SP Insider

SP Insider (SPI) for Chrome is a free SharePoint Discovery tool for Developers and supports SharePoint Online/Office 365, 2016 and…

What is SP Insider?

SP Insider is a Chrome extension that provides a streamlined way to discover and explore SharePoint sites safely. Geared towards developers, the tool supports SharePoint Online/Office 365, 2016 and 2013. It runs in read-only mode allowing for investigation without accidental changes. Using SP Insider, developers can explore various aspects of SharePoint sites, view REST requests and JSON data, and open SharePoint locations in a new browser tab. Importantly, no additional installations on the server are needed.

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Users: 4,000+

Rating: 4.86 (21)

Version: 1.1.6.35 (Last updated: 2017-06-13)

Creation date: 2017-06-13

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

<all_urls>
storage
chrome://favicon/

Size: 289.79K

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 14590 ▼ 209

Other rankings

#2765 in Developer Tools ▲ 2 #57 in explore keyword 12 ▼ 1

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Summary

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SP Insider (SPI) for Chrome is a free SharePoint Discovery tool for Developers and supports SharePoint Online/Office 365, 2016 and 2013. It runs in read-only mode so you can investigate your SharePoint Sites and explore SharePoint object properties without risking making any accidental changes. It runs standalone in the browser and doesn't need anything to be installed on the server.

To use SP Insider:

Add it to the the browser
Login to your SharePoint Site. You can navigate to a sub-site if you want to investigate that.
Once your site is loaded in the browser launch SharePoint Insider from the Chrome browser toolbar.

Note: If you are already on SharePoint then reload the SharePoint page after installing the extension

Now you can

Explore and investigate Sharepoint sites, libraries, lists, items, features, columns, content types, pages, users, groups and plus a lot more

User reviews

User reviews summary

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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

Saves time
Provides a lot of useful information
Great for SharePoint Development

Cons

Doesn't work with an App (SP AddIn) web
Cannot copy paste from within the extension

Most mentioned

Ease of use
Useful for SharePoint development
REST/JSON testing/usage

Recent reviews

Great Tool! I use it a lot during SharePoint Development. Now Bugs since now. Fantastic job!

Felix, 2020-12-17

Looks great for when I am working in normal SharePoint, but doesn't work with an App (SP AddIn) web.

Vincent Rothwell, 2020-11-17

Do you know how much time this is going to save me? I don't even know how I managed before this. Thank you! Do you take donations?

Jose Zaldivar, 2020-04-11

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Safety

Risk impact

SP Insider may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.