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What are Chrome Extensions?
Chrome Extensions are a way to add extra functionality to the Google Chrome browser. It can include extra panels in Devtools, changing onpage functionality, intercepting/modifying network requests, etc.
The extensions only affect the profile you add them to, on your machine, allowing you to achieve an elevated browsing/developer experience.
All extensions are vetted for security by Google each time a change is made.
The Webtrends Optimize Chrome Extension
The Visual Editor relies on a Chrome Extension to be able to load web pages. We load web pages into an iframe, and many web pages have code that breaks when the site is loaded into an iframe.
Our extension looks to solve two challenges:
Consistency in the loading experience - making sure your pages load in our editor.
Injecting our editing tools onto the page - the click-to-edit functionality.
Do you need the Visual Editor?
The Visual Editor is the only part of the platform that requires this Chrome Extension - no other section or feature is dependent on this. If you only use the Advanced Editor or only view Reports, you do not need this.
Many pages try to break out of iframes, do not have cookies in the right format, etc. - The Chrome Extension solves these issues, allowing you to seamlessly pull web pages into our Editor to build your experiences.
You can find the extension at the below link - please install it before using the Visual Editor.