome Yours · Privacy · published 2017-10-18 90k users ★ 4.4
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  1. Open in IE rynu.smith · Productivity · Workflow · published 2017-08-29 20k users ★ 3.5
  2. Open in MS Edge™ rynu.smith · Productivity · Tools · published 2017-08-29 20k users ★ 3.9
  3. Convert Gmail™ to PDF (locally) rynu.smith · Productivity · Education · published 2017-07-22 10k users ★ 3.4
  4. Edit with Sublime Text™ rynu.smith · Productivity · Developer · published 2017-08-05 9k users ★ 3.7
  5. Last.fm Scrobbler for YouTube™ rynu.smith · Lifestyle · Social · published 2017-09-09 9k users ★ 3.2

Like this one

Listings the catalog judges closest in what they say they do.

  1. GIF Control Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 32 users
  2. MotionBlock: GIF Blocker & Animation Stopper Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 77 users ★ 5.0
  3. GIF Disabler Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 30 users
  4. Animation Policy Describes nearly the same job, with an established audience 10k users ★ 3.4
  5. Advanced Image Blocker Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 413 users

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