---
title: "TextExpander: Keyboard Shortcuts & Templates – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "100,000 users, rated 4.51 by 130 people. Version 8.4.7 (847.1), updated 2026-08-27. Requests 10 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/mmfhhfjhpadoefoaahomoakamjcfcoil"
---

# TextExpander: Keyboard Shortcuts & Templates

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 100,000
- Rating: 4.51 from 130 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-09-27 05:47 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: – (needs a week of history)
- Users gained in 30 days: – (needs a month of history)
- Rank by users: #1,082 of 264,703 live extensions
- Rank in Tools: #206 of 103,498

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> Create and expand repetitive text anywhere on the web with custom keyboard shortcuts.

- Extension ID: `mmfhhfjhpadoefoaahomoakamjcfcoil`
- Developer: [TextExpander, Inc.](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u0c49df13d29a5d25f7802105bc5552b3)
- Category: [Productivity › Tools](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/tools)
- First published: 2017-10-18
- Last updated: 2026-08-27
- Version: `8.4.7 (847.1)`
- Size: 29.47 MiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English
- Website: `https://textexpander.com/`
- Support page: `https://textexpander.com/support`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/textexpander-keyboard-sho/mmfhhfjhpadoefoaahomoakamjcfcoil>
- View the code or download the CRX, in CRX Viewer: <https://robwu.nl/crxviewer/?crx=https%3A%2F%2Fchromewebstore.google.com%2Fdetail%2Fmmfhhfjhpadoefoaahomoakamjcfcoil>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-09-27 | 100,000 | 4.51 | 130 |

## 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.

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

### Sites

- `<all_urls>`: Every website

### Sites where it runs scripts

- `<all_urls>`: Every website
- `https://api.textexpander.com/ssoChrome*`: api.textexpander.com
- `https://go.textexpander.com/*`: go.textexpander.com

### Browser features

- `clipboardRead`: Read what you copy
- `clipboardWrite`: Change what's in your clipboard
- `contextMenus`: Add items to the right-click menu
- `nativeMessaging`: Talk to programs installed on your computer
- `notifications`: Show notifications
- `offscreen`: Open a hidden page for background work
- `scripting`: Run scripts on sites it can reach
- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser
- `tabs`: Read the addresses and titles of your tabs

### Asked for later, if you agree

- `downloads`: Manage your downloads

## 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 2026-09-27 05:47 UTC; next check around 2026-09-30.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “TextExpander: Keyboard Shortcuts & Templates” (mmfhhfjhpadoefoaahomoakamjcfcoil). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/mmfhhfjhpadoefoaahomoakamjcfcoil. Accessed 2026-09-28.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_mmfhhfjhpadoefoaahomoakamjcfcoil,
  title   = {TextExpander: Keyboard Shortcuts & Templates (mmfhhfjhpadoefoaahomoakamjcfcoil)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/mmfhhfjhpadoefoaahomoakamjcfcoil},
  urldate = {2026-09-28}
}
```

---

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