When was this website published?

Find out when the webpage you currently browse was created

When was this website published? Chrome Extension Discover Dates

'When was this website published?' is a Chrome extension that provides the creation date of the current webpage you are browsing. Ideal for those moments when you're reading an article with no clear publication date, it uses the Wayback Machine to fetch this information. Accuracy and availability may sometimes be less due to the broad range of webpages being crawled by Wayback Machine.

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By: Sebastian Pältz

Users: 4,000+

Rating: 4.50

(16)

Version: 1.0.0 (Last updated: 2015-06-22)

Creation date: 2015-06-22

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood:

Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

http://web.archive.org/
tabs

Size: 12.37K

Ranking

# 15,960 ▲ 90

Other rankings

#4308 in Accessibility ▼ 8 #13 in publish keyword 2 ▼ 3 #23 in website keyword 64 ▼ 1 #83 in article keyword 8 #107 in web page keyword 57 ▲ 9

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Extension summary

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Do you know this feeling ... you're browsing the web, maybe read an article or a blogpost ... and there is nowhere to be found when the article was published, it might be totally outdated.

Simply click the icon and this extension will tell you as accurate as possible:

When was the website that I'm currently visiting created?

NOTE: Since this extension is using the Wayback machine which crawls the ENTIRE web, accuracy and availability are lacking sometimes.

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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

Works flawlessly and as promised
Extremely useful for finding publication dates
User-friendly and simple to use
Helps avoid technical methods like terminal commands
Great for academic writing and citation

Cons

Could include the relative age of the website (e.g., 'xx months old')
Lacks a feature for automatic notifications about publication dates

Most mentioned

Fantastic extension
Extremely handy for work and projects
Works perfectly

User reviews

Adrian Saffarnia, 2024-07-19

Exactly what i was looking for. Search results are filled with older non relevant articles. Until they find a cure for it this extension will be helpful. But could you add "xx months old" or something along with the actual date. Knowing the exact age would be more striking. Also if there could be an option for floating windows that automatically tells the age of a website without always need to clicking on the extension.