# ShortURL

> A simple private URL shortener.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/\_shorturl](https://chrome-stats.com/d/_shorturl)

## Overview

- **ID:** `_shorturl`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** gxvwb
- **Category:** privacy-security,bookmarks
- **Daily users:** 26
- **Rating:** 4.00 / 5 (1 ratings)
- **Version:** 4.1
- **Last updated:** 2025-11-20
- **First published:** 2021-04-11
- **Size:** 49 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/_shorturl/)

## Description

<strong>ShortURL</strong> is a Firefox Add-on copy of <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/yourls-shortener/" rel="nofollow">YOURLS shortener</a>, defaulted to work with the YOURLS server <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/a2609e1dc50632e08d4e707fdd0c7c271f840e144414a619379697df38e8d150/https%3A//url.gxvwb.dev" rel="nofollow">url.gxvwb.dev</a>. ShortURL creates private Short URLs using easy to remember 4-digit numerical codes and does not track users.

## Rankings

- #21,740 — Overall
- #56 — shoot

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `storage`
- `clipboardWrite`
- `contextMenus`
- `http://*/*`
- `https://*/*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/_shorturl)