# Fix Engadget

> Fix broken redirects in Engadget.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/fix-engadget](https://chrome-stats.com/d/fix-engadget)

## Overview

- **ID:** `fix-engadget`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** sharapeco
- **Category:** privacy-security
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (1 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2019-08-08
- **First published:** 2019-08-07
- **Size:** 10 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-14
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/fix-engadget/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/sharapeco/fix-engadget](https://github.com/sharapeco/fix-engadget)

## Description

Fix Engadget is a Firefox add-on that resolves broken redirects in Engadget by suppressing unnecessary redirecting through multiple URLs and ensuring a seamless browsing experience.

## Rankings

- #130,477 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `*://www.engadget.com/*`
- `*://japanese.engadget.com/*`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Allows the extension to observe and analyze traffic in flight for the selected hosts.
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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/fix-engadget)