WikiTube

Adds relevant YouTube videos to Wikipedia.

WikiTube is a Chrome extension that seamlessly integrates relevant YouTube videos into Wikipedia articles, enriching your browsing experience. The extension is completely unobtrusive and easy to use, adding a new dimension to Wikipedia by making it more fun and informative.

Featured by major tech outlets like Lifehacker, CNET, Softpedia, and ghacks.net, WikiTube enhances your research efforts by supplementing Wikipedia content with video insights. Enjoy an improved and immersive learning experience while WikiTube guarantees your privacy at all times.

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By:: https://markdunne.github.io
Users:: 4,000+
Rating:: 4.52
(75)
Version:: 3.0 (Last updated: 2015-04-30)
Creation date:: 2015-04-30
Risk:: Low risk impact Low risk likelihood
Size:: 76.44K
Email:: ma*****@gmail.com
URLs:: Website
Full description:: See detailed description
Source:: Chrome Web Store
Updated:: a day ago

Ranking

# 13,736 ▲ 1,048

Other rankings

#4172 in Tools ▼ 31 #130 in wikipedia keyword 27 ▲ #257 in wiki keyword 30

User reviews

Pros

Enhances Wikipedia articles by adding relevant YouTube videos, making them more information-dense.
User-friendly interface with a scrollable horizontal bar and option to load more videos.
Great idea and implementation, significantly improves Wikipedia browsing experience.
Useful and clever extension appreciated by many users.
Recommended by users for adding valuable multimedia content to Wikipedia pages.

Cons

Extension has stopped working in recent Chrome versions for multiple users.
Requires access to data on all websites, raising privacy concerns.
Occasionally breaks Wikipedia's CSS, requiring page refresh to fix issues.
Video thumbnails sometimes fail to load properly.
May slow down loading of Wikipedia pages.

Recent reviews

Eu acho a extensão excelente, mas parou de funcionar faz um bom tempo, desinstalei e instalei novamente mas ainda não funciona nas paginas da Wikipedia. Alguém saberia me dizer se é somente comigo o problema?

Wellington Bernieri de Carvalho, 2021-06-20

Ya no funciona con Chrome

J Pablo Santana, 2021-03-19

почему у меня это расширение перестало работать уже несколько месяцев?????? я переустанавливал его и всё равно не работает. / why has this extension stopped working for me for several months ?????? i reinstalled it and still doesn't work.

SVERHcheLOVEK NIETZSCHE, 2021-01-28

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Extension safety

Risk impact

WikiTube requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

High Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.

Risk likelihood

WikiTube has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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