Compare Chrome extensions: Multi-highlight vs Pearls Extension

Stats Multi-highlight Multi-highlight Pearls Extension Pearls Extension
User count 202,042+ 20,000+
Average rating 4.10 4.23
Rating count 539 82
Last updated 2020-06-17 2023-08-26
Size 60.78K 31.93K
Version 1.21 1.0.9
Short description
Search and highlight multiple words on web pages. Always highlight a set of words stored for chosen webpages.
Full summary

Can do for you:

  • Highlight multiple english words on all pages. (whole word matching for english words, currently)
  • Your words will be saved.
  • Needs to refresh opened pages after install this extension.

If you love it, you can support it on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/alexius_lee) or donate via PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/alexiuslee)

Change log:

  • 1.21 - Remove tracelog codes (which has stopped receiving years ago).
  • 1.12~1.20 - Bug fix.
  • 1.11 - Temporary rollback to v1.7.
  • 1.10 - Change: Skip "content editable" elements; Support single letter non-english words.
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There are many web pages that contains big lists of information constantly updated. As someone would repeatedly search for multiple interesting words that also could be a large set, it would be interesting to save those words and automatically search for them as the web page is updated. Back when IRC was used as an keep-updated-tool, this feature was called THE NoTifY LiST. Here I'm calling it Pearls, for some reason (I'll find out which someday).

You should reload your pages after installing the extension. (Nothing better than a restart here and there...).

Last Update:

  • Now searching by words in double quotes will find them with case sensitive. i.e. "Go" will not match in "go there" but in "the Go language".
  • Bug fixes: frames. Not all, but the most important will work. Certain words like C++ will not break the highlighting.