Chrome extension
Automate website screenshots in Chrome.
Capture pages directly in your browser, on a schedule you set. Record the clicks and form fills once and the extension replays them before every capture, so you never write a selector.
- Schedule captures by time interval, days of the week, and time of day.
- Record the actions you take and have them replayed before each capture.
- Push the images onward through Zapier, Make, or the Screenshot API.
25 free screenshots / month · no credit card · no phone number
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Recorded Opened the reports tab click
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Recorded Typed the account name type
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Recorded Chose last 30 days select
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Recorded Scrolled to load the charts scroll
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Then Capture the page screenshot
How to schedule a screenshot in Chrome in four steps
Nothing to configure in a dashboard first. You do the thing once in the tab you are already looking at.
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Install the extension
Add PagePixels Screenshots from the Chrome Web Store and sign in with your account. The free plan is enough to set this up.
Chrome Web Store -
Open the page you want
Go to the page in a normal tab, exactly as you would if you were checking it yourself.
any tab -
Record the actions
Turn on recording and click through: open the tab, fill the field, run the report. The extension keeps the sequence so it can repeat it later. Optional.
record → replay -
Set the schedule and save
Choose the interval, the days of the week, and the time of day. The extension takes it from there.
interval · days · time
Screens and options are in the Chrome extension guide. The extension is on the Chrome Web Store.
The steps are recorded from what you actually did.
Every other way of automating a gated page starts with you describing it: this selector, that field, wait for this element. It works, and it is also the part that stops people building the thing at all.
In Chrome you just do it. Turn on recording, click through the page the way you normally would, fill the form, land on the view worth keeping. The extension replays that sequence before each capture.
It is the same idea as multi-step capture elsewhere in the product, approached from the other end: demonstrated rather than specified.
- You find the selector for each field You click the field
- A class name changes and the run breaks quietly Re-record the sequence in a minute
- Testing means saving and waiting for a run You watched it work as you did it
- Someone technical has to set it up Anyone who can use the page can set it up
Set the rhythm: interval, days, time of day.
A Chrome schedule is not just an interval. Pick the days that matter and the time you want the capture taken, so a weekday-morning record does not fill up with weekend noise.
Captures are taken directly in your browser, which is what lets the extension replay the actions you recorded in it. Record the path once and the schedule takes care of the rest.
The same kind of job can also be built in the web app or the Screenshot API, which schedule from every five minutes to once a year and add change alerts and Real Locations. One account covers all three, drawing on the same allowance.
- Interval every…
- How often the capture repeats while the browser is running.
- Days of the week days
- Weekdays only, or the specific days that matter for the page you are watching.
- Time of day at…
- Pin the capture to a clock time so a daily record is always the same moment in the page's day.
- Recorded actions replay
- The sequence you recorded runs first, every time, so the capture is of the view you actually wanted.
- Wait times per step
- Review the recorded steps afterwards and give a slow-loading page more time before the next one runs.
A capture taken in your browser does not have to stay there.
Images the extension generates can be pushed on through the platforms and the API, like any other capture.
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Zapier
Send the image on to thousands of apps, or use it as the start of a Zap that files, posts, or notifies.
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Make
Drop captures into a scenario alongside Google Drive, Telegram, Discord, and the rest of the Make library.
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Screenshot API
List, fetch, and manage captures programmatically, including the ones the extension produced.
Learn more →
Captures are also kept in your account, dated and listable, while the account is active, and every one has a permanent link that always resolves to the latest.
Four jobs it is built for
The pattern: pages that are quickest to set up from the browser you are already in.
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internal tools
The dashboard behind SSO
Company reporting that only opens in a browser session with your own sign-in. Record the path to the view, then let it capture itself every morning.
weekdays · recorded login -
recurring reports
A report you have to generate
Some pages only exist after you set a date range and press a button. Record that, and the record builds itself instead of you remembering.
weekly · recorded steps -
the current tab
The page in front of you, now
Capture what you are looking at without leaving the tab, then turn that same page into a scheduled watch in the app if it is worth keeping an eye on.
one-off · then schedule -
handoff
Set it up, hand it over
Because it is recorded rather than written, the person who knows the page can set the capture up without waiting on someone technical.
no selectors
The extension is free, and so is everything behind it.
One account covers the extension, the web app, and the API. This list is the same on the free plan and the largest one.
Capture
5 INCLUDED- Multi-step capture Log in, click, fill forms, and wait for elements before the shutter fires.
- Scheduled screenshots Recurring captures from every five minutes to once a year.
- Real Locations Capture through a proxy network in 150+ countries, US states, and cities.
- Ad, tracker, and banner removal Strip cookie consent walls, ads, and third-party scripts before capture.
- CSS and JS injection Restyle or manipulate the page before the capture is taken.
Understand
4 INCLUDED- AI analysis Ask a question of any capture and get a written answer back with the image.
- Custom HTML screenshots Render email, private spreadsheet rows, or API payloads into an image.
- HTML extraction Pull fully rendered HTML from JavaScript-built pages, whole page or one selector.
- Website domain research Extract structured fields across a list of domains, as JSON or CSV.
Watch
3 INCLUDED- Change notifications Watch a selector and get a webhook, Slack message, or Zap when it moves.
- Archived history Every capture is kept and listable through the API, with dated thumbnails.
- CDN embed URLs A permanent link that always shows the latest capture, no API key exposed.
Deliver
3 INCLUDED- Every integration Zapier, Make, n8n, Power Automate, Slack, Dropbox, webhooks, Chrome, and MCP.
- Full REST API Every option is a parameter, with NPM, PyPI, and RubyGem packages.
- Custom headers and cookies Send your own headers, cookies, user agent, language, and time zone.
The Chrome extension, answered.
How do I automate screenshots in Chrome?
Install the PagePixels Screenshots extension from the Chrome Web Store, open the page you want, optionally record the actions needed to reach the right view, then set the interval, the days of the week, and the time of day. The extension captures on that schedule and the images land in your account.
What does recording actually record?
The actions you take in the page: clicks, scrolling, filling out forms, and more. The extension replays that sequence before each capture, so you get the view you wanted rather than the page's front door. It is the same idea as multi-step capture in the app, except demonstrated instead of specified, and you can review the recorded steps afterwards and give slow pages more time to load.
Where does the capture happen?
In your browser. That is what lets the extension replay the actions you recorded there. If you would rather the job ran on our infrastructure instead, the web app and the API schedule the same kind of capture from every five minutes to once a year, and one account covers both.
Can it capture pages behind a login?
Yes. Record the sign-in path once as part of the sequence, and the extension replays it before each capture. If you would rather the same gated page were captured on our infrastructure, multi-step capture in the web app and the API does the same thing.
Is the extension free?
Yes, and so is the account behind it: every feature is on every plan, including the free one, which is 25 screenshots a month with no credit card and no phone number. The extension, the web app, and the API all draw on the same allowance.
Can I send extension captures to other apps?
Yes. Images the extension generates can be integrated with other apps and services through Zapier, Make, or the Screenshot API, and every capture is also kept in your account with a permanent link.
