---
title: "Highlighter – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "100,000 users, rated 3.68 by 317 people. Version 4.0.5, updated 2023-06-26. Requests 4 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/fdfcjfoifbjplmificlkdfneafllkgmn"
---

# Highlighter

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 100,000
- Rating: 3.68 from 317 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-09-27 00:57 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: – (needs a week of history)
- Users gained in 30 days: – (needs a month of history)
- Rank by users: #1,082 of 264,703 live extensions
- Rank in Workflow & Planning: #384 of 44,474

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> Highlight text on websites with a simple right-click or keyboard shortcut. Saves highlights on your device.

- Extension ID: `fdfcjfoifbjplmificlkdfneafllkgmn`
- Developer: [Jérôme Parent-Lévesque](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u3981668ef5703c62d9291846245b82b6)
- Category: [Productivity › Workflow & Planning](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/workflow)
- First published: 2015-01-23
- Last updated: 2023-06-26
- Version: `4.0.5`
- Size: 89.5 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English
- Support page: `https://github.com/jeromepl/highlighter/issues`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/highlighter/fdfcjfoifbjplmificlkdfneafllkgmn>
- View the code or download the CRX, in CRX Viewer: <https://robwu.nl/crxviewer/?crx=https%3A%2F%2Fchromewebstore.google.com%2Fdetail%2Ffdfcjfoifbjplmificlkdfneafllkgmn>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-09-27 | 100,000 | 3.68 | 317 |

## 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

- `<all_urls>`: Every website

### Sites where it runs scripts

- `<all_urls>`: Every website

### Browser features

- `contextMenus`: Add items to the right-click menu
- `scripting`: Run scripts on sites it can reach
- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser

## 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 2026-09-27 00:57 UTC; next check around 2026-09-28.

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

## Cite this page

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

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

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