Make external YouTube shorts regular videos

by alan.urman · Functionality & UI

Manifest V3 Free

View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 15 Oct 2026

Make external shorts regular videos: redirect from /shorts to /watch.

Users

−1 in 30 days

Rating

0.0 / 5

unchanged in 30 days

Ratings

0 in 30 days

Store rank

#299K

#243K among extensions

Version

1.1

updated 6 May 2026

Users

monthly, 5 months

Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 3 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

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Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 0 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

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About Make external YouTube shorts regular videos

This extension enables redirects from YouTube `/shorts/<id>` links to `/watch?v=<id>` links for external YouTube shorts. Why? - You have shorts blocked via another extension (e.g. via ["Unhook"](https://unhook.app/)). - You still want to be able to watch shorts opened externally (links which someone has sent to you). This extension makes this easy. Source code: https://github.com/alurm/make-external-youtube-shorts-regular-videos