AMO/Featured Board Process
Please note the policies at https://extensionworkshop.com/documentation/publish/add-on-policies/
Mozilla needs your help selecting Firefox Recommended Extensions
Firefox Recommended Extensions are curated extensions that meet Mozilla’s highest standards of security, functionality, and user experience. Recommended extensions are easy to find on addons.mozilla.org (AMO) because of their distinctive “Recommended” trophy badge.
Recommended extensions are selected with input from the Community Advisory Board — a revolving group of contributors with a shared passion for add-ons. Board contributors can be anyone who demonstrates a unique perspective and appreciation for great extensions.
If you’re interested in contributing to the next board project, please drop us a note at amo-featured [at] mozilla [dot] org and provide a brief explanation why you feel you’d make a keen evaluator of Firefox extensions. We’d love to hear about how you use extensions and what you find so interesting about browser customization.
The Recommended Extensions Advisory Board
We routinely host ongoing, short-term curatorial board projects focused on evaluating new nominated content. Each project usually runs for six months. Board members are encouraged to test and evaluate a handful of new extension nominations each month.
Board members must be from the Firefox add-ons community: power users, developers, designers -- anyone who can demonstrate a passion for extensions and a keen understanding of their user value.
Board members must abstain from evaluating any content they may be personally or professionally affiliated with, or competing against.
Content evaluation process
The Mozilla Add-ons team routinely intakes Recommended Extension nominations from the community at large (would you like to nominate a candidate? Email us at amo-featured [at] mozilla [dot] org) and assembles a vetted list of promising candidates for the board to evaluate. Board contributors are simply asked to install and experience the extension candidates.
We're primarily focused on evaluating the extension's core functionality (does it do what it promises?), user experience (does it function intuitively? Elegantly?), or any characteristic that's particularly exceptional or unique.
Removing Recommended Extensions
The board may also participate in occasional pruning of the Recommended list. Reasons for content removal may include:
- functionality/utility has been compromised or become obsolete
- user experience has been degraded
- security issues emerged
- not actively maintained or developed anymore
Extension requirements
1. The extensions must have a completed and informative listing on AMO. This means:
- 64 pixel custom icon
- clear name without lengthy SEO keywords in it
- screenshots of the add-on's functionality
- a short, clear, and concise summary of the extensions's functionality
- a detailed description describing additional details of the add-on's functionality
- fully approved by AMO editors
2. The extensions must have excellent user reviews, and any problems or support requests should be promptly addressed by the developer.
3. The extensions must have a minimum of 500 users.
4. The extensions must be built with WebExtensions API.
5. Most importantly, the add-on must have wide consumer appeal to Firefox's users and be outstanding in nearly every way: user experience, performance, security, and usefulness or entertainment value.
6. If an extensions is rejected, it is ineligible to apply again for 3 months.
Extension developers are encouraged to include any details and outside reviews they've received with their application, or may include up to 5 minutes of a video demo/tutorial/pitch.
Discovery Pane
The Get Add-ons section (also referred to as the Discovery Pane) serves a distinct editorial function: it is a tightly curated list of extensions and themes selected by Mozilla staff to address an array of the most common user needs (ad blockers, media downloaders, etc.). The Discovery Pane is primarily intended to introduce extensions to Firefox users who have limited experience with browser customization. As such, we only select extensions that meet the highest standards of functionality, user experience, and compatibility.
Only extensions that are amongst Mozilla's recommendations will be considered for the Discovery Pane. Please note that featured content must meet certain criteria.
Discovery Pane content is updated monthly. Some highly popular add-ons may remain for an indefinite period.
If you'd like to nominate a great extension for consideration in the Discovery Pane, please send us a link to the extension on AMO to amo-featured@mozilla.org and we'll add your nomination to the editorial review queue. There's no need to mention you're nominating add-ons specifically for the Discovery Pane, but feel free to note that if you like.
Finally
Members of the Mozilla Add-ons team may veto any extension's selection because of security, privacy, compatibility, or any other reason, but will seek the Board's approval before featuring any add-ons.
This featured policy only applies to the addons.mozilla.org global list of featured extensions. Extensions featured in other locations are often pulled from this list, but Mozilla may feature any extension in other locations without the Board's consent. Additionally, locale-specific features override the global defaults, so if a locale has opted to select their own features, some or all of the global features may not appear in that locale.