Replace the New Tab and Homepage with a fully customizable dashboard that brings you News, Weather, Wallpapers and much more!

Latest Version

Version
8.6
Update
August 11, 2022
Size
1.05MiB
Developer
Category
Users
433
Rating
4.7619 ★
Manifest Version
2
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English
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Permissions
Https://images.unsplash.com/
*://*.vanilladashboard.xyz/*
TopSites
Geolocation
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Vanilla Dashboard - Beautiful Wallpapers Extension

A New Tab and Home screen that gives you a moment of calm and inspires you to be more productive replacing the default homepage. Customize your homepage and get things done quickly and efficiently.

Basic Features:

• Sleek dashboard with current time and wallpaper.
• New Wallpaper Everyday. Now with custom categories!
• Quick Links to your favourite websites.
• Links to your Most Visited websites.
• A Countdown Timer for a special event.

Additional Features:

• Weather
• News from around the world based on your interest.


Permissions:

An extension requires several permissions (access rights) in order to provide better features. The permissions required by Vanilla Dashboard along with their usage are mentioned below.

• \"Replace the page you see when opening new tab\": This is a basic permission to change your homepage to provide the core functionality of this extension.

• \"Access to vanilladashboard.xyz website\": This website serves the extension with the news, weather and wallpaper data through an API.

• \"Access to images.unsplash.com website\": This website serves daily HD wallpapers.

• \"Read a list of your most frequently visited websites\": This permission is required for the \"Most Visited\" sites feature at the top-left corner of the page.

• \"Detect your physical location\": Your physical location is required to automatically serve the weather.
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx","manifest_version": 2,"version": "8.6","name": "Vanilla Dashboard - Beautiful Wallpapers","short_name": "Vanilla Dashboard","description": "Replace the New Tab and Homepage with a fully customizable dashboard that brings you News, Weather, Wallpapers and much more!","icons": {"128": "images/icons/logo_128.png"},"options_page": "settings.html","browser_action": {"default_icon": {"128": "images/icons/logo_128.png"},"default_title": "Vanilla Dashboard"},"chrome_url_overrides": {"newtab": "dashboard.html"},"offline_enabled": true,"permissions": ["https://images.unsplash.com/", "*://*.vanilladashboard.xyz/*", "topSites", "geolocation"]}
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How to download and manually install Vanilla Dashboard - Beautiful Wallpapers extension for Chrome

Looking for a way to install Vanilla Dashboard - Beautiful Wallpapers 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 Vanilla Dashboard - Beautiful Wallpapers extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install Vanilla Dashboard - Beautiful Wallpapers extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.

Method 1: Download Vanilla Dashboard - Beautiful Wallpapers extension and manually install through Drag &Drop

If you ever need to manually install a Vanilla Dashboard - Beautiful Wallpapers 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 Vanilla Dashboard - Beautiful Wallpapers Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.

Look for the Vanilla Dashboard - Beautiful Wallpapers extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the Vanilla Dashboard - Beautiful Wallpapers extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for Vanilla Dashboard - Beautiful Wallpapers 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 Vanilla Dashboard - Beautiful Wallpapers 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 Vanilla Dashboard - Beautiful Wallpapers extension for Chrome and install in Developer Mode

This is another method to install Vanilla Dashboard - Beautiful Wallpapers 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 Vanilla Dashboard - Beautiful Wallpapers extension file

Select and download the Vanilla Dashboard - Beautiful Wallpapers 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 Vanilla Dashboard - Beautiful Wallpapers 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 Vanilla Dashboard - Beautiful Wallpapers 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 Vanilla Dashboard - Beautiful Wallpapers 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 Vanilla Dashboard - Beautiful Wallpapers extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.

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User reviews

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Sean Christian Lozana (ID: 00000008a10dd580) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 06/24/2021 Awesome extension!

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Kirtan Dudhatra (ID: 0000000e44b61441) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 01/24/2021 Useful and Stylish!

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张忠良 (ID: 0000000e277c7a62) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 01/21/2021 so beautiful!

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Ojas Gandhi (ID: 0000002fc1300a33) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 08/31/2020 Good

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