Increase the Number of Recommended Add-ons Firefox 3 Displays

By Rich on July 7, 2008 (28 Comments)

The Add-on manager in Firefox now has a “Get Add-ons” option, which displays five recommended add-ons for you to download. In this guide you’ll learn how to increase that number; thus, improving your chances of finding really helpful add-ons.

Don’t have Firefox 3? Get it here.

Increase the Number of Recommended Add-ons

This tip is really simple to follow and requires you to do the following:

Type about:config into the address bar and press enter
Agree to be careful
Type extensions.getAddons.maxResults into the filter field
Double click on the result and change the value from 5 to a higher number (8 maximum)

ff3 recommended addons 02 Increase the Number of Recommended Add ons Firefox 3 Displays

Firefox 3’s Recommended Add-ons Before

ff3 recommended addons 01 Increase the Number of Recommended Add ons Firefox 3 Displays

Firefox 3’s Recommended Add-ons After

ff3 recommended addons 03 Increase the Number of Recommended Add ons Firefox 3 Displays

Now pat yourself on the shoulder and enjoy your day!

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Rich is the owner and creator of Windows Guides; he spends his time breaking things on his PC so he can write how-to guides to fix the problems he creates.

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Sam

How do you know all this stuff????
Sam

How do you know all this stuff????
WinDoze

seriously dude, HOW??
WinDoze

seriously dude, HOW??
Cool tip

Great tip and I agree with the guys above. This is such a good site and I noticed you changed the links around, and they look really good. Keep up the good work.
Cool tip

Great tip and I agree with the guys above. This is such a good site and I noticed you changed the links around, and they look really good. Keep up the good work.
Milo Alvarez

Now I will have too many plugins!!! Oh well I really like this tip — one of the best here and yet so simple!
Milo Alvarez

Now I will have too many plugins!!! Oh well I really like this tip — one of the best here and yet so simple!
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Serene

Simple, but cool tip
Serene

Simple, but cool tip
Diesel

Nice :) :) :)
Diesel

Nice :) :) :)
Dominic

I’m gonna try this now because I love finding new and useful add-ons
Dominic

I’m gonna try this now because I love finding new and useful add-ons
Anon

What’s the point? More clutter for your already bloated browser
Anon

What’s the point? More clutter for your already bloated browser
Collen C

Thanks… I knew you could do this.. just didn’t know how.
Collen C

Thanks… I knew you could do this.. just didn’t know how.
Stephen Alvarez

Surprisingly useful
Stephen Alvarez

Surprisingly useful
adel phakye

Thanks for the advice, do you know how to stop the automatic virus check?
adel phakye

Thanks for the advice, do you know how to stop the automatic virus check?
http://www.mintywhite.com/ Rich

@Adel – Do the following:

Type about:config in the Firefox address bar
Now filter the following browser.download.manager.scanWhenDone
Set the parameter to False
http://www.mintywhite.com Rich
@Adel – Do the following:
1. Type about:config in the Firefox address bar
2. Now filter the following browser.download.manager.scanWhenDone
3. Set the parameter to False
http://www.mintywhite.com/ Rich

Thanks for your comments everyone!

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