YouTube Embed Redirect

Name: YouTube Embed Redirect
Author: butterboat

Redirects YouTube watch/shorts pages to the privacy-friendly embed player and injects a Referer header so the embed loads without error 152/153.

Overview

Firefox Add-ons Store

Daily users

Data as of 2026-07-27

Version:

1.0.0

Last updated: 2026-06-21

Features & Capabilities

YouTube Embed Redirect sends YouTube watch and Shorts links straight to the privacy-friendly youtube-nocookie.com embed player, so you watch without the cluttered, tracking-heavy watch page.

Features: • Auto-redirects youtube.com/watch and /shorts to the embed player • Injects a Referer header so embeds load correctly (no error 152/153), including videos embedded on other sites • Preserves timestamps (?t=) • Privacy Mode toggle — switch between youtube-nocookie.com and youtube.com • Click a video's title or the YouTube logo in the player to open its comments & likes page with the video player fully blocked — comment and like without loading the tracking player • Enable/disable any time from the toolbar popup

User Growth & Download Statistics

Add-on

By:

butterboat

Daily users:

Version:

1.0.0 Last updated: 2026-06-21

Version code:

6313474

Creation date:

2026-06-18

Risk:

Permissions:

Host permissions:

<all_urls>

Content scripts matches:

www.youtube-nocookie.com
www.youtube.com

Size:

15.76KB

Email:

co*****@proton.me

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-07-27

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 91,924 ▲ 575

Other rankings

#30 in embed keyword 10

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Contact the developer

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Developed by:

butterboat

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtube-embed-redirect/

Email:

co*****@proton.me

Is YouTube Embed Redirect Safe?

Risk impact

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YouTube Embed Redirect requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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YouTube Embed Redirect is recently added, and hasn't been around long enough for us to gather enough data to accurately assess its risk level.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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