Old Reddit Redirect

Ensure Reddit always loads the old design

What is Old Reddit Redirect?

Old Reddit Redirect is a free and open source Chrome extension that forces all reddit.com links to old.reddit.com, including navigating to the site, opening links or using old bookmarks. It also includes minor quality of life improvements such as removing the cookie banner and preventing reddit from rendering raw image URLs as HTML.

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By: tomjwatson

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Users: 90,000+

Rating: 4.77 (289)

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: Privacy policy

Stats date:

Chrome-Stats Rank

# 2472 ▲ 19

Other rankings

#1043 in Accessibility ▼ 3 #2 in reddit keyword 46 #12 in redirect keyword 50 #289 in design keyword 25

Other platforms

Old Reddit Redirect (v1.8.1)

4.77 (256) 54,070+

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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

Simple and elegant
Works every time
Fast loading pages
Kept functionality intact through updates
Vital for Reddit users

Cons

Doesn't work outside incognito mode for some users
Recent Reddit login changes have affected functionality
Doesn't work on some subreddits due to interference from Reddit's UI design

Most mentioned

Login redirect issue
Reddit's new interface is disliked
Essential for old Reddit format
Works perfectly when it worked
Recent changes have affected functionality

Recent reviews

meilsp, 2024-07-09

10/10, but Reddit seems to have broken it again. Same login redirect issue as existed in May. Thanks for your excellent extension, Tom!

ninethreeeleven, 2024-07-06

It just works, 5/5.

Rizk, 2024-06-27

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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.