Old Reddit Redirect

Ensure Reddit always loads the old design

What is Old Reddit Redirect?

'Old Reddit Redirect' is a Chrome extension aiming to enhance user experience by consistently loading the old design of Reddit. It works irrespective of login status or browsing mode, forcing all reddit.com links to redirect to old.reddit.com. It also provides a few minor quality of life improvements such as removing the undismissable cookie banner and rewriting links. The extension is free and its open source code is accessible for contributions.

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By: tomjwatson

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Users: 100,000+

Rating: 4.76 (282) ▲ 3 new ratings

Version: 2.0.0 (Last updated: 2024-04-20)

Creation date: 2020-03-10

Risk impact: Very high risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

declarativeNetRequest

Host permissions:

*://reddit.com/*
*://www.reddit.com/*
*://np.reddit.com/*
*://amp.reddit.com/*
*://i.reddit.com/*
*://i.redd.it/*
*://preview.redd.it/*

Size: 16.28K

Email: ch*****@tomjwatson.com

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

Stats date:

Chrome-Stats Rank

# 2122 ▼ 6

Other rankings

#926 in Accessibility #3 in reddit keyword 44 ▼ 1 #25 in redirect keyword 53 ▼ 12

Other platforms

Old Reddit Redirect (v1.8.1)

4.77 (245) 56,421+

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Summary

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ℹ️ If you're wondering why the chrome extension recently requested new permissions, please see https://github.com/tom-james-watson/old-reddit-redirect/issues/117.

Dislike Reddit's redesign? Old Reddit Redirect will ensure that you always load the old (old.reddit.com) design instead.

Forces all reddit.com links to old.reddit.com, including navigating to the site, opening links or using old bookmarks.

Unlike the account setting for turning off the design, this works regardless of whether you are logged in or not or in incognito mode.

There are also a few minor quality of life improvements:

Remove the undismissable cookie banner
Prevent reddit from rendering raw image URLs as HTML
Rewrite links to galleries to the raw old reddit comments page

Old Reddit Redirect is free and open source software. The code is available at https://github.com/tom-james-watson/old-reddit-redirect. Pull requests are more than welcome.

User reviews

User reviews summary

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Redirects to old Reddit for faster and cleaner browsing
Keeps functionality intact through updates
Makes Reddit usable again for those who prefer the old design

Cons

Stopped working for some users outside of incognito mode
New permissions requested after latest update
Some users experiencing issues with unwanted boxes or interference on certain subreddits

Most mentioned

Old Reddit is faster and cleaner
New Reddit is obnoxious and slow
Vital for those who dislike Reddit's redesign
Some users experiencing issues with the extension not working

Recent reviews

Feargal Kavanagh, 2024-04-25

Perfect, works every time.

Ython Ra, 2024-04-25

Kermo, 2024-04-19

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Safety

Risk impact

Old Reddit Redirect is very risky to use and it requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Avoid installing this extension unless you absolutely trust this publisher.