Twitter Media Downloader

Download images/videos of user's media-timeline on Twitter.
What is Twitter Media Downloader?
'Twitter Media Downloader' is a Firefox add-on that facilitates downloading of images and videos from a user's or search timeline on Twitter. The downloaded media is conveniently stored in a ZIP file. Ideal for saving media from favorite illustrators and photographers found on Twitter.

Add-on stats

This add-on was removed from Firefox Browser Add-ons on 2023-09-15
By: 風柳
Users: 25,361
Rating: 4.18 (301)
Version: 0.1.5.4 (Last updated: 2022-09-30)
Creation date: 2017-11-17
Weekly download count: 689
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: Very high risk impact
Risk likelihood: High risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
  • *://*.twitter.com/*
  • *://pbs.twimg.com/*
  • *://video.twimg.com/*
  • *://*.cdn.vine.co/*
Size: 267.64K
URLs: Website

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Add-on summary

If you find favorite illustrators and photographers on Twitter, you will want to save their all images.

With this extension, in the Twitter official Web site, images/videos of a user's media timeline (https://twitter.com/<screen_name>/media) or search timeline, to be able to download at once(*).

(*) Images/videos collectively will be stored in a ZIP file .

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Convenient extension for saving pictures from artists' profiles
  • Useful file naming feature for easy traceability of original tweets
  • Extensive tool for downloading single tweets and mass downloading
  • Works well with tweetdeck
  • Saves time and effort
  • Great features offered by the add-on
  • Works fine after updates
Cons
  • Stopped working properly since around two months ago
  • Cannot download pictures that are over a year old
  • Hasn't been updated in a year
  • Noticeably worse with current API changes
  • Doesn't download all tweets
  • Cannot download tweets with no media
  • Cannot download retweets
  • Media mass download button not available on lists
  • Issues with downloading individual videos
  • Doesn't work anymore
  • Only downloads images and not videos
  • Error messages and failure to retrieve tweet information
  • No longer maintained
  • Broken after recent updates
  • Failed to get tweet information
  • Abruptly stopped working
  • Recent issues with functionality
Most mentioned
  • Stopped working properly
  • API changes
  • Download pictures
  • Cannot download videos
  • Not maintained
  • Failed to get tweet information
  • Broke after recent updates
Recent reviews
Can you please update your extension, it no longer works at all since Twitter's changes (X). It always displays:<< (*) Timeline error: [API] 34: Sorry, that page does not exist.>>

by Erebar, 2023-09-14

The extension was great but it's broken again. When trying to Start a "pass" it reads: (*) Timeline error: [API] 34: Sorry, that page does not exist. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Complete(timeline-error)] - ( Tweet: 0 / Media: 0 )
by Ecchi-C, 2023-09-13
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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Twitter Media Downloader requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Twitter Media Downloader may not be trust-worthy. Avoid installing if possible unless you really trust this publisher.

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