---
title: "Google Search Highlighter – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "14 users, rated 5.00 by 1 person. Version 1.1, updated 2025-04-15. Requests 2 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/elhofacbaieekmifabnmfncflfjklikb"
---

# Google Search Highlighter

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 14
- Rating: 5.00 from 1 rating
- Last checked: 2026-09-27 00:38 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: – (needs a week of history)
- Users gained in 30 days: – (needs a month of history)
- Rank by users: #134,870 of 264,703 live extensions
- Rank in Functionality & UI: #5,435 of 10,900

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> Highlights Google search results based on categorized websites.

- Extension ID: `elhofacbaieekmifabnmfncflfjklikb`
- Developer: [None](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u2753f69963ae7f2fa89e7196549447d2)
- Category: [Make Chrome Yours › Functionality & UI](https://extensiontracker.com/category/make_chrome_yours/functionality)
- First published: 2025-04-12
- Last updated: 2025-04-15
- Version: `1.1`
- Size: 11.73 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English
- Support page: `https://github.com/yortem/google-search-highlighter/issues`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/google-search-highlighter/elhofacbaieekmifabnmfncflfjklikb>
- View the code or download the CRX, in CRX Viewer: <https://robwu.nl/crxviewer/?crx=https%3A%2F%2Fchromewebstore.google.com%2Fdetail%2Felhofacbaieekmifabnmfncflfjklikb>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-09-27 | 14 | 5.00 | 1 |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

No changes found since tracking began on 2026-09-27.

## 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

- `*://*.google.ae/search*`: google.ae and its subdomains
- `*://*.google.ca/search*`: google.ca and its subdomains
- `*://*.google.ch/search*`: google.ch and its subdomains
- `*://*.google.cl/search*`: google.cl and its subdomains
- `*://*.google.cn/search*`: google.cn and its subdomains
- `*://*.google.co.il/search*`: google.co.il and its subdomains
- `*://*.google.co.in/search*`: google.co.in and its subdomains
- `*://*.google.co.jp/search*`: google.co.jp and its subdomains
- `*://*.google.co.uk/search*`: google.co.uk and its subdomains
- `*://*.google.co.za/search*`: google.co.za and its subdomains
- `*://*.google.com.ar/search*`: google.com.ar and its subdomains
- `*://*.google.com.au/search*`: google.com.au and its subdomains
- `*://*.google.com.br/search*`: google.com.br and its subdomains
- `*://*.google.com.eg/search*`: google.com.eg and its subdomains
- `*://*.google.com.mx/search*`: google.com.mx and its subdomains
- `*://*.google.com.ng/search*`: google.com.ng and its subdomains
- `*://*.google.com.sa/search*`: google.com.sa and its subdomains
- `*://*.google.com.tr/search*`: google.com.tr and its subdomains
- `*://*.google.com/search*`: google.com and its subdomains
- `*://*.google.de/search*`: google.de and its subdomains
- `*://*.google.dk/search*`: google.dk and its subdomains
- `*://*.google.es/search*`: google.es and its subdomains
- `*://*.google.fi/search*`: google.fi and its subdomains
- `*://*.google.fr/search*`: google.fr and its subdomains
- `*://*.google.it/search*`: google.it and its subdomains
- `*://*.google.nl/search*`: google.nl and its subdomains
- `*://*.google.no/search*`: google.no and its subdomains
- `*://*.google.pl/search*`: google.pl and its subdomains
- `*://*.google.pt/search*`: google.pt and its subdomains
- `*://*.google.ru/search*`: google.ru and its subdomains
- `*://*.google.se/search*`: google.se and its subdomains

### Browser features

- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser

## More from this developer

Other extensions from the same publisher account.

| Extension | Users | Rating | Ratings | Category |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| [IMDB / Trakt Open in Stremio](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/jlmmgfkhpanoeigimlaadjcdjljihmfb) | 1,000 | 4.33 | 3 | Entertainment |
| [IMDB You May Know Them From](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/aabhdkgmjdkpkfegbpebgienpemehmlc) | 4 | – | – | Entertainment |

All 3 extensions by [None](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u2753f69963ae7f2fa89e7196549447d2).

## 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 2026-09-27 00:38 UTC; next check around 2026-10-14.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Google Search Highlighter” (elhofacbaieekmifabnmfncflfjklikb). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/elhofacbaieekmifabnmfncflfjklikb. Accessed 2026-09-28.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_elhofacbaieekmifabnmfncflfjklikb,
  title   = {Google Search Highlighter (elhofacbaieekmifabnmfncflfjklikb)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/elhofacbaieekmifabnmfncflfjklikb},
  urldate = {2026-09-28}
}
```

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