Sort By: Oldest

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What is Sort By: Oldest?
'Sort By: Oldest' is a Chrome extension designed to counteract the absence of YouTube's 'sort by oldest' feature. This versatile tool allows users to navigate channel pages by starting with the oldest content, providing an alternative avenue for browsing. Features include a loading animation that displays the status of loaded videos, with an option to disable in settings. The extension also supports sorting of YouTube shorts and livestreams. Note: YouTube plans to reinstate the original feature soon, making this extension obsolete. However, its utility to-date does not go unnoticed, acknowledged by the grateful user community.

Extension stats

Users: 2,000+
Rating: 4.04 (52)
Version: 1.4.5 (Last updated: 2024-01-11)
Creation date: 2023-04-19
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • alarms
  • tabs
  • storage
  • webRequest
  • webNavigation
  • scripting
Host permissions:
  • <all_urls>
Size: 52.55K

Other platforms

Not available on Firefox
Sort By: Oldest (v1.2.1)
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Extension summary

END OF LIFE. YOUTUBE HAS NOW RETURN SORT FEATURE.

This extension will remain available. With 1.4.3 it should be able to shut itself off. It will also stick around for youtube shorts since they dont seem to have sort feature yet.

This extension allows for sort by oldest feature on YouTube channels pages. New feature in 1.3.0 includes a loading animation which shows status of loaded videos. If desired, this can be disabled in the extension settings.

New in 1.4.0, adds oldest for YouTube shorts and livestreams.

1.4.1 fixes bug in YouTube shorts.

1.4.2 fixes bug in oldest to latest.

NOTE: This extension is soon to become obsolete as YouTube is to reinstate the sort by oldest feature properly. This extension was never made as a perfect fix to its removal and does not function exactly as the original. Thank you to all who use this extension, I really appreciate it.

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User reviews

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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
  • Saves time from scrolling down
  • Useful for finding older videos
  • Works great for some users
  • Helps with viewing desired content from the past
  • Super helpful extension overall
Cons
  • Does not work consistently
  • Forces videos into one column on the homepage
  • Lacks a 'Sort By Oldest' feature for normal searches
  • Does not scroll to the bottom of the page like the original
  • Requires permissions that raise privacy concerns
Most mentioned
  • Does not work at all
  • Saves life/time
  • Finally someone made this extension
  • Not as seamless as the original sort by oldest
  • Single column display of videos
Recent reviews
it makes youtube videos display in one row only xd
by Patryk Prokopski, 2024-09-04

forces videos on the home page into one column with recent youtube updates, a shame because i very much still want to be able to sort by oldest.
by Isaiah Miranda, 2024-08-19

Worked fine before now just forces all videos into a single column
by Swantom, 2024-08-01
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Extension safety

Risk impact

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Risk likelihood

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