Wayback Everywhere

Automatically redirect every page to its archived version in Wayback Machine, except the sites in Excludes List

Wayback Everywhere - Redirect to Archived Pages

"Wayback Everywhere" is a browser extension that automatically redirects your web browsing to archived versions on the Wayback Machine, while allowing you to maintain a customizable Excludes List. With features like automatic error detection, a popup menu for easy management, and settings for importing/exporting your list, you can effortlessly manage which sites to archive or exclude. Ideal for preserving and accessing archived content seamlessly.
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Extension stats

Users: 1,000+
Rating: 4.50
(8)
Version: 1.1.0.6 (Last updated: 2024-12-05)
Creation date: 2019-01-26
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
  • notifications
  • tabs
  • webNavigation
  • declarativeNetRequest
Host permissions:
  • http://*/*
  • https://*/*
Size: 466.94K

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Extension summary

Automatically redirect every page to its archived version in Wayback Machine, except the sites in Excludes List. You have the ability to add to Excludes list as you browse. Choose "Help" from Popup menu to review the full addon functionality.

Wayback Everywhere is a browser extension/addon that allows you to automatically redirect all pages to Internet Archive's Wayback Machine except the site (domains) that are in 'Excludes' List.

Examples: http://example.org --> https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://example.org. If http://gnu.org is in 'Excludes' List --> http://gnu.org

Over time (perhaps a few days of usage..), you can build this 'Excludes' list to suit your browsing habits. More information on 'Excludes' list available here Exclude List

FEATURES:

Popup menu Use the Popup menu to add/remove site from Excludes list, temporarily disable WaybackEverywhere addon and open Settings and Help Pages.
Automatic Detection of Wayback Machine Site's Error Messages - Addon tries to detect messages displayed by Wayback Machine and either Saves a available page to Wayback or Adds the site to Exclude list based on the error message.
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User reviews

how are we supposed to remove things from the excludes list, WITHOUT DOING IT ONE BY ONE- it pretty much renders the whole thing useless?
by Angelina Georgy, 2023-05-14

Excelente. But ARCHIVE everything. It would need to have a trigger that archives just what is determined.
by Rogerio M. Souza, 2022-10-16

Мне помогло получить оригинальное видео на youtube с музыкой, но действует это не на все видео а так спасибо что он мне помог получит мне мое любимое видео
by Робот 790, 2019-11-19
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Wayback Everywhere requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

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