Modify href

A Chrome extension for modifying the href / host / domain of the links on a web page
What is Modify href?
Modify href is a Chrome extension that simplifies the process of modifying the href, host, or domain of links on a web page. It is particularly useful when you need to redirect links to different hosts or public domains without conflicting with existing JavaScript events on your anchor tags. Simply install the extension, enter the old and new href values, load your page, and click the extension icon to make the modifications.

Extension stats

Users: 201 ▲ 7
Rating: 4.00 (9)
Version: 0.0.4 (Last updated: 2022-11-18)
Creation date: 2015-08-21
Risk impact: Very low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • storage
Size: 125.95K

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Not available on Edge
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Extension summary

This simple extension does one simple thing: change the href on your current page

A Chrome extension for modifying the href / host / domain of the links on a web page

This small tool will be extremely helpful when you are hitting your own app host directly while links on your web app should rather point to the other hosts or public domain. It will replace the href in the DOM level so there will be no conflict with the javascript events that you might have on your anchor tags.

How to use:

  1. Install the Chrome extension

  2. Go to the options page of this extension

  3. Enter the old href that you want to be replaced (e.g. abc.com, abc.com/xyz)

  4. Enter the new href that you want to use (e.g. cba.com, cba.com/zyx)

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User reviews

Thank you, Thank you. Very helpful.
by Nazmul Ahmed Noyon, 2024-01-14

Super useful. Thank you Chang Lui!
by github workflow, 2023-05-19

Thanks for the link to the source code! I found exactly what I was looking for to add to my own extension :)
by Nick F, 2021-09-10
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Modify href does not require any sensitive permissions.

Risk likelihood

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