How to Publish Chrome Extension

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With the basic knowledge on HTML, CSS and Javascript Chrome Extensions are easy to create. A chrome extension can have different components but should serve a single purpose.

Testing Chrome Extension

• Open chrome://extensions/ in your chrome browser.
• Enable developer mode.
• Click on Load Unpacked.
• Select the chrome extension folder and Open.

Publishing Chrome Extension

Once your extension looks good and tested well, it’s time for publishing to chrome store.

• Open developer dashboard of the chrome web store Developer Dashboard
• Sign in to your google account if you are not already logged in.

Fig: Developer Dashboard Home Page

• Click on the Add new item button.
• Accept the terms and conditions. Then compress your chrome extension folder and upload that ZIP file.
• Once it is uploaded, you will see a form where you need to add some information about your extension. You can add an icon (logo), description, add some screenshots of your extension.
• Click on the Preview Changes button to preview your extension as to how it looks in the chrome web store.
• Then you can publish your extension by clicking on Publish Changes button. It may take a while to get published to the chrome web store. (Max One hour). It will be reviewed and then published.
• Once it is published you can search for the title of your extension, you can install and use it.

Note: As you can see in the above figure, you have to pay the US $5.00 to verify your account and publish items.

Conclusion

If you are web developer, it is easy to create a chrome extension with the basic knowledge on HTML, CSS, and Javascript. For more information check out the documentation here.

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