Redirector
What is Redirector?
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- <all_urls>
- webRequest
- webRequestBlocking
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Extension summary
This simple extension allows you to redirect urls using the power of regular expressions.
For example, you can have all mobile Wikipedia urls to open in desktop mode (this is convered in the tutorial below).
You could also redirect to non-browser schemes to launch external apps. For example,If you want youtube links to open in a desktop video app (such as minitube), you can redirect all youtube urls with a "youtube:" prefix, and then set up a scheme handler on your OS to pass youtube: urls to your player.
For documentation, visit the product home page: http://bendavis78.github.io/chrome-extension-redirector
User reviews
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spammy, or outdated.- Simple and effective
- Works reliably and as expected
- Fast loading of pages
- Useful for creating redirects
- User-friendly configuration
- Lacks a temporary bypass option
- Issues with certain redirects not working
- Cannot edit existing redirect rules
- Bug causing incorrect formatting of URLs
- No way to test redirects within the extension
- Works reliably
- Simple configuration
- Temp bypass option needed
- Test redirects feature requested
- Some redirects do not function
Recent reviews
Hati, 2024-09-30 
kage Shadow912, 2024-08-11 
Adnane YOUSSEFI, 2024-05-03Extension safety
Risk impact
Redirector requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk likelihood
Redirector has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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