AO3 Enhancements

Various tweaks and enhancements for ArchiveOfOurOwn.org

AO3 Enhancements - Fanfiction Website Tweaks

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.
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Extension stats

By: Jas
Users: 10,000+
Rating: 4.38
(61)
Version: 0.5.7 (Last updated: 2024-08-07)
Creation date: 2020-06-22
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
  • unlimitedStorage
  • contextMenus
Host permissions:
  • *://*.archiveofourown.org/*
Size: 204.80K

Other platforms

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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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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
  • Easier to use than traditional site skins and coding
  • Convenient filtering options, especially for tags
  • Helps hide unwanted tags and improve reading experience
  • Generally enhances AO3 experience and user satisfaction
  • Features like tag blocking and reading time are particularly appreciated
Cons
  • Frequent issues with the chapter statistics disappearing
  • Stops working unexpectedly and without clear communication
  • Messes with user's reading history and bookmarks
  • Suggested features are often unmet or incomplete
  • User interface issues in dark mode
Most mentioned
  • Functionality stops working or breaking unexpectedly
  • Problems with chapter statistics not displaying correctly
  • Alters user history and bookmark functionality negatively
  • Desire for additional filtering features and improvements
  • Tag blocking system is highly valued
User reviews
Love this extension, much easier to use than trying to figure out how the skins work (I hate coding), very easy to filter out tags by just typing them in, exactly what I needed to improve my ao3 experience. 100% recommend.
by Kay T, 2025-01-27

Works great! Would it be possible to add features such as filtering by kudo/hits rate, by hits count etc?
by Lingqi Guo, 2024-12-10

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
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Extension safety

Risk impact

AO3 Enhancements requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details
  • High Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.
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Risk likelihood

AO3 Enhancements has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details
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