# Block media

> Blocks fonts, images, audio, videos, and beacons from loading. Useful for automated testing for faster page loads.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/block-media](https://chrome-stats.com/d/block-media)

## Overview

- **ID:** `block-media`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Edil
- **Category:** web-development
- **Weekly downloads:** 2
- **Version:** 1.2
- **Last updated:** 2025-03-24
- **First published:** 2025-03-23
- **Size:** 7.92 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/block-media/)

## Description

Block Media is a simple Firefox extension that prevents fonts, images, audio, videos, and beacons from loading on webpages. This helps speed up automated testing by reducing unnecessary resource requests.

## Rankings

- #136,088 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `<all_urls>`

## 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/block-media)