Chrome Web Store Is Introducing A Featured And Established Publisher Badge For Extensions
https://twitter.comI got an email saying Chrome Web Store is introducing two new extension badges.
- Featured badge: will be granted to extensions that follow our technical best practices and meet a high standard of user experience and design.
- Established Publisher badge will showcase developers who have verified their identity and demonstrated compliance with the developer program policies.
They also mentioned that developers who earn these badges may receive higher rankings in search and filtering, and may also see their extensions appear in special promotions both on and off Chrome Web Store.
It looks like they are trying to force developers to migrate their extensions into controversial Manifest V3. Because featured extension must follow their best practices.