Simple Modify Headers - Extended version history - 15 versions
Simple Modify Headers - Extended by Warren Bank
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Latest version
Version 6.6.0
Released Apr 20, 2026 - 118.58 KBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and laterAdd support for embedding request headers into the value of any
of the following CORS safelisted HTTP request headers:
"accept", "accept-language", "content-language", "content-type"Source code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Older versions
Version 6.5.0
Released Apr 19, 2026 - 118.2 KBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and laterAdd more encoding options for embedding request headers into value of "Content-Language".Source code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 6.4.0
Released Apr 19, 2026 - 118.09 KBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and laterAutomatic behavior:
extract request headers embedded into value of "Content-Language"
Purpose:
to allow Javascript network requests (ex: XHR, fetch)
to add/modify forbidden request headers,
without triggering a CORS preflight request
Reference:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/Forbidden_request_header
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/CORS-safelisted_request_headerSource code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 6.3.0
Released Apr 18, 2026 - 117.38 KBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and laterAutomatic behavior:
always replace "x-simple-modify-headers-${name}" request headers with "${name}"
Purpose:
to allow Javascript network requests (ex: XHR, fetch)
to add/modify forbidden request headers
Reference:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/Forbidden_request_headerSource code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 6.2.0
Released Mar 23, 2025 - 117.08 KBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and later- rearrange and resize HTML elements in popup
- add light color icon for popup in private windows
Source code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 6.1.1
Released Feb 26, 2025 - 113.64 KBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and laterfix internal counter of started tabsSource code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 6.1.0
Released Feb 26, 2025 - 113.64 KBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and lateradd "Add or Modify" actionSource code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 6.0.0
Released Feb 26, 2025 - 113.58 KBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and lateradd ability to choose distinct rule sets for each started tabSource code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 5.0.0
Released Jan 7, 2025 - 112.94 KBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and lateradd ability to dynamically enable multiple rule setsSource code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 4.0.0
Released Jan 6, 2025 - 112.03 KBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and laterwhile globally stopped, individual tabs can be startedSource code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 3.1.2
Released Jan 5, 2025 - 111.07 KBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and later[fix] config page warns for unsaved change to selected rule setSource code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 3.1.1
Released Jan 5, 2025 - 111.07 KBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and laterconfig page warns for unsaved change to selected rule setSource code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 3.1.0
Released Jan 5, 2025 - 110.67 KBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and lateradd dropdown in popup to change the active rule setSource code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 3.0.0
Released Jan 4, 2025 - 110.31 KBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and lateradd named rule sets - to quickly switch between specific tasksSource code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 2.2.0
Released Sep 15, 2024 - 109 KBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and laterSource code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0