---
title: "Focus New Tab – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "1,000 users, rated 3.00 by 2 people. Version 0.2.3, updated 2026-05-05. Requests 5 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/hpjbfdmahbjapdecnmioifehkallpcfn"
---

# Focus New Tab

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 1,000
- Rating: 3.00 from 2 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-09-27 02:44 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: – (needs a week of history)
- Users gained in 30 days: – (needs a month of history)
- Rank by users: #17,733 of 264,703 live extensions
- Rank in Tools: #4,498 of 103,498

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> Minimal new tab: search-first, nature backgrounds via Pexels.

- Extension ID: `hpjbfdmahbjapdecnmioifehkallpcfn`
- Developer: [ahmedgaber5627](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/ucb01c430af0434d1dcf047ef8b87d68d)
- Category: [Productivity › Tools](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/tools)
- First published: 2026-04-23
- Last updated: 2026-05-05
- Version: `0.2.3`
- Size: 15.31 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English (United States)
- Support page: `https://simplenewtab.info/`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/focus-new-tab/hpjbfdmahbjapdecnmioifehkallpcfn>
- View the code or download the CRX, in CRX Viewer: <https://robwu.nl/crxviewer/?crx=https%3A%2F%2Fchromewebstore.google.com%2Fdetail%2Fhpjbfdmahbjapdecnmioifehkallpcfn>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-09-27 | 1,000 | 3.00 | 2 |

## 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

- `https://api.pexels.com/`: api.pexels.com
- `https://wallpapers.newtabextension.com/`: wallpapers.newtabextension.com
- `https://www.google.com/`: www.google.com

### Browser features

- `search`: Search with your default search engine
- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser

### Asked for later, if you agree

- `bookmarks`: Read and change your bookmarks

## 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 02:44 UTC; next check around 2026-09-30.

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

## Cite this page

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

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

---

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