Set an Extension as the New Tab Page in your Vivaldi browser.
When you open a new tab in Vivaldi, you have various options for what’s displayed in the new tab before you navigate to a web page. You can choose between the Start Page, Home Page, Blank Page, or a web page of your choice. But there’s one more option – a New Tab Page Extension.
Enable developer mode to add extensions to Vivaldi from your computer.
Chrome Web Store is the easiest place to add Extensions to Vivaldi from. But there’s also another way to add an extension to the browser. Whether you’ve made your own extension or found one online (e.g. on Github), you can add the extension to Vivaldi following the steps below.
To manually install an extension:
Go to Vivaldi menu > Tools > Extensions.
From the top right corner enable Developer mode.
From the new options that appear, click on Load unpacked.
Find the extracted extension folder and click Select Folder.
⚠️ Only add extensions from trusted sources and by trusted authors.
Hide lesser used Extensions to declutter the Address Bar.
Vivaldi has an abundance of features that help you rely less on third-party Extensions, but you may still wish to use some extensions. You can declutter the Address Bar by hiding extensions you don’t use very often or don’t need to interact with via their button on the Address Bar.
To hide an extension:
Right-click on the extension button on the Address Bar.
Select Hide Button from the context menu.
To show/hide hidden extensions, click on the Extensions button.
By default hidden extensions are displayed on the Address Bar. If you wish to see them in a drop-down menu like on the screenshot below, go to Settings > Address Bar > Extension Visibility and enable Expand Hidden Extensions to Drop-Down Menu.
Vivaldi comes with a lot of built-in functionality, but you can do some additional fine tuning by adding Extensions. Since Vivaldi is built on Chromium, most Extensions available on Chrome Web Store also work in Vivaldi.