
YoutubeFeaturedAutoplayBlocker by GoraniPie
Automatically blocks autoplay of featured video on YouTube channel home.
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About this extension
What it does
- Prevents user-disturbing autoplay when visiting a channel
- Keeps the featured video visible but not force-played
- Respects your control: autoplay is paused once. Does not erase interferes
Features
- applies to
- Automatically pauses once after the video loaded
- Supports YouTube's Single Page Application navigation structure
Source
https://github.com/GoraniPie/YoutubeFeaturedAutoplayBlocker
- Prevents user-disturbing autoplay when visiting a channel
- Keeps the featured video visible but not force-played
- Respects your control: autoplay is paused once. Does not erase interferes
Features
- applies to
/@channel/featured
type URLs- Automatically pauses once after the video loaded
- Supports YouTube's Single Page Application navigation structure
Source
https://github.com/GoraniPie/YoutubeFeaturedAutoplayBlocker
Originally created to solve a missing UX feature in YouTube's design. Simple, lightweight, and respectful of user control.
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Permissions and dataLearn more
Required permissions:
- Access your data for sites in the youtube.com domain
- Access your data for www.youtube.com
- Access your data for youtube.com
More information
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- Version
- 1.2
- Size
- 14.84 KB
- Last updated
- a day ago (Oct 19, 2025)
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- License
- MIT License
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