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Curation and review process for extensions at Microsoft Edge Add-ons

The Microsoft Edge extensions team curates the experience at Microsoft Edge Add-ons so that users can find all the items to customize their browser in one place, such as themes, extensions, and apps.

Available items to customize the user's browser include themes, extensions, and apps.

Before installing an item from Microsoft Edge Add-ons, users can learn more about the functionality, data permissions, and publisher by viewing the item's description and listing.

How items are organized at Microsoft Edge Add-ons

Items at Microsoft Edge Add-ons, such as themes, extensions, and apps, are organized to help users discover the ones that are relevant to their interests.

Users can discover extensions they're interested in at Microsoft Edge Add-ons in several ways, including:

  • The home page.
  • The Search bar.
  • Curated collections of extensions.
  • Categories of extensions.

The following factors are used to organize items:

  • Quality: Extensions that are featured at Microsoft Edge Add-ons are selected based on their eligibility criteria.

  • Relevancy: Ranking takes into consideration factors such as the item name, description relevancy, popularity, and user experience.

  • Popularity: The number of ratings and the average rating are used for prioritizing items.

Security review

The quality and compliance of the item that's displayed at Microsoft Edge Add-ons is verified per the guidelines that are set in the developer policy.

Extensions that violate the policy guidelines are not allowed at Microsoft Edge Add-ons. There is a standard review process for each new item submission and new versions of items, per the developer policies.

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Ranking

Every item (such as theme, extension, or app) that's published at Microsoft Edge Add-ons has detailed information about the item's characteristics, such as:

  • Screenshots.
  • The description of the item's features and functionality.
  • Publisher information.
  • Links to the publisher site, privacy policies, and financial policies.

The search ranking of the item is based on these characteristics.

User feedback

At Microsoft Edge Add-ons, users can provide a rating and a written review for the item they are using. Users and developers can report an abusive review from within the review section of the item listing page.

Items are ranked for popularity based on user ratings at Microsoft Edge Add-ons.

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