# Shopify Developer Helper

> Useful snippets for Shopify theme development

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/shopify-developer-helper](https://chrome-stats.com/d/shopify-developer-helper)

## Overview

- **ID:** `shopify-developer-helper`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Jon MacKinnon
- **Category:** web-development
- **Version:** 1.0.2
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-29
- **First published:** 2026-06-26
- **Size:** 47 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/shopify-developer-helper/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/jonxmack](https://github.com/jonxmack)

## Description

Useful snippets for Shopify theme development

Provides useful snippets for actions regularly performed during Shopify theme development.

Includes buttons to quickly generate a shareable URL when developing using the Shopify CLI.

Also includes buttons to open current theme in theme editor, open current resource (product, collection, page, etc.) in the admin, clear cart, etc.

## Rankings

- #146,886 — Overall
- #27 — shopify
- #158 — developer tools
- #160 — developer

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `scripting`

### Host permissions

- `<all_urls>`
- `*://localhost/*`
- `http://*/*`
- `https://*/*`
- `https://ajax.googleapis.com/`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- 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/shopify-developer-helper)