Universal Edit Button

Universal Edit Button

Show a button for editable web pages and wikis

What is Universal Edit Button?
Universal Edit Button is a Chrome extension that displays a pen icon in the address bar or toolbar when you visit a wiki website that allows you to edit the page. It works on popular sites like Wikipedia and wikiHow, as well as on major wikis like MediaWiki and DokuWiki. Learn more at universaleditbutton.org.
Merlin
Stats
Users: 42 ▼ -3
Version: 2.0.1 (Last updated: 2017-03-20)
Creation date: 2017-03-20
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • tabs
  • http://*/*
  • https://*/*
Size: 20.43K
URLs: Website
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Summary

Using this extension, an pen icon will appear in the address bar (Firefox) or Toolbar (Chrome) (similar to the RSS auto-discovery button) when you visit a wiki website that allows you to edit the page.

This works on popular sites like Wikipedia, AboutUs.com, wikiHow and Wikia and also on most of the major wikis including MediaWiki, DokuWiki, TWiki, PHPWiki, MoinMoin and many more.

You can learn more about the idea behind this extension at universaleditbutton.org

Safety
Risk impact

Universal Edit Button is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Universal Edit Button if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

Universal Edit Button has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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