# GIF Blocker

> Block GIF images from being loaded on HTML pages to reduce bandwidth and resource usage

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/gif-blocker](https://chrome-stats.com/d/gif-blocker)

## Overview

- **ID:** `gif-blocker`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Ray
- **Category:** privacy-security,photos-music-videos
- **Daily users:** 295
- **Weekly downloads:** 6
- **Rating:** 2.42 / 5 (24 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.1.2
- **Last updated:** 2020-08-17
- **First published:** 2017-07-30
- **Size:** 42 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/gif-blocker/)
- **Website:** [http://add0n.com/gif-blocker.html](http://add0n.com/gif-blocker.html)

## Description

**GIF Blocker** is a handy Chrome extension designed to improve your browsing experience by blocking GIF images on HTML pages. Instead of loading bandwidth-heavy GIFs, it replaces them with lightweight local vector images, significantly reducing data usage and speeding up page load times. This not only conserves your internet bandwidth but also enhances overall page performance, making your web navigation smoother and faster.

Ideal for users with limited data plans or those seeking faster browsing speeds, GIF Blocker seamlessly integrates with your browser, providing an efficient and unobtrusive way to control multimedia content on websites. Enjoy better resource management and improved page responsiveness with this simple yet effective tool.

## Rankings

- #6,749 — Overall
- #7 — gif
- #27 — reduce
- #60 — ad blocker
- #96 — block ads
- #105 — website blocker

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `activeTab`
- `*://*/*`
- `contextMenus`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- 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/gif-blocker)