Redirector

Redirect urls using regular expressions

What is Redirector?

"Redirector" is a simple Chrome extension allowing users to redirect URLs using regular expressions. This powerful tool could be used for opening mobile sites, like Wikipedia in desktop mode or redirecting YouTube URLs to open in a dedicated video app instead of the browser. It allows users to customize their browsing experience by setting up their own rules for URL handling.

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By: Ben Davis Media

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Users: 20,000+

Rating: 4.39 (98) ▲ 1 new ratings

Version: 1.0 (Last updated: 2013-07-28)

Creation date: 2013-07-27

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

<all_urls>
webRequest
webRequestBlocking

Size: 15.91K

URLs: Website

Stats date:

Chrome-Stats Rank

# 6103 ▲ 22

Other rankings

#22737 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 41 #22 in example keyword 2 ▲ 6 #69 in redirect keyword 48 ▲ 4

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Summary

Analyze keywords

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

User reviews summary

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Pros

Works as expected
Simple and easy to use
Allows for regex pattern matching
Has a simple UI

Cons

Lack of button for temporary bypass
Can't edit redirect rules, need to delete and add new ones
Issues with redirected URLs missing the colon in https
Difficulty in getting some redirects to work

Most mentioned

Simple and effective
Needs a feature to turn the redirect on/off easier
Need to be able to test redirects
Issues with redirected URLs

Recent reviews

Adnane YOUSSEFI, 2024-05-03

Great plugin. Tis very much needs an 'edit' feature. Tired of copying and pasting my rules to tweak them.

Ray Winkelman, 2015-07-31

Sara Fonder, 2024-01-29

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Safety

Risk impact

Redirector 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 Redirector if you trust the publisher.