# YouTube Link-Player

> Open YouTube hyperlinks as embedded videos.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `youtube-linkplayer`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Ade
- **Category:** photos-music-videos
- **Daily users:** 7
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Version:** 1.2.7
- **Last updated:** 2025-01-30
- **First published:** 2024-10-31
- **Size:** 19 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtube-linkplayer/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/adeoladev/youtube-linkplayer](https://github.com/adeoladev/youtube-linkplayer)

## Description

This addon allows you to open any YouTube hyperlink as an embedded video. Which saves you the hassle of opening new tabs or windows to watch a shared video, or having to keep leaving and returning to the comment section when clicking on timestamps.

<strong>Instructions:</strong>

A red button should appear next to any YouTube hyperlink on any page, click it to reveal the embedded video and click it again to hide the video. If a link doesn't have a button, right-click it and select "Youtube Link-player" from the context menu to reveal the video. If a link is formatted as plain-text rather than a hyperlink, highlight it first then right-click it.

## Rankings

- #38,757 — Overall
- #171 — player
- #214 — layout

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `contextMenus`
- `menus`

### Content script matches

- `*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate 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/youtube-linkplayer)