Setup guide

One click on Edge. Six steps on Chrome.

WA Rich Export is live on the Microsoft Edge Add-ons store - install it in one click with no developer mode required. For Chrome, use the unpacked install while it goes through Chrome Web Store review.

Microsoft Edge

One click from the official store

No developer mode. No cloning. Just click and install.

Opens the official listing on microsoftedge.microsoft.com. Click Get on that page, then Add extension in the confirmation dialog.

The floating panel attaches to WhatsApp Web automatically once the extension is installed.

Google Chrome

Load unpacked while store review clears

Chrome Web Store listing is pending. These six steps get you running today.

Get the extension folder

Download or clone the project so you have a folder that contains manifest.json at its root - not nested inside another folder.

Open Chrome’s extensions page

Go to chrome://extensions in the address bar.

Turn on Developer mode

It’s a toggle in the top-right corner of the extensions page.

Click “Load unpacked”

Select the folder from step 1 - the one containing manifest.json. The extension appears in your toolbar immediately; no restart needed.

Open WhatsApp Web and log in

Go to web.whatsapp.com and scan in, as usual.

Open any chat

The WA Rich Export panel appears at the top-right. Pick a history depth, click Export chat, and the archive downloads as a .zip through your browser’s normal Downloads flow.

What the folder looks like

Point “Load unpacked” at this level

whatsapp-rich-export/ ├── manifest.json ← select this folder, not a file ├── icons/ ├── src/ │ ├── background/service_worker.js │ ├── content/content_bridge.js │ ├── injected/ (Store access, media downloader) │ ├── export/ (HTML + ZIP renderer) │ └── ui/panel.js, panel.css └── README.md

Picking up a new version

Pulled newer code into the same folder? Go back to chrome://extensions (or edge://extensions) and click the refresh icon on the WA Rich Export card. Reload any open WhatsApp Web tab afterwards.

Official stores

Chrome Web Store & Edge Add-ons

Edge is live now. Chrome listing is pending review - use the unpacked steps above in Chrome in the meantime.

In review

Chrome Web Store

Listing pending. Until it’s approved, use the unpacked install steps above in Chrome.

Live now

Microsoft Edge Add-ons

Available in the official store - no developer mode required. One click installs it directly into Edge. See install steps above.