# GIF Player Controller

> Smart GIF playback control with pause, progress scrubbing, and auto-load management

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `gif-player-controller`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Removed
- **Publisher:** GIF Player Controller
- **Daily users:** 999
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Version:** 1.2.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-12-13
- **First published:** 2025-12-10
- **Size:** 626 KB
- **Data as of:** 2025-12-15
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/gif-player-controller/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/abel533/gif-player-extension/issues](https://github.com/abel533/gif-player-extension/issues)

## Description

GIF Player Controller provides **complete playback control** for GIFs on web pages, adding play/pause buttons, a precise progress scrubber, and smooth playback without stutter.

It also delivers **smart loading and filtering** with a clean, **hover UI**: the extension auto-detects GIFs on the page, avoids auto-loading when many GIFs are present, offers customizable behavior, and runs entirely locally to protect privacy.

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `storage`
- `<all_urls>`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`
- `*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High 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 is not longer available in the store

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/gif-player-controller)