GobStopper

Name: GobStopper
Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Author: Aligorith

By: Aligorith

One-click button to pause all media players

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Features & Capabilities

Pauses all HTML 5 videos/audio with just a single click on the toolbar icon or by pressing F4.

This is useful when working in an office environment where you may be frequently interrupted while listening to music on Youtube or other video/music streaming sites, and it is not always convenient to be riffing through your open tabs closing the sound-making tab in front of co-workers, bosses, clients, etc.

Currently supported sites:

Most that use HTML5 video/audio elements - e.g. Youtube, Vimeo, Twitter, RNZ, Stuff . co . nz

Unsuported sites (to be fixed in upcoming releases):

Soundcloud

Other sites:

Give it a try! Submit an Issue/Pull Request if it doesn't work on any particular sites.

Permissions Usage:

Tabs - To go over all open tabs, hunting for applicable media players to pause
All Sites Access - So it can affect media on any site identified as making noise

User Growth & Download Statistics

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Version:

0.3.0 Last updated: 2019-08-23

Version code:

4842490

Creation date:

2019-08-19

Risk:

Permissions:

tabs

Content scripts matches:

Size:

10.80KB

URLs:

Website

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-03

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 28,729 ▼ 1,041

Other rankings

#116 in pause keyword 11 ▼ 5#179 in stop keyword 19 ▼ 6

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Developed by:

Aligorith

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/gob-stopper/

Website:

https://github.com/Aligorith/GobStopper

User Reviews

Works great, thanks. Only extra thing I'd like is to enable it to unpause/mute.

by RJ*****, 2024-02-12

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Is GobStopper Safe?

Risk impact

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

GobStopper requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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Risk likelihood

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GobStopper has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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