---
title: "Hook Block: Website Blocker, YouTube Focus Mode & Feed Blocker – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "91 users, rated 5.00 by 2 people. Version 1.3.8, updated 2026-10-31. Requests 7 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/aemabebhabjmhecmhjfhdfkpelaffpgd"
---

# Hook Block: Website Blocker, YouTube Focus Mode & Feed Blocker

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 91
- Rating: 5.00 from 2 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-11-01 05:31 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: No change
- Users gained in 30 days: +89 (+4450.0%)
- Rank by users: #69,225 of 289,025 live extensions
- Rank in Well-being: #269 of 3,116

## The listing

What the Chrome Web Store shows, as of the last check.

Summary from the listing:

> Website blocker for focus: block distracting sites and social feeds, keep YouTube to search or playlists, and block adult sites.

- Extension ID: `aemabebhabjmhecmhjfhdfkpelaffpgd`
- Developer: [Hook block](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/ud3f0d0afb66a2805e91e6ed953b04878)
- Enhanced Safe Browsing: Not trusted ([what this means](https://extensiontracker.com/enhanced-safe-browsing))
- Category: [Lifestyle › Well-being](https://extensiontracker.com/category/lifestyle/well_being)
- First published: 2026-09-22
- Last updated: 2026-10-31
- Version: `1.3.8`
- Size: 413 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English (United States)
- Privacy policy: `https://sites.google.com/view/hook-block-privacy/home/`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/hook-block-website-blocke/aemabebhabjmhecmhjfhdfkpelaffpgd>
- View its code or download CRX: <https://crxpeek.com/extension/aemabebhabjmhecmhjfhdfkpelaffpgd>
- Search Google for the ID: <https://www.google.com/search?q=%22aemabebhabjmhecmhjfhdfkpelaffpgd%22&tbs=li:1>

## Users over time

One row per check, newest first, as shown on the Chrome Web Store.

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-11-01 | 91 | 5.00 | 2 |
| 2026-10-25 | 17 | 5.00 | 1 |
| 2026-10-22 | 6 | – | – |
| 2026-10-20 | 5 | – | – |
| 2026-10-17 | 5 | – | – |
| 2026-10-16 | 5 | – | – |
| 2026-10-13 | 3 | – | – |
| 2026-10-12 | 2 | – | – |
| 2026-10-11 | 2 | – | – |
| 2026-09-29 | 2 | – | – |
| 2026-09-26 | – | – | – |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

- 2026-11-01: New version `1.3.8`, replacing `1.3.7`.
- 2026-10-25: New version `1.3.7`, replacing `1.3.6`.
- 2026-10-25: Renamed from “Hook Block” to “Hook Block: Website Blocker, YouTube Focus Mode & Feed Blocker”.
- 2026-10-25: The summary on the listing changed.
- 2026-10-20: New version `1.3.6`, replacing `1.3.5`.
- 2026-10-17: New version `1.3.5`, replacing `1.3.4`.
- 2026-10-17: Added the permission `scripting`.
- 2026-10-16: New version `1.3.4`, replacing `1.3.3`.
- 2026-10-16: The summary on the listing changed.
- 2026-10-13: New version `1.3.3`, replacing `1.3.2`.
- 2026-10-12: New version `1.3.2`, replacing `1.3.1`.
- 2026-10-11: New version `1.3.1`, replacing `1.2.0`.
- 2026-10-11: The developer's display name changed from “iomshendge” to “Hook block”.
- 2026-10-11: The developer's contact email changed.
- 2026-10-11: No longer declared a trader.

## Developer history

Moves to another publisher account and new contact emails, newest first.

- 2026-10-11: The contact email changed. The developer's display name changed from “iomshendge” to “Hook block”. What it can access changed on 17 Oct 2026.

We know contact emails only by a keyed hash, so they're never shown. Recent changes: [Account and contact changes](https://extensiontracker.com/owners/).

## What it can access

From the extension's manifest, in plain language.

**Every website:** it can read and change your data on all the sites you visit.

### Sites

- `http://*/*`: Every website
- `https://*/*`: Every website

### Sites where it runs scripts

- `*://*.youtube.com/*`: youtube.com and its subdomains
- `*://youtube.com/*`: youtube.com

### Browser features

- `alarms`: Run tasks on a schedule
- `declarativeNetRequest`: Block or change network requests, using rules
- `scripting`: Run scripts on sites it can reach
- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser
- `webNavigation`: Follow your browsing, page by page

## About this data

Collected from the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing. It's checked every month, and again whenever a new version appears. Last checked 2026-11-01 05:31 UTC; next check around 2026-11-30.

How the data is collected: <https://extensiontracker.com/methodology>.

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Hook Block: Website Blocker, YouTube Focus Mode & Feed Blocker” (aemabebhabjmhecmhjfhdfkpelaffpgd). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-01. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/aemabebhabjmhecmhjfhdfkpelaffpgd. Accessed 2026-11-08.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_aemabebhabjmhecmhjfhdfkpelaffpgd,
  title   = {Hook Block: Website Blocker, YouTube Focus Mode & Feed Blocker (aemabebhabjmhecmhjfhdfkpelaffpgd)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-01},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/aemabebhabjmhecmhjfhdfkpelaffpgd},
  urldate = {2026-11-08}
}
```

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