LinkReplacer

Name: LinkReplacer
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)
Author: ShimmyMySherbet

Replaces the target URL of links with the link they show to the user, helping to remove tracking links from emails and from user generated content.

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Features & Capabilities

Many websites and emails use tracking links behind seemingly direct-looking links. This can rarely be for user safety, to pre-screen external URLs. However, the majority of the time it is for tracking and analytics. You can spot these links before you even click on them, as when you hover over them with your mouse, a different, usually longer link is displayed in a tool-tip.

What this extension does, is look for links that appear to be direct, displaying the full URL to the user, but have a different target URL underneath. Then it replaces the link target with the URL that was shown to the user, killing tracking and analytic links that try to hide the target URL.

If you are interested in contributing to the project, or have any issues or ideas, you can find this project's GitHub repository here: https://github.com/ShimmyMySherbet/LinkReplacer

User Growth & Download Statistics

Add-on

By:

ShimmyMySherbet

Daily users:

Rating:

5.00

(1)

Version:

0.1 Last updated: 2023-05-05

Version code:

5561724

Creation date:

2023-05-04

Risk:

Content scripts matches:

Size:

83.79KB

Email:

Sh*****@gmail.com

URLs:

Website

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-16

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# 134,074 ▲ 3,208

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Developed by:

ShimmyMySherbet

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/linkreplacer/

Email:

Sh*****@gmail.com

Website:

https://github.com/ShimmyMySherbet/LinkReplacer/issues

Is LinkReplacer Safe?

Risk impact

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

LinkReplacer requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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Risk likelihood

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

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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