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Redirector

by extenhive

v5.0 Updated Oct 28, 2025 44.67KiB
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Description

Redirector is an extension that allows you to specify patterns for pages that should be automatically redirected to other pages. E.g. you always want http://example.com/foo.html to redirect to http://example.com/bar.html. This can be useful for instance to skip confirmation pages after posting messages on message boards, skipping ad pages that appear before you can view content on certain sites, redirecting from http to https on sites where you always want the https version, redirecting from one hostname to another for proxy servers, or just anywhere where it takes you two or more clicks to get to what you want. The extension supports both wildcards and regular expressions in patterns. Regular expressions support capturing parantheses so you could define the pattern: http://foo.com/bar.php\?id=(\d+) and define the redirect as http://bar.com/baz.php?id=$1. In that case http://foo.com/bar.php?id=1234 would automatically redirect to http://bar.com/baz.php?id=1234. Wildcards can also use $1,$2 in the redirect urls, $1 is the contents of the first star match, $2 of the second and so on. Click on the Redirector button next to your address bar to get started adding and editing redirects, and use the Enable/Disable button to quickly disable the addon. We care about your privacy — this extension never collects or shares personal data. View the open-source code, report bugs, or contribute here: https://github.com/extenhive/Redirector This extension was developed with inspiration and partial code from Einar Egilsson (https://github.com/einaregilsson/Redirector). Special thanks to Einar for his excellent work and open contribution to the developer community.
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Reviews (4 cached)

★☆☆☆☆2025-11-10
柳如烟

!!! DANGEROUS CLONE - The Real Developer is Einar Egilsson Please be very careful before installing. This extension is an unauthorized clone of a well-known open-source tool. I noticed this has the exact same name, icon, and description as the original "Redirector" extension, but the developer is different. The trusted, original version is by developer Einar Egilsson and has been available for many years with 356 comments(current version is 3.5.3). This fake version uses a higher version number (5.0) to trick users into thinking it's a new update. This is a common tactic for malicious extensions. Installing this could put your security and privacy at risk (data theft, unwanted ads, etc.). I strongly recommend you search for "Redirector" and install the official version from developer Einar Egilsson. I am reporting this to Google and encourage others to do the same.

★☆☆☆☆2025-09-05
David Ballester

It simply does not work.

★☆☆☆☆2025-08-13
Bartholomew Buckingham

are these reviews all bots? this extension is an exact fork of the old one except this one DOES NOT WORK whatsoever lol. this is either malware or a donation scam, either way don't bother, absolute garbage. rate this review helpful so other people can see it.

★★★☆☆2025-11-15
Samuel Q

Anyone who publishes a fork of an extension should at least change the icon or name by adding (MV3) for example. Also the domain extenhub.com seems sketchy. Original extension: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/redirector/ocgpenflpmgnfapjedencafcfakcekcd Edit: I missed the links at the bottom of the store description, however I still do not see any on the website and the repository's Git history was not preserved.

Permissions (5)

Permissions

declarativeNetRequest Can block or redirect network requests notifications Can show desktop notifications storage Can store data locally in your browser tabs Can see your open tabs and their URLs webNavigation Can monitor navigation events

Details

Version 5.0
Updated Oct 28, 2025
Size 44.67KiB
First Seen Mar 24, 2026