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Custom Highlight

by Andreto · Functionality & UI
FeaturedManifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 15 Oct 2026

A chrome extension for customizing highlight color.

Users
9,000
0 in 30 days
Rating
4.0 / 5
+0.04 in 30 days
Ratings
28
+1 in 30 days
Store rank
#10K
#8,976 among extensions
Version
1.5.0
updated 28 Feb 2025

Users

monthly, 3 years
1,0005,0009,000Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 9,000 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 years
61728Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 28 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

The Chrome Web Store rounds user counts down to the leading digit, so the user line moves in steps. The ratings count is exact and is the better signal of real adoption.

About Custom Highlight

Change Highlight background and text-color. It's easy to set the color with the built-in color picker or by copy and pasting color hex codes. Works on pretty much all websites. Compatible with Dark Reader. Pages might have to be reloaded after install for the highlight to be set. -- This extension does not read or handle any user data. https://andreto.github.io/Custom-Highlight/

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days0+0.0%+1+0.04
30 days0+0.0%+1+0.04
6 months0+0.0%+1+0.04
1 year+1,000+12.5%+3−0.04

Chrome Web Store search rankings

Where Custom Highlight appears when people search the store, with the 30 day change
Search phrasePosition30 days
change color#17−8
color#81−27

Version history

9 versions recorded
1.5.024 May 2021
1.4.36 Mar 2021
1.4.212 Dec 2020
1.4.16 Dec 2020
1.4.018 Nov 2020
1.3.416 Jul 2020
1.3.313 Jul 2020
1.3.210 Jul 2020

Details

Category
Functionality & UI
First seen
19 Feb 2020
Size
57 KB
Languages
en-US
Pricing
Free
Support
github.com
Extension ID
bmhaflbnleckffaacepbbbonfookcedm

Permissions and risk

Minimal riskimpact 2, likelihood 0
Permissions
storagescripting
Site access
<all_urls>
Can read and change data on every website you visit.

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