We know that Chrome is the most popular browser in the world, and Chrome can achieve such a status, extensions are indispensable. Chrome can implement many incredible functions by installing extensions. From this perspective, it is not an exaggeration to call Chrome the most powerful browser.
However, Chrome installs extensions, usually through the Chrome App Store. However, due to well-known reasons, the Chrome App Store is inaccessible in China, which has caused many domestic Chrome users to use the streaking version of Chrome, and they can’t experience the wickedness of Chrome at all. How to do? In fact, veterans know that Chrome installation extensions do not necessarily need to go through the store. Today I will give you a brief introduction.
Chrome: Install extension via crx file
Chrome extensions also have their “installation packages”. In addition to installing extensions through the Chrome store, we can also install extensions using crx files. However, Chrome does not turn on this feature by default. In order for Chrome to support crx files, you need to touch it first .
In Chrome’s address bar, enter the following characters:
chrome://extensions/
Press Enter to enter the Chrome extension management interface. In the interface, you can see a “Developer Mode” button, just turn it on. After that, you can see the button “Load the decompressed extension” in Chrome. This is how Chrome installs the extension through the crx file.
Open the “Developer Mode” of the Chrome extension interface
Note, however, that Chrome cannot load crx files directly. We first need to modify the suffix of the crx file, change it to “.zip”, and then unzip it to a folder.
Change the suffix of the crx file to zip and unzip it
In this way, the extension can be loaded with Chrome. After clicking the “Load the decompressed extension” button, go to the directory where the extension is decompressed, and then click “Select Folder” to install the extension.
Load the decompressed folder with Chrome
The extension can be installed in Chrome
Crx4Chrome: A good place to download crx files
Introduced how to install extensions through crx files in Chrome. At this time, the biggest problem comes. Where can I find crx files?
It is true that many crx files of extension programs can be found with search engines, but these crx files are not classified and the experience is very bad. It would be great if you could provide syndication pages for various extensions like the Chrome store. In fact, there are such websites, such as Crx4Chrome, which is typical.
Crx4Chrome: https://www.crx4chrome.com/
Crx4Chrome homepage, contains various extensions
Crx4Chrome is a website that provides crx installation files for Chrome extensions . Among them, you can find all kinds of extensions, such as ad blocking, image crawling, text translation, and so on. These extensions are divided into categories and organized in order. Of course, you can also search to find the extensions you want. The experience is good.
Provides different server downloads, the speed is still possible
to sum up
In general, due to the lack of the Chrome store in China, many friends have no access to Chrome extensions, nor do they know how to install Chrome extensions. I hope this article can help you all.
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