# Make Medium Readable Again

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

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/make-medium-readable-again](https://chrome-stats.com/d/make-medium-readable-again)

## Overview

- **ID:** `make-medium-readable-again`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Write.as
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging,appearance,social-communication
- **Daily users:** 563
- **Weekly downloads:** 2
- **Rating:** 4.08 / 5 (37 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.5.3resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2017-09-01
- **Size:** 16 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/make-medium-readable-again/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/thebaer/MMRA/issues](https://github.com/thebaer/MMRA/issues)

## Description

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.

## Rankings

- #4,640 — Overall
- #255 — Feeds, News & Blogging
- #5 — medium
- #89 — upgrade
- #116 — experience
- #127 — contribute

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `https://*/*`

### Content script matches

- `*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

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.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/make-medium-readable-again)