# Custom URL New Tab

> Extremely simple new tab extension that just renders the given page.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/custom-url-new-tab](https://chrome-stats.com/d/custom-url-new-tab)

## Overview

- **ID:** `custom-url-new-tab`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** MrDiamond
- **Category:** search-tools,bookmarks,tabs
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-01
- **First published:** 2026-04-28
- **Size:** 10 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/custom-url-new-tab/)

## Description

Firefox is missing one feature that bugged me really hard: you can't set a custom URL for a new tab. There's extensions that do this but they all mess with the URL bar. This one doesn't by simply using an iframe with the configured url.

## Rankings

- #90,260 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `scripting`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Can alter new tab settings; fairly benign but with some capability to affect user experience.
- 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/custom-url-new-tab)