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The Chrome Web Store is an app store where developers can publish apps and games (either free or paid) where Google Chrome users can easily find them. Apps can be installed from the web store directly in the Chrome browser.

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How to download a CRX file from the Chrome web store for a given ID?

I'd like to download the .crx file of an extension from webstore, I use fiddler to analyze the network request when I install an extension from webstore and got it. For example, for the extension:…
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Is it possible to create a Chrome Extension for private distribution outside Chrome Web Store?

We have a Chrome Extension application that we have developed and would like to distribute it only a limited number of internal users. This would be a private app, but to install it, users now have to follow the manual steps of going to Settings ->…
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How to modify an extension from the Chrome Web Store?

I've seen this extension in the Chrome Web store, which shows the newest videos of a YouTube channel. I want to modify this extension in order to make it work with a different channel. How can I get this done?
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What do impressions in the Chrome extension developer dashboard mean?

In the developer dashboard, under stats, we can find two types of graphs: installations and impressions. What does these mean?
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How are Chrome Extension's weekly users counted? Is it the number of users who have it installed? Or the one's clicking on popup?

Just wondering what is meant by "Weekly users" in Chrome Webstore? Is it the number of users who have clicked on the popup? Or does it also count if the users are just browsing while the Content Script is at work? What happens if an extension uses…
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Private beta testing a Chrome extension

Is there a way of beta testing a Chrome extension in the Web Store among a small group of users? I'd like to do this before scaling to everyone on my waiting list, but I don't want to have to send round the file with installation instructions,…
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Chrome Web Store app install redirects to a blank page

I have a Google Apps Marketplace app with a Chrome Web Store entry. When installing the app from the Web Store using Chrome browser I always get redirected to a blank page with this URL: …
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Upgrading permissions of a Chrome Extensions

We currently have an extension in the Chrome Web Store with many users. We currently request access to foo.site.com but now we'd like to update our permissions so that we can get bar.site.com. As I understand it now, if we push a new update (new…
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Is there an archive for older versions of Chrome Extensions?

I was wondering if there is an established way for getting older versions of extensions available in Chrome Web Store. Does Google keep an archive similar to Mozilla, or are the old versions gone forever as soon as a newer version becomes…
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Allow another developer to manage a Chrome extension/app in the Chrome Web Store

I've done plenty of searching and I can't find ANY information about having multiple developers working on a Chrome extension. Basically, I just want to grant another developer access to manage my Chrome extension in the Chrome Developers…
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How do I transfer the ownership of a chrome extension?

I am no longer working with the person who originally created my Chrome extension, and I need to manage and push updates to the extension for our current users. Is there any way of transferring ownership? He is happy to do it, but has not been able…
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Unrecognized manifest key 'applications'. warning for Google Chrome

I have created my Web Extension for Firefox which uses Chrome Extension API. But Firefox requires application key in manifest.json https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/manifest.json If I load the same extension for Google…
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How do I delete an extension in my Chrome developer dashboard?

I have uploaded an extension to my dashboard but I don't want to publish it any more. The extension remained "draft" status, and I want to get it removed from the dashboard. However, I cannot find any way to do so so far. Can anyone help please?
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Display image on search results for chrome extension

I've just published my first chrome extension to the webstore. However I see that the image shown next to the extension in the search results is just a small low quality version of the 128x128 icon that I uploaded when publishing. Notice how the…
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How to stop publishing a new version of extension that is marked as 'Pending Review' in chrome store

I've published a new version of the extension. It has been marked as 'Pending Review' because the manifest has some permission changes. Now I don't want the new version of the extension to be published. Is there any way to stop it? I just want to…
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