---
title: "Search YouTube For Selected Text – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "1,000 users, rated 4.82 by 85 people. Version 2.0.1, updated 2024-10-12. Requests 1 permission."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ljcefbidblfpfiheimehfaibcelaboln"
---

# Search YouTube For Selected Text

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 1,000
- Rating: 4.82 from 85 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-09-28 07:30 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 264,702 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:

> Curious about something you’ve read online? Just highlight, right-click, and discover videos that match your selection!

- Extension ID: `ljcefbidblfpfiheimehfaibcelaboln`
- Developer: [Wael Hamdan](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u0c902db41e3738cb4fc01262f63e75be)
- Category: [Productivity › Tools](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/tools)
- First published: 2010-09-16
- Last updated: 2024-10-12
- Version: `2.0.1`
- Size: 26.09 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (2): English, العربية
- Support page: `https://github.com/w431/chrome-extension-search-youtube-selected-text/issues`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/search-youtube-for-select/ljcefbidblfpfiheimehfaibcelaboln>
- View the code or download the CRX, in CRX Peek: <https://crxpeek.com/?id=ljcefbidblfpfiheimehfaibcelaboln>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-09-28 | 1,000 | 4.82 | 85 |
| 2026-09-27 | 1,000 | 4.82 | 85 |

## 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.

### Browser features

- `contextMenus`: Add items to the right-click menu

## 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 07:30 UTC; next check around 2026-10-05.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Search YouTube For Selected Text” (ljcefbidblfpfiheimehfaibcelaboln). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-28. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ljcefbidblfpfiheimehfaibcelaboln. Accessed 2026-09-28.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_ljcefbidblfpfiheimehfaibcelaboln,
  title   = {Search YouTube For Selected Text (ljcefbidblfpfiheimehfaibcelaboln)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-28},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ljcefbidblfpfiheimehfaibcelaboln},
  urldate = {2026-09-28}
}
```

---

From Extension Tracker, a public record of the Chrome Web Store: <https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ljcefbidblfpfiheimehfaibcelaboln>. It isn't affiliated with Google. The data is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (<https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/>), crediting Extension Tracker. Extension, developer and list pages come as Markdown too: add `format=md` to the address, as in `https://extensiontracker.com/extension/{id}?format=md`.