---
title: "Block News Websites – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "443 users, rated 3.18 by 11 people. Version 1.6, updated 2025-05-22. Requests 3 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/jfogekncgajjiipekhdoggechclejdph"
---

# Block News Websites

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 443
- Rating: 3.18 from 11 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-10-16 17:34 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: No change
- Users gained in 30 days: +7 (+1.6%)
- Rank by users: #36,275 of 292,125 live extensions
- Rank in Workflow & Planning: #8,933 of 49,294

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> Blocks access to distracting News Websites to focus on your task

- Extension ID: `jfogekncgajjiipekhdoggechclejdph`
- Developer: [Aditya](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u7955eb0c13839b7f567b00b32fc2b995)
- Enhanced Safe Browsing: Trusted ([what this means](https://extensiontracker.com/enhanced-safe-browsing))
- Category: [Productivity › Workflow & Planning](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/workflow)
- First published: 2022-01-08
- Last updated: 2025-05-22
- Version: `1.6`
- Size: 59.6 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English (United States)
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/block-news-websites/jfogekncgajjiipekhdoggechclejdph>
- View its code or download CRX: <https://crxpeek.com/extension/jfogekncgajjiipekhdoggechclejdph>
- Search Google for the ID: <https://www.google.com/search?q=%22jfogekncgajjiipekhdoggechclejdph%22&tbs=li:1>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-10-16 | 443 | 3.18 | 11 |
| 2026-09-27 | 436 | 3.18 | 11 |

## 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

- `https://jua836hit2.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/default/checksummm/*`: jua836hit2.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com

### Browser features

- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser
- `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 |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| [PDF Summarizer](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/mdcmdcoejckepniecifkpeoimfkmdkhl) | 10,000 | 3.67 | 24 | Workflow & Planning |
| [GfG to LeetCode](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/dkodhhfojohfonoidpcheichdjbicnfg) | 6,000 | 4.00 | 15 | Developer Tools |
| [Block ShortForm Videos](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/agbemapbkffnbkpnfheipfcjmlnkheaa) | 3,000 | 4.23 | 26 | Workflow & Planning |
| [Large PDF Translator](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ikedjddgafbllegfhehnigikflgmehfn) | 2,000 | 3.00 | 6 | Workflow & Planning |
| [Presentation Summarizer](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/alonjpgojdpfekdgkmbbjjbkohfclgln) | 807 | 4.00 | 4 | Workflow & Planning |
| [Bank Statement Converter](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/hjdlmihpolncoojjfajogcohmfkfopki) | 776 | 5.00 | 3 | Workflow & Planning |
| [PDF Table to Excel](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/bkiedemegngpkdihpebhhmejlbmbagjl) | 653 | 4.20 | 5 | Workflow & Planning |
| [Document Summarizer](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ddlmfibehjejpigiobfbjckgecllfnib) | 534 | 5.00 | 4 | Workflow & Planning |
| [AI Mind Map Maker](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/bgkkigmbdbbbobcchdiplmochcijkfpc) | 381 | 4.00 | 4 | Workflow & Planning |
| [AI Graph Maker](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/hjaddioihfcfbifkfefganidbanneffb) | 221 | 5.00 | 3 | Workflow & Planning |

All 15 extensions by [Aditya](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u7955eb0c13839b7f567b00b32fc2b995).

## 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 2026-10-16 17:34 UTC; next check around 2026-11-17.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Block News Websites” (jfogekncgajjiipekhdoggechclejdph). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-10-16. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/jfogekncgajjiipekhdoggechclejdph. Accessed 2026-11-13.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_jfogekncgajjiipekhdoggechclejdph,
  title   = {Block News Websites (jfogekncgajjiipekhdoggechclejdph)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-10-16},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/jfogekncgajjiipekhdoggechclejdph},
  urldate = {2026-11-13}
}
```

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