Make Medium Readable Again

Name: Make Medium Readable Again
Rating: 4.0811 (37 reviews)
Author: Write.as

By: Write.as

Improves the Medium reading experience, ruined by user engagement tactics.

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Make Medium Readable Again is a Chrome extension designed to improve your reading experience on Medium by eliminating common annoyances that degrade content enjoyment when not logged in. It quietly removes intrusive elements such as sticky top navigation bars, bottom "Get Updates" prompts, oversized header images, posts meters, upgrade buttons, and disruptive popups.

This extension also gives you control over additional features like hiding the clap/share bar, preloading images for smoother scrolling, and disabling popup menus on text selection. It's an open source tool committed to making content consumption more pleasant and distraction-free on Medium publications.

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Version:

1.5.3resigned1 Last updated: 2024-04-25

Version code:

5728628

Creation date:

2017-09-01

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Permissions:

storage
https://*/*

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Size:

15.73KB

Email:

he*****@write.as

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Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-17

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Ranking

# 4,314 ▼ 24

Other rankings

#232 in Feeds, News & Blogging ▲ 1

#6 in medium keyword 24

#98 in upgrade keyword 36 ▲ 2

#112 in experience keyword 65

#124 in contribute keyword 8 ▼ 2

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Make Medium Readable Again (v1.5.2)

3,000 3.52

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Developed by:

Write.as

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https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/make-medium-readable-again/

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he*****@write.as

Website:

https://github.com/thebaer/MMRA/issues

User Reviews

Users appreciate the extension for making Medium articles more readable by removing distracting elements and improving the reading experience, especially on small devices. However, multiple reviews report that the extension has stopped working as Medium changed its site, and development appears to have ceased, leaving Medium unreadable again. Some users are also concerned about the 'access your data for all websites' permission being too invasive.

Pros

Effectively removes annoying elements like the flying topbar on Medium articles.
Essential for improving readability especially on small devices.
Appreciated for making Medium articles more readable and user-friendly.
Loved by users who dislike Medium's default interface.

Cons

Extension appears to have stopped working recently and no longer improves readability.
Development and updates seem to have ceased, leading to it being abandoned.
Permissions requested are considered excessive or unacceptable by some users.

Recent reviews

by 远离*****, 2025-03-28

by 天灭*****, 2025-02-13

"Access your data for all websites" permission is unacceptable. I understand medium sites can use custom domains, but this should be an option, not mandatory.

by Al*****, 2024-07-12

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Is Make Medium Readable Again Safe?

Risk impact

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

Make Medium Readable Again requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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Risk likelihood

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Make Medium Readable Again has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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