# Block Site

> A simple extension to block specified sites.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/block-site-at-ten-paces](https://chrome-stats.com/d/block-site-at-ten-paces)

## Overview

- **ID:** `block-site-at-ten-paces`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Neil Butler
- **Category:** other
- **Daily users:** 3
- **Weekly downloads:** 2
- **Rating:** 1.00 / 5 (1 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-03-03
- **First published:** 2025-03-02
- **Size:** 16 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/block-site-at-ten-paces/)

## Description

The extension blocks sites. The only notable thing about it is it gets its list of sites to block from a websocket server, so you can start and stop it from the commandline or through a keybinding.

## Rankings

- #53,721 — Overall
- #136 — site

## 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-site-at-ten-paces)