# Previous Page Button

> The button becomes active when the current page has defined a related, previous in a sequence, page in its HEAD metadata.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/previous\_page\_button](https://chrome-stats.com/d/previous_page_button)

## Overview

- **ID:** `previous_page_button`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Boian Berberov
- **Category:** appearance
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 0.1.1
- **Last updated:** 2025-01-01
- **First published:** 2019-04-29
- **Size:** 12 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/previous_page_button/)
- **Website:** [https://gitlab.com/clu-os/firefox-add-ons/Buttons\_for\_Linked\_Pages](https://gitlab.com/clu-os/firefox-add-ons/Buttons_for_Linked_Pages)

## Description

The button becomes active when the current page has defined a <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/8764b4111d27ba71b92e6b6a8adb3a0dd4abb394590aa59cc7ee9c60ee3e6746/https%3A//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docbook" rel="nofollow">rel</a>ated page in its HEAD metadata. Online documentation, generated by <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/8764b4111d27ba71b92e6b6a8adb3a0dd4abb394590aa59cc7ee9c60ee3e6746/https%3A//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docbook" rel="nofollow">DocBook</a>, <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/c82e31cd0c8eae2666660922bce1ccea20d6c6e54eb8d8304232446fe86970f8/https%3A//docutils.sourceforge.io/" rel="nofollow">Docutils</a>, <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/a8f09e961b3ffcbdb3f5d318022c241a741b78f3885da4ca3835ebe34537f268/https%3A//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texinfo" rel="nofollow">GNU Texinfo</a>, <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/a401d36742d62697b7e83631160f6be46a30dbf1aaad131061eaf569d11b89c5/https%3A//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphinx_%28documentation_generator%29" rel="nofollow">Sphinx</a> and others, often include these reference links, and this add-on makes them usable.

This add-on requires <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/head_examiner/" rel="nofollow">HEAD Examiner</a>, which scans pages on its behalf.  The code of HEAD Examiner can be audited more easily, because it does not include any presentation elements itself.

## Rankings

- #126,647 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `management`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Manages other extensions, which allows oversight but might intervene with user configurations and choices.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/previous_page_button)