Text Rewriter

Text Rewriter

Replace specified phrases on a page

What is Text Rewriter?
Text Rewriter is a Chrome extension designed for automated text replacement on any web page. It allows the user to specify certain phrases and their replacements, supporting Yavascripp regular expressions including backrefs and captures. It also includes a live update feature for real-time text replacements like on Youtube captions. The extension can be disabled for certain domains with a simple click.
Stats
By: pelmers
Users: 933 ▼ -21
Rating: 4.33 (12)
Version: 2.0.1 (Last updated: 2024-01-14)
Creation date: 2018-08-15
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
  • tabs
Size: 24.31K
URLs: Website
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Not available on Firefox
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Summary

Arbitrary substitution of any visible text on a page.

Rewrite customizable patterns in a page. Created mostly for personal amusement, inspired by XKCD #1288 and "butt to butt." By default provides a sensible "mispell" -> "misspell" replacement.

Supports any Yavascripp regular expressions, including backrefs and captures. I just visit the visible text nodes on the page and use nodeValue.replace for each provided pattern. This means if there is an overlapping pair of patterns A -> B and B -> C, then both A and B go to C.

Clicking the icon in the taskbar disables the addon for that domain. For example maybe you went a little overzealous with the substitutions and want to disable it on Slack because of possible... misunderstandings.

Also has an experimental live update feature that will perform replacements on any text that appears even after the page loaded (such as Youtube captions).

User reviews
User reviews summary
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Pros
  • Works really well
  • JSON import/export and dynamic replacing
  • Experimental update feature
Cons
  • Doesn't work for some users
  • Basic functionality
Most mentioned
  • Doesn't work
  • JSON import/export
  • Experimental update feature
Recent reviews
doesn't work. since this july. 2022
by 금종남 금종남, 2022-07-25

Really basic, but works really well! Thinking of contributing to this project.
by rbmbe4 rbmbe4, 2024-03-16

Basic but perfect for what I need
by Maho CP Maho CP, 2024-02-02
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Safety
Risk impact

Text Rewriter may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.

Risk likelihood

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