---
title: "Word Blocker - Text Redaction & Pattern Filter – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "783 users, rated 4.17 by 6 people. Version 1.12, updated 2024-11-26. Requests 2 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/maoacomjbhjohdfbodgiebfelpgdlfkn"
---

# Word Blocker - Text Redaction & Pattern Filter

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 783
- Rating: 4.17 from 6 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-10-22 16:49 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: No change
- Users gained in 30 days: +24 (+3.2%)
- Rank by users: #27,767 of 292,131 live extensions
- Rank in Privacy & Security: #543 of 5,693

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> Redact text on any site. Block words, phrases, or patterns. Categorize rules. Import & export rules. Open source. Privacy focused.

- Extension ID: `maoacomjbhjohdfbodgiebfelpgdlfkn`
- Developer: [Papillon Software](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/uc61f4dfb219e536e554e48ecb92df3db)
- Enhanced Safe Browsing: Trusted ([what this means](https://extensiontracker.com/enhanced-safe-browsing))
- Category: [Make Chrome Yours › Privacy & Security](https://extensiontracker.com/category/make_chrome_yours/privacy)
- First published: 2024-11-26
- Last updated: 2024-11-26
- Version: `1.12`
- Size: 63.36 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 116
- Languages (1): English
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/word-blocker-text-redacti/maoacomjbhjohdfbodgiebfelpgdlfkn>
- View its code or download CRX: <https://crxpeek.com/extension/maoacomjbhjohdfbodgiebfelpgdlfkn>
- Search Google for the ID: <https://www.google.com/search?q=%22maoacomjbhjohdfbodgiebfelpgdlfkn%22&tbs=li:1>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-10-22 | 783 | 4.17 | 6 |
| 2026-09-27 | 759 | 4.17 | 6 |

## 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.

**Every website:** it can read and change your data on all the sites you visit.

### Sites where it runs scripts

- `<all_urls>`: Every website

### Browser features

- `sidePanel`: Show a side panel
- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser

## More from this developer

Other extensions from the same publisher account.

| Extension | Users | Rating | Ratings | Category |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| [Mobile View: Test responsive designs fast](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/clepmakjkiihmfoepipckkafafdepjne) | 20,000 | 4.22 | 40 | Developer Tools |
| [Pomodoro Focus - Task Management](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/dmbalohccebhfhnadejgcpikngacbfek) | 2,000 | 4.22 | 9 | Workflow & Planning |
| [AI Block](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/bepbbcpgoljdlbihghneodnejodaeiih) | 812 | 2.50 | 6 | Privacy & Security |
| [Design Copilot](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/hgaldpfdgmmojgdlaiapgndeicgdbldp) | 312 | 4.20 | 5 | Developer Tools |
| [Extension Development - Auto Reloader](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/falghmjeljhgmccbpffloemnfnmikked) | 176 | 5.00 | 2 | Developer Tools |
| [Simple Screenshot](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/pnflgfcejlgmeeabonlbaldiaolkcfhm) | 89 | – | – | Tools |

All 7 extensions by [Papillon Software](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/uc61f4dfb219e536e554e48ecb92df3db).

## 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 2026-10-22 16:49 UTC; next check around 2026-11-19.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Word Blocker - Text Redaction & Pattern Filter” (maoacomjbhjohdfbodgiebfelpgdlfkn). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-10-22. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/maoacomjbhjohdfbodgiebfelpgdlfkn. Accessed 2026-11-13.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_maoacomjbhjohdfbodgiebfelpgdlfkn,
  title   = {Word Blocker - Text Redaction & Pattern Filter (maoacomjbhjohdfbodgiebfelpgdlfkn)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-10-22},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/maoacomjbhjohdfbodgiebfelpgdlfkn},
  urldate = {2026-11-13}
}
```

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