# Image Direct

> Google recently removed the button to view the image source when using Google's image search. With this add-on you can directly view the image source when using google image search again.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/image-direct](https://chrome-stats.com/d/image-direct)

## Overview

- **ID:** `image-direct`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Firefox user 13791409
- **Category:** search-tools,appearance,other
- **Daily users:** 79
- **Rating:** 3.00 / 5 (2 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.2.1resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2018-02-17
- **Size:** 9.66 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/image-direct/)

## Description

Image Direct is a Firefox add-on that allows you to easily view the image source on Google's image search. With Google's recent removal of the image source button, this add-on restores the functionality, giving you a convenient way to access the source information of images.

## Rankings

- #12,985 — Overall
- #51 — direct link
- #153 — hd image
- #166 — redirect
- #179 — hd images
- #193 — text-to-image

## Permissions and access

### Content script matches

- `*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate 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 has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/image-direct)