---
title: "News Archivist – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "22 users, rated 5.00 by 1 person. Version 0.0.0.2, updated 2024-12-18. Requests 4 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/fbdcfnckfghaejmkmllllifdpnojighb"
---

# News Archivist

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 22
- Rating: 5.00 from 1 rating
- Last checked: 2026-10-14 18:40 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: No change
- Users gained in 30 days: No change (+0.0%)
- Rank by users: #117,515 of 292,125 live extensions
- Rank in Education: #4,398 of 12,901

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> Redirect paywalled news articles to an archive site automatically.

- Extension ID: `fbdcfnckfghaejmkmllllifdpnojighb`
- Developer: [gurvin.anand](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u8b8a931fa78431124faf4c801c885c75)
- Enhanced Safe Browsing: Trusted ([what this means](https://extensiontracker.com/enhanced-safe-browsing))
- Category: [Productivity › Education](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/education)
- First published: 2024-12-18
- Last updated: 2024-12-18
- Version: `0.0.0.2`
- Size: 259 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English (United States)
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/news-archivist/fbdcfnckfghaejmkmllllifdpnojighb>
- View its code or download CRX: <https://crxpeek.com/extension/fbdcfnckfghaejmkmllllifdpnojighb>
- Search Google for the ID: <https://www.google.com/search?q=%22fbdcfnckfghaejmkmllllifdpnojighb%22&tbs=li:1>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-10-14 | 22 | 5.00 | 1 |
| 2026-09-27 | 23 | 5.00 | 1 |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

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

## 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 2026-09-27.

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.

### Sites

- `*://*.nytimes.com/*`: nytimes.com and its subdomains
- `*://*.washingtonpost.com/*`: washingtonpost.com and its subdomains
- `*://*.wsj.com/*`: wsj.com and its subdomains

### Sites where it runs scripts

- `*://*.nytimes.com/*`: nytimes.com and its subdomains
- `*://*.washingtonpost.com/*`: washingtonpost.com and its subdomains
- `*://*.wsj.com/*`: wsj.com and its subdomains

### Browser features

- `tabs`: Read the addresses and titles of your tabs

## More from this developer

Other extensions from the same publisher account.

| Extension | Users | Rating | Ratings | Category |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| [Disney+ PIP](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/pcobdaahbhmcmochfhpbhbgphcmpaeej) | 5,000 | 1.40 | 20 | Just for Fun |

All 2 extensions by [gurvin.anand](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u8b8a931fa78431124faf4c801c885c75).

## 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 2026-10-14 18:40 UTC; next check around 2026-11-13.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “News Archivist” (fbdcfnckfghaejmkmllllifdpnojighb). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-10-14. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/fbdcfnckfghaejmkmllllifdpnojighb. Accessed 2026-11-13.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_fbdcfnckfghaejmkmllllifdpnojighb,
  title   = {News Archivist (fbdcfnckfghaejmkmllllifdpnojighb)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-10-14},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/fbdcfnckfghaejmkmllllifdpnojighb},
  urldate = {2026-11-13}
}
```

---

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