Redirect Shorts

Redirects youtube shorts to the normal player

What is Redirect Shorts?

'Redirect Shorts' is a Chrome extension specially designed for improving YouTube browsing on desktop. It automatically alters YouTube Shorts URL to the standard video URL, taking you straightway to the regular video player. With Redirect Shorts, experience a substantial improvement in your YouTube viewing on desktop.

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Extension stats

By: manas.bejj

View on Chrome Web Store

Users: 3,000+

Rating: 4.39 (31)

Version: 1.0 (Last updated: 2022-03-03)

Creation date: 2022-03-03

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Host permissions:

*://www.youtube.com/shorts/*

Size: 32.80K

Email: ma*****@gmail.com

Ranking

# 16406 ▼ 6

Other rankings

#1129 in Accessibility ▲ 3 #11 in redirect keyword 52

Other platforms

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

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Extension summary

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This extension replaces the "/shorts/" from the url with "watch?v=" to play your shorts video on the normal player which is more user friendly on a computer.

User reviews

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Pros

Works as intended for most users.
Saves time by automatically redirecting /short/ URLs to /video/ URLs.
Considered essential by many users.

Cons

Breaks the back button functionality, preventing users from returning to previous pages.
Triggers infinite rendering loops for some specific interactions.
Redirected URLs do not replace short URL entries in history.

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