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Description
Security for shortened links, simplified.
Extension Rankings
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Ranking Summary
#7,410
Overall Rank
#6,308
Extension Rank
Review Summary
Unshorten.link was once a popular Chrome extension praised for effectively revealing the destination of shortened URLs. However, many users report that it has become unreliable, frequently failing to unshorten popular short links, showing errors, and appearing abandoned due to lack of updates. While some appreciate its easy-to-read output and usability, the extension also faces criticism for instability and potential security concerns. Users hope for updates to fix bugs and expand support for more URL shorteners.
Pros
- Some users find the extension useful and effective at unshortening links.
- The extension has a straightforward interface showing the expanded URL clearly for easy reading and copying.
- It supports multiple URL shortener services and some users appreciate the concept and idea behind it.
- Good service when it works, with users intending to upgrade and recommend it.
- Works with Opera GX browser as well.
Cons
- The extension frequently stops working or only works partially, especially with popular services like Bitly and LinkedIn short URLs.
- It often results in errors such as timeouts, 404 errors, or infinite loops with certain shortener sites.
- Developers have not updated the extension in a long time, making it appear abandoned or dead to many users.
- Some users report instability including crashes and poor handling of unsupported shorteners.
- Privacy/security concerns raised about the extension communicating with suspicious servers reportedly associated with malware.
Permissions
This extension can:
- webRequest
- webRequestBlocking
- storage
- *://unshorten.link/*
- *://tinyurl.com/*
- *://sh.st/*
- *://0rz.tw/*
- *://1link.in/*
- *://1url.com/*
- *://2.gp/*
- *://2big.at/*
- *://2tu.us/*
- *://3.ly/*
- *://307.to/*
- *://4ms.me/*
- *://4sq.com/*
- *://4url.cc/*
- *://6url.com/*
- *://7.ly/*
- *://a.gg/*
- *://a.nf/*
- *://aa.cx/*
- *://abcurl.net/*
- *://ad.vu/*
- *://adjix.com/*
- *://afx.cc/*
- *://all.fuseurl.com/*
- *://alturl.com/*
- *://amzn.to/*
- http://amzn.to/*
- *://ar.gy/*
- *://arst.ch/*
- *://atu.ca/*
- *://azc.cc/*
- *://b23.ru/*
- *://b2l.me/*
- *://bacn.me/*
- *://bcool.bz/*
- *://binged.it/*
- *://bit.ly/*
- *://bizj.us/*
- *://bloat.me/*
- *://bravo.ly/*
- *://bsa.ly/*
- *://budurl.com/*
- *://canurl.com/*
- *://chilp.it/*
- *://chzb.gr/*
- *://cl.lk/*
- *://clck.ru/*
- *://cli.gs/*
- *://cliccami.info/*
- *://clickthru.ca/*
- *://clop.in/*
- *://conta.cc/*
- *://cort.as/*
- *://cot.ag/*
- *://crks.me/*
- *://ctvr.us/*
- *://cutt.us/*
- *://dai.ly/*
- *://decenturl.com/*
- *://dfl8.me/*
- *://digbig.com/*
- *://disq.us/*
- *://dld.bz/*
- *://dlvr.it/*
- *://do.my/*
- *://doiop.com/*
- *://dopen.us/*
- *://easyuri.com/*
- *://easyurl.net/*
- *://eepurl.com/*
- *://eweri.com/*
- *://fa.by/*
- *://fav.me/*
- *://fb.me/*
- *://fbshare.me/*
- *://ff.im/*
- *://fff.to/*
- *://fire.to/*
- *://firsturl.de/*
- *://firsturl.net/*
- *://flic.kr/*
- *://flq.us/*
- *://fly2.ws/*
- *://fon.gs/*
- *://freak.to/*
- *://fuseurl.com/*
- *://fuzzy.to/*
- *://fwd4.me/*
- *://fwib.net/*
- *://g.ro.lt/*
- *://gizmo.do/*
- *://gl.am/*
- *://go.9nl.com/*
- *://go.ign.com/*
- *://go.usa.gov/*
- *://goo.gl/*
- *://goshrink.com/*
- *://gurl.es/*
- *://hex.io/*
- *://hiderefer.com/*
- *://hmm.ph/*
- *://href.in/*
- *://hsblinks.com/*
- *://htxt.it/*
- *://huff.to/*
- *://hulu.com/*
- *://hurl.me/*
- *://hurl.ws/*
- *://icanhaz.com/*
- *://idek.net/*
- *://ilix.in/*
- *://is.gd/*
- *://its.my/*
- *://ix.lt/*
- *://j.mp/*
- *://jijr.com/*
- *://kl.am/*
- *://klck.me/*
- *://korta.nu/*
- *://krunchd.com/*
- *://l9k.net/*
- *://lat.ms/*
- *://liip.to/*
- *://liltext.com/*
- *://linkbee.com/*
- *://linkbun.ch/*
- *://liurl.cn/*
- *://ln-s.net/*
- *://ln-s.ru/*
- *://lnk.gd/*
- *://lnk.ms/*
- *://lnkd.in/*
- *://lnkurl.com/*
- *://lru.jp/*
- *://lt.tl/*
- *://lurl.no/*
- *://macte.ch/*
- *://mash.to/*
- *://merky.de/*
- *://migre.me/*
- *://miniurl.com/*
- *://minurl.fr/*
- *://mke.me/*
- *://moby.to/*
- *://moourl.com/*
- *://mrte.ch/*
- *://myloc.me/*
- *://myurl.in/*
- *://n.pr/*
- *://nbc.co/*
- *://nblo.gs/*
- *://nn.nf/*
- *://not.my/*
- *://notlong.com/*
- *://nsfw.in/*
- *://nutshellurl.com/*
- *://nxy.in/*
- *://nyti.ms/*
- *://o-x.fr/*
- *://oc1.us/*
- *://om.ly/*
- *://omf.gd/*
- *://omoikane.net/*
- *://on.cnn.com/*
- *://on.mktw.net/*
- *://onforb.es/*
- *://orz.se/*
- *://ow.ly/*
- *://ping.fm/*
- *://pli.gs/*
- *://pnt.me/*
- *://politi.co/*
- *://post.ly/*
- *://pp.gg/*
- *://profile.to/*
- *://ptiturl.com/*
- *://pub.vitrue.com/*
- *://qlnk.net/*
- *://qte.me/*
- *://qu.tc/*
- *://qy.fi/*
- *://r.im/*
- *://rb6.me/*
- *://read.bi/*
- *://readthis.ca/*
- *://reallytinyurl.com/*
- *://redir.ec/*
- *://redirects.ca/*
- *://redirx.com/*
- *://retwt.me/*
- *://ri.ms/*
- *://rickroll.it/*
- *://riz.gd/*
- *://rt.nu/*
- *://ru.ly/*
- *://rubyurl.com/*
- *://rurl.org/*
- *://rww.tw/*
- *://s4c.in/*
- *://s7y.us/*
- *://safe.mn/*
- *://sameurl.com/*
- *://sdut.us/*
- *://shar.es/*
- *://shink.de/*
- *://shorl.com/*
- *://short.ie/*
- *://short.to/*
- *://shortlinks.co.uk/*
- *://shorturl.com/*
- *://shout.to/*
- *://show.my/*
- *://shrinkify.com/*
- *://shrinkr.com/*
- *://shrt.fr/*
- *://shrt.st/*
- *://shrten.com/*
- *://shrunkin.com/*
- *://simurl.com/*
- *://slate.me/*
- *://smallr.com/*
- *://smsh.me/*
- *://smurl.name/*
- *://sn.im/*
- *://snipr.com/*
- *://snipurl.com/*
- *://snurl.com/*
- *://sp2.ro/*
- *://spedr.com/*
- *://srnk.net/*
- *://srs.li/*
- *://starturl.com/*
- *://su.pr/*
- *://surl.co.uk/*
- *://surl.hu/*
- *://t.cn/*
- *://t.co/*
- *://t.lh.com/*
- *://ta.gd/*
- *://tbd.ly/*
- *://tcrn.ch/*
- *://tgr.me/*
- *://tgr.ph/*
- *://tighturl.com/*
- *://tiniuri.com/*
- *://tiny.cc/*
- *://tiny.ly/*
- *://tiny.pl/*
- *://tinylink.in/*
- *://tinyuri.ca/*
- *://tinyurl.com/*
- *://tk./*
- *://tl.gd/*
- *://tmi.me/*
- *://tnij.org/*
- *://tnw.to/*
- *://tny.com/*
- *://to./*
- *://to.ly/*
- *://togoto.us/*
- *://totc.us/*
- *://toysr.us/*
- *://tpm.ly/*
- *://tr.im/*
- *://tra.kz/*
- *://trunc.it/*
- *://twhub.com/*
- *://twirl.at/*
- *://twitclicks.com/*
- *://twitterurl.net/*
- *://twitterurl.org/*
- *://twiturl.de/*
- *://twurl.cc/*
- *://twurl.nl/*
- *://u.mavrev.com/*
- *://u.nu/*
- *://u76.org/*
- *://ub0.cc/*
- *://ulu.lu/*
- *://updating.me/*
- *://ur1.ca/*
- *://url.az/*
- *://url.co.uk/*
- *://url.ie/*
- *://url360.me/*
- *://url4.eu/*
- *://urlborg.com/*
- *://urlbrief.com/*
- *://urlcover.com/*
- *://urlcut.com/*
- *://urlenco.de/*
- *://urli.nl/*
- *://urls.im/*
- *://urlshorteningservicefortwitter.com/*
- *://urlx.ie/*
- *://urlzen.com/*
- *://usat.ly/*
- *://use.my/*
- *://vb.ly/*
- *://vgn.am/*
- *://vl.am/*
- *://vm.lc/*
- *://w55.de/*
- *://wapo.st/*
- *://wapurl.co.uk/*
- *://wipi.es/*
- *://wp.me/*
- *://x.vu/*
- *://xr.com/*
- *://xrl.in/*
- *://xrl.us/*
- *://xurl.es/*
- *://xurl.jp/*
- *://y.ahoo.it/*
- *://yatuc.com/*
- *://ye.pe/*
- *://yep.it/*
- *://yfrog.com/*
- *://yhoo.it/*
- *://yiyd.com/*
- *://youtu.be/*
- *://yuarel.com/*
- *://z0p.de/*
- *://zi.ma/*
- *://zi.mu/*
- *://zipmyurl.com/*
- *://zud.me/*
- *://zurl.ws/*
- *://zz.gd/*
- *://zzang.kr/*
- *://›.ws/*
- *://✩.ws/*
- *://✿.ws/*
- *://❥.ws/*
- *://➔.ws/*
- *://➞.ws/*
- *://➡.ws/*
- *://➨.ws/*
- *://➯.ws/*
- *://➹.ws/*
- *://➽.ws/*
- *://viid.me/*
- *://grabify.link/*
- *://lifehac.kr/*
- *://wclink.co/*
Additional Information
Version
3.0.2
Updated
September 11, 2018
Size
0.67 MB
Languages
en
Developer Information
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