Effortlessly browse cached web pages, auto-transforming links to their cached versions.

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May 16, 2024
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Google Cache Navigator Extension

Explore Web History and Access Blocked Content with Ease: Google Cache Navigator

Unlock a seamless browsing experience with the Google Cache Navigator, a powerful extension designed to make historical web content and blocked websites instantly accessible. Whether you're researching, recovering lost information, or navigating restrictions, our extension is your gateway to the web's history and beyond.

Just click on the extension icon to start browsing the cached website!

Why Google Cache Navigator?

With Google Cache Navigator, you navigate through cached versions of websites with unparalleled ease, including those that are currently blocked. Our extension intelligently transforms all links within a Google cached page to point directly to their cached versions. This ensures that as you click through links on a page, you remain within the cached environment, providing a continuous and seamless historical browsing session.

Features:

* Automatic Link Transformation: Click any link on a cached page, and it automatically redirects to the cached version of the linked page, including those from blocked sites.
* Seamless Navigation: Move through entire websites in their cached form as if they were live, perfect for viewing content that's no longer available, has been updated, or is blocked.
* Perfect for Research and Backup: Access older website content or blocked sites, making it an invaluable tool for researchers and anyone needing to reference past versions of a site or bypass restrictions.
* Easy to Use: Simply install the extension, and it works in the background. There’s no configuration needed — start browsing cached pages right away.

Ideal for:

* Researchers looking to trace back historical data or web changes.
* Students needing archived information for academic projects or access to blocked educational resources.
* Professionals who require past versions of a website for audits or reports, or access to information on sites that are blocked.
* Anyone who wishes to view content from temporarily unavailable or restricted websites.
Experience the web like never before. Navigate the past, present, and the transitional phases of websites with Google Cache Navigator — your portal to the internet's archived treasures and a bypass for web restrictions.
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "manifest_version": 3, "name": "Google Cache Navigator", "version": "1.0", "description": "Effortlessly browse cached web pages, auto-transforming links to their cached versions.", "permissions": ["activeTab"], "action": { "default_icon": { "16": "icons/icon16.png", "24": "icons/icon24.png", "32": "icons/icon32.png" }, "default_tile": "Go to cached version." }, "icons": { "128": "icons/icon128.png" }, "background": { "service_worker": "redirector.js" }, "content_scripts": [ { "matches": ["*://webcache.googleusercontent.com/*"], "js": ["webcache_rewriter.js"] } ]}
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How to download and manually install Google Cache Navigator extension for Chrome

Looking for a way to install Google Cache Navigator extensions for Chrome, you can search for them in the Chrome Web Store, clicking the "Add to Chrome" button, and following the straightforward process.

However, you may need to install Google Cache Navigator extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install Google Cache Navigator extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.

Method 1: Download Google Cache Navigator extension and manually install through Drag &Drop

If you ever need to manually install a Google Cache Navigator extension for Chrome, don't worry, it's a simple process. Just follow these easy steps, and you will have your extension ready to use in no time.

Step 1: Download the Google Cache Navigator Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.

Look for the Google Cache Navigator extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the Google Cache Navigator extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for Google Cache Navigator extension that contains all the data.

Step 2: Extract &Arrange Files

Once the file is downloaded, extract that file into its own folder. Similarly, give that extension files a permanent home. In other words, keep it in a folder that you don't accidentally delete it because these files will be needed to make that extension work.

Step 3: Go to the Chrome Extensions Page

Open Google Chrome and in the address bar, type chrome://extensions; it will open the Google Chrome extensions page. Make sure that "My extensions" is selected in the sidebar.

Step 4: Drag and Drop the Extension

Now, go to the folder where you extracted the Google Cache Navigator extension and drag &drop the extension file from there anywhere onto the extension page within Google Chrome.

Step 5: Complete the Installation

Once you drag and drop the extension file, follow the steps that Google Chrome takes you through. Similarly, if the extension file is of .crx file format, you will be required to review the permissions and then add the extension.

Now, you can manage that added extension as you would like to with any other Chrome extension that you added through Chrome Webstore. Its icon will also appear in the Google Chrome Menu on the right side of the address bar once you activate it.

Method 2: Download Google Cache Navigator extension for Chrome and install in Developer Mode

This is another method to install Google Cache Navigator extension manually, but the twist is that here, you install by enabling the developer mode option provided in Google Chrome. This mode is commonly used for testing extensions or running unpublished tools.

Step 1: Download the Google Cache Navigator extension file

Select and download the Google Cache Navigator extension by clicking the 'Download CRX' button on the website.

Step 2: Extract the downloaded contents

Convert the file to a ZIP file if it is in CRX format then extract the Google Cache Navigator extension zip file or folder that you downloaded. Make sure you extract it using the same folder name and keep it safely in another folder, so you don't delete it by mistake. The extracted folder will be needed to keep your Google Cache Navigator extension running.

Step 3: Open Chrome Extension Setting Page

In the address bar of Google Chrome, type chrome://extensions and open the Chrome Extension Page.

Step 4: Enable Developer Mode

After opening the Chrome Extension page, look at the top right side, and you will find the toggle option of "Developer mode."Simply enable that developer mode option.

Step 5: Load the Unpacked Extension

Once you enable the developer mode option, you will see the menu of Load Unpacked, Pack Extensions and Update. From that, select the option "Load unpacked."

Step 6: Select the Extension Folder

Once the pop-up opens upon clicking Load unpacked, select the Google Cache Navigator extension directory and click on the "Select Folder "button.

Step 7: Confirm and Install

After you select an extension folder of a Google Chrome extension you're installing manually, confirm its installation for the final time and let the installation complete.

Conclusion

Here we've made a step-by-step guide on How to manually install Google Cache Navigator extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.

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