A fix to view blocked Photobucket photos

[dhaverstick]

I saw this on another site and thought I would share the info.

Darren

Google Chrome and Foxfire have found a way to access the photos that Photobucket.com does not now allow you to post to 3rd party sites anymore without paying a high price.

The Firefox and Chrome browsers now have an optional "Photobucket Fix" Add On that will automatically disable Photobucket image restrictions on 3rd party hosting.

This is a very good thing and it works well. EVERYONE should install this to their Firefox or Chrome browser.

As long as the restricted images are still hosted on Photobucket, and they haven't been removed, this fix will now them to appear in forum and blog posts.

In the cases where former/current PhotoBucket users haven't deleted all their albums, Chrome and Firefox now have an extension, Photobucket Embed Fix, that will display 3rd party hosted images. It will fix all your broken pics, no need for you to do anything, it runs entirely in the background.


For Firefox browser users, goto to the upper right of the screen and click on the 3 horizontal bars ("Open Menu"), click on "Add-Ons", click on "Get Add-Ons", at the bottom of the screen click on "See More Add-Ons!". A new page will open up, look for "photobucket embed fix", touch it with your mouse pointer and then click on "+ Add to Firefox" then "Add".

For Google Chrome browsers, type in "photobucket embed fix" in the browser search/URL bar and click on the "photobucket embed fix" link.

[Captainkirk]

Wow...thanks so much for this!
I just added it, do you know if you need to re-start to take effect?
Anyway, great tip for a really dirty deal by scumbucket!

[Captainkirk]

You know, it really doesn't matter...
I went to PoopBucket to see if I could post one of my old pix and be able to see it...what a joke. My entire screen was blocked by multiple pop-up ads (with no "X"s on them to close them out, I might add!) and while I could see my album in the background there was no way to access it.
PB has really, truly, crapped the bed. They can keep my photos and I will never, ever, do any business with them again. What a bunch of blood-sucking scavengers....

[dhaverstick]

I'm with you Kirk. PB is so eaten up with ads that it has become completely unusable. Since their low-down, dirty, rotten scheme was launched, I have not used their service and I will not ever again.

The Chrome fix worked for me.

Darren

[Shadowhntr]

Appreciate the info and effort Darren. I've been PB free since they pulled that stunt. I moved hundreds of pics to my drop box and Google Drive until I recovered every single photo of mine. Then I deleted my account for good. Clean slate, and no more hostage holding of my pics.