Block Site

Block Site is a simple Chrome/Firefox extension that improves your productivity by blocking access to distracting websites as you specify.

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Usage

Click on the icon. Enter sites to block. See Special characters and Examples.

Choose how to resolve blocked: Close Tab, or Show Blocked info page.

Blocked info page shows what url was blocked, based on which rule it was blocked, and optionally a blocked count over a chosen period of time: All Time, This Month, This Week, or Today.

Special characters

! ⇒ prepend to exclude from blocking
* ⇒ match any zero or more characters
? ⇒ match any one character

Examples

example.com              # Blocks example.com/ and any page on it


example.com/             # Blocks example.com/ ONLY
example.com/*            # Blocks example.com/ and any page on it


example.com/*            # Blocks any page on example.com/
!example.com/orange/     # except example.com/orange/


*.example.com/           # Blocks any subdomain of example.com/
!apple.example.com/      # except apple.example.com/


*watch*                  # Blocks any page containing word "watch"


example.com/????/*       # Blocks e.g.:
                         # - example.com/pear/projects/1
                         # - example.com/plum/projects/1


example.com/*rry/*       # Blocks e.g.:
                         # - example.com/cherry/projects/1
                         # - example.com/strawberry/projects/1

Context menu

If enabled, Block Site will be added to your browser's context menu. It will offer options to:

• Block this page only
• Block entire website

Privacy notice

Block Site doesn't collect any personal information or data. Any user settings are stored in your browser only.