# Image Forcer

> Forces websites to return images of the correct type when requesting them.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `image-forcer`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Zipdox
- **Category:** photos-music-videos
- **Daily users:** 64
- **Weekly downloads:** 2
- **Rating:** 2.50 / 5 (2 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Last updated:** 2023-08-24
- **First published:** 2023-08-24
- **Size:** 28 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/image-forcer/)

## Description

Forces websites to return images of the correct type when requesting them. Prevents websites from returning HTML when requesting an image. Prevents website from returning WebP when requesting a PNG or JPEG/JPG.

## Rankings

- #14,353 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `<all_urls>`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`

## 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-forcer)