Wikipedia Plus

Utilities to improve the user experience of Wikipedia.org for avid users.
What is Wikipedia Plus?
'Wikipedia Plus' is a Chrome extension designed to enhance the user experience on Wikipedia.org. Distinct from other extensions, it only makes minimal changes and preserves the original appearance of the website. Key features include previewing internal Wikipedia entries, transforming section titles into in-page links, and allowing users to enlarge images on hover with an adjustable zoom level. Wikipedia Plus holds user privacy to high esteem, does not store or share browsing history, and is open-source. Despite being designed for Wikipedia, it's not officially endorsed by the Wikimedia Foundation.

Extension stats

Users: 636 ▲ 5
Rating: 4.06 (16)
Version: 0.2.0 (Last updated: 2013-09-24)
Creation date: 2013-09-23
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
  • notifications
Size: 86.02K
URLs: Website

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Extension summary

Wikipedia Plus supplements Wikipedia.org's existing web interface with some convenient behaviors I always wanted myself.

Unlike other extensions which aggressively modify or interfere with the Wikipedia website look and feel, this extension respects the original Wikipedia design and makes minimal changes. I believe that the most empowering tools are invisible.

Features:

  • show short text snippets for Wikipedia's internal entries when hover
  • turn section titles into in-page links for easier bookmarking and sharing particular sections
  • enlarge images when hover
    • zoom level is adjustable
    • adjusted enlarged image placement for right-to-left language pages

This is an open-source software. Check out the source at: https://github.com/falcondai/chrome-ext-wikipedia

Privacy: This extension does NOT record or send your browsing activities to any remote servers. Your browsing activities at wikipedia.org is not accessible by any third party including me. The permission to "access your data on *.wikipedia.org" is only used to insert the necessary UI-modifying scripts.

Disclaimer: Wikipedia and its associated marks are official trademarks of the Wikimedia Foundation in the United States and other countries. These marks are being used under license by the Wikimedia Foundation. Wikipedia Plus Chrome Extension is not endorsed by or affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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
  • Enhances user experience on Wikipedia
  • Compatible with MinervaNeue theme
  • High zoom capability (up to 150 percent)
  • Users find it awesome overall
Cons
  • Lacks dark mode
  • Request for multilingual support
  • Image zoom feature can interfere with other extensions
Most mentioned
  • Looks great with MinervaNeue theme
  • Awesome extension
  • Multilingual support requested
  • Image zoom feature needs deactivation option
  • Outperformed by Wikipedia Peek extension
Recent reviews
Looks great with MinervaNeue theme, especially with page zoomed to 150 percent. Dark mode would be nice.
by Richard Siciliano, 2022-02-09

Personally, I'd really like to see Multilingual Support for this Extension asap, please. Once again, thank you all so much! Amen!

Way outperformed by «Wikipedia Peek» extension.
by Shadenium, 2017-10-09
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Wikipedia Plus requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Wikipedia Plus has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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