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GIF Blocker

by rynu.smith · Art & Design
FeaturedManifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 15 Oct 2026

Block GIF and WebP animation images on HTML pages to reduce bandwidth and resource usage

Users
4,000
0 in 30 days
Rating
3.6 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
44
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#15K
#13K among extensions
Version
0.2.2
updated 1 Jul 2026

Users

monthly, 3 years
6002,3004,000Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 4,000 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 years
102744Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 44 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 GIF Blocker

This extension blocks animated images (*.GIF and *.WebP formats by default) to save bandwidth usage and improve page loading performance. The extension can get enabled or disabled from the action button. Once the extension is enabled, no animated resource is fetched from the internet. Instead, the remote image is replaced by a local alternative. When blocking mode is enabled, the user can still selectively load blocked images from the right-click context menu over the image context. How does it work: This extension redirects all the animated image requests to the local SVG image. This way, there is no server request at all (not even the HEAD request). Features: You can unblock an image from right-click context menu. The unblocking stays for this browser session. Or until the extension is disabled by pressing the toolbar button. Reduce bandwidth usage significantly by preventing any animated image loading. Animated images use a large amount of bandwidth compared to normal images. Optionally disable the extension for WebP or GIF image format. Optionally block video elements from auto-playing Optionally block CSS animation

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days0+0.0%00.00
30 days0+0.0%00.00
6 months0+0.0%+1−0.06
1 year0+0.0%+6−0.07

Chrome Web Store search rankings

Where GIF Blocker appears when people search the store, with the 30 day change
Search phrasePosition30 days
gif#8+1
animation#63+3

Version history

5 versions recorded
0.2.21 Jul 2026
0.2.128 Dec 2022
0.2.030 Sep 2021
0.1.219 Aug 2020
0.1.130 Oct 2019

Details

Category
Art & Design
First seen
30 Oct 2019
Size
50 KB
Languages
en
Pricing
Free
Privacy policy
add0n.com
Support
webextension.org
Extension ID
ahkidgegbmbnggcnmejhobepkaphkfhl

Permissions and risk

Low riskimpact 2, likelihood 1
Permissions
storageactiveTabscriptingcontextMenusdeclarativeNetRequest
Site access
*://*/*
Can read and change data on every website you visit.

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