Discussions button for Google Search™

Adds filter buttons to Google™ search results.

Discussions Filter for Google Search™

Discussions button for Google Search™ is a Chrome extension that adds filter buttons to Google search results, allowing you to search forums and message boards. It modifies your search query and adds relevant filters in place of the disabled discussion search functionality.

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By: Levi Melamed

Users: 30,000+

Rating: 4.13

(156)

Version: 1.4.11 (Last updated: 2025-01-07)

Creation date: 2016-12-31

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood:

Moderate risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

storage

Size: 25.65K

Email: le*****@gmail.com

Ranking

# 4,614 ▲ 27

Other rankings

#11906 in Tools ▼ 138

#2 in button for google keyword 46 ▲ 1

#2 in google search keyword 36

#53 in google keyword 94 ▲ 5

#86 in search keyword 47 ▼ 5

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Not available on Edge

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Extension summary

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Adds back the discussions button to Google search results, which enables you to search forums and message boards.

Update: Google has since outright disabled the discussion search functionality. As a workaround, the discussions link will now modify your search query and add some relevant filters.

Source code - https://github.com/stri8ed/google-search-discussions

New in 1.4.10 • Added options page. Toggle between original "Forums" button, and discussion filters. • Fixed extension to work with latest version of Google.

User reviews

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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

Very useful extension for discussions
Works well when functioning properly
Allows for easy access to discussion-related searches

Cons

Breaks functionality of other search tabs (Images, Products, etc.)
Occasional issues with the discussions button not appearing
Inconsistent performance; sometimes works, sometimes doesn't

Most mentioned

Interferes with images search functionality
Discussions button not visible or stops working
Users willing to pay for a fix or improvements

User reviews

Breaks search tabs apart from "All" or "News". Have to disable the extension

Michael Pascual, 2024-11-27

As recent reviews have mentioned, this extension breaks the ability to navigate to other Google search tabs like Images and Products. I'm a big fan of this extension and hope that this issue gets resolved soon.

Cody Henderson, 2024-11-20

I truly do love the extension but when activated, a few other tabs stop working for me. Like images, products and a couple more. Need to disable "discussions" to acces them.

Dennis van Zon, 2024-10-27

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Discussions button for Google Search™ requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Discussions button for Google Search™ is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.

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