# URL Shortener & QR Code - iShortener

> Fast Shorten URL for Web. Shorten your URL so it’s ready to be shared everywhere.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `ishortener`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Removed
- **Publisher:** Sontaya Dev.
- **Daily users:** 360
- **Weekly downloads:** 2
- **Rating:** 4.33 / 5 (18 ratings)
- **Version:** 4.8
- **Last updated:** 2022-06-27
- **First published:** 2018-01-17
- **Size:** 85 KB
- **Data as of:** 2025-08-25
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/ishortener/)

## Description

## URL Shortener & QR Code - iShortener

Make your long URLs easy to share with iShortener, a fast and reliable Chrome extension designed for URL shortening and QR code generation. Key features include automatic copying of shortened links, a built-in QR code generator for instant scanning, and a sleek dark mode to enhance user experience during nighttime browsing.

iShortener leverages Firebase Dynamic Links API to ensure your shortened URLs are durable and optimized for sharing across social media, emails, and messaging apps. This extension gracefully handles the transition from Google URL Shortener services to Firebase, providing users with uninterrupted, high-quality link shortening service. Enhance your web sharing workflow with iShortener's simple, fast, and efficient tools today.

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `activeTab`
- `clipboardWrite`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Allows reading and modifying clipboard content, which can be sensitive, posing a moderate privacy risk.
- This extension is not longer available in the store

## Review summary

### Pros

- Easy to use
- Offers QR code
- Shortens URL in one click
- Has dark mode
- Can remove social media buttons
- Does not require unnecessary permissions

### Cons

- Replaces spaces with a '+' causing data corruption
- Pop-up requires to be dismissed
- Lacks option to change URL shortener api

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