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Highlight Magic

by Highlight Magic · Workflow & Planning
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View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 15 Oct 2026

Enables user to highlight words

Users
9,000
0 in 30 days
Rating
4.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
42
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#10K
#8,923 among extensions
Version
1.1.5
updated 30 May 2025

Users

monthly, 3 years
6004,8009,000Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 9,000 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 years
62442Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 42 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 Highlight Magic

A simple highlight tool which enables anyone to highlight words on any website. *The tool went through a slight overhaul, please check the "What's new 1.1.3" below! Features: - Assign color for each word - Import from raw list or text file - Group your words into lists for easier organization - Sync function to transfer your lists across devices. - Import/Export your lists. - Sort your lists *new* - Quickfind, ctrl-shift-f to bring up quickfind and search instantly, save later. - Each word in the list can be case sensitive - Can use regular expression tokens - Blacklist sites and pages - Can match complete words or part of a word - Stylize your words in Style tab - Dark mode To enable Regex tokens, blacklist a site, toggle complete words on or off, go to settings. If you have any issues please ask & I will help you out! If you found a bug report it and I'll fix it as soon as possible! Ideas how to make the extension better are encouraged! What's new: 1.1.5: Features - Added expand button on lists to view highlight stats - Added a save button that enables you to store changes without having to press enter - Added sorting methods (Ascending, Descening, By background color, By text color) - Added a warning in custom settings that when enabled the global settings are overriden - Removed character limit in excluded/exclusive lists Bug Fixes - Badge indicating number of words highlighted now works more consistently and less prone to breaking - Fixed issue where if single color is selected you couldn't change the color individually for each word - Effectively inform users that global settings won't be enabled for lists with custom settings enabled - Clear filter when closing lists - Toggling the tool or a list off will less likely break a page and also work a bit faster - Fixed a bug where changing the title of a list, returning to list menu and clicking the same list, the sheet would show the old one 1.1.4: Some bug fixes that manifested when updating from 1.1.2 to 1.1.3. 1.1.3: -Optimized highlighting and fix slowdowns when new elements are added to the page. - Added import options for raw lists and text files - Can copy (crtl-c) & paste (ctrl-v) words directly to the list editor - Press ctrl-a to select all visible words - Filter words - Made all lists a single random color by default, can be changed in style settings - New style tab that let's you customize your highlighted words - Dark mode! - Made some stylistic changes to the GUI to make it a bit more modern looking 1.1.2: Bug fix: Replaced additional event paths that broke the mass action option when ticking the a word's checkbox. - Toggling a list on/off now disables/enables the highlighting in the active tab. 1.1.1: Bug Fix - event path property is undefined, replaced event paths with composedPath method. 1.1.0: - Lists are now available! Group your words into lists. - Sync function to transfer your lists across devices. - Import/Export your lists. - Quickfind, ctrl-shift-f to bring up quickfind. - Bug Fix: contentEditable incompatibility elements no longer crash page. - Highlights in iframes. 1.0.3 - Bug Fix: Text nodes & characterData changes succesfully forwarded to highlighter. 1.0.2 - Bug Fix: Text is no longer removed from textareas. Extension icon and promotional tiles by Maria Gregoriou behance.net/MariaGregoriou Icons By Font Awesome https://fontawesome.com/license

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days0+0.0%00.00
30 days0+0.0%00.00
6 months+1,000+12.5%+4−0.16
1 year+1,000+12.5%+4−0.16

Chrome Web Store search rankings

Where Highlight Magic appears when people search the store, with the 30 day change
Search phrasePosition30 days
magic#23+2

Version history

9 versions recorded
1.1.530 May 2025
1.1.42 Feb 2024
1.1.331 Jan 2024
1.1.26 Jul 2023
1.1.119 Jan 2023
1.1.023 Nov 2022
1.0.328 Oct 2022
1.0.214 Dec 2020

Details

Category
Workflow & Planning
First seen
23 Sep 2020
Size
421 KB
Languages
en
Pricing
Free
Extension ID
ebjdbdfklikkclechjijionbjkhhljml

Permissions and risk

Minimal riskimpact 3, likelihood 0
Permissions
tabsstoragecontextMenus

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