YouTube Members Only Hider v1.2

New Features

Enhanced Members-Only Detection

• Extended support for German phrases: "Nur für Mitglieder", "Videos nur für Mitglieder", "Nur für Kanalmitglieder"
• Added English shelf detection: "Members-only videos", "Videos for members", "Channel members only"
• Improved badge text matching for hyphenated and channel-specific labels
• Whole-section hiding for dedicated members-only shelves on channel overview pages

Advanced Statistics Tracking

• Split statistics into Lifetime (persists across browser restarts) and Session (resets on restart)
• Separate reset buttons for each statistic type
• More granular tracking of hidden videos across tabs and sessions
• Backward-compatible with existing installations

Improvements

User Interface

• Redesigned popup with separate cards for Lifetime and Session statistics
• Individual reset buttons for each statistic type with confirmation dialogs
• Cleaner layout with grid-based stats display
• Maintained pause/resume functionality with updated styling

Technical Changes

• Background script now tracks lifetime and session counts separately
• Content script sends increment deltas for accurate aggregation
• Storage migration handles legacy total counts seamlessly
• Enhanced section detection using multiple selectors for better coverage

Installation

Download youtube_members_only_hider-1.2.xpi from the releases page and:
1. Open Firefox
2. Drag and drop the .xpi file into the browser window
3. Click "Add" when prompted

Or install directly from Firefox Add-ons

Usage

To access controls:
- Click the extension icon in your Firefox toolbar

Statistics:
- Lifetime: Total videos hidden since installation (persists across restarts)
- Session: Videos hidden in current browser session (resets on restart)
- Use individual reset buttons to clear each counter as needed

Pause/Resume:
- Temporarily disable the extension while keeping it installed
- Badge color changes to indicate paused state

Changelog from v1.1.1

• Added multilingual shelf hiding for German and English
• Implemented dual statistics tracking (lifetime/session)
• Updated popup UI with separate stats cards and reset controls
• Enhanced detection patterns for better coverage of members-only content

🎉 Version 1.1.1 Release Notes:

✨ New Features:
🎛️ Control Popup:
Click the extension icon to open a beautiful popup with controls
Clean, modern UI with stats and action buttons
⏸️ Pause/Resume Functionality:
Pause Extension - Temporarily stop hiding members-only videos
Resume Extension - Continue hiding videos
Visual feedback - Badge turns gray when paused
Persistent state - Pause state is remembered across browser sessions
Show hidden videos - Videos reappear when paused
🔄 Statistics Reset:
Reset Statistics button in popup
Confirmation dialog to prevent accidental resets
Instant update - Badge count resets to 0
📊 Statistics Display:
Large, clear counter showing total videos hidden
Status indicator - Shows if extension is Active or Paused
Real-time updates - Count updates as you browse
🎨 Popup Features:
Professional design with smooth animations
Color-coded status (Green = Active, Orange = Paused)
Large, easy-to-read statistics
Intuitive button controls with icons
Responsive hover effects

🔧 Technical Improvements:
Added storage permission for persistent state
Background script manages global pause state
Content script respects pause state
Tab-specific tracking for accurate counts
Message passing between popup, background, and content scripts

The extension's content script is now improved to better detect and hide "Members only" videos in the YouTube sidebar suggestions. The logic for ytd-compact-video-renderer (sidebar) is now more robust, and the MutationObserver will more reliably trigger processing when sidebar suggestions are updated.