Character set fixer

Modify the default encoding of the website, the garbled webpage needs to modify the encoding, UTF-8 encoding conversion

As of May 2026, Character set fixer has 10,000 users and a 2.67/5 rating from 12 reviews in the Productivity category.

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Version
1.6.4
Manifest V3

History

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Tracking since May 21, 2026.

10.1K10.0K9.9KMay 21, 2026May 21, 2026
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May 21, 202610.0K2.82111.6.4
Now10.0K2.67121.6.4

Permissions & access

Permissions
contextMenustabsdeclarativeNetRequeststoragescripting
Host access
<all_urls>, file://*

Screenshots

Character set fixer screenshot 1

About

This is a browser plugin designed to solve the problem of character encoding on web pages. Its main functions include:
Change website default encoding:
Allow users to manually select character encodings that are suitable for specific websites.
May provide a list of common encoding options, such as UTF-8, ISO-8859-1, GBK, etc.
Fix garbled web pages:
Automatically detect and correct web pages displaying garbled text.
Heuristic algorithms or predefined rules may be used to identify and fix coding issues.
Convert to UTF-8 encoding:
Convert non UTF-8 encoded web content to UTF-8.
Ensure consistent display across platforms and devices.
Possible additional features (based on common features of similar tools):
Save user preferred encoding settings.
Create custom coding rules for specific websites.
Provide a shortcut for quickly switching codes.
Display the encoding information used by the current webpage.
This plugin aims to improve the user browsing experience, especially when accessing websites that use non-standard or outdated encoding. However, we should note that automatic encoding detection and conversion are not always 100% accurate and may require manual adjustment by users in some complex situations.

Technical

Version
1.6.4
Manifest
V3
Size
131KiB
Min Chrome
88
Languages
54
Featured
No

Metadata

ID
pphmilocpbakohpflkpaflgkhfcafonp
Developer ID
u9cc4a3932a267fb0706effaa52bb5b7c
Developer Email
[email protected]
Created
Sep 2, 2024
Last Updated (Store)
Mar 3, 2025
Last Scraped
May 21, 2026
Website
Support URL

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Data sourced from the Chrome Web Store · last verified May 21, 2026.