# Edit Button

> Show a button if the page you are viewing is editable.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/edit-button-rel](https://chrome-stats.com/d/edit-button-rel)

## Overview

- **ID:** `edit-button-rel`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** capjamesg
- **Category:** alerts-updates
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 1.0.7
- **Last updated:** 2025-09-09
- **First published:** 2025-05-20
- **Size:** 129 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/edit-button-rel/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/capjamesg/edit-button-extension](https://github.com/capjamesg/edit-button-extension)

## Description

This extension checks for the presence of rel=edit links on a web page.

A natural-language heuristic is also used to search link anchor texts on a web page for several terms commonly associated with edit links.

If an edit link is found, an Edit button will appear in the Firefox URL bar.

## Rankings

- #105,879 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `activeTab`
- `storage`
- `webNavigation`
- `scripting`

### Host permissions

- `<all_urls>`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- 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/edit-button-rel)