GIF Blocker
Extension Actions
- Extension status: Featured
- Live on Store
Block GIF and WebP animation images on HTML pages to reduce bandwidth and resource usage
This extension blocks animated images (*.GIF and *.WebP formats by default) to save bandwidth usage and improve page loading performance. The extension can get enabled or disabled from the action button. Once the extension is enabled, no animated resource is fetched from the internet. Instead, the remote image is replaced by a local alternative.
When blocking mode is enabled, the user can still selectively load blocked images from the right-click context menu over the image context.
How does it work:
This extension redirects all the animated image requests to the local SVG image. This way, there is no server request at all (not even the HEAD request).
Features:
You can unblock an image from right-click context menu. The unblocking stays for this browser session. Or until the extension is disabled by pressing the toolbar button.
Reduce bandwidth usage significantly by preventing any animated image loading. Animated images use a large amount of bandwidth compared to normal images.
Optionally disable the extension for WebP or GIF image format.
Optionally block video elements from auto-playing
Optionally block CSS animation
Latest reviews
- Christopher Ford
- I love it. Works like a charm. Finally CPU hogging gifs are no more
- M C
- Blocks gifs but also blocks legit, non-animated webp images. I would give it 5 stars if it just stopped gifs, like the name says. it's not called Gif and WebP Backgrounds Blocker, but it should be, bc that's what it does.
- Alexander Glum
- Please add settings to select the image format to block. I would prefer to block GIF and PNG, but not WebP. Thank you.
- Christian Ramos
- Thanks! I appreciate it. Awesome work.
- Christian Ramos
- Thanks! I appreciate it. Awesome work.
- David Porter
- It works! Now steam is steamlined.
- 91206 林穎寬Charlie
- usefule
- Mauro Zallocco
- Just installed it and it works great, removing all the annoying animations. Saves time downloading, bandwidth and CPU cycles.
- Pat MySecret
- If you are looking for a simple image on/off toggle, try the "Block Image" extension. Some sites DO make extensive use of Gifs, especially the animated ones. Chat sites are often like that. Tried this out and it worked. This can be a good extension to master that situation while retaining the overall other image quality of the page.
- Orarange
- aktif
- Сергей Ясеневский
- Наконец то работает ! Не запускает "предосмотр" в ютубе , при наведении мышью (Браузер Brave). Спасибо разработчикам.
- Katja S.
- Thanks for this great addon! It helps really much. :)
- Katja S.
- Thanks for this great addon! It helps really much. :)
- Dakota T
- Well I'll be damned... One that actually works... It replaced all gifs with a generic icon. Much better looking
- Dakota T
- Well I'll be damned... One that actually works... It replaced all gifs with a generic icon. Much better looking
- hippo potamus
- Another worthless POS extension that does absolutely nothing. Does not stop gifs. Does not work. Just a waste of time adding and removing it from chrome. Garbage.
- Jaime
- Does not work
- Jaime
- Does not work
- Jam ro
- worked for me after i enabled "Allow access to file URLs" in addon detail page. i wish instead of the minus sign on blocked gifs it was the first frame of the gif
- Jam ro
- worked for me after i enabled "Allow access to file URLs" in addon detail page. i wish instead of the minus sign on blocked gifs it was the first frame of the gif
- MhMd 3eZZ
- thank you it works but we need whitelist blacklist
- MhMd 3eZZ
- thank you it works but we need whitelist blacklist
- M S
- works with GIF, but you have to know there is HTML5 too
- M S
- works with GIF, but you have to know there is HTML5 too
- k t
- It works! Improvement suggestion: block the stupid ".gifv" too!
- k t
- It works! Improvement suggestion: block the stupid ".gifv" too!
- arka chaniago
- the best
- arka chaniago
- the best
- Sasan Nasoohi
- Does not work
- Sasan Nasoohi
- Does not work
- Jill W
- I'm bombarded with these flipping gif images on Facebook. This doesn't stop them. I hoped it would work...but it doesn't. :(
- Jill W
- I'm bombarded with these flipping gif images on Facebook. This doesn't stop them. I hoped it would work...but it doesn't. :(
- Maksim KoToB
- Со своей задачей справляется.
- JOOQJA DISC
- always work
- JOOQJA DISC
- always work
- Anonymous
- hello during browsing , in some pages we see giant blue circles it ruins the page's view
- J J
- Everyone is right, it's useless!
- J J
- Everyone is right, it's useless!
- Arseniy P
- эти значки огромные. по крайней мере в мобильном хроме. kiwi browser. они больше, чем исходные картинки были.
- Paul
- Doesn't work, I still see animated gifs all over but it does slow down every page load and interfere with other non-gif images.
- Paul
- Doesn't work, I still see animated gifs all over but it does slow down every page load and interfere with other non-gif images.
- Stuw R
- Didn't work as far as I could see
- Stuw R
- Didn't work as far as I could see
- Katti 3010 (Kattis_little_World)
- blockt keine gifs aber alles andere. ich brauche etwas was nervende gifs blockiert.
- Caroline Monroe
- totally useless, does not block gifs or prevent animated gifs from running automatically. Waste of time
- Caroline Monroe
- totally useless, does not block gifs or prevent animated gifs from running automatically. Waste of time
- Дмитрий Голик
- не работает
- Elizabeth
- Did not work
- Elizabeth
- Did not work