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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By: manas.bejj

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Users: 3,000+

Rating: 4.37 (30)

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

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 16972 ▲ 20

Other rankings

#999 in Accessibility ▼ 2 #8 in redirect keyword 52 #26 in youtube shorts keyword 35 #273 in video player keyword 41

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Not available on Firefox

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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

User reviews summary

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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 as intended
Great for replacing short URLs with video URLs
Useful for bypassing YouTube Shorts UI

Cons

Causes issues with the back button for some users
May not work with all browsers
Does not replace short URL entry in history after redirection

Most mentioned

Works as intended
Great extension
Doesn't work with back button
Works perfectly
Useful for replacing short URLs

Recent reviews

Rosvin John Rosales, 2024-04-08

Works as intended, no issues, 5 stars.

Etrnl_T, 2024-03-28

Great extension – it works perfectly.

Ярослав Алексеев, 2024-02-17

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Safety

Risk impact

Redirect Shorts may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.