Loading Image

Almost there...

Loading Image

Loading...

Useful Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox Extensions / Plugins

Browsers are a really wonderful thing. They open us the door to an infinite amount of knowledge known as the Internet or the World Wide Web, but as great as they are they don't always have a certain feature that a person want. That is where extensions and plugins come in.
Michael Jacobsen
18 January 2017 - 10:00
Category: Browsers
Useful Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox Extensions Plugins

Here is a list of plugins and extensions sorted according to browser availability which I use on a daily basis and others that I find quite useful.

Google Chrome Extensions

EditThisCookie
EditThisCookie is a cookie manager. You can add, delete, edit, search, protect and block cookies!
Developer Website | Download

PageSpeed Insights (with PNaCl)
Analyze the performance of your webpages and get specific suggestions on how to optimize them.
Developer Website | Download

Wappalyzer
Identifies software on the web.
Developer Website | Download

WhatFont
The easiest way to identify fonts on web pages.
Developer Website | Download

Ghostery
Protect your privacy. See who's tracking your web browsing with Ghostery.
Developer Website | Download

Window Resizer
Resize browser window to emulate various screen resolutions
Download

anonymoX
Easy anonymous web browsing.

  • Change your IP-Address and country
  • Visit blocked or censored websites.
  • Delete cookies, show your public ip, and more

Developer Website | Download

Web Developer Tools
The Web Developer extension adds various web developer tools to the browser.
Download

User Agent Switcher
This extensions allows you to change the User Agent of your browser. This allows you to trick your website into thinking that you are using Internet Explorer, an iPhone, Andorid, etc.
Download

IE Tab
It exactly emulates IE by using the IE rendering engine directly within Chrome. This will enable you to use ActiveX controls and test your web pages with different versions of IE (IE6, IE7, IE8, or IE9).
Download

Mozilla Firefox Plugins

Wappalyzer
Identifies software on the web.
Developer Website | Download

Ghostery
Protect your privacy. See who's tracking your web browsing with Ghostery.
Developer Website | Download

Flagfox
Displays a country flag depicting the location of the current website's server and provides a multitude of tools such as site safety checks, whois, translation, similar sites, validation, URL shortening, and more...
Developer Website | Download

Live HTTP Headers
View HTTP headers of a page and while browsing.
Download

anonymoX
Easy anonymous web browsing.

  • Change your IP-Address and country
  • Visit blocked or censored websites.
  • Delete cookies, show your public ip, and more

 

Developer Website | Download

SQL Inject Me
SQL Injection vulnerabilites can cause a lot of damage to a web application. A malicious user can possibly view records, delete records, drop tables or gain access to your server. SQL Inject-Me is Firefox Extension used to test for SQL Injection vulnerabilities.
Download

XSS Me
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) is a common flaw found in todays web applications. XSS flaws can cause serious damage to a web application. Detecting XSS vulnerabilities early in the development process will help protect a web application from unnecessary flaws. XSS-Me is the Exploit-Me tool used to test for reflected XSS vulnerabilities.
Download

Cookies Manager+
Cookies manager to view, edit and create new cookies. It also shows extra information about cookies, allows edit multiple cookies at once and backup/restore them.
Download

Web Developer Tools
The Web Developer extension adds various web developer tools to the browser.
Download

Additional Resources

The above are only a few extensions that are available. Here is a list of webpages that offer a few more extensions that you might find useful.

http://www.developerdrive.com/2016/12/15-chrome-extensions-that-simplify-web-development/