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plain — The answer, without the runaround

No user count No ratings yet Last updated 9 Nov 2026

By nicklassheeper Live in the Chrome Web Store dplmbempkhjpdfpkblemhbkndejgeked Search Google ↗ Last checked 10 Nov 2026, 05:39 UTC

The listing

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

Read concise, source-backed answers on supported articles. No ads. No article-text uploads.Summary from the listing
Developer
nicklassheeper
Enhanced Safe Browsing
Trusted. What this means →
Category
Lifestyle › News & Weather
First published
31 Oct 2026
Last updated
9 Nov 2026
Version
0.2.1
Size
14.57 KiB
Minimum Chrome
88
Languages
1 language

English (United States)

Website
getplainnews.com
Support page
https://getplainnews.com/impressum
See Chrome Web Store page ↗ View its code or download CRX ↗
Users over time As shown on the Chrome Web Store

The Chrome Web Store doesn't show a user count for this extension, as with most new extensions.

Show the numbers
CheckedUsersRatingRatings
2026-11-10–––
2026-11-07–––
2026-11-02–––
Users, 7 days
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needs a week of history
Users, 30 days
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needs a month of history
Rank
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by users, of 292,125 extensions
In its category
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of 1,711 in News & Weather

What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first

  1. New version 0.2.1, replacing 0.2.0.

    Removed the optional sites https://*.androidauthority.com/*, https://*.apartmenttherapy.com/*.

  2. New version 0.2.0, replacing 0.1.0.

    Added the optional sites https://*.androidcentral.com/*, https://*.androidpolice.com/*, https://*.apartmenttherapy.com/*, https://*.bgr.com/*, https://*.chowhound.com/* and 26 more.

  3. Now trusted by Enhanced Safe Browsing.

Developer history

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

No move to another account and no new contact email since tracking began on 2 Nov 2026.

We know contact emails only by a keyed hash, so they're never shown. Recent account and contact changes →

What it can access

From the extension's manifest, in plain language

Sites
  • https://getplainnews.com/*getplainnews.com
Browser features
  • activeTabThe tab you're on, only after you click the extension
  • scriptingRun scripts on sites it can reach
  • storageSave settings and data in your browser
Asked for later, if you agree
  • https://*.androidcentral.com/*androidcentral.com and its subdomains
  • https://*.androidpolice.com/*androidpolice.com and its subdomains
  • https://*.bgr.com/*bgr.com and its subdomains
  • https://*.chowhound.com/*chowhound.com and its subdomains
  • https://*.cnet.com/*cnet.com and its subdomains
  • https://*.digitaltrends.com/*digitaltrends.com and its subdomains
  • https://*.explore.com/*explore.com and its subdomains
  • https://*.foodrepublic.com/*foodrepublic.com and its subdomains
  • https://*.gamerant.com/*gamerant.com and its subdomains
  • https://*.hotcars.com/*hotcars.com and its subdomains
  • https://*.housedigest.com/*housedigest.com and its subdomains
  • https://*.howtogeek.com/*howtogeek.com and its subdomains
  • https://*.jalopnik.com/*jalopnik.com and its subdomains
  • https://*.kotaku.com/*kotaku.com and its subdomains
  • https://*.lifehacker.com/*lifehacker.com and its subdomains
  • https://*.livescience.com/*livescience.com and its subdomains
  • https://*.macworld.com/*macworld.com and its subdomains
  • https://*.makeuseof.com/*makeuseof.com and its subdomains
  • https://*.mashed.com/*mashed.com and its subdomains
  • https://*.pcworld.com/*pcworld.com and its subdomains
  • https://*.pocket-lint.com/*pocket-lint.com and its subdomains
  • https://*.popularmechanics.com/*popularmechanics.com and its subdomains
  • https://*.screenrant.com/*screenrant.com and its subdomains
  • https://*.slashgear.com/*slashgear.com and its subdomains
  • https://*.space.com/*space.com and its subdomains
  • https://*.tastingtable.com/*tastingtable.com and its subdomains
  • https://*.techradar.com/*techradar.com and its subdomains
  • https://*.thedailymeal.com/*thedailymeal.com and its subdomains
  • https://*.thegamer.com/*thegamer.com and its subdomains
  • https://*.thetakeout.com/*thetakeout.com and its subdomains
  • https://*.tomsguide.com/*tomsguide.com and its subdomains
  • https://*.topspeed.com/*topspeed.com and its subdomains
  • https://*.windowscentral.com/*windowscentral.com and its subdomains
  • https://*.xda-developers.com/*xda-developers.com and its subdomains
  • https://*.zdnet.com/*zdnet.com and its subdomains

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About this data

Collected from the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing. It's checked again 7 and 30 days after it was published, and again whenever a new version appears. Last checked 10 Nov 2026, 05:39 UTC; next check around 30 Nov 2026.

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Extension Tracker. “plain — The answer, without the runaround” (dplmbempkhjpdfpkblemhbkndejgeked). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-10. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/dplmbempkhjpdfpkblemhbkndejgeked. Accessed 2026-11-13.
BibTeX
@misc{extensiontracker_dplmbempkhjpdfpkblemhbkndejgeked,
  title   = {plain — The answer, without the runaround (dplmbempkhjpdfpkblemhbkndejgeked)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-10},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/dplmbempkhjpdfpkblemhbkndejgeked},
  urldate = {2026-11-13}
}

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