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About WonderSwitcher
The WonderProxy Switcher allows you to switch between HTTP proxy servers quickly and easily to speed up your website testing. Import proxies from your WonderProxy account or add your own custom servers.
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Changelog:
Latest version
Version 6.7.2
June 8, 2025
- Security update to prevent extension fingerprinting
Version 6.7.1
October 21, 2025
- Fix a bug where user-added custom servers errored during auth check
Version 6.7.0
September 8, 2025
- Improvements to authentication check feature
Version 6.6.0
August 20, 2025
- Change the default Encryption scheme to "Encrypted"
- Handle a bug where the authentication check did not complete if the extension popup closed
Version 6.4.0
May 12, 2025
- Improvements to HTTPS Encryption features
Version 6.3.1
April 10, 2025
- Fix a bug where custom servers would not authenticate using HTTPS scheme
Version 6.3.0
March 28, 2025
- Authenticate with proxy servers at the time they are selected by the user.
- Improve security by serializing some strings before use.
- Remove a dummy entry in the list of domains which bypass proxying.
Version 6.2.0
February 21, 2025
- Add support for encrypted connections to proxy servers.
Version 6.1.3
February 11, 2025
- Fix a bug where the extension did not authenticate with the proxy server if the Service Worker was suspended
Version 6.1.2
December 13, 2024
- Fix a data syncing bug where proxy settings could be not applied, but Switcher temporarily thought they were
Version 6.1.1
December 12, 2024
- Add a list of domains which should never be proxied, to prevent a browser bug where the proxy auth box pops up on the new tab page
Version 6.1.0
May 17, 2024
- Keep active proxy when browser is restarted
Version 6.0.0
May 7, 2024
- Support Manifest V3 (MV3)
- Change to accepted filters format
- Transition users with enabled MV2 filters onto MV3 filters format
Version 5.1.4
December 19, 2023
- Security updates to how internal library code is modified
Version 5.1.3
December 4, 2023
- Security updates to internal image loading functionality
Version 5.1.2
November 20, 2023
- Security updates
Version 5.1.1
July 12, 2023
- Security updates
Version 5.1.0
March 22, 2023
- Introduce account access checking features
- Improvements to the account options page design
Version 5.0.1
February 28, 2023
- Security improvement in geolocation content script
- Fix for bug where browser geolocation did not work in an iframe
Version 5.0.0
February 14, 2023
- Remove password authentication for WonderProxy proxies in favour of Proxy Tokens
- Change WonderProxy account import format and validation process
- Simplify user onboarding process
- Replace Credentials page with Account page
Version 4.8.2
January 19, 2023
- Dependency updates
Older versions
Version 4.8.1
January 13, 2022
- Backend updates
Version 4.8.0
November 4, 2021
- Added toggle to allow users to enable/disable matching their browser location to the proxy location.
Version 4.7.2
August 10, 2021
- Fix warnings generated by automated tooling, to help browser approve us faster
- Correct the size of an icon
Version 4.7.1
June 22, 2021
- Include province/state information when available
- Allow search of province/state information
- Fix onboading bug
Version 4.7.0
February 17, 2021
- Adding support for Proxy Tokens, a new way of authenticating with proxy servers.
Version 4.6.5
January 6, 2021
- Bugfix for websites using Basic Auth, switcher will now allow credential prompt to display
Version 4.6.3
November 11, 2020
- Internal changes to reduce permissions required from browsers
- Bugfix for WatchPosition in Firefox for filtered domains
Version 4.6.1
Released October 2, 2020
- Servers with a Lat or Long of 0 will no longer appear as custom servers
- watchPosition will now correctly return a watchID
- Editing a custom server will no longer unstar it
Version 4.6.0
Released September 16, 2020
- Added detailed error messaging in onboarding credential check
Version 4.5.1
Released September 14, 2020
- Security fixes: WON-01-002, WON-01-006, WON-01-007, WON-01-003
Version 4.5.0
Released April 1, 2020
- Add functionality to star favourite proxies for easy access
- Fix window focus when launching settings from private browsing mode in Chrome & Edge
Version 4.4.0
Released Feb 12, 2020
- Add Switcher version information to WP.com account page
- Ensure current proxying proxy stays active when users import their server list
Version 4.3.0
Released Jan 13, 2020
- A few fixes for the Edge release
Version 4.2.0
Released Jan 13, 2020
- Rebranded Switcher
Version 4.1.2
Released Dec 12, 2019
- Fix for upgrading to the new React extension: add function to port user data
Version 4.0.0
Released Dec 12, 2019
- Rewrote the extension in React/ES6, added build system etc.
Version 3.1.0
Released Aug 26, 2019
- Provides latitude and longitude data for all WonderProxy servers. The extension will update your browser location so it reflects the location of the proxy when connected to a WonderProxy server.
Version 3.0.0
Released Jun 6, 2019
- Allow users to clear their default credentials
- Display messaging around unsaved changes
- Fix to header fields being editable on first load, when toggled off
- Allow WonderProxy users to verify their credentials
Version 2.0.0
Released May 2, 2019
- Updated onboarding process
- Removed credentials modal for importing servers
- Allows users to save their headers, even if disabled
Version 1.1.0
Released Apr 23, 2019
- Add version to settings UI
- Add new filtering options: now supports IPs
- Save the user's preferred reminder time
Version 1.0.0
Released Apr 4, 2019
- Allow access to import json via URL (bug fix)
- Some invisible changes to improve how the switcher communicates
- Some improvements to values being saved when proxy setting is on
Version 0.1.2
Released Mar 12, 2019
- Added search/filter functionality to the top of the extension pop-up. Quickly search your list of proxy se…