# YouTube Auto Pause/Play

> Automatically pauses and plays YouTube videos across multiple tabs.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `youtube-pause-play`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Vaibhav
- **Category:** photos-music-videos
- **Daily users:** 10
- **Weekly downloads:** 4
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (1 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2024-09-20
- **First published:** 2024-09-19
- **Size:** 8.57 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtube-pause-play/)

## Description

Tired of juggling multiple YouTube tabs while watching tutorials and listening to music? This extension automatically manages your YouTube videos across tabs. When you pause a video in one tab, it pauses all other YouTube videos, ensuring no overlap or interruptions. When you play a video, it automatically pauses videos in other tabs, allowing you to focus on one video at a time.

Perfect for multitaskers who switch between learning and relaxing without the hassle of manual tab management!

## Rankings

- #33,138 — Overall
- #26 — pause
- #79 — cause
- #109 — play
- #188 — layout
- #221 — tutorial

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `activeTab`

### Content script matches

- `*.youtube.com`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- 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-pause-play)