Compare Chrome extensions: Modify Header Value (HTTP Headers) vs Header Hacker

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User count 40,000+ 7,000+
Average rating 3.38 4.24
Rating count 42 121
Last updated 2024-02-19 2013-05-29
Size 96.59K 162.82K
Version 0.1.9 0.7
Short description
Add, modify or remove a header for any request on desired domains. Modifies HTTP headers on the fly.
Full summary

Modify Header Value (HTTP Headers) is an extension that can add, modify or remove an HTTP-request-header for all requests on a desired website or URL. This Addon is very useful if you are an App developer, website designer, or if you want to test a particular header for a request on a website.

Key features:

  1. Easily add, modify or remove a header for any request on desired domains.
  2. For a complete list of HTTP headers, please take a look at the list of all HTTP Header Fields on the Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_header_fields).
  3. Clicking on the Toolbar icon opens a UI to quickly switch the Addon ON or OFF, or open the options page.
  4. Each header item has several options to adjust (see add-on's Options page for details)
  5. You can add several header items and active or inactive them separately.
  6. An example in the options page shows a tutorial on "How to add a custom header".

Note: to report bugs, please visit addon's homepage (https://mybrowseraddon.com/modify-header-value.html) and fill out the bug report form.

Header Hacker is an extension that allows you to quickly and easily modify HTTP headers on the fly. You can also pre-set certain sites to always change specific HTTP headers.

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Version 0.7 adds support for the 'Host' header.