Return X/Twitter Link Previews

Bring back X/Twitter link previews with headlines and descriptions

Return X/Twitter Link Previews

Add-on stats

Users: 42
-1
Rating: 4.50
(4)
Version: 0.0.3 (Last updated: 2023-10-06)
Creation date: 2023-10-05
Weekly download count: NaN
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
  • https://*/*
  • http://*/*
Size: 186.61K
URLs: Website

Other platforms

Not available on Chrome
Not available on Android
Not available on Edge
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Add-on summary

Adds the link previews with headline and description back to X posts. All requests are done with the Fetch API (to t.co that twitter provides and follows the redirect to the final destination, scraping the opengraph data) and cached in local browser store.

Source code, including a Chrome version is here: https://github.com/stevenlafl/return-x-link-preview

User reviews

by Koi, 2023-12-18
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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Return X/Twitter Link Previews requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Return X/Twitter Link Previews has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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