URL Shortcut

Allows users to create shortcuts that, when entered into the URL bar, will redirect them to the preset page.

What is URL Shortcut?

'URL Shortcut' is a Chrome extension that is designed to simplify and speed up website navigation. By allowing users to create custom shortcuts for frequently visited websites, the extension works to streamline web browsing. Therefore, rather than typing out a full URL, a user simply enters a preset shortcut into the search bar. The updates have made it more user-friendly with features such as support for match prefixes and automatic field addition.

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By: https://devinrousso.com

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Users: 652 ▼ -13

Rating: 3.00 (3)

Version: 1.0.2 (Last updated: 2016-08-15)

Creation date: 2016-08-15

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

storage
webRequest
webRequestBlocking
<all_urls>

Size: 19.95K

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 34820 ▼ 270

Other rankings

#25520 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 108 #133 in shortcut keyword 33 ▲ 3 #274 in configure keyword 16 ▲ 6

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Summary

Analyze keywords

Do you get tired of having to type in "youtube.com" when going to watch videos of cats? Does it happen with other websites too?

If this describes you, simply download this extension and configure it via the "options" link on the Chrome Extensions page. Simply configure the extension via its settings by adding a Regular Expression pattern that will, when any requested URL matches it, redirect the request to the given replacement.

1.0.2

Automatically adds an empty field if none exist

1.0.1

Now supports using match patterns as prefixes (http://y/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ will redirect to http://youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ)
Optimized request matching to only those specified in settings

1.0.0

Created base functionality
Uses Regular Expressions to match each requested URL
Uses the Chrome Options V2 API for settings

User reviews

DOES NOT WORK - any terms I saved end up getting fed to the search engine.

Hector A Parayuelos, 2019-08-16

great concept unfortunately not working it redirectes me to search engine.

gowtham, 2018-05-27

Great job. This works perfectly and saves a LOT of time. Did you put the code on Github somewhere for people to contribute?

Anthony Rey, 2017-11-15

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Safety

Risk impact

URL Shortcut 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 URL Shortcut if you trust the publisher.