Stable signalNo paid features detectedMedium-risk permissions

The Washington Post

Stay informed with hand-picked stories from the editors of The Washington Post.

Users40KCurrent public install base

Rating4.4Store average score

Reviews49Public review volume

Manifest versionV3Extension platform version

7-day growth0Net users gained this week

7-day growth rate0%Relative weekly velocity

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The Washington Post Media preview

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4.39

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4.39

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2026年7月15日2026年7月21日

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Version1.2.0

ManifestV3

Size21.48KiB

Languages1English

Published--

Store updated--

Last crawled--

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See today’s top stories each time you open a new tab.

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Store average score4.4Chrome Web Store aggregate rating, including ratings without synced review text

Synced text average4.4Average computed only from synced review bodies below

Reviews with text28Synced review bodies

Total ratings / reviews49Chrome Web Store public rating/review count

Store average score: 4.4. The bars below are calculated from synced review text only, so they may be empty for extensions that have public ratings but no synced comments yet.

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Austin Graff2018年2月6日

Some extensions are unhelpful, but this one IS helpful and visually appealing!

Olivier Laurent2018年2月6日

Quick, visual way to see what's going on in the news. Love it!

Kate Newman2018年2月6日

This is such a helpful way to keep up with the news! The visuals are engaging and the UX is great. Even if I don't have time to read a story in the moment, I find myself bookmarking things for later.

Chris Meighan2018年2月6日

A great way to navigate the top stories of the day

Kevin Adkins2018年2月6日

👍👍👍

Emily Guskin2018年2月6日

Visually appealing and handy for finding new stories.

Dave J.2018年2月6日

The graphics are great. I often find myself clicking several stories at once and reading them all in a row.

William Wickett2018年2月6日

Awesome!!

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AI product read

New tab replacement that displays Washington Post's hand-picked 'Brights' stories each time the user opens a new browser tab

Provides quick access to curated news headlines and images from The Washington Post, turning each new tab into a news briefing for users who want to stay informed

User opens a new tab → Extension overrides with Washington Post branded page → Fetches latest Brights stories from api.washingtonpost.com API → Displays story cards with images → User clicks a story to read it on washingtonpost.com

Target users: Washington Post readers / News enthusiasts who want headlines on every new tab / Users who prefer a curated news experience over default Chrome new tab

Extension source is minified/bundled (single JS file), making detailed function-by-function analysis harder but sufficient for the three decisions
Cannot determine if linked articles are paywalled without live testing on washingtonpost.com

Monetization

No paid features detected

The extension has no paid features, no premium tiers, no subscription management, no billing/payment code, and no upgrade prompts. All 'pro' keyword hits are false positives from CSS normalization comments and JSON metadata hashes. The extension simply displays free story previews (Brights) from Washington Post's API. While Washington Post the newspaper has subscription plans on its website, the extension itself does not gate any functionality behind payment.

Confidence: 95
Payment platform: --
Source: AI / High
Login required: No
Reason: The extension is a new tab replacement that fetches and displays Washington Post 'Brights' stories from a public API (api.washingtonpost.com/rainbow-tv/brights/). There is no authentication, login UI, account creation, or session management requiring user credentials in the extension source code. The core workflow (viewing story headlines/images on the new tab) is fully functional without any login. Clicking through to read full articles on washingtonpost.com may encounter the site's own paywall, but that is outside the extension's workflow.

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Medium-risk permissions

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扩展能力较强：storage

Publisher

The Washington Post

Independent publisher

Email: [email protected]
Phone: --
Address: 1301 K St NW Washington, DC 20071 US

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