DuckDuckGo Wikipedia

Name: DuckDuckGo Wikipedia
Author: Thth

Go to the top DuckDuckGo Wikipedia search result

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This search engine add-on will redirect directly to DuckDuckGo's first Wikipedia search result.

The default search engine keyword is "w". This can be changed on the Firefox search preferences page: about:preferences#search

Using DuckDuckGo instead of Wikipedia's native search will mostly avoid disambiguation pages and allows for far greater leniency in your search query (so your query doesn't need to match the exact Wikipedia page name).

Add-on

By:: Thth
Daily users:: 10 -1
Version:: 1.1 Last updated: 2020-07-10
Version code:: 5062017
Creation date:: 2019-12-02
Risk:: Low risk impact Moderate risk likelihood
Size:: 8.39KB
Full description:: See detailed description
Source:: Firefox Browser Add-ons
Data ingested on:: 2025-07-07

Ranking

# 28,075 ▼ 1,239

Other rankings

#49 in wikipedia keyword 15 ▼ 1 #213 in wiki keyword 19 ▼ 5

Extension safety

Risk impact

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DuckDuckGo Wikipedia requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

High Can change search providers, which could redirect searches to malicious sites, posing moderate risk.

Risk likelihood

Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Firefox add-on may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Firefox add-on reputation on Firefox Browser Add-ons, the amount of time the Firefox add-on has been around, and other signals about the Firefox add-on. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Firefox add-on.

DuckDuckGo Wikipedia is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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