---
title: "X-Forwarded-For Header – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "30,000 users, rated 4.21 by 24 people. Version 1.0.3, updated 2024-10-24. Requests 3 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/hkghghbnihliadkabmlcmcgmffllglin"
---

# X-Forwarded-For Header

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 30,000
- Rating: 4.21 from 24 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-09-28 00:48 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: – (needs a week of history)
- Users gained in 30 days: – (needs a month of history)
- Rank by users: #3,261 of 264,703 live extensions
- Rank in Developer Tools: #291 of 27,615

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> This extension allows you quickly to set the X-Forwarded-For HTTP Header

- Extension ID: `hkghghbnihliadkabmlcmcgmffllglin`
- Developer: [Philip Lawrence](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u7287cd8401602712b32a28f1f16031aa)
- Category: [Productivity › Developer Tools](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/developer)
- First published: 2017-09-09
- Last updated: 2024-10-24
- Version: `1.0.3`
- Size: 449 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English
- Support page: `https://github.com/MisterPhilip/x-forwarded-for/issues`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/x-forwarded-for-header/hkghghbnihliadkabmlcmcgmffllglin>
- View the code or download the CRX, in CRX Viewer: <https://robwu.nl/crxviewer/?crx=https%3A%2F%2Fchromewebstore.google.com%2Fdetail%2Fhkghghbnihliadkabmlcmcgmffllglin>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-09-28 | 30,000 | 4.21 | 24 |
| 2026-09-27 | 30,000 | 4.21 | 24 |

## 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

### Browser features

- `declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess`: Block or change network requests on the sites it can reach
- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser

## More from this developer

Other extensions from the same publisher account.

| Extension | Users | Rating | Ratings | Category |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| [Omnibug](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/bknpehncffejahipecakbfkomebjmokl) | 200,000 | 4.23 | 53 | Developer Tools |

All 2 extensions by [Philip Lawrence](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u7287cd8401602712b32a28f1f16031aa).

## 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 2026-09-28 00:48 UTC; next check around 2026-10-05.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “X-Forwarded-For Header” (hkghghbnihliadkabmlcmcgmffllglin). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-28. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/hkghghbnihliadkabmlcmcgmffllglin. Accessed 2026-09-28.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_hkghghbnihliadkabmlcmcgmffllglin,
  title   = {X-Forwarded-For Header (hkghghbnihliadkabmlcmcgmffllglin)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-28},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/hkghghbnihliadkabmlcmcgmffllglin},
  urldate = {2026-09-28}
}
```

---

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