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Highlight These Words

by Free Apps · Tools
Manifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 18 Oct 2026

Automatically highlights any user‑defined keywords whenever you browse

Users
147
+7 in 30 days
Rating
4.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
1
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#73K
#61K among extensions
Version
1.5
updated 13 Jun 2025

Users

monthly, 16 months
074147Jun 2025Mar 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 18 Oct 2026: 147 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 16 months
001Jun 2025Mar 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 18 Oct 2026: 1 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 These Words

Highlight These Words adds an always-on, instantly configurable layer to every page you visit. Type a list of keywords—names, product SKUs, error codes, medical terms, hashtags—and the extension hunts them down the moment content appears, wrapping each match in a subtle <mark> element. The result is a gentle fluorescent stripe that jumps off the page without breaking the layout. Because the content script re-runs whenever new nodes are injected (infinite scroll, single-page apps, chat windows), the highlight never lags behind dynamic sites. One-click keyword editing The pop-up presents a clean, monospaced list. Press Enter to add a term, click ❌ to remove, or hit Clear All when you start a new project. Whole-word toggle Need “art” but not “partial”? Enable Whole word only and the engine wraps the search term in \\b boundaries. Custom colour picker Not everyone loves textbook yellow on dark mode. Pick any RGB shade; the extension writes it inline so the highlight survives every web font and theme. Who benefits the most? Research scientists & graduate students Literature reviews often revolve around a handful of key concepts. Auto-highlighting lets them skim 50-page papers and still spot “CRISPR-Cas9” or “graphene oxide” in seconds. Investigative journalists & analysts Following a developing story across dozens of sources? Add company names or court case numbers; the coloured bar reveals fresh leads hidden in paragraphs. E-commerce power users Dropshippers monitor supplier sites for “out of stock” or “price dropped”. Highlighting these terms turns a tedious scroll into a quick scan. Why download instead of using Ctrl-F? Persistent across tabs and sessions – A browser search vanishes when you reload; “Highlight These Words” stays until you delete the term. Multi-term, multi-page – Browser built-in finder highlights only one string at a time and only on the foreground tab; this extension handles unlimited words on every tab.

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days+6+4.3%00.00
30 days+7+5.0%00.00
6 months+18+14.0%00.00
1 year+52+54.7%00.00

Version history

1 versions recorded
1.513 Jun 2025

Details

Category
Tools
First seen
13 Jun 2025
Size
40 KB
Languages
de, en, fil, id, ms, nl, vi, tr
Pricing
Free
Extension ID
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Permissions and risk

Low riskimpact 2, likelihood 1
Permissions
storage
Site access
<all_urls>
Can read and change data on every website you visit.

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