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title: "Web Text Expander: Text Shortcuts & Snippets – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "30,000 users, rated 4.57 by 148 people. Version 2026.9.8.0, updated 2026-09-08. Requests 9 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/cmdcnfnhdcaoklhdlmdjfaoandbdcklh"
---

# Web Text Expander: Text Shortcuts & Snippets

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 30,000
- Rating: 4.57 from 148 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-09-26 23:17 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: – (needs a week of history)
- Users gained in 30 days: – (needs a month of history)
- Rank by users: #3,261 of 264,703 live extensions
- Rank in Tools: #690 of 103,498

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> Work smarter and type faster with text shortcuts! Use text expander to turn text snippets into words or sentences anywhere online

- Extension ID: `cmdcnfnhdcaoklhdlmdjfaoandbdcklh`
- Developer: [Kapitis](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/uc8aee18d0d98156019bd76a71c146306)
- Category: [Productivity › Tools](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/tools)
- First published: 2023-11-13
- Last updated: 2026-09-08
- Version: `2026.9.8.0`
- Size: 799 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 109
- Languages (16): Deutsch, English, Filipino, Indonesia, Nederlands, Türkçe, español, français, italiano, norsk, suomi, svenska, русский, ไทย, 中文（中国）, 日本語
- Website: `webtextexpander.com`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/web-text-expander-text-sh/cmdcnfnhdcaoklhdlmdjfaoandbdcklh>
- View the code or download the CRX, in CRX Viewer: <https://robwu.nl/crxviewer/?crx=https%3A%2F%2Fchromewebstore.google.com%2Fdetail%2Fcmdcnfnhdcaoklhdlmdjfaoandbdcklh>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-09-26 | 30,000 | 4.57 | 148 |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

No changes found since tracking began on 2026-09-26.

## 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

- `*://*/*`: Every website

### Sites where it runs scripts

- `*://*/*`: Every website
- `*://docs.google.com/document/*`: docs.google.com

### Browser features

- `alarms`: Run tasks on a schedule
- `clipboardRead`: Read what you copy
- `clipboardWrite`: Change what's in your clipboard
- `contextMenus`: Add items to the right-click menu
- `offscreen`: Open a hidden page for background work
- `scripting`: Run scripts on sites it can reach
- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser
- `unlimitedStorage`: Store more data than the usual limit

### Asked for later, if you agree

- `downloads`: Manage your downloads

## More from this developer

Other extensions from the same publisher account.

| Extension | Users | Rating | Ratings | Category |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| [TabAtrium: Bookmark Manager on New Tab](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/jnfhnhiapdacaohbmhmeflphndbabaag) | 3 | 5.00 | 1 | Workflow & Planning |

All 2 extensions by [Kapitis](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/uc8aee18d0d98156019bd76a71c146306).

## About this data

Collected from the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing. It's checked every week, because it has 1,000 or more users, and again whenever a new version appears. Last checked 2026-09-26 23:17 UTC; next check around 2026-10-01.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Web Text Expander: Text Shortcuts & Snippets” (cmdcnfnhdcaoklhdlmdjfaoandbdcklh). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-26. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/cmdcnfnhdcaoklhdlmdjfaoandbdcklh. Accessed 2026-09-28.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_cmdcnfnhdcaoklhdlmdjfaoandbdcklh,
  title   = {Web Text Expander: Text Shortcuts & Snippets (cmdcnfnhdcaoklhdlmdjfaoandbdcklh)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-26},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/cmdcnfnhdcaoklhdlmdjfaoandbdcklh},
  urldate = {2026-09-28}
}
```

---

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