Postlight Reader

Postlight Reader - Clear away the clutter from all of your articles. Instantly.

Postlight Reader: Clutter-Free Reading Chrome Extension

Postlight Reader is a versatile Chrome extension designed to enhance your online reading experience. It eliminates ads and distractions from any website, presenting you with a clutter-free, clean reading view that retains only the text and images. With features like Send To Kindle, typeface and text size adjustments, and sharing capabilities, this extension makes online reading more enjoyable. Ideal for those who prefer a clean, distraction-free reading environment.

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Extension stats

By: Postlight

Users: 1,000,000+

Rating: 3.87

(1,731)

1 new ratings

Version: 11 (Last updated: 2024-07-12)

Creation date: 2019-12-05

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood:

Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

contextMenus
tabs
storage
activeTab

Size: 1.89M

Email: ma*****@postlight.com

Ranking

# 426 ▼ 2

Other rankings

#10 in Accessibility ▲ 1

#6 in reader keyword 84

#91 in article keyword 8 ▲ 4

#174 in light keyword 37 ▼ 10

#268 in chrome extension keyword 85 ▲ 28

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Other platforms

PDF Reader (v2.4.0)

3.69

(44,974) 1,618,067+

Not available on Firefox

Postlight Reader (v10)

3.80

(4) 98,250+

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Extension summary

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The Postlight Reader extension for Chrome removes ads and distractions, leaving only text and images for a clean and consistent reading view on every site.

Features:

Disable surrounding webpage noise and clutter with one click
Send To Kindle functionality
Adjust typeface and text size, and toggle between light or dark themes
Quick keyboard shortcut (Cmd + Esc for Mac users, Alt + ` for Windows users) to switch to Reader on any article page
Printing optimization
Sharing through Facebook, Twitter and Email

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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

Works well for some users after restarting the browser
Useful for reading articles
Has the potential for good performance on specific sites

Cons

Not working for many users on various devices and websites
Issues with the extension icon not responding or being dark
Lack of developer communication and support

Most mentioned

Not working on PC
Needs a browser restart to function properly
Consistent performance issues across multiple users

User reviews

I LOVE this extension. I've been using it for months now. Works as expected on my Lenovo Chromebook. As a couple others have commented, some websites it might work on the homepage. Just click on a particular article, active it and it will work every time ... for me anyway. I'm even impressed it works on pay sites like the New York Times.