Chrome extensions can be useful in saving time, helping you be more productive and adding quality of life improvements. I’ve personally used these 10 best chrome extensions and still continue to use most of them daily. The list includes extensions like password managers, screen readers, ad blockers, etc. The links for each extension are provided under the description for each extension.
Return Youtube Dislike
This extension aims to restore the dislike count feature on YouTube. It allows users to see the number of dislikes on a video, a feature that was removed by YouTube. It helps users to make informed decisions about the content they want to watch.
🔗 Link: Return Youtube Dislike
YouTube Aspect Ratio Controller
This extension allows users to control the aspect ratio of YouTube videos. It is especially useful for ultrawide monitor users who want to remove the black bars on the sides of the video. It supports various aspect ratios and allows users to set custom aspect ratios as well.
🔗 Link: YouTube Aspect Ratio Controller
TimeWarp
TimeWarp is a productivity tool that helps users stay focused on their tasks. It allows users to create custom redirects, so when they try to visit a distracting website, they are redirected to a more productive one. It also has a timer feature that shows users how much time they have spent on a particular website.
🔗 Link: TimeWarp
Save to Pocket
This extension allows users to save articles, videos, and other web content to their Pocket account. The saved content can be accessed later on any device, even offline. It also offers a feature to discover new, high-quality content that is recommended by Pocket.
🔗 Link: Save to Pocket
Honey
Honey is a shopping tool that automatically finds and applies coupon codes at checkout on thousands of websites. It also allows users to earn Honey Gold, a reward program where users can earn gift cards. I use this often when looking up products on Amazon to see price changes and and whenever I’m subscribing to something or ordering something on other sites, the extension automatically checks for any valid coupons that can give me the best discount on the product or service.
🔗 Link: Honey
Clipboard History Pro
This extension is a clipboard manager that allows users to access their clipboard history. It supports text, HTML, images, and files. It also offers features like favorite clippings, search, and data synchronization across devices.
Warning: I use this extension for my work and it saves everything copied to clipboard, meaning all passwords, credit card numbers, anything that you click copy (ctrl + c) on. I’m not sure how authentic or secure this is, if you are unsure about this, please skip this.
🔗 Link: Clipboard History Pro
SwiftRead
SwiftRead is a speed reading extension that helps users read faster and comprehend more. It uses a method called Rapid Serial Visual Presentation (RSVP) to present words one at a time, which helps to increase reading speed by eliminating the time spent in moving the eyes across a line of text.
🔗 Link: SwiftRead
Scrnli (Screen Recorder & Screen Capture App)
Scrnli is a screen capture utility with extended functionality, that includes lots of features related to content creation. With Scrnli you get not only a screenshot, but a screen recorder, and video converter into multiple formats.
🔗 Link: Scrnli
uBlock Origin
uBlock Origin is a wide-spectrum content blocker with CPU and memory efficiency as a primary feature. It’s an efficient blocker that’s easy on CPU and memory. It’s not just an “ad blocker”, but a wide-spectrum content blocker with CPU and memory efficiency as a primary feature.
🔗 Link: uBlock Origin
Bitwarden (Free Password Manager)
Bitwarden is a secure and free password manager for all of your devices. It is the easiest and safest way to store all of your logins and passwords while conveniently keeping them synced between all of your devices. It stores all of your logins in an encrypted vault that syncs across all of your devices.
🔗 Link: Bitwarden password manager
