If you click on Appearance, you can change the Firefox theme to any other theme that you installed.Ĭlick on the Enable button to activate a new theme for Firefox and the theme should be applied without having to restart the browser.
That’s about all you can do with add-ons. For example, the options for Search By Image from Google add-on let you choose whether or not to show the camera icon when hovering over an image. Lastly, the Options button is specific to each add-on and allows you to configure settings included by the developer. You can also disable a plugin, which will turn off the functionality, but keep it installed in Firefox. You can remove the plugin, which will uninstall it completely.
#Firefox addons update
If you want to manually update your add-ons, simply uncheck the appropriate box.Īs for the add-ons themselves, you have a couple of options.
#Firefox addons install
At the very top, you’ll see a gear icon, which will allow you to manually check for add-on update, install an add-on from a file or turn off automatic updates of add-ons. On the right side, you’ll see all the currently installed plugins. You’ll now see that by default, the page opens up to the Extensions tab rather than Get Add-ons. Now let’s go back to the add-ons page that we began with at the beginning of the article. If there are other buttons available for the add-ons you have installed, those extra buttons will show up in the left-hand section. On the left is a section called Additional Tools and Features, which is basically all the options currently available for you to add to the toolbar or to the settings menu at the right. This will open a new tab that will allow you to customize Firefox. You can customize what shows up in your toolbar by clicking on the settings icon and then clicking on Customize at the very bottom. Other add-ons will not necessarily add a button to your toolbar. Having the buttons in the toolbar allow me to control the settings for each webpage I visit, so it makes sense to have them there.
#Firefox addons plus
Here I have an AdBlock Plus icon and a NoScript icon that were added automatically. The first thing you might notice after installing an add-on is a new icon in your Firefox toolbar. Now that you have installed some add-ons and themes, let’s talk about how we can manage them. If you’re a web developer, the Web Developer’s Toolbox has 12 add-ons that are perfect for troubleshooting, editing and debugging web projects. Collections is a really cool section that is created by users who group together several Firefox add-ons that relate to a specific idea or concept.įor example, you can install the Reference Desk collection, which will install ScrapBook, Merriam-Webster and Memonic Web Clipper together. It’s also much easier to find themes and collections on the website version. I like this interface better because you can search by categories, most popular, top rated, most users, newest, etc.
The second way to find add-ons is to visit the Mozilla add-ons website. For some reason, only the website gallery shows you which add-ons don’t require a restart. Some add-ons will require a restart of the browser and some will not. To install an add-on, just click the Install button. If you already know what you are looking for, you can simply search for the add-on in the box at the top. This will open another tab where you can find and manage add-ons, extensions, themes, plugins, etc.