RSS Subscription Extension (by Google)

Adds one-click subscription to your toolbar.

What is RSS Subscription Extension (by Google)?

RSS Subscription Extension (by Google) is a Chrome extension that detects RSS feeds on the page you are reading and allows you to subscribe to them using your favorite feed reader. It comes with predefined feed readers and the option to add any web-based feed reader of your choice to the list.

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By: [email protected]

View on Chrome Web Store

Users: 600,000+

Rating: 3.96 (3,459) ▼ 1 ratings

Version: 2.2.9 (Last updated: 2024-07-04)

Creation date: 2014-08-25

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

tabs
storage
scripting

Host permissions:

http://*/*
https://*/*

Size: 156.67K

Email: fi*****@google.com

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 683 ▲ 6

Other rankings

#52 in News & Weather

#2 in subscription keyword 41

#11 in extension keyword 85

#11 in sheets erweiterung keyword 38 ▲ 1

#17 in subscriptions keyword 28

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Summary

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This extension auto-detects RSS feeds on the page you are reading and upon finding one will display an RSS icon in the Omnibox, allowing you to click on it to preview the feed content and subscribe using your favorite feed reader.

The extension comes with a few feed readers predefined (Newsblur, My Yahoo, Feedly, Inoreader, The Old Reader) but also allows you to add any web-based feed reader of your choice to the list.

What's new in version 2.2.8?

Minor bugfix.

What's new in version 2.2.8?

Updated to extension manifest version 3.
Changed the Feed link in Preview page to Copy feed url to clipboard.

What's new in version 2.2.7?

Fixed truncation in feed preview.

What's new in version 2.2.6?

User reviews

User reviews summary

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Pros

Enables users to obtain the URL of a page's RSS feed
Can be used to paste the feed URL into feed aggregators

Cons

Doesn't work for many websites
Causes images in feeds to not load properly
Redirects to chrome-extension:// URL
Not maintained by Google

Most mentioned

Doesn't work
Doesn't display feed for many websites
Causes images in feeds to not load properly
Not maintained by Google

Recent reviews

Zornitsa Antokolskiy, 2024-07-26

pendant un moment j'ai cru que j'étais niais ... pourtant je suis allé à l'école ... fonctionne pas

Viet DAO, 2024-06-09

It was fine but under unknown reason stopped.

ERTM Medias, 2024-05-23

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Safety

Risk impact

RSS Subscription Extension (by Google) is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install RSS Subscription Extension (by Google) if you trust the publisher.