---
title: "Better Lyrics Shaders – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "7,000 users, rated 4.74 by 23 people. Version 1.7.0, updated 2026-11-08. Requests 5 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/mffpncjphfmkppebdoaehdlnagnlpfai"
---

# Better Lyrics Shaders

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 7,000
- Rating: 4.74 from 23 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-11-09 05:52 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: No change
- Users gained in 30 days: −13,000 (-65.0%)
- Rank by users: #8,681 of 292,131 live extensions
- Rank in Art & Design: #93 of 3,655

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> Add beautiful gradient effects to YouTube Music

- Extension ID: `mffpncjphfmkppebdoaehdlnagnlpfai`
- Developer: [Boidushya](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/uf3014e4812dfdac6b9ea8e2fc7305b0f)
- Enhanced Safe Browsing: Trusted ([what this means](https://extensiontracker.com/enhanced-safe-browsing))
- Category: [Lifestyle › Art & Design](https://extensiontracker.com/category/lifestyle/art)
- First published: 2025-08-30
- Last updated: 2026-11-08
- Version: `1.7.0`
- Size: 261 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English (United States)
- Website: `betterlyrics.org`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/better-lyrics-shaders/mffpncjphfmkppebdoaehdlnagnlpfai>
- View its code or download CRX: <https://crxpeek.com/extension/mffpncjphfmkppebdoaehdlnagnlpfai>
- Search Google for the ID: <https://www.google.com/search?q=%22mffpncjphfmkppebdoaehdlnagnlpfai%22&tbs=li:1>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-11-09 | 7,000 | 4.74 | 23 |
| 2026-11-03 | 7,000 | 4.74 | 23 |
| 2026-10-28 | 10,000 | 4.73 | 22 |
| 2026-10-25 | 10,000 | 4.73 | 22 |
| 2026-10-20 | 20,000 | 4.81 | 21 |
| 2026-10-13 | 20,000 | 4.81 | 21 |
| 2026-10-07 | 20,000 | 4.80 | 20 |
| 2026-09-30 | 20,000 | 4.78 | 18 |
| 2026-09-29 | 20,000 | 4.78 | 18 |
| 2026-09-27 | 20,000 | 4.78 | 18 |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

- 2026-11-09: New version `1.7.0`, replacing `1.6.1`.
- 2026-10-28: New version `1.6.1`, replacing `1.5.1`.
- 2026-10-25: New version `1.5.1`, replacing `1.5.0`.
- 2026-09-30: New version `1.5.0`, replacing `1.3.0`.
- 2026-09-29: New version `1.3.0`, replacing `1.2.2`.

## 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://*.googleusercontent.com/*`: googleusercontent.com and its subdomains
- `https://i.ytimg.com/*`: i.ytimg.com
- `https://music.youtube.com/*`: music.youtube.com

### Sites where it runs scripts

- `https://music.youtube.com/*`: music.youtube.com

### Browser features

- `activeTab`: The tab you're on, only after you click the extension
- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser

## More from this developer

Other extensions from the same publisher account.

| Extension | Users | Rating | Ratings | Category |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| [Better Lyrics (Lyrics for YouTube Music)](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/effdbpeggelllpfkjppbokhmmiinhlmg) | 80,000 | 4.95 | 775 | Entertainment |

All 2 extensions by [Boidushya](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/uf3014e4812dfdac6b9ea8e2fc7305b0f).

## 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 2026-11-09 05:52 UTC; next check around 2026-11-15.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Better Lyrics Shaders” (mffpncjphfmkppebdoaehdlnagnlpfai). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-09. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/mffpncjphfmkppebdoaehdlnagnlpfai. Accessed 2026-11-13.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_mffpncjphfmkppebdoaehdlnagnlpfai,
  title   = {Better Lyrics Shaders (mffpncjphfmkppebdoaehdlnagnlpfai)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-09},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/mffpncjphfmkppebdoaehdlnagnlpfai},
  urldate = {2026-11-13}
}
```

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