# HTML Tags Detector

> Detect a web page elements by clicking the element name in sidebar. It's a good tool to check the overlapped elements on the page.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/html-tags-detector](https://chrome-stats.com/d/html-tags-detector)

## Overview

- **ID:** `html-tags-detector`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** WordPress Mechanic
- **Category:** web-development,appearance
- **Daily users:** 15
- **Version:** 2.0
- **Last updated:** 2019-10-22
- **First published:** 2019-10-08
- **Size:** 427 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/html-tags-detector/)

## Description

HTML Tags Detector is a Firefox add-on that allows users to detect web page elements by clicking on the element name in the sidebar. It is a useful tool for identifying and analyzing overlapped elements on a webpage.

## Rankings

- #28,123 — Overall
- #66 — detect
- #76 — html

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `tabs`
- `storage`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- 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/html-tags-detector)