---
title: "WhatsApp Web™ Open SideBar in Chrome – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "800 users, rated 5.00 by 1 person. Version 0.0.2, updated 2025-01-03. Requests 7 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/gijokebkaijbgjdkdjihccpddihppgcf"
---

# WhatsApp Web™ Open SideBar in Chrome

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 800
- Rating: 5.00 from 1 rating
- Last checked: 2026-09-27 01:48 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: – (needs a week of history)
- Users gained in 30 days: – (needs a month of history)
- Rank by users: #27,296 of 264,703 live extensions
- Rank in Accessibility: #1,377 of 7,982

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> WhatsApp Web Extensions For Chrome. WhatsApp Web™ and Open SideBar in Chrome

- Extension ID: `gijokebkaijbgjdkdjihccpddihppgcf`
- Developer: [WhatsApp Web Sidebar](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/ue0a9ec580c56700c9f7452327099dff5)
- Category: [Make Chrome Yours › Accessibility](https://extensiontracker.com/category/make_chrome_yours/accessibility)
- First published: 2025-01-03
- Last updated: 2025-01-03
- Version: `0.0.2`
- Size: 1.64 MiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (3): English, English (United Kingdom), English (United States)
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/whatsapp-web-open-sidebar/gijokebkaijbgjdkdjihccpddihppgcf>
- View the code or download the CRX, in CRX Viewer: <https://robwu.nl/crxviewer/?crx=https%3A%2F%2Fchromewebstore.google.com%2Fdetail%2Fgijokebkaijbgjdkdjihccpddihppgcf>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-09-27 | 800 | 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.

### Sites

- `*://*.whatsapp.com/*`: whatsapp.com and its subdomains
- `*://*.whatsapp.net/*`: whatsapp.net and its subdomains
- `https://web.whatsapp.com/*`: web.whatsapp.com

### Browser features

- `declarativeNetRequest`: Block or change network requests, using rules
- `declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess`: Block or change network requests on the sites it can reach
- `sidePanel`: Show a side panel
- `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 month, and again whenever a new version appears. Last checked 2026-09-27 01:48 UTC; next check around 2026-10-23.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “WhatsApp Web™ Open SideBar in Chrome” (gijokebkaijbgjdkdjihccpddihppgcf). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/gijokebkaijbgjdkdjihccpddihppgcf. Accessed 2026-09-28.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_gijokebkaijbgjdkdjihccpddihppgcf,
  title   = {WhatsApp Web™ Open SideBar in Chrome (gijokebkaijbgjdkdjihccpddihppgcf)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/gijokebkaijbgjdkdjihccpddihppgcf},
  urldate = {2026-09-28}
}
```

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