---
title: "Best URL Shortener – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "10,000 users, rated 4.06 by 49 people. Version 2.0.2, updated 2024-11-27. Requests 6 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/jhcjblhckchiedihkfkgjaghggbcmbdn"
---

# Best URL Shortener

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 10,000
- Rating: 4.06 from 49 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-11-11 15:50 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: −10,000
- Users gained in 30 days: −10,000 (-50.0%)
- Rank by users: #5,041 of 292,125 live extensions
- Rank in Developer Tools: #442 of 30,444

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> Convert long URLs or Links of websites to short and friendly ones.

- Extension ID: `jhcjblhckchiedihkfkgjaghggbcmbdn`
- Developer: [Wilson](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u0bfe0e4d111b162ff8b26d511594422c)
- Enhanced Safe Browsing: Trusted ([what this means](https://extensiontracker.com/enhanced-safe-browsing))
- Category: [Productivity › Developer Tools](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/developer)
- First published: 2015-02-25
- Last updated: 2024-11-27
- Version: `2.0.2`
- Size: 229 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English (United States)
- Support page: `http://tiny.cc/appshelp`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/best-url-shortener/jhcjblhckchiedihkfkgjaghggbcmbdn>
- View its code or download CRX: <https://crxpeek.com/extension/jhcjblhckchiedihkfkgjaghggbcmbdn>
- Search Google for the ID: <https://www.google.com/search?q=%22jhcjblhckchiedihkfkgjaghggbcmbdn%22&tbs=li:1>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-11-11 | 10,000 | 4.06 | 49 |
| 2026-11-04 | 20,000 | 4.06 | 49 |
| 2026-10-28 | 10,000 | 4.06 | 49 |
| 2026-10-22 | 20,000 | 4.06 | 49 |
| 2026-10-14 | 20,000 | 4.06 | 49 |
| 2026-10-08 | 20,000 | 4.06 | 49 |
| 2026-10-01 | 10,000 | 4.06 | 49 |
| 2026-09-27 | 10,000 | 4.06 | 49 |

## 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.

### Browser features

- `activeTab`: The tab you're on, only after you click the extension
- `alarms`: Run tasks on a schedule
- `contextMenus`: Add items to the right-click menu
- `scripting`: Run scripts on sites it can reach
- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser
- `unlimitedStorage`: Store more data than the usual limit

## 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 2026-11-11 15:50 UTC; next check around 2026-11-18.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Best URL Shortener” (jhcjblhckchiedihkfkgjaghggbcmbdn). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-11. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/jhcjblhckchiedihkfkgjaghggbcmbdn. Accessed 2026-11-13.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_jhcjblhckchiedihkfkgjaghggbcmbdn,
  title   = {Best URL Shortener (jhcjblhckchiedihkfkgjaghggbcmbdn)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-11},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/jhcjblhckchiedihkfkgjaghggbcmbdn},
  urldate = {2026-11-13}
}
```

---

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