Postlight Reader

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

Extension stats

By: Postlight
Users: 1,000,000+
Rating: 3.87 (1,732)
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

Other platforms

Not available on Firefox
Postlight Reader (v10)
3.80 (4) 102,660+
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Extension summary

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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 on certain websites like news articles
  • User-friendly installation process
  • Provides API integration options
Cons
  • Not working on multiple platforms or sites
  • Icon often appears inactive, and clicking does nothing
  • Recent updates have led to decreased functionality
Most mentioned
  • Not working on PC
  • Problems with functioning on various websites
  • Lack of communication or support from developers
Recent reviews
by Paco RP, 2024-10-13

It doesn't work. It managed to get a portion of the article I was reading but not the whole article.
by Woofes, 2024-10-13

Some site (techcrunch) start to block this extension. Please update your algorithm.
by Thien Thai, 2024-09-24
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Postlight Reader requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Postlight Reader has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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