# TextExpander

> Text snippet expander. Save and quickly insert text snippets with shortcuts.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `textexpander`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** rebecca1997
- **Category:** other
- **Daily users:** 6
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-01-21
- **First published:** 2026-01-18
- **Size:** 23 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-14
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/textexpander/)
- **Website:** [https://ww888.ae.org/](https://ww888.ae.org/)

## Description

TextExpander is a text snippet manager for saving and quickly inserting frequently used text. Create snippets with shortcuts like "sig" for email signatures. Each snippet has a name, shortcut, and content. Use variables like {date}, {time}, {datetime} that auto-replace with current values. Search through all snippets. Copy expanded text to clipboard.

## Rankings

- #42,145 — Overall
- #12 — text expander
- #41 — expand
- #173 — insert

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `clipboardWrite`
- `storage`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Allows reading and modifying clipboard content, which can be sensitive, posing a moderate privacy 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/textexpander)