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Web Text Expander: Text Shortcuts & Snippets

Chrome extension by web.text.expander · Productivity · Tools

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A Chrome extension in Productivity · Tools with 30 000 users, an established extension.

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

What the developer says, and 4 screenshots

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Users
30 000
Rating
4.6 (145 ratings)
Users, last 15 days
unchanged
Rating, last 30 days
Not watched long enough to say
Version
2026.9.8.0
Updated in the store
2026-09-08
Published
2023-11-13
Manifest
V3
Browser access
8 permissions, 1 site pattern

How it has moved

Users
unchanged since 31.08
30k · 4 readings
2026-09-09: released 2026.9.8.0
  1. 2026-08-3130k
  2. 2026-09-0430k
  3. 2026-09-1330k
  4. 2026-09-1430k
Rating
-0.004 since 31.08
reviewsrating 4.559-4.566 · 4 readings
2026-09-09: released 2026.9.8.0
  1. 2026-08-31reviews144rating4.563
  2. 2026-09-04reviews145rating4.566
  3. 2026-09-13reviews145rating4.559
  4. 2026-09-14reviews145rating4.559
Users
unchanged since 31.08
30k · 4 readings
2026-09-09: released 2026.9.8.0
  1. 2026-08-3130k
  2. 2026-09-0430k
  3. 2026-09-1330k
  4. 2026-09-1430k
Rating
-0.004 since 31.08
reviewsrating 4.559-4.566 · 4 readings
2026-09-09: released 2026.9.8.0
  1. 2026-08-31reviews144rating4.563
  2. 2026-09-04reviews145rating4.566
  3. 2026-09-13reviews145rating4.559
  4. 2026-09-14reviews145rating4.559

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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.

  • Read what you have copied clipboardRead
  • Run its own code on the pages it can access scripting
  • Schedule work to run later alarms
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  • Put data on your clipboard clipboardWrite
  • Add items to the right-click menu contextMenus
  • Run work in a hidden page offscreen
  • Store data in your browser storage
  • Store data in your browser without the usual size limit unlimitedStorage

The full permission history for this extension

Version history

  1. Version 2026.9.8.0

What changed recently

  1. Package size changed
  2. Released version 2026.9.8.0 (was 2026.8.29.0)

The publisher

web.text.expander. Listed website: webtextexpander.com.

Like this one

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

  1. Auto Text Expander: Text Shortcuts & Snippets Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 2k users ★ 3.2
  2. Text Expander Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 326 users ★ 5.0
  3. 92 Text Expander Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 14 users ★ 5.0
  4. PhrasePilot – Text Expander · Auto Text Snippets & Shortcuts Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 3 users (last published figure)
  5. Text Expander Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 18 users ★ 5.0

The top 5 only. The full comparison, with why each one is close, is on the alternatives page; ranking a whole neighbourhood by your own criteria is in the app.

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