# Link preview

> When hovered upon get an insight of a link, where it leads to and what it holds.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/web-link-preview](https://chrome-stats.com/d/web-link-preview)

## Overview

- **ID:** `web-link-preview`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Jha Madhav
- **Category:** web-development,social-communication
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Rating:** 1.20 / 5 (5 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.1.2
- **Last updated:** 2021-09-17
- **First published:** 2020-09-18
- **Size:** 529 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-15
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/web-link-preview/)
- **Website:** [https://link-viewer.herokuapp.com/](https://link-viewer.herokuapp.com/)

## Description

Link preview is a Firefox add-on that allows you to hover over a link and see a summary of its content and destination. It is helpful for evaluating the safety and relevance of links without actually visiting them.

## Rankings

- #76,516 — Overall
- #134 — preview

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `<all_urls>`
- `webRequest`
- `storage`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## 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 website URL may be invalid

> Some risk analysis details are omitted from this free response. [Upgrade to view the full analysis](https://chrome-stats.com/pricing).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/web-link-preview)