Mozilla Add-ons Community Blog

Extensions have long been at the heart of the Firefox — providing users with powerful options to personalize their browsing experience. Nearly half of all Firefox users have installed at least … Read more ▸

Every so often we host community-driven curatorial projects to select new Firefox Recommended Extensions. By gathering a diverse group of community contributors who share a passion for the open web … Read more ▸

As of November 3rd 2025, all new Firefox extensions will be required to specify if they collect or transmit personal data in their manifest.json file using the browser_specific_settings.gecko.data_collection_permissions key. This … Read more ▸

“What if we did a Spotify Wrapped for your browser?” wondered a group of Cal State Monterey Bay computer science students. That was the initial spark of an idea that … Read more ▸

In response to feedback we’ve heard from the community, AMO (addons.mozilla.org) just introduced a new feature allowing developers the ability to quickly roll back to a previously approved extension version. … Read more ▸

At Firefox, we deeply value the incredible contributions of our add-ons developer community. Your creativity and innovation are instrumental in making Firefox a more personalized and powerful browsing experience for … Read more ▸

The developer community should be aware we’ve detected a phishing campaign targeting AMO (addons.mozilla.org) accounts. Add-on developers should exercise extreme caution and scrutiny when receiving emails claiming to be from … Read more ▸

POST UPDATED: 4 August, 2025 — Updated policies for addons.mozilla.org (AMO) are now in effect. We also added a new section about implicit consent for self-evident, single-use data transmission. Here’s … Read more ▸

According to the FBI’s 2024 Internet Crime Report, crypto-related scams accounted for nearly $16.6 billion in victim losses last year across the globe ($9.3 billion in the United States alone … Read more ▸