Twitter Background Restorer

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Description from extension meta

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

Image from store

Description from store

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
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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.

Latest reviews

cameron 2024-10-27: for anyone looking at this in october, it still works !!
Omar 2024-07-27: FYI: It stopped working after the URL was changed to x.com. Edit: The developer actually updated the extension after years without updates, which many others wouldn't have done. As for an actual review, I use this to avoid seeing the pitch dark or blinding white backgrounds, and it's a godsend for that. Edit 2: To anyone reading this, if you experience laggier scrolling, it appears to be caused by choosing "Image" in the options.
Chris McGimpsey-Jones 2024-07-21: Thank you to the developer for updating this extension to function with the domain change. Still works perfectly, as it always has.
My BizOnly 2024-06-05: Had this extension feels like forever and never had a regret! The speedy fix after Tusky Musky broke Twitter (I refuse to call it "X") again is perfect and on par! Dev...I love you! Thank you!
Val D. 2024-05-18: Thank you so much for the quick fix to the new update! Twitter is unusable without this extension. <3
Shurikenofdoom 2024-05-18: Elon Musk changing the domain to X.com broke this extension, but whoever made this extension went and fixed the issue (at least for me) within a day. I imagine it wasn't much work, but the fact they went back to this extension which previously hadn't been updated in 5 years and fixed this issue pretty much immediately is really admirable. Massive thanks to the creator. You're a real one.
Stephanie Bragg 2024-05-18: Please update so that it works with x.com. I can't stand the pure whiteness. I miss my background TvT...
Stef Meucci 2024-05-17: Love this extension so much, to the point where I refuse to use twitter without it. However, it has stopped working now that Elon has changed the url to x.com, which sucks. I hope this gets updated soon
ednidd 2024-05-17: worked great! until ELON ruined it. you think we could get an update soon?
霜降Quon 2022-10-23: still works!
霜降Quon 2022-10-23: still works!
DethLord 2021-04-17: very cool
DethLord 2021-04-17: very cool
Nam 2020-10-18: Extension was last updated two years ago but it still works!
Nam 2020-10-18: Extension was last updated two years ago but it still works!
John L. Reed 2017-08-22: it's very Good exactly what I want it
John L. Reed 2017-08-22: it's very Good exactly what I want it
iPlanets Academy 2017-04-20: Works perfectly! Thanks!
iPlanets Academy 2017-04-20: Works perfectly! Thanks!
MrGhostMark 2017-02-12: Solves a problem that should never have been in the first place. Installation is simply and instructions are clear. Moments and a few other pages display text directly on top of the background. Which means for those with dark backgrounds the text is unreadable without first highlighting.
MrGhostMark 2017-02-12: Solves a problem that should never have been in the first place. Installation is simply and instructions are clear. Moments and a few other pages display text directly on top of the background. Which means for those with dark backgrounds the text is unreadable without first highlighting.
Jo Li 2016-12-12: I've been using this since its pre-Chrome Store days and I have to say, it's works exactly as promised with no fuss, no muss. It does require a little work on the user's part, but it's pretty easy to set up and works for as long as you have it! I really dig it. 12/11/16 EDIT: As of v2.0, you no longer have to store images on a remote server (or the Twitter server). Just upload the images to the extension directly with the Upload button and you're set!
J. Collins 2016-12-12: I've been using this since its pre-Chrome Store days and I have to say, it's works exactly as promised with no fuss, no muss. It does require a little work on the user's part, but it's pretty easy to set up and works for as long as you have it! I really dig it. 12/11/16 EDIT: As of v2.0, you no longer have to store images on a remote server (or the Twitter server). Just upload the images to the extension directly with the Upload button and you're set!
Anonymous 2016-06-22: Got bored of using twitter without a colorful background. Great extension.
Anonymous 2016-06-22: Got bored of using twitter without a colorful background. Great extension.
Tommy Chen 2016-06-09: Does, what it said!! save my sight
Tommy Chen 2016-06-09: Does, what it said!! save my sight
Andrea Nobles 2016-05-09: this extension saved my life
Andrea Nobles 2016-05-09: this extension saved my life
Brianne Ciera 2016-02-26: Doesn't work.
Brianne Ciera 2016-02-26: Doesn't work.
Lieutenant BaconWaffles 2016-02-22: Doesn't work in the slightest.
Lieutenant BaconWaffles 2016-02-22: Doesn't work in the slightest.
Anonymous 2016-02-10: I just added this extension after uploading a background image and it's still showing the ugly blue background that Twitter is defaulted to. Help? Thanks.
Anonymous 2016-02-10: I just added this extension after uploading a background image and it's still showing the ugly blue background that Twitter is defaulted to. Help? Thanks.
KHALED JUMAH 2016-01-06: perfect
KHALED JUMAH 2016-01-06: perfect
Steve Fievet 2016-01-04: Not working anymore ?
Steve Fievet 2016-01-04: Not working anymore ?
PeachieKeen (follylop) 2015-11-10: It was great while it lasted, but because of some kind of change in twitter's source code, changing it with js-user-style-bg-img no longer works. :(
PeachieKeen (follylop) 2015-11-10: It was great while it lasted, but because of some kind of change in twitter's source code, changing it with js-user-style-bg-img no longer works. :(
Sophie 2015-11-05: It works perfect!
Sophie 2015-11-05: It works perfect!
Rishi Prasad 2015-10-11: Fantastic, simple extension which functions exactly as you'd expect and exactly as intended. Surprised it took me this long to find it!
Rishi Prasad 2015-10-11: Fantastic, simple extension which functions exactly as you'd expect and exactly as intended. Surprised it took me this long to find it!
Falcom 2015-09-29: works
Falcom 2015-09-29: works

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