# r/edirect

> Rewrites all URLs in the address bar written in the form "r/foo" and redirects the user to the appropriate subreddit.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/r-edirect](https://chrome-stats.com/d/r-edirect)

## Overview

- **ID:** `r-edirect`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Samuel Marinov
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging,search-tools,social-communication
- **Daily users:** 2
- **Rating:** 1.43 / 5 (7 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0.2resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2016-12-20
- **Size:** 10 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/r-edirect/)

## Description

r/edirect is a Firefox add-on that rewrites URLs in the address bar with the format 'r/foo' and automatically redirects the user to the corresponding subreddit.

## Rankings

- #58,768 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Allows the extension to observe and analyze traffic in flight for the selected hosts.
- 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/r-edirect)