AO3 Enhancements

Various tweaks and enhancements for ArchiveOfOurOwn.org
What is AO3 Enhancements?
AO3 Enhancements is a Chrome extension that adds various configurable tweaks and enhancements to the fanfiction website ArchiveOfOurOwn.org. It improves work stats, adds chapter stats, allows hiding works when searching, and provides various style customizations. The addon is accessible and does not send data to any servers.

Extension stats

By: Jas
Users: 10,000+
Rating: 4.36 (59)
Version: 0.5.7 (Last updated: 2024-08-07)
Creation date: 2020-06-22
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
  • unlimitedStorage
  • contextMenus
Host permissions:
  • *://*.archiveofourown.org/*
Size: 204.80K

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AO3 Enhancements (v0.5.7)
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Extension summary

Adds various configurable tweaks and enhancements to the fanfiction website ArchiveOfOurOwn.org.

Current enhancements/features:

  • Improves blurb (work) stats:
    • Shows Reading time and Finish reading at
    • Shows Kudos/Hits ratio, making it easier to find the amazing works.
  • Adds whole new Chapter stats to each chapter
    • Shows Reading time and Finish reading at
    • Shows Published date for each chapter
  • Allows hiding works when searching/browsing, based on:
    • The language of the work, and/or
    • How many fandoms the work is in (is it a crossover?), and/or
    • The works author and pseud, and/or
    • The works' tags (optionally using regular expressions, or contrained to a single tag type)
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User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Convenience of hiding unwanted tags
  • Provides chapter statistics
  • Helps users track reading status
  • User-friendly and generally works well
  • Customization options for site appearances
Cons
  • Certain features such as chapter stats are not working or disappearing
  • Extension may mess up users' history and read later lists
  • Has experienced periods of not functioning properly
  • Some users have difficulty with certain visual elements in dark mode
  • Unclear status on operational issues during downtime
Most mentioned
  • Issues with chapter statistics feature
  • Problems with extension not working
  • Desire for customization options
  • Concerns about history being altered
  • Praise for tag blocking system
Recent reviews
Very satisfied with this overall, however, I can't get it to show the added chapter statistics. I had thought it was because my site skin was interfering for some reason (it's a pretty big visual overhaul, so I would not be surprised to find that it caused problems, it's done weird things to work skins occasionally) but I disabled the skin and the box is still not showing up. I am aware that this extension was broken and has only recently been fixed so maybe this was missed? Desired stats are date updated and chapter word count, the reading time stats will just make me feel bad about myself lol. Also, fully unrelated to extension but people who would use it would want to know this probably: in regards to anyone who would like to change the appearance of the site, ao3 users have access to a wide array of things you can use to modify the design! There are a long list of basic and limited default ones, for example, one that splits tags by type in browsing, and you can make your own (html for anything more complicated than playing with fonts and colors), or easier, copy paste someone else's site skin into the create section. You can find custom ones on tumblr and ao3. (On ao3, check the site skin tag, it's not canonical but there's a bunch.) You do have to have an account to do any of this but I'd recommend getting one anyway tbh, more and more fics are being locked to archive users only in order to protect them from being scraped by AI. I promise it doesn't take that long for your account to be approved. Anyway this tangent brought to you by me wanting to tell the review under me at this time (Tin Paudenovic) of the existence of site skins.
by Amy Holbrook, 2024-10-02

Works great! May I suggest a feature? Could you consider making the browsing page for works more like the view when you open a work? Specifically, separating tags into categories such as Relationships, Characters, Additional Tags, etc. The current layout feels a bit cluttered, making it difficult to find or exclude specific tags easily.
by Tin Paudenović, 2024-09-15

Very convienent extension but the update date part of the chapter stats seems to be causing the entire chapter stats to disappear when toggled on, the other 3 chapter stats toggles work normally but it's only when the update date is toggled on that it causes the entire thing to disappear in ao3
by Xznex, 2024-09-13
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AO3 Enhancements requires very minimum permissions.

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