Wiki Search
Display information from wikipedia relating to highlighted text
What is Wiki Search?
Wiki Search is an open-source, free productivity tool for Google Chrome. Select a word or phrase on a web page and click the extension icon for a short summary of the relevant Wikipedia page. Click 'read more' for the full page.
Extension stats
By: noahjevon
Rating: 5.00
(1)
Creation date: 2021-05-26
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
- activeTab
Size: 475.14K
Email: co*****@noahjevon.com
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Extension summary
Wiki Search is an open-source, free productivity tool for Google Chrome.
Select a word or phrase on a web page and click the extension icon for a short 500 character summary of the relevant Wikipedia page. If you want to read more about a word or phrase, feel free to click the 'read more' button at the bottom of the extension popup. This will open a new tab with the full Wikipedia page.
Wikipedia page extracts are retrieved from the MediaWiki API.
User reviews
Wonderful little extension!
by
Meo Shcam, 2021-05-26
Wonderful little extension!
by
Meo Shcam, 2021-05-26
Extension safety
Risk impact
Wiki Search is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
Wiki Search has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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