Modern for Wikipedia Firefox

Modern for Wikipedia

A redesigned user interface for Wikipedia. Enhance your Wikipedia experience with a beautiful, clean, modern design that's fully customizable.

Features & Capabilities

Modern for Wikipedia transforms your Wikipedia browsing with a beautiful, clean, and fully customizable interface. Enjoy multiple themes like light, dark, sepia, slate, and black, plus adjustable fonts and styles for optimal readability.

Features include a multilingual menu, account integration, history tracking, powerful autocomplete search with previews, trending article insights, and a persistent contents sidebar for easy navigation. Editing tools remain fully accessible, and you can easily switch back to the original layout anytime. Continuous updates ensure improved compatibility and new functionalities, making your Wikipedia experience modern and efficient.

User Growth & Download Statistics

Manifest V2 Add-on
By:
Modern Redesigns
Daily users:
2,798 -32
Rating:
4.39
(120)
Version:
1.25 Last updated: 2023-01-23
Version code:
5516245
Creation date:
2021-11-19
Risk:
High risk impact Low risk likelihood
Permissions:
Content scripts matches:
  • *.wikipedia.org
Size:
335.28KB
Email:
su*****@modernwiki.app
Full description:
See detailed description
Source:
Firefox Add-ons Store
Data ingested on:
2026-07-10
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Other platforms

Chrome
Modern for Wikipedia (v1.41)
20,000 4.60 (186)

Contact the developer

Chrome-Stats does not own this Firefox add-on. Please use these information below to contact the Firefox add-on developer.
Developed by:
Modern Redesigns
Firefox Add-ons Store
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/modern-for-wikipedia/
Email:
su*****@modernwiki.app

User Reviews

Reviews praise a clean, minimalist design, solid core functionality, and a smoother experience than Wikiwand, plus customization options. However, multiple reviews report page reloads/loading loops (often on the main page) and criticize the design for removing useful navigation features.
Pros
  • Clean minimalist design and visually appealing UI.
  • Core functionality works well and does what it's supposed to.
  • Better than Wikiwand, offering an improved user experience.
  • Customization options (fonts and themes) for a personalized look.
Cons
  • Pages keep reloading and loading loops, especially the main page.
  • Removes useful navigation features, reducing Wikipedia's navigability.
Recent reviews
by Fi*****, 2026-06-26

by Fi*****, 2026-05-11

Awesome extension though -1 star for breaking the Wikipedia home page
by Sp*****, 2026-02-10
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Is Modern for Wikipedia Safe?

Risk impact
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Modern for Wikipedia requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details
  • Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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Risk likelihood
Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Firefox add-on may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Firefox add-on reputation on Firefox Add-ons Store, the amount of time the Firefox add-on has been around, and other signals about the Firefox add-on. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Firefox add-on.

Modern for Wikipedia 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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