# StarsBegone

> Toggle display of member-only posts on Medium.com

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `starsbegone`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** UniqueAddonDev2
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging,social-communication
- **Version:** 1.2resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2018-05-07
- **Size:** 15 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/starsbegone/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/hazrmard/StarsBegone](https://github.com/hazrmard/StarsBegone)

## Description

StarsBegone is a Firefox add-on that enables users to avoid member-only posts on Medium.com. With just one click, users can hide these posts and have a smoother reading experience of insightful articles on Medium.

## Rankings

- #148,065 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`

### Content script matches

- `*.medium.com`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.
- 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/starsbegone)