# YouTube++

> Does some helpful stuff with YouTube

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `youtubeplusplus`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** TheNamlessGuy
- **Category:** photos-music-videos,games-entertainment
- **Daily users:** 5
- **Version:** 0.3.3
- **Last updated:** 2025-10-28
- **First published:** 2023-08-22
- **Size:** 39 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtubeplusplus/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/TheNamlessGuy/browser-youtubeplusplus](https://github.com/TheNamlessGuy/browser-youtubeplusplus)

## Description

Some (optional) YouTube quality of life stuff:
* Blocking video play until you interact with the page
* Default view mode (theater or default)
* Auto-reject the cookie popup in incognito mode
* Autoplay default value
* Show/hide autoplay button
* Disable miniplayer functionality
* Show chapter skip forward/back buttons
* Mark sponsor segments (uses SponsorBlock database)
* Redirect from "shorts" to real video page
* Showing the video progress bar when it's normally hidden
* Hide various sidebar entries
* Hide shorts on the subscriptions page

## Rankings

- #44,431 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `*://www.youtube.com/*`
- `*://consent.youtube.com/*`
- `tabs`
- `storage`
- `unlimitedStorage`
- `bookmarks`

### Content script matches

- `www.youtube.com`
- `www.consent.youtube.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate 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/youtubeplusplus)