---
title: "MeaVana: BBC News Side Panel – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "64 users, rated 5.00 by 1 person. Version 1.8.4, updated 2026-07-10. Requests 14 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/cmfhpbgpdgefamhkajljenoadnlmkgbi"
---

# MeaVana: BBC News Side Panel

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 64
- Rating: 5.00 from 1 rating
- 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: #77,632 of 264,703 live extensions
- Rank in News & Weather: #343 of 1,597

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> Read BBC News in a Chrome side panel while you browse, with MeaVana.

- Extension ID: `cmfhpbgpdgefamhkajljenoadnlmkgbi`
- Developer: [MeaVana - 3](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/ufec50d8c12101399eba3178cc04e834e)
- Trader status: Declared a trader under EU law
- Category: [Lifestyle › News & Weather](https://extensiontracker.com/category/lifestyle/news)
- First published: 2024-02-05
- Last updated: 2026-07-10
- Version: `1.8.4`
- Size: 18.37 MiB
- Minimum Chrome: 109
- Languages (1): English
- Support page: `https://www.meavana.com/contact`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/meavana-bbc-news-side-pan/cmfhpbgpdgefamhkajljenoadnlmkgbi>
- View the code or download the CRX, in CRX Viewer: <https://robwu.nl/crxviewer/?crx=https%3A%2F%2Fchromewebstore.google.com%2Fdetail%2Fcmfhpbgpdgefamhkajljenoadnlmkgbi>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-09-26 | 64 | 5.00 | 1 |

## 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

- `http://*/*`: Every website
- `https://*/*`: Every website
- `https://cmfhpbgpdgefamhkajljenoadnlmkgbi.chromiumapp.org/*`: cmfhpbgpdgefamhkajljenoadnlmkgbi.chromiumapp.org

### Browser features

- `alarms`: Run tasks on a schedule
- `declarativeNetRequest`: Block or change network requests, using rules
- `offscreen`: Open a hidden page for background work
- `search`: Search with your default search engine
- `sidePanel`: Show a side panel
- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser
- `tabs`: Read the addresses and titles of your tabs
- `topSites`: Read your most visited sites
- `unlimitedStorage`: Store more data than the usual limit
- `webNavigation`: Follow your browsing, page by page
- `webRequest`: Watch network requests on the sites it can reach

### Asked for later, if you agree

- `bookmarks`: Read and change your bookmarks
- `favicon`: Read the icons of sites you visit
- `history`: Read and change your browsing history
- `notifications`: Show notifications

## More from this developer

Other extensions from the same publisher account.

| Extension | Users | Rating | Ratings | Category |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| [Chat GPT Side Bar MeaVana](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/dlmnpleglnonapdncpodpjoiiaiedpef) | 1,000 | 4.56 | 9 | Tools |
| [Angry Birds Side panel MeaVana](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/bpojlnojnbhdfcnoddmdmbanaooclcjn) | 861 | 4.20 | 5 | Games |
| [Aurora MeaVana](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/enbiohoemmbeemjopdfggajpokabenhk) | 205 | 4.71 | 7 | Travel |
| [Fox News Side panel MeaVana](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/dhfjgnihbgjmnmekmgdomiklhahecilh) | 203 | 5.00 | 1 | News & Weather |
| [Kobe Bryant MeaVana](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/knoknolpeinpgedmadmpjdnedhggjdkk) | 165 | – | – | Entertainment |
| [Elon Musk](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/bogaieefjdmgidikiifnebmadbihfabo) | 119 | – | – | Just for Fun |
| [Miami MeaVana](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/diflgijppgifhacnlbcilabdimbicenn) | 81 | – | – | Travel |
| [Venice MeaVana](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/hhfiochppokldgffaopholiljjlokfja) | 36 | – | – | Travel |
| [Tom Cruise MeaVana](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/kdbmjhibkikdmjlfjgobjabbccjncelf) | 24 | – | – | Entertainment |
| [University of Massachusetts Amherst MeaVana](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/meojbegmjhlcjckmjpajboecebcfbdbp) | 15 | 5.00 | 5 | Education |

All 12 extensions by [MeaVana - 3](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/ufec50d8c12101399eba3178cc04e834e).

## 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 2026-09-26 23:17 UTC; next check around 2026-10-13.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “MeaVana: BBC News Side Panel” (cmfhpbgpdgefamhkajljenoadnlmkgbi). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-26. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/cmfhpbgpdgefamhkajljenoadnlmkgbi. Accessed 2026-09-28.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_cmfhpbgpdgefamhkajljenoadnlmkgbi,
  title   = {MeaVana: BBC News Side Panel (cmfhpbgpdgefamhkajljenoadnlmkgbi)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-26},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/cmfhpbgpdgefamhkajljenoadnlmkgbi},
  urldate = {2026-09-28}
}
```

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