Modern for Wikipedia

Wikipedia gets a beautiful, clean, modern interface.
What is Modern for Wikipedia?
Modern for Wikipedia is a Chrome extension that transforms and enhances the Wikipedia browsing experience. By applying a modern, clean design to existing Wikipedia pages automatically upon installation, Modern for Wikipedia provides an aesthetically pleasing and customizable browsing interface. It supports all current Wikipedia features, offering numerous enhancements from customizable themes, fonts, and styles to language options, user accounts, and convenient search tools. It also presents recent page history, trending articles, an easily navigable contents sidebar, full editing controls, and an option to swiftly return to the old Wikipedia design. Further improvements are planned for upcoming releases, making Modern for Wikipedia a continuously evolving tool for boosting the efficiency and enjoyment of Wikipedia use.

Extension stats

Users: 20,000+
Rating: 4.63 (163)
Version: 1.40 (Last updated: 2023-05-03)
Creation date: 2021-12-06
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • tabs
  • storage
  • *://*.wikipedia.org/*
Size: 400.38K

Other platforms

Modern for Wikipedia (v1.25)
4.36 (97) 2,991+
Not available on Edge
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Extension summary

Enhance your Wikipedia experience with a beautiful, clean, modern design that's fully customizable.

Once installed, Modern will simply apply the new look and features to existing Wikipedia article pages, without you having to do anything.

All current features on Wikipedia are supported, this extension simply builds upon the existing interface to offer many improvements, including:

✔ Themes (light, dark, sepia, slate, black) ✔ Fonts (sans, serif, change font size) ✔ Styles (column width, line height) ✔ Languages (menu to switch, fully translated interface) ✔ User accounts (all wikipedia account features accessible from menu) ✔ History (quickly jump to articles you've previously viewed) ✔ Search (powerful autocomplete with preview text & images) ✔ Trending (see today's most read articles) ✔ Contents (fixed to left side for easy navigation, can be hidden)

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User reviews

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
  • Makes Wikipedia much nicer on the eyes
  • Dark mode is better than general dark mode extensions
  • Great features and overall functionality
  • Better than Wikiwand
  • Reading is easier and more enjoyable
Cons
  • Needs to be updated to manifest v3 to continue working
  • Annoying donation ads that are not removed
  • Editing can be inconvenient without a visual editor
  • Responsive design needs improvement for small screens
Most mentioned
  • Upgrade to manifest v3 is necessary
  • Dark mode enhancements
  • Comparison to Wikiwand and its shortcomings
  • Annoyance with donation ads
  • Great overall user experience
Recent reviews
by Mathieu BM, 2024-11-11


шикарное расширение
by Максим, 2024-10-21
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Modern for Wikipedia requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Modern for Wikipedia has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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