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Twitter Background Restorer

by Autophagy · Just for Fun
Manifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 15 Oct 2026

Restores your own twitter background, instead of the horrible white one.

Users
3,000
0 in 30 days
Rating
4.4 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
54
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#17K
#14K among extensions
Version
2.2.0
updated 18 May 2024

Users

monthly, 3 years
6002,8005,000Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 3,000 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 years
103254Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 54 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 Twitter Background Restorer

A chrome extension that lets you set a custom background image and colour for web twitter. A nostalgic throwback to when the homepage wasn't a sea of searing white. Installation ============ Install from the Web Store and click on 'Options' below the extension. You can then upload an image and specify a colour. You can currently: Upload a custom image Set a custom background colour Specify whether the image tiles or not Specify whether the image stretches to cover the page or not. If you have any feature requests or ideas for improvement, please open an issue! Note: This is a purely local change. Other users cannot see the background you set, I'm afraid - this is only to re-implement homepage customisation that twitter has removed.

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days0+0.0%00.00
30 days0+0.0%00.00
6 months0+0.0%+1+0.01
1 year+1,000+50.0%+1+0.01

Chrome Web Store search rankings

Where Twitter Background Restorer appears when people search the store, with the 30 day change
Search phrasePosition30 days
custom background#40
background#8−4
twitter#27−2

Version history

2 versions recorded
2.2.018 May 2024
2.1.04 Apr 2019

Details

Category
Just for Fun
First seen
4 Apr 2019
Size
40 KB
Languages
en-GB
Pricing
Free
Support
github.com
Extension ID
gcjejnlljikllkloanankijokfbaelhi

Permissions and risk

Moderate riskimpact 3, likelihood 1
Permissions
unlimitedStoragestorage
Site access
http://*.twitter.com/https://*.twitter.com/http://*.x.com/https://*.x.com/

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