As a software tester, you know how important it is to have the right tools at your disposal. Fortunately, there are a plethora of Chrome extensions that can significantly streamline your testing processes, improve efficiency, and help you discover potential issues before they reach your users. In this post/article, I've compiled a list of Chrome extensions that cater to various aspects of software testing, from exploratory testing to accessibility checks.
How to find extensions?
To find the extensions, just search for the extension name in this URL here: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/category/extensions.
How to Verify the Security and Functionality of the Extension?
Even though it's on Google's MarketPlace Extensions, that doesn't mean it's safe, or problem-free, so the tip is to go to the comments section and check only the negative comments, and then go to the support tab, check the main types of problems reported by users.
Unlock Testing Excellence with Essential Chrome Extensions
Elevate your testing prowess with this curated list of Chrome extensions! From exploratory testing to automation and everything in between, these tools empower testers to ensure security, accessibility, UI perfection, and more. Let’s dive in and discover the extensions that can transform your testing game.
• Exploratory Extension Chrome Extension - A Chrome extension designed for making web exploratory testing easier
• Form Filler - Automatically fill the form on the website.
• QMetry Exploratory Testing - QMetry Exploratory Testing add-on is designed to empower users to carry out Exploratory Testing.
• Code Injector - Extension for JS & style injecting into the specified website.
• Bug Magnet - Convenient access to common boundaries and edge cases for exploratory testing
• Request Maker - Request Maker is a tool for penetration testing.
• d3coder - d3coder enables you to encode and decode selected text via the context menu. This reduces the time you spend on looking up values and gives you more time to concentrate on the important things of development.
• Ghostery - Ghostery is a powerful privacy extension. Block ads, stop trackers and speed up websites.
• NoScript Security Suite - No-Script Suite Lite provides an extra security for your browser. It allows JavaScript (inline & external) to be executed only by trusted websites of your choice.
• Advanced REST Client - REST client that makes connection directly on socket giving you full control over the connection and request/response headers.
• Resteasy - RestEasy is a tool that is targeted against developers who perform RESTful API calls against third party services.
• JSONView - View JSON documents in the browser.
• Screen Ruler - Measure page elements size in pixel with an easy-to-use ruler.
• Perfect Pixel - This extension helps develop your websites with pixel perfect accuracy!
• Resolution Test - An extension to test web pages in different screen resolutions, with an option to define your own resolutions
• Window Resizer - Resize the browser window to emulate various screen resolutions.
• Performance Analyzer - Performance-Analyser helps to analyze the current page through the Resource, Navigation and User Timing APIs - see requests by type, domain, load times, marks and more - instantly.
• Blazemeter - The BlazeMeter Chrome extension enables you to - Record. Upload. Run.It records all HTTP/S requests and actual user interactions that your browser sends.
• Lighthouse - Lighthouse is an open-source, automated tool for improving the performance, quality, and correctness of your web apps.
• Ghostery - Ghostery is a powerful privacy extension. Block ads, stop trackers and speed up websites.
• User - With this extension, you can quickly and easily switch between user-agent strings. Also, you can set up specific URLs that you want to spoof every time.
• FoxyProxy and SwitchyOmega Proxy - Manage and switch between multiple proxies quickly & easily.
• Ghost Inspector - Ghost Inspector extension for recording automated website tests in your browser
• SelectorsHub - xPath plugin to auto generate, write and verify xpath & cssSelector.
• ChroPath - ChroPath helps to generate and validate selectors like relative xpath with iframe,svg support. It also generate english testcases.
• WhatFont - The easiest way to identify fonts on web pages.
• ColorZilla - ColorZilla is the most user friendly, full-featured, secure and reliable color picker and color related suite of tools.
• Spell Checker for Chrome - It's easy to use and fast. This extension supports 25 languages for spell check.
• IE Tab - Display web pages using IE within Chrome. Use Java, Silverlight, ActiveX, Sharepoint, and more.
• Session Manager - Session Manager is a simple yet powerful extension that makes it quick and easy to save, update, remove, and restore sets of tabs.
• Check My Links - Check My Links is a link checker that crawls through your webpage and looks for broken links.
• Site Spider - Spider let's you turn websites into organized data, download them as JSON/CSV.
• Web Developer Form Filler - Еxtension allows to automatically fill forms for the purpose of testing.
• Wave Evaluation Tool - Evaluate web accessibility within your browser.
• aXe - Find and fix more accessibility issues during website development with axe DevTools.
• ARIA Validator - Scans page for WAI-ARIA implementation issues.
• PACT Engine - PeopleTech Accessibility Compliance Tool
• Spectrum - Instantly test your web page with different types of color vision deficiency.
• Tennon Check - Checks current page in the Tenon accessibility testing tool
• Siteimprove Accessibility Checker - It allows you to easily check the accessibility of any web page directly in Google Chrome.
• Edit This Cookie - EditThisCookie is a cookie manager. You can add, delete, edit, search, protect and block cookies!
• Cookie Editor - Cookie Editor that allow you to quickly create, edit and delete cookies without leaving your tab.
• Clear Cache - Clear your cache and browsing data with a single click of a button.
• Cache Killer - Automatically clear your browser cache before loading a page.
• LightShot - Simple and convenient screenshot tool.
• Awesome Screenshot - The best screen recorder and screen capture tool to record screen.
• Screencastify - The leading screen recorder for Chrome. Capture, edit and share videos in seconds.
• FULL PAGE SCREEN CAPTURE - Capture a screenshot of your current page in entirety and reliably—without requesting any extra permissions!
• Bird Eats Bug: Technical Screen Recording - Record screen and technical logs on your product. Report and fix bugs faster.
• Nimbus Screenshot & Screen Video Recorder - Screen Capture FULL Web page or any part. Edit screenshots. Record screencasts - record video from your screen.
• Requestly: Open Source HTTPs Debugging Proxy - Build, Test & Debug web applications 10x faster with API Client, Mock Server, Intercept & Modify HTTP Requests & Session Recording.
• LambdaTest - LambdaTest Chrome Extension helps you run cross browser tests on our cloud platform faster and easier.
• Resolution Test - An extension to test web pages in different screen resolutions, with an option to define your own resolutions
• Bugasura - Bugasura enables anyone who tests by automating test data and reporting.
• JSON Formatter - Auto-formats JSON when you load it in a browser tab.
• Web Developer Toolbar - The Web Developer extension adds a toolbar button to the browser with various web developer tools.
• ModHeader - The most popular Chrome extension to modify headers,Modify HTTP request headers, response headers, and redirect URLs
• Redirect Path - Redirect Path flags up 301, 302, 404 and 500 HTTP Status Codes as well as client side redirects like Meta and Javascript redirects, bringing potential issues that may not otherwise be seen to your attention immediately.
• Web Accessibility Toolbar (WAT) - It can assist in evaluating a webpage for compliance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
• Web Scraper - Web data extraction tool with an easy point-and-click interface for modern web
• LanguageTool - This free extension ensures that your writing is error-free via the grammar and style checker LanguageTool. LanguageTool detects many errors that a simple spell checker cannot, such as grammar issues, commonly confused words, and punctuation oversights.
• Ultimate User Agent Switcher - This extension can switch the user agent of a browser. and it allows you to find all HTTP URLs.
• Validity - Validity can be used to quickly validate your HTML documents from the toolbar.
• Responsive Tester - Excellent for testing responsive web designs. Easily switch between portrait and landscape mode and test multiple mobile device's at the same time!
• Firebug - Firebug Lite provides the rich visual representation we are used to see in Firebug when it comes to HTML elements, DOM elements, and Box Model shading.
These Chrome extensions can be invaluable assets in your testing toolkit, whether you're looking to ensure security, verify accessibility compliance, enhance UI testing, or streamline your overall testing process. Incorporating these extensions into your workflow can save you time, improve your accuracy, and help you deliver a higher-quality product to your users.
Happy Testing!
