---
title: "ProWritingAid: Grammar Checker & Paraphrasing Tool – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "200,000 users, rated 4.61 by 7,049 people. Version 2.10.5517, updated 2026-11-09. Requests 11 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/npnbdojkgkbcdfdjlfdmplppdphlhhcf"
---

# ProWritingAid: Grammar Checker & Paraphrasing Tool

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 200,000
- Rating: 4.61 from 7,049 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-11-10 05:53 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: No change
- Users gained in 30 days: No change (+0.0%)
- Rank by users: #784 of 292,131 live extensions
- Rank in Workflow & Planning: #271 of 49,293

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> Gain confidence in your writing with the best grammar checker and paraphrasing tool that works wherever you do.

- Extension ID: `npnbdojkgkbcdfdjlfdmplppdphlhhcf`
- Developer: [Orpheus Technology Limited](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u2925343dd6e6a59d229977b0f8c7499a)
- Enhanced Safe Browsing: Trusted ([what this means](https://extensiontracker.com/enhanced-safe-browsing))
- Category: [Productivity › Workflow & Planning](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/workflow)
- First published: 2018-04-09
- Last updated: 2026-11-09
- Version: `2.10.5517`
- Size: 28.89 MiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English (United States)
- Website: `http://www.prowritingaid.com/`
- Support page: `https://help.prowritingaid.com/`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/prowritingaid-grammar-che/npnbdojkgkbcdfdjlfdmplppdphlhhcf>
- View its code or download CRX: <https://crxpeek.com/extension/npnbdojkgkbcdfdjlfdmplppdphlhhcf>
- Search Google for the ID: <https://www.google.com/search?q=%22npnbdojkgkbcdfdjlfdmplppdphlhhcf%22&tbs=li:1>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-11-10 | 200,000 | 4.61 | 7,049 |
| 2026-11-06 | 200,000 | 4.61 | 7,049 |
| 2026-10-30 | 200,000 | 4.61 | 7,048 |
| 2026-10-23 | 200,000 | 4.62 | 7,048 |
| 2026-10-16 | 200,000 | 4.62 | 7,046 |
| 2026-10-09 | 200,000 | 4.82 | 7,043 |
| 2026-10-02 | 200,000 | 4.82 | 7,041 |
| 2026-09-29 | 200,000 | 4.82 | 7,041 |
| 2026-09-27 | 200,000 | 4.82 | 7,040 |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

- 2026-11-10: New version `2.10.5517`, replacing `2.9.62562`.
- 2026-11-06: New version `2.9.62562`, replacing `2.9.52791`.
- 2026-10-30: New version `2.9.52791`, replacing `2.9.43974`.
- 2026-10-23: New version `2.9.43974`, replacing `2.9.38311`.
- 2026-10-16: New version `2.9.38311`, replacing `2.9.30467`.
- 2026-10-09: New version `2.9.30467`, replacing `2.9.22748`.
- 2026-10-02: New version `2.9.22748`, replacing `2.9.16976`.
- 2026-09-29: New version `2.9.16976`, replacing `2.9.14124`.

## 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

- `http://*/*`: Every website
- `https://*/*`: Every website

### Sites where it runs scripts

- `*://docs.google.com/document/*`: docs.google.com
- `http://*/*`: Every website
- `https://*/*`: Every website

### Browser features

- `alarms`: Run tasks on a schedule
- `clipboardRead`: Read what you copy
- `clipboardWrite`: Change what's in your clipboard
- `cookies`: Read and change cookies on the sites it can reach
- `offscreen`: Open a hidden page for background work
- `scripting`: Run scripts on sites it can reach
- `sidePanel`: Show a side panel
- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser
- `tabs`: Read the addresses and titles of your tabs

## 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 2026-11-10 05:53 UTC; next check around 2026-11-17.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “ProWritingAid: Grammar Checker & Paraphrasing Tool” (npnbdojkgkbcdfdjlfdmplppdphlhhcf). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-10. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/npnbdojkgkbcdfdjlfdmplppdphlhhcf. Accessed 2026-11-13.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_npnbdojkgkbcdfdjlfdmplppdphlhhcf,
  title   = {ProWritingAid: Grammar Checker & Paraphrasing Tool (npnbdojkgkbcdfdjlfdmplppdphlhhcf)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-10},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/npnbdojkgkbcdfdjlfdmplppdphlhhcf},
  urldate = {2026-11-13}
}
```

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