# Anchor Selector

> To change URL hash, Click icon and select anchor element has id attribute.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/anchor-selector](https://chrome-stats.com/d/anchor-selector)

## Overview

- **ID:** `anchor-selector`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** bgpat
- **Category:** web-development,other
- **Daily users:** 13
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (3 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.10.2
- **Last updated:** 2024-05-28
- **First published:** 2018-09-29
- **Size:** 268 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-16
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/anchor-selector/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/bgpat/anchor-selector](https://github.com/bgpat/anchor-selector)

## Description

"Anchor Selector" is a Firefox add-on that allows you to easily change the URL hash by selecting anchor elements with an id attribute.

## Rankings

- #29,465 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `clipboardWrite`
- `storage`

### Content script matches

- `*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low 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/anchor-selector)