Website Checker

Displays a number of events from sequent websites over the icons. It can be a number of items or defined text match.
What is Website Checker?
Website Checker is a Chrome extension that displays the number of events from sequent websites over icons. It can check websites with defined intervals and uses regular expressions to show matches or the first group of matches. It also offers predefined templates for Gmail, Facebook notifications, and more.

Extension stats

Users: 58 ▲ 6
Rating: 4.33 (6)
Version: 0.3.7 (Last updated: 2013-09-04)
Creation date: 2013-09-04
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • http://*/*
  • https://*/*
Size: 26.97K

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Not available on Edge
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Extension summary

E.g: shows number of unread posts from forum or Gmail account.

  • checks websites with defined interval
  • uses regular expressions - displays a number of matches or first group of match

Features:

  • shows website favicon or you can set url to icon
  • badge is blinking when change of websites status
  • predefined templates for Gmail, Facebook notifications, number of today views on blog Worpress.com, unread posts from forum engines: phpBB3, phpBB2, phpBB by Przemo, SMF
  • only websites with more than zero events are shown in cycle

Instructions:

  1. Right click on icon and choose Options.
  2. Choose predefined template and complete entry or add all information: title, link and regular expression. Choose to count matches or show match. Optionally add link to icon.
  3. Set interval.
  4. Click Save.
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User reviews

Not a bad little extension. I use it for my phpBB forum, for checking unread threads, works perfectly. However, can do with some cosmetic work, maybe give the settings page a makeover. Other than that, good extension.
by Daniel Skelton, 2015-03-12

Helpful little extension for power users. Going a little beyond simple checking of Web content, it will allow you to define a regular expression for any page and either count the number of hits OR let you extract numbers to display directly. Clever. Bugs: * Does not handle unresponsive websites gracefully. * Sometimes freezes and stops working for no apparent reason.
by Larry Gilbert, 2013-03-28

Excellent App!
by Adam Robbins, 2013-01-05
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Website Checker requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Website Checker has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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