# Published Date

> This Add-on tries to find out when exactly a website or an article on a website was published and last edited.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/published-date](https://chrome-stats.com/d/published-date)

## Overview

- **ID:** `published-date`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** ndsvw
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging,search-tools
- **Daily users:** 201
- **Weekly downloads:** 4
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (4 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.0.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-09-06
- **First published:** 2023-05-05
- **Size:** 620 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-11
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/published-date/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/ndsvw/Published-Date](https://github.com/ndsvw/Published-Date)

## Description

The **Published Date** Chrome extension intelligently determines when a website or article was initially published and last edited. Utilizing around 40 different detection methods, it attempts to provide accurate publishing and update dates by analyzing diverse data sources on the webpage. 

Users can expect multiple potential date results, reflecting various signals found in the site's content or metadata, helping improve transparency and trustworthiness when browsing articles or websites.

## Rankings

- #8,240 — Overall
- #1 — publish
- #10 — date
- #73 — x data
- #219 — data
- #222 — article

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `tabs`
- `webRequest`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- 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/published-date)