# Context Play/ Pause

> Play and pause videos from the tab context menu

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/context-play-pause](https://chrome-stats.com/d/context-play-pause)

## Overview

- **ID:** `context-play-pause`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Nick Girardo
- **Category:** other,tabs
- **Daily users:** 16
- **Rating:** 4.80 / 5 (5 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.1resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2018-06-02
- **Size:** 25 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-11
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/context-play-pause/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/nickgirardo/context-play-pause/](https://github.com/nickgirardo/context-play-pause/)

## Description

Context Play/ Pause is a Firefox add-on that allows you to conveniently play and pause videos directly from the tab context menu.

## Rankings

- #26,840 — Overall
- #93 — pause

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `*://*/*`
- `menus`
- `activeTab`
- `tabs`

## 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/context-play-pause)