Wait a Minute

Name: Wait a Minute
Author: wmarquardt

Pause to reconsider before wasting time on the web.

As of June 2026, Wait a Minute has 12 users in the Productivity category.

wmarquardt Productivity

Chrome Web Store ↗.crx

Users+9.1%

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Version

1.0.3

Manifest V3

History

3 snapshots

Tracking since Apr 21, 2026.

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Date	Users	Rating	Reviews	Version
Apr 21, 2026	11	—	—	1.0.3
May 6, 2026	12	—	—	1.0.3
Jun 1, 2026	11	—	—	1.0.3
Now	12	—	—	1.0.3

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Permissions: storagealarms
Host access: None declared

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About

This is an anti-procrastination tool that takes a softer approach than most site blocking addons. Those don't work because you eventually just uninstall or disable them to continue your guilty pleasure. Rather than blocking you, this extension slows you down before you can visit time-wasting websites like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, or Reddit.

When you try to visit one of those websites, it asks you how long you'd like to browse it for. Then you must wait 20 seconds before you can gain access. This helps break the dopamine loop associated with easily visiting these websites multiple times a day. When the time you defined is up, the tab closes.

Go to settings to set websites you don't want to visit, like:
https://x.com

If you still want to be able to see certain pages of that website (say someone sends you a tweet), you can whitelist them with wildcards, like this:
https://x.com/*/status